Recognizing fakes
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...
Timelines and the New Testament: Seeing how history unfolded helps grow trust
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.What do ancient...
New information on Josephus: the Earliest Non-Christian testimony of Jesus Christ
New book gives clear indications that we really can believe what Josephus wrote in the first century about Jesus. It provides strong early independent confirmation of the New Testament.
Who was Jesus in the earliest New Testament records? Did the early believers invent Christianity?
The New Testament books were written over a period of about 65 years. Did Jesus become Christ as the church changed over time? Look at the first 5 books written…
New Report… Ancient Israel more Literate than Expected
Recent study shows that common assumptions about Israelite illiteracy were wrong.
Eyewitnesses… Did the early Christians care?
How do we know that the early church didn’t just make it up?? Maybe they were so gullible that they just kept changing the story of Jesus to fit them.
Examining the Gospel of Mark
Who wrote it and when?
Examine the Book of Luke
Who wrote Luke? When? Is it to be trusted?
Is the NT trustworthy? Can we test it?
People have gone through periods when everyone believed what they saw in television, but now most don’t believe it all. It is a standard joke that “it must be true, I saw it on the internet”. How about books? Very few religions make historical claims like...
Blog – Jesus in History posts
This blog will discuss how we see Jesus in History.