Did Jesus Stand Us Up?
Jesus was supposed to return at 6pm in your time zone on May 21, 2011. If you are reading this either you were “left behind” or he didn’t come back. […]
Save Jesus? Ignore Easter?
A Washington Post article, titled “Save Jesus, Ignore Easter,” says Christians focus too much on the death and resurrection of Jesus and that we need to focus more on his […]
Post-Resurrection Appearances & the Beginning of Christianity
In this post we will investigate the post-resurrection appearances of Christ and the origin of the Christian faith. A defense of the resurrection must give evidence for the historical validity […]
Jesus’ Tomb is Empty!
A defense of the resurrection must give evidence for the historical validity of the events described in the New Testament, and it must show how the resurrection of Jesus provides […]
The Resurrection Is Credible & Historical
Of all the teachings of Christianity, no doctrine is more central than the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Put bluntly, if Jesus Christ claimed to be the […]
Nestorius: Know the Heretics
John Calvin said in his Institutes of the Christian Religion that Nestorius “devised a double Christ!” The early church taught that Jesus Christ was one person with two natures: a divine […]
Gnostics: Know the Heretics
Gnosticism is not a specific heretical movement in church history, but rather a broad umbrella term categorizing a loose collection of false beliefs. Questions concerning the origins of Gnosticism are […]
Jesus Is for Losers
American Jesus Stephen Prothero’s American Jesus: How the Son of God Became a National Icon investigates the various constructions of Jesus in American history. He argues convincingly that what Americans […]
Monothelitism: Know the Heretics
Did Jesus Have a Human Will? After the Nicene (325) and Chalcedonian (451) declarations of classical, orthodox, dual-nature Christology, a stream of thought known as Monophysitism (the belief that there […]
Arius: Know the Heretics
Historical Background Arius (256-336 A.D.) is the most famous heretic of Christian theology. He was born in Libya and died in Constantinople. Arius held a prominent position as a […]