Did Jesus Claim to be God? A Response to Bart Ehrman (Part 3) Note: This is the third installment of a series of blog posts reviewing Bart Ehrman’s new book, How Jesus Became God–The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee(HarperOne, 2014). For the prior post see here and here. Not surprisingly, one of the major tenets in Ehrman’s […]
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“You can’t say everything.” This is one of the refrains I often cite to my students as we discuss historical documents. When ancient authors put quill to papyrus (or parchment), we need to remember that they had a limited amount of space, a limited amount of time, a limited number of goals, and often
The Apologetics of Jesus Introduction Was Jesus an apologist? As we read through the Gospels it could not be more evident that we see Jesus utilize a variety of methodologies to communicate spiritual truths. Since there was no New Testament canon at that time, it is not as if Jesus was cognizant of 1
Apologetics in the Gospel of John Introduction Apologetics is a branch of Christian theology that helps give reasons for the truthfulness of the Christian faith/worldview. The word “Apologia” means “to give reasons, make a legal defense” (Acts 26:2; 2 Tim. 4:16; 1 Pet 3:15). The apostles approach to spreading the message of the Gospel is characterized
Here is a pretty good interview with Michael Ruse on Does Evolution Explain Religious Beliefs This is the eighth in a series of interviews about religion that I am conducting for The Stone. The interviewee for this installment is Michael Ruse, a professor of philosophy at Florida State University and the author of the forthcoming
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Did the Earliest Christians Think Jesus Was an Angel? A Response to Bart Ehrman (Part 2) Note: This is the second installment of a series of blog posts reviewing Bart Ehrman’s new book, How Jesus Became God–The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee (HarperOne, 2014). For the prior post see here. Ehrman’s core argument is that Jesus
Bart Ehrman’s Worldview Problem–A Response to Bart Ehrman (Part 1) I have just finished my formal review of Bart Ehrman’s latest book,How Jesus Became God–The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee (HarperOne, 2014), and it should be available on the Reformation 21 website in the next week or so (I will provide a notice when it is
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Bart Ehrman and Michael Licona debate: “Is the Resurrection of Christ Provable?” This interesting debate is sure to enlighten.
Review of Bart Ehrman’s book “Forged: Writing in the Name of God”… Bart D. Ehrman, Forged: Writing in the Name of God—Why The Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are (San Francisco: HarperOne, 2011), 307 pages: a Review by Michael R. Licona, March 27, 2011 On March 22, the New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman published
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Handling an Objection: “I love the moral teachings of Jesus but I don’t think He is divine.” This past week I was doing some outreach on a major college campus. When it came time to talk about the identity of Jesus, I heard two similar responses. Granted, I have heard this objection many, many, times.