by Stephen Mitchell | Oct 10, 2025 | Jesus and History, New Testament, New Testament origins
Were the New Testament (NT) documents written close enough to the events that they record to be used. In a recent Facebook discussion regarding the latest work on Josephus’ report of Jesus, some claimed that Josephus’ writings are not useful. Why? Because Josephus...
by Stephen Mitchell | Oct 9, 2025 | Jesus and History, New Testament origins, New Testament Reliability
In an age of AI and with scams seeming to be everywhere, we are very aware that everything is not what it claims to be. Are you good at recognizing scams and counterfeits. In the early centuries of the church, they also had to be able to recognize writings that were...
by Stephen Mitchell | Oct 7, 2025 | Jesus and History, New Testament, New Testament origins
How did we get the New Testament? Christians claim that God became human in the person of Jesus Christ. If this is true, perhaps we would expect that God would go to great lengths to ensure that Jesus’ words were preserved in some miraculous way. Perhaps He might...
by Stephen Mitchell | Sep 30, 2025 | Jesus and History, New Testament, New Testament origins
From its earliest times, there have been people who challenged the teachings established by Jesus and His apostles. Jesus’ teachings were radically new and different. They centered on His deity. Many have tried to re-interpret it or blend it with other views. Yet the...
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 28, 2025 | Jesus and History, New Testament, New Testament origins
The New Testament contains four books that tell the story of Jesus: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They are named for the authors ascribed to them by the early church. The books themselves don’t say who wrote them, but there are some internal clues and significant...
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