RABBIT ROOM APOLOGETICS · MARC BATES
Pull Up a Chair.
Serious Theology. Open Conversation.
A quieter place for bigger questions—where Scripture is studied in its ancient context and serious biblical scholarship becomes conversation.
Welcome to the Rabbit Room
A brief introduction to the questions, scholarship, and conversation you’ll find here.
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Welcome to Rabbit Room Apologetics. I’m Marc Bates. This is a place for Christians who want deeper answers and for anyone willing to ask serious questions with care and honesty.
Too often, Scripture is reduced to isolated verses, modern assumptions, or arguments designed merely to win. Here we take a different approach: Scripture first, interpreted within its ancient world and the unfolding story of God’s redemptive purpose.
That means taking the Jewishness of Jesus and Paul seriously, recovering the world of Second Temple Judaism, recognizing Scripture’s supernatural Divine Council worldview, and tracing God’s Promise-Plan from Genesis to renewed creation.
You’ll find chapter-by-chapter biblical commentary, sustained theological studies, apologetics, and careful engagement with Islam, history, ethics, and competing interpretations.
The goal is not to replace Scripture with historical sources or manufacture certainty through slogans. It is to clarify the text, explain the available evidence, and help you understand how the pieces fit together.
Use this site as your searchable map. Explore by Scripture, subject, or question, then continue to the complete articles, videos, and conversations.
Serious theology, open conversation. Pull up a chair and ask one more question.
Choose How You Want to Engage
The same scholarship, approached in the format that fits the moment.
READ
The academic paper: full argumentation, citations, references, and the details behind the conclusion.
WATCH
A concise visual explainer that makes the central argument accessible without flattening the scholarship.
LISTEN
A conversational audio discussion for working through the ideas wherever you happen to be.
Explore the Library
Enter through a question, a biblical book, or a sustained line of argument.
Studies
Biblical theology, apologetics, Christology, history, ethics, and more.
Biblical Commentary
Chapter-by-chapter study across the whole biblical canon.
Islam, Politics & Polemics
Historically grounded, textually rigorous engagement with religious and public claims.
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Latest Articles
The five newest article guides, updated automatically.
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The Word Made Flesh versus the Word Made Book: A Biblical-Theological and Historical-Critical Evaluation of Qur’anic Origins and the Promise-Plan of God
This study contrasts incarnation and inlibration through biblical theology and the historical study of Qurʾānic origins. It surveys manuscript corrections, transmission, Late Antique intertexts,… Open the article guide
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Exodus 37: An Exegetical and Biblical-Theological Commentary
Exodus 37 records the making of the ark, mercy seat, table, lampstand, and incense altar. The commentary reads these furnishings as signs of restored… Open the article guide
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The Incarnate Mind: Omniscience, Covenantal Fidelity, and the Promise-Plan of God
This study examines how the Gospels hold together Jesus’ divine knowledge and genuine human limitations. It considers his knowledge of hearts, growth in wisdom,… Open the article guide
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The Father’s Table: Covenantal Warfare, Contagious Grace, and the Background of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15
This study reads Luke 15 as Jesus’ defense of welcoming sinners to the table. It explores the father’s restoring love for both sons, the… Open the article guide
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Mohammad vs Jesus: Who Has Better Historical Evidence?
This comparative study examines the historical sources for Jesus and Muhammad, engaging early testimony, manuscript evidence, Islamic origins, and the crucifixion. It evaluates claims… Open the article guide
Why the Rabbit Room?
Some of the best theological conversations happen after the formal lecture ends—around a table, with time to ask another question. Rabbit Room Apologetics is built in that spirit: serious scholarship without the distance of the lecture hall.