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Many people have dismissed Christian belief on the basis of second-hand knowledge or ideas they had in childhood. It is very difficult to draw conclusions about Jesus without going through the Gospels for yourself, with your adult intelligent mind. If you feel it is time to do this, you might...
None of these aspects of Jesus' life is based on meagre evidence. They are major themes that permeate every piece of information we have about him. They are so interwoven that the only alternative approach is to maintain that the Jesus of the Gospels is substantially a figure of fiction...
If you conducted an opinion poll on the entire population of the world, asking who is the greatest person who has ever lived, an overwhelming majority would surely choose Jesus Christ. He would be a long way ahead of his nearest rival. No other world figure commands such universal allegiance...
This eternal life begins now. Jesus said, 'I have come that you may have life and have it to the full'. We can only live life to the full when we understand: where we have come from, what we should be doing here and where we are going. Jesus gives us this...
Perhaps the most amazing thing about Jesus is that he claimed to know the Truth. He reckoned he knew what was right and what was wrong; where men and women came from and where they were heading. There is a great paradox here. His gentleness and humility are pervaded by a...
Even the greatest doubters are profoundly impressed by his teaching. The Sermon on the Mount expresses the highest ideals of mankind. For instance: We should treat others as we would want to be treated. To think bad thoughts is as evil as acting on them. Our word should be our...
Now we come to the crunch. For we are told that when men had rejected and crucified Jesus, God publicly set his seal on him by raising him from the dead! However improbable such an event may seem, the evidence for his resurrection continues to withstand the most careful scrutiny....
The most extraordinary deeds were attributed to Christ. The apostle John, in his account, called them 'signs': that is, authenticating signs, pointing to Christ's true identity. So, for instance, he is reported to have stilled a storm, leaving his followers dumbfounded. The Psalmist had written of God, 'He stills the...
Why believe the Bible? Nitpickerus: I'm not at all sure about the Bible Dionysius. Is it really that important to accept its authority? Dionysius: Do you accept the authority of Christ? Nitpickerus: Of course. Dionysius: Well, belief in the authority of the New Testament follows logically from belief in the authority of...
Imposing our morality Dionysius: Now as I recall we were going to discuss the ninth commandment.[1] Nitpickerus: You were. ! wasn't happy that you'd dealt with 'imposing our morality'. You never moved beyond health education. All those statIstics about condoms. It was more like a public health lecture than a biblical...
