Sources: A Spectator's Guide to Jesus
Dr John Dickson describes the key sources for our knowledge of the life of Jesus, assessing them from the perspective of an historian.
Did Jesus Exist?
Are there any substantial grounds to deny that Jesus existed? This article responds to the main arguments.
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…
No Lost Books of the Bible
Some people claim there are 'lost books' that should have been included in the Bible. Greg Koukl says this view doesn't make sense, whether…
How Were the New Testament Books Compiled?
Are the New Testament books an arbitrary or personal selection of what was available? Or is there more to it than that?
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.
Earliest Evidence
Peter May considers some of the earliest evidence for the resurrection: the early Christian creed recorded in 1 Corinthians 15:3-5
Good for you but not for me: was Jesus just a moral teacher?
This talk explains why the claim that Jesus was no more than a moral teacher doesn't account for the evidence about him.