In fairness to Barton, he has gotten better in recent years in not circulating as many bogus quotes, labeling some of them as “unconfirmed.” However, the source mining and the problematic historiography, where the evidence is forced to fit the predetermined thesis, continue. In 2012 Thomas Kidd covered the Barton controversy for World Magazine, as publisher Thomas Nelson pulled Barton's book for historical inaccuracies.
When you read or hear someone like Barton (someone who does not have academic training in history but makes claims about what real historians cover up), here is a tip:
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