Essays on Faith

Reading rate assumptions for these essays.

Before Faith

• History
  • Has God Spoken? (5 min)
  • The Most Potent Lie of the Last 75 Years (6 min read)
  • Objections to Using the New Testament as Historical Evidence (3 min)
  • Understanding How the New Testament Arose (7 min)
  • How Were Ancient Churches Able to Agree on New Testament Contents? (4 min)
  • Why Did It Take 300 Years to Form the New Testament? (5 min)
  • Dispensing with the History-Denying “Jesus Mythicists” (7 min)
• New Testament Authorship
  • AI Engines on New Testament Authorship (2 hrs, 17 min)
  • Reference Lists on New Testament Authorship

Acquiring Faith

• A Historical and Methodical Approach to Finding Faith in Jesus (a series of 5 essays):
  • What Do People Say about Jesus? (6 min)
  • Where Can the Best Historical Information about Jesus Be Found? (5 min)
  • What Is the Nature of the Primary Historical Evidence for Jesus? (6 min)
  • What Do the Primary Historical Sources Say about Jesus? (6 min)
  • What Proves the Resurrection of Jesus? (6 min)
• Defining Faith and Related Terms (6 min)
• Examining the Words and Deeds of Jesus (9 min)
• The Extraordinary 1st-Century Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (7 min)
• Faith in God Begins with Faith in Jesus the Man (4 min)
• Lunatic, Liar, Lord…or Legend? (6 min)
• “One Solitary Life” as an Encapsulation of the History of Jesus (2 min)
• Toward a Faith in Jesus: My Pivotal Moment (7 min)
• What Does the New Testament’s Table of Contents Tell Us? (10 min)
• Forty Days and Forty Nights to Faith

Practicing Faith

• Spiritual Christianity Versus Social Christianity (2 min)
• Whose Approval Do You Want? (3 min)
• Practicing the Presence of Christ (5 min)
• Walking in the Spirit and Not in the Flesh (4 min)