Derren Brown - Tricks of the Mind
Why does Derren Brown believe that 'the Bible is not history'? A consideration of his journey from faith to scepticism.
Messiah: Jesus, the evidence of history
What historical evidence is there for the life of Jesus and the first Christians?
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 Historical Reliability of Mark's Gospel
What reasons do we have to trust Mark's Gospel?
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 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…
"You Christians are so narrow-minded!"
What could a Christian say in response? Well, wisdom often leads us to follow a certain course of action over many other options. For…
The Jesus We Never Knew
The October 2000 issue of The Atlantic Monthly featured a perceptive, and, to many, a surprising essay on the renewal of evangelical…
Expert Evidence on the Crucifixion of Jesus
Evidence in the Talmud for the crucifixion of Jesus.