Why You Can Rely on the Canon [VIDEO]

When it comes to the canon of Scripture, are 66, 39, and 27 the right numbers? How can we be sure which books belong and which do not?

Mark Mellinger recently sat down with Michael Kruger, president of Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, to discuss this ever-relevant issue of Scripture and canon.

"Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John are the only Gospels we have that come from the first century," Kruger tells Mellinger. So only those four books could have been written by eyewitnesses. Moreover, the 27 books of the New Testament are the earliest Christian writings we possess—period. When you look at the first century, in other words, there aren't "a bunch of competing writings," Kruger explains. "There's just the New Testament." Indeed, if you wish to learn about first-century Christianity, the only books available are those in your New Testament.  Red more