Further links: Angels, wise men, and a baby
Links to further resources to follow up on the bethinking booklet which asks why the events of the first Christmas show us what God is like.
Did Jesus Claim He Was More than a Prophet?
Did Jesus claim or imply that he was anything more than a prophet? Or did his followers transform him into the Son of God many years later?
Real People in the Gospels
The way the Gospel accounts use the right names for people shows that they were about real people, based on reliable information.
How Do the Gospels Compare with Other Ancient Documents?
Can we be confident that we have the original text of the Gospels? How does it compare to other ancient documents?
Jesus: the Rock on which Atheism Stumbles
This talk looks at who Jesus is and examines some of the misunderstandings about him, as well as his impact in history and the impact he…
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…
Jesus: considering the options
The doctrine of Christ's divinity is the central Christian doctrine, for it is like a skeleton key that opens all the others. 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.
The Lost Tomb of Jesus Controversy
In this talk, Gary Habermas analyses the claims by James Cameron, in his Discovery Channel documentary 'The Lost Tomb of Jesus', that a…