CANON CROSSFIRE

Canon Crossfire.

Canon Crossfire is a bold, courtroom-style examination of biblical canon debates by author Matthew Mark McWhorter. Get ready for a thought-provoking journey into faith, history, and truth.

Canon Crossfire presents a compelling challenge to conventional theology, applying legal analysis to long-standing arguments about Scripture. Matthew McWhorter, a former corporate attorney, dismantles common Protestant views on the biblical canon and invites readers to rethink everything they thought they knew about Christianity’s foundations.

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Exhibit A: Director’s Cut (90 seconds) — Brings the book’s case to life with dramatic visuals, bold text, and the full weight of the evidence

Exhibit A: Opening Statement (30 seconds) — A fast, decisive hit of the Canon Crossfire argument

Exhibit A: Opening Statement (30 seconds) — A fast, decisive hit of the Canon Crossfire argument (Vertical Format)

Exhibit A: Closing Argument (60 seconds) — A longer, more detailed cinematic sweep of the evidence.

Exhibit B: Book Flip-Through — See Canon Crossfire inside and out.

Exhibit C: 40 Second Video Game-Style Trailer — A unique, stylized take on the Canon Crossfire controversy.

Exhibit D: 60 Second Cinematic Original — The first bold statement of the case.

Exhibit D: 60 Second Cinematic Original — The first bold statement of the case (Vertical Format).

Exhibit E: 30 Second Cinematic Original — The first bold statement of the case, but even pithier (Vertical Format).

Exhibit E: 30 Second Cinematic Original — The first bold statement of the case, but even pithier.

Canon Crossfire by Matthew Mark McWhorter

What if the case for Christianity collapses under the weight of the Protestant Bible itself?

In Canon Crossfire, retired attorney Matthew Mark McWhorter presents a bold, evidence-based investigation into the Christian biblical canon—one that began in skepticism and ended in an unexpected conversion. Written for critical thinkers, theology buffs, skeptics, and believers alike, this book explores a fundamental question: Did the early Church reject the Catholic “Apocrypha”—or were they always part of authentic Christian Scripture?

Many modern Protestant theologians assert that the early Church embraced the Jewish Old Testament canon while rejecting the Apocrypha. This claim is often used to support the integrity of the 66-book Protestant Bible and, by extension, the core truth claims of Christianity. But McWhorter dismantles this assumption with meticulous historical research, legal-style reasoning, and scriptural analysis, all centered around a single explosive question: What if the Apocrypha were part of the apostolic deposit—and what if rejecting them undermines the very case Protestants use to defend the resurrection of Christ?

Canon Crossfire cross-examines all the Church Fathers used to support Protestant canon theory. Origen, Jerome, Rufinus, Athanasius, Epiphanius, Cyril of Jerusalem, Eusebius, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Polycarp, Justin Martyr, and even the misunderstood Melito of Sardis are called to the stand. One by one, their actual words and practices reveal that these early voices of the faith did not reject Susanna, Baruch or other “apocryphal” works—in fact, they frequently preached them as sacred, inspired Scripture taught to them by the Apostles and their disciples.

This book does not attempt to prove the Apocrypha are divinely inspired. Instead, it aims to prove that the early Church, whose judgment Protestants trust to define the New Testament, did accept these books—and that this acceptance is not an obscure minority view but the mainstream and universal stance for the first four centuries of Christianity.

Through legal analogies, statistical references from the King James Bible, New Testament cross-references to Apocrypha, and primary source analysis, McWhorter argues that a Protestant rejection of the Apocrypha undermines the same evidentiary standards used to defend the Gospels. If the canon lists and patristic witness are flawed regarding the Old Testament, how can they be reliable regarding the New?

Canon Crossfire is not just a theological deep dive—it is a spiritual and intellectual journey from atheism to belief. Written with honesty, wit, and a willingness to admit human fallibility, this book invites readers to examine the foundation of Christian faith with fresh eyes.

Does your belief rest on evidence or assumption? Read Canon Crossfire and decide for yourself.

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CANON CROSSFIRE

Cross-Examining The Canon

Canon Crossfire.

Free Look Inside The Book

Watch the Official Trailers

Exhibit A: Director’s Cut (90 seconds) — Brings the book’s case to life with dramatic visuals, bold text, and the full weight of the evidence

Exhibit A: Opening Statement (30 seconds) — A fast, decisive hit of the Canon Crossfire argument

Exhibit A: Opening Statement (30 seconds) — A fast, decisive hit of the Canon Crossfire argument (Vertical Format)

Exhibit A: Closing Argument (60 seconds) — A longer, more detailed cinematic sweep of the evidence.

Exhibit B: Book Flip-Through — See Canon Crossfire inside and out.

Exhibit C: 40 Second Video Game-Style Trailer — A unique, stylized take on the Canon Crossfire controversy.

Exhibit D: 60 Second Cinematic Original — The first bold statement of the case.

Exhibit D: 60 Second Cinematic Original — The first bold statement of the case (Vertical Format).

Exhibit E: 30 Second Cinematic Original — The first bold statement of the case, but even pithier (Vertical Format).

Exhibit E: 30 Second Cinematic Original — The first bold statement of the case, but even pithier.

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Canon Crossfire by Matthew Mark McWhorter

What if the case for Christianity collapses under the weight of the Protestant Bible itself?

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Cross-Examining The Canon

Canon Crossfire.

Free Look Inside The Book

Watch the Official Trailers

Exhibit A: Director’s Cut (90 seconds) — Brings the book’s case to life with dramatic visuals, bold text, and the full weight of the evidence

Exhibit A: Opening Statement (30 seconds) — A fast, decisive hit of the Canon Crossfire argument

Exhibit A: Opening Statement (30 seconds) — A fast, decisive hit of the Canon Crossfire argument (Vertical Format)

Exhibit A: Closing Argument (60 seconds) — A longer, more detailed cinematic sweep of the evidence.

Exhibit B: Book Flip-Through — See Canon Crossfire inside and out.

Exhibit C: 40 Second Video Game-Style Trailer — A unique, stylized take on the Canon Crossfire controversy.

Exhibit D: 60 Second Cinematic Original — The first bold statement of the case.

Exhibit D: 60 Second Cinematic Original — The first bold statement of the case (Vertical Format).

Exhibit E: 30 Second Cinematic Original — The first bold statement of the case, but even pithier (Vertical Format).

Exhibit E: 30 Second Cinematic Original — The first bold statement of the case, but even pithier.

Audiobook Sample

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Canon Crossfire by Matthew Mark McWhorter

What if the case for Christianity collapses under the weight of the Protestant Bible itself?

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