--- title: "Why You Can Trust Your Bible: An Interview with Peter Williams" canonical: "https://michaeljkruger.com/why-you-can-trust-your-bible-an-interview-with-peter-williams/" pubDate: "2015-05-22T10:15:47.000Z" updatedDate: "2023-04-14T17:43:53.000Z" author: Michael Kruger description: "I recently saw this interesting interview at TGC with my friend Peter Williams. Peter is a biblical scholar and the CEO of Tyndale House in Cambridge, England–a study center for evangelical scholars. I spent my sabbatical at Tyndale House in 2009 and had a delightful time. Here are the various questions he answers: How should [...]" tags: [Authority of Scripture, Bible Difficulties, Gospels] --- I recently saw this interesting interview at [TGC](http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/why-you-can-trust-your-bible1)with my friend Peter Williams. Peter is a biblical scholar and the CEO of [Tyndale House](http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/) in Cambridge, England–a study center for evangelical scholars. I spent my sabbatical at Tyndale House in 2009 and had a delightful time. Here are the various questions he answers: - [How should preachers and teachers handle Mark 16:9–20, which isn’t included in the earliest manuscripts?](https://vimeo.com/118692531) - [How can churches better equip young people for challenges to their trust in Scripture?](https://vimeo.com/118695368) - [Is inerrancy a helpful term?](https://vimeo.com/118699961) - [How do you encourage Christians to trust their English Bibles are sufficient to equip them for every good work?](https://vimeo.com/118703451) - [Are churches teaching people enough about humanity’s role in the transmission of the biblical texts?](https://vimeo.com/118704759) - [What resources do you recommend for pastors and others on the trustworthiness of Scripture?](https://vimeo.com/118706011) Here is the full interview:[iframe src=”https://player.vimeo.com/video/118682446?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0″ width=”600″ height=”381″ frameborder=”0″ webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen] Unrelated to this TGC interview, here is a helpful talk by Peter on the reliability of the Gospels: [iframe width=”600″ height=”400″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/2IDoPNo-IbQ” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>