by Stephen Mitchell | Oct 16, 2025 | Jesus and History, Miracles, New Testament, New Testament origins
Do you believe that Jesus worked miracles when He was on Earth? The New Testament (NT) has many reports of events that cannot be explained by natural processes. Were they real? One idea is that the claims of miracles were myths that were added later by Jesus’...
by Stephen Mitchell | Oct 14, 2025 | Jesus and History, New Testament, New Testament origins
Who was Jesus? Christians say that He is God in the flesh. Others claim he was someone very different. One view is that He was one of many who claimed to be the messiah and tried to lead rebellions against the Romans who ruled Judea then. The story goes that there...
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 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...
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