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title: Why You Can Rely on the Canon
canonical: "https://michaeljkruger.com/why-you-can-rely-on-the-canon/"
pubDate: "2013-07-25T11:33:01.000Z"
updatedDate: "2023-04-14T17:36:05.000Z"
author: Michael Kruger
description: "I want to thank Matt Smethurst over at The Gospel Coalition for posting my interview on the NT Canon with Mark Mellinger. I gave this interview back in April when I was at the TGC national conference participating on a panel discussion on the authority of Scripture (for that discussion, see here). Mark and I [...]"
tags: [Ancient Manuscripts, Apocryphal Literature, Gospels, New Testament Canon]
---

I want to thank Matt Smethurst over at [The Gospel Coalition](http://thegospelcoalition.org/) for posting my [interview](http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/07/25/why-you-can-rely-on-the-canon/) on the NT Canon with Mark Mellinger. I gave this interview back in April when I was at the TGC national conference participating on a panel discussion on the authority of Scripture (for that discussion, see [here](http://wp.me/p2dVaB-jN)).

Mark and I had a fun and lively discussion on why the NT canon is reliable. Here it is:

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