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...
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 12, 2020 | Jesus and History, New Testament, New Testament Reliability
Several of the accounts in the New Testament claim to have been written by eye witnesses. Eye witness testimony is very strong in examining any historical event. Think about a criminal trial. If the prosecutors have a witness that can say “I saw him do it”, it is...
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 | May 20, 2020 | Jesus and History, New Testament, Resurrection
Many children are led to believe in Santa Claus. At some point, they usually begin to question him. Some people just love the magic so much that they refuse to question. I can still remember as a child thinking about all that the myth involved. It had so many holes...
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