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Timelines and the New Testament: Seeing how history unfolded helps grow trust

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...

How early were the New Testament Gospels written?

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...

Is eyewitness testimony important?

by Stephen Mitchell | Aug 27, 2025 | Church Fathers, Jesus and History, New Testament origins

Some suggest that the people of the first century were eager gullible people who really did not worry about verifying facts. There have always been gullible people. What do we know about the early Christian believers and the way they demanded truth? Did they care?...

Ancient Secular References to Jesus

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...

New information on Josephus: the Earliest Non-Christian testimony of Jesus Christ

by Stephen Mitchell | Jul 5, 2025 | Jesus and History, New Testament Reliability

PDF version available here The New Testament provides eye-witness testimony and early records from Christian perspectives. ...

Who was Jesus in the earliest New Testament records? Did the early believers invent Christianity?

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...