Understanding Good Friday with an Illustration

Today Christians worldwide will celebrate God’s grace through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins.  Here is an excellent illustration to help capture what Jesus does for us. A Great Debt.  Who Can Pay? By: Gregory Koukl Harry Ironside used to tell about a young [...]

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 7

The first test looked at ancient historical sources to see if they supported the Biblical Jesus.  Historians Josephus, Tacitus, and Pliny the Younger provided ample support.  I now move to a second test for discovering the historical Jesus. Test #2:  Does archeology support the Biblical Jesus Do we see evidence confirming or contradicting the ancient [...]

God’s Plan for Evil and Suffering Part 11

If God was all-powerful and all-loving He would not allow evil Here the atheist is using attributes of the Christian God to nullify His existence.  If evil exists, the Biblical God, who is all-powerful and all-loving cannot.  I will show you how this is false by retelling a discussion I had with a university professor. [...]

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