
Was Jesus a Real Person?
This video examines the historical evidence for the life of Jesus, including discussion of the non-biblical evidence.
This video examines the historical evidence for the life of Jesus, including discussion of the non-biblical evidence.
This fascinating lecture points out the details which show that the New Testament Gospels must have been based on eyewitness accounts.
Many people think Jesus was real, but that his followers exaggerated his identity. Here are three reasons why we can trust the biblical…
What reasons do we have to trust Mark's Gospel?
Read this book if you want to be prepared to speak to anyone interested in why they can trust the accounts they read in the Gospels. And…
Giotto’s famous fourteenth century painting of Pilate [view it here] is an intriguing departure from the popular interpretation of…
In this workshop, we will discuss the specific problems with the novel The Da Vinci Code from the standpoint of its handling of Christian…
A New Testament scholar reviews Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code.
In this academically robust but accessible book, Peter J Williams addresses the trustworthiness of the Gospels.
How should we address apparent contradictions in the Bible? This article tackles some specific examples.
Do the Gospels give us any indication that they are using eyewitness testimony? Richard Bauckham examines some of the minor characters in…
How big are the differences between the hand-written copies of the Gospels' accounts of Jesus? Do these undermine what we can know about…
Readers of EN may remember a previous article where I reviewed several books by Bart Ehrman. I observed that Ehrman had previously been a…
Acharya S is a skeptic with an interest in mythology who has written a book entitled The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold.…
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…
Did the early Christian communities apply Jesus's teaching to the problems they faced or alter the facts to fit their agendas?
The usual attempts to defend the historical reliability of the New Testament are often fairly general in nature. These arguments are…
How can anyone believe the New Testament account of the life of Jesus, seeing that it was written so long after His death? There seems to…
Get to the truth behind Dan Brown's best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code.
In the book The Da Vinci Code the author Dan Brown poses a question and suggests an answer, in a discussion between the characters of…
This video describes how the geographical descriptions in the New Testament Gospels demonstrate their reliability.
Sean McDowell interviews Mike Licona on how his research into ancient biographies sheds light onto Gospel contradictions.
Why the so-called "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" is a modern forgery.
Some reflections on why the canonical Gospels are in the Bible whereas the apocryphal Gospels are not.
Were the Gospel accounts based on the testimony of eyewitnesses who were still alive when the Gospels were written?
This video examines the historical evidence that Jesus performed miracles.
Mike Licona responds to the latest attempt by the hyperskeptical community to advance the thesis that Jesus never existed.
Bart D. Ehrman is a world expert in the textual criticism of the New Testament who has recently written a best-selling book entitled…
A discussion of Christian beliefs about the divinity of Jesus and why the New Testament did not include other 'gospels'.
Once we've got at the facts behind the myths about Jesus, this final video considers what difference he makes to us today.
Are the Gospels full of contradictions? What would have been seen as normal standards of trustworthy historical writing at that time?
Can we know who wrote the Gospels? This video examines whether there is any evidence to support the traditional authors.
This video describes the discovery of the earliest copy of part of John's Gospel, the 'John Rylands Fragment'.
How many hand-written copies of the Gospel accounts are there? What does this reveal about possible mistakes?
Richard Bauckham and James Crossley discuss Bauckham's book 'Jesus and the Eyewitnesses' and consider its implications, on Justin…
Adrian Holloway tackles the question of whether we can trust what we read in the New Testament or should dismiss it as unsubstantiated myth.
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?
The way the Gospel accounts use the right names for people shows that they were about real people, based on reliable information.
Were the Gospel accounts corrupted as they were passed on? Was there any way to prevent this happening?
Dallas Willard considers what we can learn from the example of Jesus as a master logician and an excellent apologist.
How does the historical Jesus compare with the Jesus we find in the Qur'an and with the historical Muhammad?
This video considers how long it took before Jesus's first followers came to believe that he was the Son of God.
In this video, Richard Bauckham considers whether we can know who were the main witnesses behind the Gospel accounts of Jesus's life.
The way the Gospel accounts use correct place names shows that they were based on reliable information from first hand testimony.
Can we be confident that we have the original text of the Gospels? How does it compare to other ancient documents?
Myths are stories which are important to societies. But can it be helpful to compare the Gospel to stories such as The Lord of the Rings,…
Why should we consider the stories of Osiris, Dionysus, Adonis and Attis as myth, yet think Jesus of Nazareth is history? The answer is…
On the first week of April, 2006, the National Geographic Society announced the discovery of a lost gospel titled, 'The Gospel of Judas'.…