We often hear messages like, “You do you. Don’t let religion tell you how to live.” Or “We would all be better off if people stopped believing in fairy tales from the Bible.” In his new book, Person of Interest, J. Warner Wallace explains why Jesus still matters in a world that rejects the Bible.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses claim that Jesus and Michael the archangel are the same. Was Jesus an angel and not the son of God?
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It seems like Christmas has just passed, and already we are just weeks away from celebrating Easter. I always marvel at the quick turnaround from celebrating Jesus’ birth to the somber remembrance of his death on the cross. The days from Advent to Christmas, and Lent to Easter fly by rapidly. Is the Resurrection Important? […]
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If it is such an essential part of Christianity, why didn’t Jesus ever explicitly declare that he was God? It is true that Jesus never said the words “I am God,” but he might as well have. This challenge is pretty easy to resolve if you simply know your Bible.
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In this series, we have been discussing the Minimal Facts approach to the resurrection of Jesus. We began by explaining that certain facts about Jesus’ life and death by crucifixion were agreed upon by a majority of New Testament scholars. Even skeptical scholars who don’t believe that Jesus actually rose from the dead agree with these […]
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Doubting Thomas Gets It Right. I have an embarrassing confession. My favorite disciple has always been Thomas. Yes, THAT Thomas. The guy who refused to believe Jesus was alive until he saw it with his own eyes. We don’t get a lot of information about Thomas in the Gospels or anywhere else in scripture. His claim […]
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One would think that after everything John had said and experienced, he would be the last person to doubt Jesus. Shouldn’t the guy who baptized Jesus and witnessed the spirit descending and heard the voice of the father have all doubts removed?
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Did Bart Ehrman change his mind about God? A recent blog post by Dr. Ehrman had many Christians excited that he had changed his tune on belief in God. Or at least moved the needle in that direction. So what did he say that got people so worked up? Who Is Bart Ehrman? If you’re not familiar with Dr. […]
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In this series we’ve been looking at alternate explanations for the Resurrection of Jesus. We started the series by looking at the 12 minimal facts of the resurrection. These are facts that are agreed upon by the majority of new testament scholars. These same scholars may not necessarily believe the resurrection actually occurred. They do however concede that our […]
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Was Pontus Pilate scared of the Jews? This question is one that has taken on new life in recent years. The common assumption is that a Roman Prefect would not bend to the whims of local leadership of a province they governed. Roman authority was absolute. And Roman leaders surely would not have gotten involved in a theological squabble […]
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