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 historical figure?

What do ancient non-Christian sources say???

Where do the Gospels come from?

How early were the New Testament Gospels written?

Eyewitnesses???

Following the Trail of the New Testament

Recognizing fakes: Lots of false writings failed.  Why?

Nine Points that show how Christians recognized the New Testament

Jesus Christ vs. Julius Caesar:  What do we really know?

 

How good is the New Testament record.  Compare it to the record of the Assassination of Julius Caesar… That will help you see!

Jesus asked:

But who do you say that I am?

Mark 8:29

The Outlaw

By Larry Norman

  Some say He was an outlaw, that He roamed across the         land 
  With a band of unschooled ruffians and few old fishermen
  No one knew just where He came from or exactly what   He’d done
   But they said it must be something bad that kept Him on     the run

  Some say He was a poet, that He’d stand upon the hill
  And His voice could calm an angry crowd or make the   waves stand still
 That He spoke in many parables that few could understand
 But the people sat for hours just to listen to this Man

 Some say He was a sorcerer, a man of mystery
 He could walk upon the water, He could make a blind man   see
 That He conjured wine at weddings and did tricks with fish   and bread
 That He talked of being born again and raised people from   the dead

 Some say a politician who spoke of being free
 He was followed by the masses on the shores of Galilee
 He spoke out against corruption, and He bowed to no   decree
 And they feared His strength and power, so they nailed   Him to a tree

 Some say He was the Son of God, a Man above all men
 But He came to be a servant and to set us free from sin
 And that’s who I believe He was, ’cause that’s who I believe
 And I think we should get ready ’cause it’s time for us to   leave

Who do others say He is?

Was Jesus Christ just another Jewish rebel, a would-be king?

 

 

Was Jesus Christ a sorcerer or were the miracles real?