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In this episode, Brian Auten and Chad Gross interview Lydia McGrew about her book Testimonies to the Truth: Why You Can Trust the Gospels). 0:24 - Intro to Lydia McGrew1:51 - Welcome Lydia, and intro to the book3:43 - How does a philosopher approach the Gospels?6:39 - Is an “outside perspective” welcomed?9:28 - Old and new approaches to the Gospels12:03 - Current approach of scholars to the New Testament15:44 - How have Christians historically defended the Gospels?16:50 - Why a cumulative case approach?19:55 - Inference to the best explanation of multiple hypotheses23:25 - Best explanation of hard little unnecessary details26:23 - The reportage model and the burden of proof31:14 - Unnecessary details, a sign of fiction?37:25 - What are unexplained allusions?42:34 - The aspects of Jesus’ life that point to its reality46:45 - “I love Jesus’ style…”49:48 - Pointing people to the book and resources…Further Resources:• Lydia McGrew website: www.lydiamcgrew.com)• Lydia McGrew’s Youtube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/LydiaMcGrewChannel)• Podcast version of Youtube content:https://anchor.fm/lydiamcgrew)**Books: **Testimonies to the Truth: Why You Can Trust the Gospelshttps://a315.co/3Pb2oUj)The Eye of the Beholder: The Gospel of John as Historical Reportagehttps://a315.co/3E8Fuac)The Mirror or the Mask: Liberating the Gospels from Literary Deviceshttps://a315.co/3XzVKI8)Hidden In Plain View: Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels and Actshttps://a315.co/411fsj2)**PREVIOUS EPISODES WITH LYDIA MCGREW:**106 - The Reliability of John with Lydia McGrew - https://a315.co/45JAxA9)084 - Maximal Data Case for the Resurrection with Lydia McGrew - https://a315.co/3qC6lbu)================================We appreciate your feedback.If you’re on TWITTER, you can follow Chad @TBapologetics.You can follow Brian @TheBrianAutenAnd of course, you can follow @Apologetics315If you have a question or comment for the podcast, record it and send it our way using www.speakpipe.com/Apologetics315 or you can email us at [email protected]