It's often mentioned that the appearance is to women (something unlikely to be made up because of the gender of the individuals involved...

I've written about how Isaiah 9:1 seems to be behind Jesus' focus on Galilee in the context of his resurrection appearances . Notice...

A couple of years ago, I wrote a short post about which evidence for Jesus' resurrection we should focus on the most . Steve Hays wrote ...

R. Alan Culpepper just published a commentary on the gospel of Matthew (Matthew: A Commentary [Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox P...

"The apostle [Paul] had been putting forth all his strength to prove the doctrine of the resurrection, yet he was not diverted from his...

Since it's common to question or deny belief in an afterlife in early Judaism, we should keep in mind that an afterlife and significantl...

James Tabor recently posted a video in which he discusses some aspects of ancient Jewish messianic movements . He portrays Jesus as a failed...

In 1994 or 1995, the pastor of my church (who also happened to be my dad) held a missions conference where he invited several missionaries i...

One of the factors we should take into account when evaluating a figure like the apostle Paul is the difficulty involved in accomplishing wh...

Skeptics occasionally object to the historicity of Jesus' miracles on the basis that they aren't mentioned in Paul's letters. I ...

Here's a good article by Caleb Jackson on the subject. The blog the article appears on, Think Christian Theism , has a lot of other goo...

It's common for people to object that Christians are behaving irresponsibly on Twitter, Facebook, and other online settings, especially ...

The issues surrounding the conclusion of the case are larger and more complicated than is often suggested. Many of the factors involved hav...

I've often mentioned that sources in the earliest centuries of Christianity who discuss assumptions to heaven and related topics keep ci...

Jonathan McLatchie and Samuel Green (Christians) recently debated Shabir Ally and Yusuf Ismail (Muslims) on Isaiah 9:6 and the deity of Jesu...

- The author of the third gospel and Acts tells us the scope of his two-volume work in Luke 1:1-4 and Acts 1:1. He's addressing "th...

Jerome wrote about a time of many illnesses in his life: "The Lord 'who looks upon the earth and makes it tremble, who touches th...

My last post cited Charles Hill's Who Chose The Books Of The New Testament? (Bellingham, Washington: Lexham Press, 2022). The book make...

Scholars like Ehrman cite in this regard the well-worn adage: "It's the winners who write the histories." That is, those who g...

Than Christopoulos recently had several guests on his YouTube channel to discuss the resurrection of Jesus . The video isn't exhaustive,...