For interested readers here is a balanced assessment of the historical reliability of the Gospel of John by one of the worlds most respected New Testament scholars. His view is probably shared by the overwhelming majority of specialists in the… Read More ›
Examples of the Religion of Jesus from the Synoptic Gospels Luke 18: “Today salvation has come to this house”. The significance of this passage lies in Jesus’ declaration of the availability of salvation “today”, long before his alleged death for… Read More ›
The following is a guest post by author Andrew Livingston. Craig Evans: In your view what is the single most important passage in the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, or Luke) for which a strong argument for authenticity can be made that… Read More ›
A Case Study: A Christian theologian’s polemic against the Quranic understanding of Jesus and God in Alister McGrath’s book Heresy: A History of Defending the Truth, SPCK Publishing (Nov 2009). McGrath complains that the Quran misrepresents two key Christian beliefs:… Read More ›
So who did Jesus think he was? He thought he was a man. This might seem to be a somewhat superfluous claim to make but the significance of this statement is often overlooked in the Christian tradition. Let us go… Read More ›
Also known as ‘The Teaching of The Twelve Apostles’ The Didache was written sometime between AD 50 and 100. This means it is the very earliest witness to the Christian understanding of Jesus outside of the New Testament and predates… Read More ›
Paul believed that Jesus was a divine pre-existent heavenly being, the first created being of all God’s creation: “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation”, Colossians 1:15. He existed in the “form of God”… Read More ›
