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.
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.
NEW FROM THE LIBRARY
Latest Articles
The five newest article guides, updated automatically.
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Salt, Light, and Deeds: The Triadic Public Witness of the Church within the Promise-Plan of God
Matthew 5:13–16 presents salt, light, and good deeds as a unified pattern for the church’s public witness. This study relates covenant distinctiveness, visible mercy,… Open the article guide
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Exodus 10: An Exegetical and Biblical-Theological Commentary
Exodus 10 presents the locust and darkness plagues as covenantal judgment, cosmic de-creation, and polemic against Egypt’s gods while preparing Israel’s complete release for… Open the article guide
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Davar: The Creative Pulse of Divine Speech and Its Ontological Realization in Messianic Theology
This study evaluates the Hebrew concept davar—word, matter, event, or deed—and traces divine speech from creation through Second Temple memra traditions to the incarnate… Open the article guide
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Can the Gospels Survive Historical Scrutiny?
The canonical Gospels and Acts withstand ordinary historical scrutiny as early, eyewitness-shaped Greco-Roman biography supported by name patterns, incidental corroboration, archaeology, and external testimony. Open the article guide
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The Covenant of Promise: Abrahamic Lineage, Prophetic Inheritance, and Covenantal Atonement in Christian–Muslim Encounter
This study examines Abraham as a contested figure in Christian–Muslim theology, focusing on the covenantal line through Isaac, the identity of the son in… 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.