Have you ever heard someone talk about the missing books of the Bible? There have been numerous documentaries and some movies based on these “missing” books, but do they have any credibility? Let’s take a look at the reasons for rejecting them as part of the Christian Bible: There are two basic categories: The Apocrypha… Continue Reading
Category Archives: A Case for Christ
Case-Making 101: The Resurrection Apologetic – four points to share
Did Jesus’ Resurrection really happen? The Resurrection is the lynchpin that marks the Christian faith, the only faith that claims their leader defeated death. Many skeptics, cultist and some from other faiths dispute the fact of the Resurrection and some even say that Jesus did not die on the cross. Dr. William Lane Craig,… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Are there eyewitness testimonies of who Jesus was?
Eyewitness Accounts: Many people think the Bible is just like other “holy books,” giving good advice or telling mythological stories. However, upon close examination one will find that the Bible is mainly a historical narrative giving facts about people, places, events and times. It contains one mega-theme that connects its 66 books, written by 40… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Do the Old Testament prophecies point to Jesus?
Do the Old Testament prophecies point to Jesus? The connection between the Old and New Testaments is astonishing. In previous posts we have looked at some of these connections, but nothing is more profound than prophecy and its fulfillment! There are many people who have claimed prophetic abilities over the centuries but they all fall… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Who is Jesus?
This sacrifice Jesus made has to mean something doesn’t it, or did He do it for nothing because many people today would pridefully claim easy access into Heaven, His home, for their own good deeds? All you have to do is be a “good person” they will say. Or, did He do it for those… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Who do you say Jesus is?
“A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic—on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg—or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this… Continue Reading
Case-Making 101: Lee Strobel and A Case for Christ
Lee Strobel’s “The Case For Christ” was one of the first books I read when I was searching for truth about the Christian faith. As a skeptic I had so many questions that Christians I asked could not answer. Most of my questions were about deciphering truth from a faith and a book that seemed so… Continue Reading
A Case for Christ, Part 5: Why is Jesus the only way?
“’Jesus is the only way to God’ may be the most controversial claim of Christianity, so we had better have good reason for it. And I think we do.” –Brett Kunkel In American culture today we don’t see the need for forgiveness of our sins. We tend to think that if we just try to… Continue Reading
A Case for Christ, Part 4: Did Jesus’ Disciples really tell the truth?
“We actually have very early attestation of the authorship of the Gospels [early historians and Church fathers]…only one generation removed from Jesus himself. Now that is a pretty close testimony and strongly suggesting that the Gospels are based on eyewitness accounts. Luke was clearly a literary artist, but in that prologue he points out that… Continue Reading
A Case for Christ, Part 3: Did Jesus’ Resurrection really happen?
Did Jesus’ Resurrection really happen? “When we turn to the Gospels, we find multiple, independent attestation of this burial story, and Joseph of Arimathea is specifically named in all four accounts. On top of that, the burial story in Mark is so extremely early that it’s simply not possible for it to have been subject… Continue Reading