If the Resurrection Really Happened, What Does That Mean?
The short answer is this. If Jesus really rose from the dead, it means that the Bible is true. So, the entire Christian worldview, which is derived from the Bible, is true. Let’s briefly review some of the ground we covered in prior posts, and then where it takes...
Is the New Testament Historically Reliable? Part 1
Introduction The short answer is yes. An exceptional number of copies, along with compelling internal evidence, brings very high confidence that the New Testament is historically accurate. The New Testament is made up of twenty-seven documents by some nine different writers. To determine if it is historically reliable, we...
What is the Gospel?
The English word gospel literally means “good news” and is found over 75 times in the New Testament. The Greek word is euangelion, which is where we also get our English words evangelist and evangelical. So what is this good news? The short answer is this: the gospel is God’s eternal plan to save...
What Is Christianity?
Introduction There is so much to this question. I’m going to tell you a story. Christianity is one of the world’s great religions, to be sure. But its foundation is based on what it claims are real historical events that happened throughout the history of the world. So Christianity...