Two Reasons Skeptics Believe Jesus is not God
One of the most important features of Christian faith is accepting that Jesus is God. Christians are in trouble, then, if Jesus never made such a claim of himself! Yet many have argued that this is exactly the case: Jesus never claimed to be God, they say, and his divinity is an invention of the […]
The Deity of Christ Within Jewish Monotheism
Jewish theology holds to a strictly monotheistic faith, that is, faith in only one God. Both Deuteronomy 6:4 and Exodus 20 — two bedrock passages of Jewish life — begin with a strong affirmation of their monotheism. However, Christians claim that Jesus is God, but also that Jesus, the “Son of God,” is distinguishable from […]
Overcoming Hurdles: I Know God is Real
Friends! We’ve reached the final post in this blog series based on Josh’s best-selling apologetics classic: More Than a Carpenter! Our goal in these 17 posts has been to definitively answer “Who is Jesus?” This week we’re sharing with you how Josh made the leap from diehard skeptic to sold-out believer. In Josh’s case, the […]
Why is Jesus the Only Way?
Jesus is our focus in this blog series based on Josh’s best-selling apologetics classic: More Than a Carpenter. Why does learning about who Jesus is matter? Because this exploratory journey helps us to definitively answer “Who am I? … “Why am I here?” and “What’s the point of life?” Why is Jesus the only way […]
Jesus Fit Himself Into Prophecy?
Jesus! He’s our focus in this blog series based on Josh’s best-selling apologetics classic: More Than a Carpenter. In this post let’s look at whether prophecy helps us to identify the identity of the Savior. Is Jesus really who He claimed to be — the Son of God and the Jews’ long-awaited Messiah? Of all […]
Christianity: Philosophy or History?
Jesus! He’s our focus in this blog series based on Josh’s best-selling apologetics classic: More Than a Carpenter. His resurrection takes the question, “Is Christianity valid?” out of the realm of philosophy and makes it a question of history. Why? Because there is sufficient evidence to warrant our belief in the resurrection as a real […]
Disillusioned Disciples Die for a Lie?
Jesus! He’s our focus in this blog series based on Josh’s best-selling apologetics classic: More Than a Carpenter. Our goal is to definitively answer “Who is Jesus?,” so that you can answer these big life questions: “Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going?” Jesus’ disciples thought they knew who Jesus was […]
The Gospels Vetted by Three Tests
Welcome back! In this blog series, based on Josh’s best-selling apologetics classic More Than a Carpenter, we’re asking, “Who is Jesus? Did He really live, die, and resurrect? Is He really the Son of God?” As the New Testament provides the primary historical source for information about Jesus, critics have spent the last two centuries attacking […]
Does Science Disprove Christ?
Welcome back to our blog series based on Josh’s best-selling apologetics classic: More Than a Carpenter. Our goal is to show you that Jesus definitely lived, died, and resurrected. Why? Because if Jesus really is the truth, then He puts everything else about life into perspective! In this post we answer, “Does science disprove […]
Was Jesus a Lunatic?
Jesus! He’s our focus in this blog series based on Josh’s best-selling apologetics classic: More Than a Carpenter. Our goal is to definitively answer “Who is Jesus?,” to help you answer these big life questions: “Who am I? Why am I here? Where am I going?” Last week we asked if Jesus was a liar. […]
Do the Facts Prove Jesus?
Welcome back! In this, our blog series based on Josh’s best-selling apologetics classic: More Than a Carpenter, it’s time to ask, “Is Jesus a liar?” Or can we actually have confidence in Him? YES! As Josh notes, Jesus claimed to be God, and it was of fundamental importance to Him that we believe Him to […]
Did Jesus Say He Is God?
Yay! You’re back for more in this series based on Josh’s best-selling apologetics classic: More Than a Carpenter. We’re continuing to look at Jesus, to answer the question, “Who is He?” A teacher? A crazy person? Or actually God? Everything about Jesus seems confounding! At least until we begin to really look at Him, getting […]
Deity of Christ: True or False?
Welcome! In this post we’ll dive into whether Jesus claimed to be God. Did Jesus claim to be just a great spiritual guide — or God in human form? Jesus Humbly Claimed His Deity Some skeptics like to assert that Jesus wasn’t God — and never claimed to be. We should scratch our heads in […]
Christ, the Miracle Worker: Do His Miracles Matter?
Indeed. The miracles of Jesus Christ are an essential part of His story and an essential part of the Christian faith. Everyone in the ancient world at all familiar with Jesus regarded Him as a miracle worker. Even His critics, including the Pharisees and other Jewish leaders, conceded His miracles — even as they denied […]
Resurrection of Jesus: Hoax or Truth?
Why the Resurrection Matters Christians believe the resurrection is true, and that historical accounts of it have provided adequate evidence to certify it as a real event. Why is the resurrection so important? Because without it, our faith has no basis. The apostle Paul suspends the weight of Christianity on this single thread: If Jesus […]
Did Jesus Fulfill Old Testament Prophecy?
Only Jesus can claim to fulfill ALL Old Testament prophecy about the coming Messiah. One reason that Old Testament prophecy is so important to Christians is that over 300 predictions, like the threads of a tapestry, establish the Messianic credentials of Jesus. Put another way, the Old Testament is like an intricate jigsaw puzzle. The […]
An Investigation: Is Jesus Liar, Lunatic, or Lord?
Was Jesus Christ a liar, lunatic, or Lord? While many have asked and offered to answer this question, the evidence clearly shows that He was a historical person and that His life radically altered human history. As world-renowned historian Jaroslav Pelikan put it: “It is from His birth that most of the human race dates […]
An Investigation: Jesus Just a Man?
Was Jesus Just a Man, or God? No doubt about it, Jesus Christ has been the dominant figure in the history of the western culture for almost twenty centuries. Talk about staying power! Equally constant: the debate about who He is. Almost everyone who has heard of Jesus has developed an opinion about Him. That’s […]
Does Historical Evidence Prove that Jesus Lived?
Evidence shows that Jesus lived. The question is, will you believe it? At this point we’re not even addressing the question of whether Jesus was God in human form. There’s no point in doing so, if we don’t first show, through historical record, that Jesus did, in fact, live and have a ministry in and […]
