Fact #4: The conversion of the skeptic James, Jesus’ half-brother The Gospels tell us Jesus had at least 4 half-brothers; James, Joseph, Judas, and Simon; as well as half-sisters whose names we don’t know (Mark 6:3-4). Concerning the brothers we read in John 7:3-5 “Jesus’ brothers said to him, ‘You ought to leave here and […] Read more
Fact #3: The conversion of the church persecutor Paul We know from multiple sources that Paul, known as Saul, was an enemy of the church and was committed to persecuting Christians. In Acts 7 & 8 Saul approves of the stoning of Stephen, a Christian martyr. After the burial of Stephen we see Saul continuing […] Read more
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Some try to argue for abortion by saying the unborn, especially in early stages, is not human. Josh Brahm is offering to shut down his pro-life YouTube channel if someone can successfully make an argument from science proving that the unborn is not a human being. Check out Josh at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4MnelFIJr8 to view his pro-life […] Read more
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Fact #2: Jesus’ disciples believed that he rose and appeared to them To establish this fact I will use 3 lines of evidence; 1) Paul’s testimony about the disciples, 2) oral traditions passed through the early church, and 3) written works of the early church. I will begin with looking at the writings of the […] Read more
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Fact #1: Jesus was killed by crucifixion Skeptic James Tabor says, “I think we need have no doubt that given Jesus’ execution by Roman crucifixion he was truly dead.” Both atheistic New Testament critic Gerd Ludemann and agnotic Bart Ehrman, calls the crucifixion an indisputable fact. Why? First all four Gospels report it. They are […] Read more
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In constructing a case for Jesus’ resurrection, it’s important to distinguish between the evidence and the best explanation of that evidence. This distinction is crucial because in this case the evidence is relatively uncontroversial; it’s agreed to by most scholars. On the other hand, the explanation of that evidence is controversial. My conclusion, that the […] Read more
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Part 2 we saw that Paul was the champion of salvation by grace through faith. Our next task is to look at the book of James. Does he teach we are saved by works? Does James contradict the teachings of Paul? Many people have struggled with some verses from the book of James. Martin Luther […] Read more
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The following was written by James Warner Wallace founder of the apologetic organization “Please Convince Me.” He provides excellent answers for anyone making the claim the Biblical writers were biased. Objection: There is insufficient non-Christian historical evidence to substantiate that Jesus lived. All the supposed eyewitnesses of the life of Jesus were Christians. They cannot […] Read more
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Last week, while teaching a class, I was talking about how we are saved by grace through faith and not by works. I mentioned we have this sense that when we wrong someone we need to do something good. An individual in the class asked where these feelings of doing good, whenever we do bad, come from. […] Read more
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