Discovering the Historical Jesus part 3

After Identifying who the critics are, I will now make a positive case for why I think the Jesus of history is the Jesus of the Bible.   In the process I will test the historical accuracy of the Bible.  Can the Bible be trusted?
Answering the critics
I will look at the writings outside the Bible that [...]

Is God the Author of the Bible? Part 14

I will conclude my critique of Michael Coogan’s article posted on CNN.com[1].  In my previous post I showed his premise, loving your neighbor as the most important value in the Bible, was false.  Now he finishes his article indicating three individuals Rabbi Hillel, Jesus Christ, and the Apostle Paul, who he says agree with him [...]

Answering Who Created God

I received an interesting letter in response to my post “Who Created God?”  As I began to fashion a reply I saw this as an opportunity to demonstrate to others how to answer what appears to be a very intellectual comment. 
I will begin by outlining what I look for in a response.  All of these [...]

Is God the Author of the Bible? Part 8

In part 1 I began to answer a CNN article by Michael Coogan who contended the Bible is a manmade document.  Over the next seven blogs I made a case for God as the ultimate author of the Bible.  I presented 6 lines of evidence, which included:  Prophecy: The Bible is the only book with [...]

Is God the Author of the Bible? Part 7

The evidence supports God as the author.
I am concluding my 6 lines of evidence that God is the ultimate author of the Bible.
5.  Evidence from transformed lives (thumbs up).
The thumb in the up position symbolizes life during the gladiator times.  Up was for life and down for death. The Bible gives new life to individuals.  People are [...]

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