Jesus and history

birth and early life of Jesus. They are only found in two of the gospels. While Matthew and Luke are the only two gospels that contain the infancy narratives, they are a significant part in the story of Jesus. Matthew’s and Luke’s infancy narrative are both distinct, neither were a source for each other. While referred to as the infancy narratives they do not give us much from Jesus’ infancy and childhood. What the infancy narratives do answer is the question “Who is this Jesus of Nazareth?”…

world would be altered so significantly some will argue there would be no purpose to live without the events, people, and culture that were cultivated therein. The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ along with rising minority influence and natural disasters will mark 33 A.D. in human history as the most influential and essential year. The people of 33 A.D. bring unbridled revolutions in culture and philosophy as well as offering an example of values and lifestyles of the time. Great…

Love Jesus Because.” He is a very enthusiastic preacher and he starts out by saying, “I love Jesus because I can pray in his name.” We need to be grateful to Christ and love him because we can pray in his name. When he prays in Jesus’ name, he rolls upon the mind of God, all the memories he has. He has forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ. God has casts our sins into the depth of the sea. Not on the surface where men can look at them, but down deep in the depths of the sea. He loves Jesus…

When looking at verses 4-14, Jesus in essence is trying to both calm his disciples’ fears as well as temper any expectations they might have concerning their questions in verse 3. Jesus is basically saying, “Guys, don’t let your mind wander too far and come up with wrong conclusions.” Jesus tells the disciples that there will be birth pangs before the end. In saying this and describing the birth pangs, Jesus is not telling his disciples when He would come back. Also, although many want to…

1. In what ways is Jesus unique from other leading figures of history? In what ways is Jesus similar? Logically, asking how Jesus is unique from other spiritual leaders is like asking how our sun is different from other stars in our system of planets. The argument being that there are no other stars in our solar system. Historically, no other religious leader can compare to the uniqueness of Jesus Christ, since He is the only one who was dead and is now alive. He declares in Revelation 1:17-18…

knowing that she was to give birth to the Messiah. Jesus was born on a winter night in Bethlahem. Although there was great joy in being the mother of the Messiah, there was also great suffering.…

History in a nutshell is something that is hard to understand. However, the city of Thessalonica has brought a change to how we understand history. From being created in the bible times, we learn more about our religion and our Savior and the origins of it all. This city has left beautiful architecture that keeps people staring for days. With being present day Greece, Thessalonica is never forgotten. The location of Thessalonica is a significant place; it is located in the Central Macedonia…

Throughout his article “Rethinking Fundamental Theology”, O’Collins provides an analysis of the ideas surrounding the legitimacy of the revelation surrounding Jesus’ resurrection. O’Collins’ primary argument is that in order to believe in God, we must also believe in those who personally bore witness to his divinity. O’Collins goes on to outline three positions academics take with regards to the legitimacy of the resurrection. These include: (1) faith without reason, (2) faith based on evidence…

accurateness; in the end it is all true. There are countless groups and people that try to tear down the Bible but they all end of failing. This fall happens because the Bible is full of hard facts that are credible in their teachings, and give life to Jesus Christ. In the book The Case for Christ Lee Strobel comes to the conclusion that all the evidence proves that Christ is real. If all the evidence matches the teachings then the all of it is true. In order for the biographies of…

believe that Jesus is the Messiah and I believe that some of these are truly prophecies and others I believe are not. Psalms was written as poems and songs, it is about David and His experiences. I do not believe that someone can just pick a single verse out of Psalms and say it is a prophecy to fit their own agenda. David was writing about his hands and feet being pierced because that was a common practice done to criminals at the time. There are more concrete prophesies in the bible about…