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 […]
