Wallace and Kruger Destroy NEWSWEEK Christmas Hit Piece on the Bible

by drmsheiser | Dec 29, 2014

[NOTE: this post was updated on 12/30/2014 to include Dr. Kruger’s second installment.]

I have to admit it’s like shooting fish in a barrel, but we can’t expect anything intellectually accurate or honest from those who write for these sorts of militant anti-Christianity word brothels. I guess they need the audience, given the mainstream media has had so many near death experiences in recent years.

Here you go:

Dan Wallace: Predictable Christmas fare: Newsweek’s Tirade against the Bible

Michael Kruger: A Christmas Present from the Mainstream Media: Newsweek Takes a Desperate Swipe at the Integrity of the Bible (Part 1)

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2 Comments

  1. Hanan
    Hanan on December 30, 2014 at 2:39 pm

    Very informative links.
    The author of the Newsweek piece actually responded on that part 2.

  2. David Strader
    David Strader on January 6, 2015 at 9:38 am

    Mr. Eichenwald likes to dishonestly claim persecuted victim status as part of his defense quite often. Not very becoming for a man of faith. It’s simply not true. Many are graciously challenging him on that journalistic fail.

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