by Stephen Mitchell | Sep 1, 2025 | Jesus and History, Jesus in History base, New Testament, New Testament origins, New Testament Reliability
Let’s test the New Testament. Lots of questions can be answered by posting all available relevant information on a timeline. Even questions not conclusively ansered can be discussed more knowledgeably by understanding chronologically what is known. Was Jesus a real...
by Stephen Mitchell | Aug 27, 2025 | Jesus and History, Jesus in History base
Online some people claim that Jesus Christ was a mythical figure that really never existed. Serious historians don’t agree. The simplest explanation for all of the impacts of Christianity is that there was a person around whom it originated. Regardless, some people...
by Stephen Mitchell | Oct 16, 2020 | Jesus in History base, New Testament, New Testament origins, New Testament Reliability
In this post, I will examine the claim that the message of Christianity changed so much over its early years that we cannot be sure what is real about Jesus. Specifically, we will look at the books of the New Testament that are considered the first written. These give...
by Stephen Mitchell | Aug 6, 2020 | Jesus and History, Jesus in History base, New Testament, Resurrection
Did the story of Jesus coming back from the dead appear many decades after his death and grow over the next hundred years or so? Actually, we have reports that go back to very soon after Jesus’ death. Here I will also compare the reports of the resurrection to that...
by Stephen Mitchell | Apr 13, 2020 | Jesus and History, Jesus in History base
St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Czech Republic Popularity and fame are very important to many people today. This is not a new phenomenon. About 2 years into his earthly ministry, it looked like Jesus had already had his “fifteen minutes of fame”. At one time, Jesus...
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