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,...
Perhaps the most scathing statement ever made about the God of the Old Testament came from the pen of Richard Dawkins. He famously snarled: The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Imagine with me that one day the police came knocking on your door because you are a suspect in a terrible crime. They immediately put you in hand cuffs and tell you that you...
Would you die for a lie? Would you take a bullet to the head before you admitted that you made up a story? Probably not, because it doesn’t make logical sense to willingly die...
Imagine for a moment that you live in seventeenth-century England. You are a writer by profession and are tasked with writing a biography on Samoset — the first Native American to make contact with the Pilgrims....
It’s common to hear scholars suggest that we don’t know who wrote the four gospels. They say that the gospels are anonymous, and that the church didn’t add titles till the end of the...