Category Archives: Historical Jesus

Are the Gospels Reliable? 10 Quick Points

Posted on 2015/02/06 by Saints and Sceptics

1) The first Christians had the motivation to keep their memories of Jesus intact, they had the means for accessing good information about Jesus, and the evidence is that they were trying to faithfully preserve a reliable history of his life and teachings.

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What is the Case for the Resurrection?

Posted on 2014/09/23 by Saints and Sceptics

To begin, we must be entirely clear on what the case for the resurrection is not. No one is arguing that some historically reliable documents report a resurrection, and that we should therefore believe that a resurrection occurred. Rather, the historical method is used to establish certain facts, and a miracle is inferred as the best explanation of those facts.

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