Was Luke Wrong about the Census?
One of the more challenging texts in the Gospels is Luke’s reference to the census in Luke 2:1-5. It reads: In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world...
Category: Jesus Studies
Did John Really Write John?
The Gospel according to John has received more scrutiny than the other Gospels put together. Case in point, dating back to the 1920s, critical scholars have argued that the apostle John could not have...
Did Mark Really Write Mark?
Modern critics continue to assert that we don’t know who wrote the four Gospels. This assertion, however, completely ignores the mounds of evidence that points towards traditional authorship (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John). In...
Were the Gospels Originally Anonymous?
For almost nineteen centuries, virtually all Christians believed that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John penned the four canonical Gospels. Around the 1920s, however, the form critics suggested that the Gospels were actually the result...
Why Don’t the Synoptic Gospels Mention Lazarus?
Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead is one of the most well-known stories in the Gospels. Yet, for some reason, Matthew, Mark, and Luke don’t mention it. This head-scratching absence has raised a lot...
Simon of Cyrene, Cleopas, and the Eyewitness Testimony of the Gospels
Modern critics doubt that eyewitnesses stand behind the four Gospels. In fact, they argue that the first followers of Jesus told others about Jesus who told others about Jesus who told others about Jesus,...
The Genocide of the Bethlehem Boys
Moral atrocities litter the historical landscape. And this ought to make us sad. People do bad things. And they’ve been doing bad things ever since Genesis 3. It doesn’t take long for the fall...
Do the Genealogies of Jesus Contradict?
If you’ve read through the gospels, you’ve probably noticed that they share much in common. In fact, in some places, the wording is exactly the same. In other places, however, they’re so different it...
Is Jesus a Myth?
Did Jesus ever exist? Or is he a myth — a figment of our imagination? Sure, the Bible tells us about Jesus, but isn’t it simply a religious text? Skeptics often declare, “take the...
Would Jesus have Really Received a Proper Burial?
Critics of Christianity like to suggest that a crucified victim like Jesus never would have received a proper burial. They point to cases where the Romans left victims on the cross for days while...