Podcast
How Did We Get the Bible? The Canon of Scripture Explained with Hank
Dial In with Jonny Ardavanis
Speaker: Jonny Ardavanis, with Hank
April 21, 2026 · 41 min
Summary
John and Hank explore how the Bible's canon was formed and why it's trustworthy. Through textual criticism, manuscript evidence, and apostolic authority, they demonstrate the New Testament was recognized as God's inspired word within decades of its writing, not voted on centuries later by church councils.
Highlights
If this passage isn't originally in the canon of scripture, well then how do we know about everything else in the Bible? Is everything up for grabs? How did we get the Bible in the first place?
If you can't trust the Bible, then you can't trust what the Bible says about God, sin, man, salvation, and so forth.
When Paul wrote his letter to the Ephesians, when he wrote Romans, he knew he was writing the very words of God inspired by the spirit of God.