WHERE WE ARE In order to make a reasonable case for the resurrection of Jesus, one must first put together a set of relevant historical facts about Jesus, especially about his arrest, trials, crucifixion, burial, and about alleged appearances of Jesus to his disciples after he was crucified and allegedly buried. This is a key … The Unreliability of the 4th Gospel – Part 1: The Last Gospel to be Written

*Slides were provided for free to all listeners! Ehrman gave his lecture today on the existence of Jesus on earth in history contra mythicism, so here are a few of the new takeaways you may not have heard before. So what’s kind of new here is pointing to 1 Thessalonians 2:14-16 implicating the Jews in … Ehrman’s New Free Lecture on the Historicity of Jesus

WHERE WE ARE According to the Christian apologists Norman Geisler and Ronald Brooks, in their book When Skeptics Ask (hereafter: WSA), in order to prove that God raised Jesus from the dead, they must first prove that Jesus died on the cross: JESUS ACTUALLY DIED ON THE CROSS Before we can show that Jesus rose … Geisler’s Historical Claims supporting the Death of Jesus on the Cross

Ehrman’s new lecture is coming this Saturday, and he shared some free resources as supplements: Free Articles: Free Misquoting Jesus Podcast Episodes: Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)

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As I work away revising my three Paul essays, largely influenced by Prof Livesey’s work, here is a recent interview of her by Prof M David Litwa. My biggest takeaway? I look a lot like Litwa, lol. Your name Your email Subject Your message (optional)

My 3 essays on the historical Paul are under review and should be out soon. In the meantime, here are some thoughts on Jacob Berman’s podcast on a three-fold Paul from yesterday: Last Time: Review-  The Letters of Paul in their Roman Literary Context: Reassessing Apostolic Authorship by Nina E. Livesey My review of Livesey’s … THE QUEST FOR THE HISTORICAL PAUL: Jacob Berman, The Wholly Otherwise

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(1) We know from Paul’s Philippian Christ hymn and Corinthian Creed that Paul thought God raised Jesus from the dead and because of his service unto death exalted Jesus to the highest possible position (Lord), a name and status Jesus didn’t previously have. Paul elsewhere declares Jesus the firstborn of many brothers and he was … Better Know a Savior: Resurrection/Ascension