Christian beliefs about Jesus and God are core to the faith. Yet both Jesus and God are often misunderstood by Christians, making Christian faith less believable and attractive.
This page will eventually link to pages that explain Jesus in his historical context, and shoiw God as a God of love.
The stories of Jesus and history
Christian faith is based on historical events. But are Jesus’ life and teachings accurately recorded in the Bible? How do historians assess Jesus from a historical perspective?
The Gospels as history – how historians assess the gospels.
Jesus and the historians – what secular historians conclude we can know about Jesus.
The reliability of the New Testament text how do we know the text we have today, based on copies of copies, is reliable?
Archaeology and the truth of the Gospels – new discoveries support the accuracy of John’s Gospel.
The Jesus myth theory – what historians say about the historical existence of Jesus.
Understanding Jesus
Understanding Jesus in his historical and cultural setting
Understanding Jesus better – seeing Jesus more through first century Jewish eyes, and less through twenty-first century western filters, can change the way we think about him- and how we follow him.
Jesus – son of God? – can we show that Jesus claimed to be divine using only the conclusions of secular historians?
The resurrection – the historical facts and how to argue that the resurrection really occurred.
Why did Jesus have to die? – a look at the different theological ideas about the atonement.
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