The God Argument by A.C. Grayling – a review
This is a ‘wham-bam, take it or leave it’ book. Prof. Grayling issues terse, often idiosyncratic, definitions without…
A.C. Grayling and Peter S. Williams on The God Argument
A.C. Grayling discusses the arguments in his book The God Argument with Peter S. Williams on Justin Brierley's 'Unbelievable?' radio…
The Quest for the Historical Israel – a review
Finkelstein and Mazar represent two of the most influential Israeli archaeologists of the present generation. Finkelstein is a professor at…
New Developments in Historical Jesus Research
In a talk given at The Veritas Forum at the University of California, Santa Barbara in October 2000, Professor Craig Blomberg discusses new…
The Sweet Words of an Enemy
If your mother claims that you are an honest person, we may trust you that you will do what you say. Yet some reservation is understandable…
Messiah: Jesus, the evidence of history
What historical evidence is there for the life of Jesus and the first Christians?
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 really claim to be God?
A previous article addressed the question, ‘Does the Bible really attest to the deity of Jesus?’ by looking at several…
Jesus – Son of God?
The Gospel writers portrayed Jesus as claiming to be the 'Son of God', but can history verify this and, if so, what did Jesus mean by it?