Pontius Pilate - Have the Gospels Got it Right?
Giotto’s famous fourteenth century painting of Pilate [view it here] is an intriguing departure from the popular interpretation of…
The Historical Reliability of Mark's Gospel
What reasons do we have to trust Mark's Gospel?
Answering Four Misconceptions about the Christian Faith
There are a number of popular misconceptions about Christianity that arise in today's society. Brian Douglas answers four of these as he…
Recent Perspectives on the Reliability of the Gospels
The usual attempts to defend the historical reliability of the New Testament are often fairly general in nature. These arguments are…
The Jesus Seminar
The Jesus Seminar claims that some of the words of Jesus recorded in the Gospels were actually said by him but others were invented by the…
Evil and God: Reflections of a Former Atheist
The existence of evil seems to challenge the idea of an all-powerful God of love. Here is one person's account of grappling with this…
Making Sense of God - a review
Tim Keller's new book explores the question of how anyone in our age of scepticism could believe in Christianity.
Does Astronomy Reveal Joshua’s Long Day?
A popular story gives a salutary warning of the need to check our sources carefully and be careful in the arguments we use.
Are the apocryphal gospels true?
Some reflections on why the canonical Gospels are in the Bible whereas the apocryphal Gospels are not.