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A Case for the Empty Tomb (Part 2: Historical Evidence)

The previous section examined the arguments posed against the empty tomb hypothesis. The paper demonstrated in the first article that the arguments against the empty…

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Book Review of "How God Became Jesus"

  Bird, Michael F., ed. How God Became Jesus: The Real Origins of Belief in Jesus' Divine Nature. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014. $16.99. 236 pages. Michael Bird…

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Top 10 Challenges Facing the Church in 2016 (Part 1)

Since starting Bellator Christi three-years-ago, I have made it a practice to end each year with a glimpse of the challenges facing the church in…

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Examining Jesus by the Historical Method (Part 1-Multiple Sources)

In a previous post “What Can We Historically Know about Jesus,” I discussed various ways historians identify an event or person as historically credible. I…

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Where is Your Ultimate Authority Found? The 7 Loci of Authority

“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21).[1] Jesus’ classic statement is found in his famous sermon named the “Sermon…

Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ (Part 1b-Historical Evidence)

Click here to listen to the "Redeeming Truth" show summarizing this information. Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ: Historical Evidence (Part 2)  Pastor Brian Chilton…

Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ (Part 1a of 4: Historical Evidences)

Click here to listen to the "Redeeming Truth" show summarizing this information. Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ Part 1 of 4: Historical Evidence  Pastor…