Is the Bible full of contradictions?

Eli: Ever had someone set two Bible passages side by side and say, 'See?'

Eli: Voltaire and Thomas Paine pressed it, and it's a fair challenge.

Eli: Even theologian John Barton argues the Bible we actually have isn't self-consistent in the way some assume.

Eli: Most scholars think Mark came first, and Matthew and Luke used it.

Eli: They overlap heavily, yet each adds or drops something.

Eli: That pattern is typical of ancient biographies about real people.

Eli: Matthew and Mark report the cursing of the fig tree, while Luke has a fig tree parable.

Eli: None of this settles whether it's God's word; differing details are typical of ancient biographies of real people.

Eli: A letter to Timothy says this about Scripture.

Eli: Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Eli: Read Mark, the shortest Gospel, today, and meet Jesus for yourself.

Eli: Or ask a local church; they'll gladly talk it through.