Discovering the Historical Jesus part 13

As I conclude I would like to briefly summarize some of the key points of this series. Writings of ancient historians Josephus, Tacitus, and Pliny the Younger established: Jesus was real. He had devoted followers before and after his death. He died on the cross. Followers would rather be tortured or die than to deny [...]

Discovering the Historical Jesus part 12

Test #3:  What additional historical evidence supports the Jesus of the Bible? 1. Dating of the 4 Gospels 2. Mountains of Manuscripts 3. The Writers Testimonies The Gospel writers (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) wrote about supernatural occurrences such as divine healings, miracles and the resurrection.  These men walked and talked with Jesus.  According to [...]

Discovering the Historical Jesus part 11

Test #3:  What additional historical evidence supports the Jesus of the Bible? 1. Dating of the 4 Gospels 2. Mountains of Manuscripts When it comes to the New Testament manuscripts the originals (autographs), penned from the various Biblical writers, do not exist.  What we have are copies of copies.  Therefore, the more copies we have [...]

Discovering the Historical Jesus part 10

Test #3:  What additional historical evidence supports the Jesus of the Bible? The Bible can be investigated historically.  The writers named cities, kings, religious rulers, battles, and important people that can be verified or denied by archeology and written historical records. As mentioned earlier, historian Dr. William Ramsay said the following about Luke (wrote Book [...]

Exercising Faith with Your Mind

One reader wrote, “I believe in God with my faith and not by my mind. It’s impossible to think what God’s thinking.” Dear Reader, I will work with the second half of your reply first. When you say “it is impossible to think what God is thinking” there is a sense you are right. In [...]

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