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Aug 21, 2018 · Believing that God has a plan helps people regain some sense of control, or at least acceptance. Why do people believe in God? For most people in the world, the answer seems obvious: Because it’s...
- David Ludden Ph.D.
Jan 4, 2022 · When we believe in Jesus, we receive access to God’s holy presence to comfort, protect, lead, and guide us (Ephesians 2:13, 18; 3:11–12; Hebrews 4:16). He teaches us and speaks to us through His Word (Psalm 119:105) and enables us to live for Him by the power of His Holy Spirit (Acts 1:8; 1 Corinthians 2:10–13; John 14:26).
Oct 25, 2023 · Christians believe and follow because Jesus was sent by God the Father to save the world. The Gospel accounts teach that Jesus ministered for three years, preached and taught, sent out His disciples, and transformed lives through conversations, healings, and miracles performed.
- Pamela Palmer
Oct 9, 2023 · Here are six lines of evidence for why Christians believe Jesus is God. First, Jesus admits he’s God in John 8. The religious leaders ask Jesus about his identity.
- Archaeological Evidence of Jesus Does Not exist.
- Documentary Evidence Outside of The New Testament Is LIMITED.
- Tacitus Connects Jesus to His Execution by Pontius Pilate.
- Additional Roman Texts Reference Jesus.
There is no definitive physical or archaeological evidence of the existence of Jesus. “There’s nothing conclusive, nor would I expect there to be,” Mykytiuk says. “Peasants don’t normally leave an archaeological trail.” “The reality is that we don’t have archaeological records for virtually anyone who lived in Jesus’s time and place,” says Universi...
The most detailed record of the life and death of Jesus comes from the four Gospels and other New Testament writings. “These are all Christian and are obviously and understandably biased in what they report, and have to be evaluated very critically indeed to establish any historically reliable information,” Ehrman says. “But their central claims ab...
Another account of Jesus appears in Annals of Imperial Rome, a first-century history of the Roman Empire written around A.D. 116 by the Roman senator and historian Tacitus. In chronicling the burning of Rome in A.D. 64, Tacitus mentions that Emperor Nerofalsely blamed “the persons commonly called Christians, who were hated for their enormities. Chr...
Shortly before Tacitus penned his account of Jesus, Roman governor Pliny the Younger wrote to Emperor Trajan that early Christians would “sing hymns to Christ as to a god.” Some scholars also believe Roman historian Suetonius references Jesus in noting that Emperor Claudiushad expelled Jews from Rome who “were making constant disturbances at the in...
Most Christians believe that Jesus was both human and the Son of God. While there have been theological debate over the nature of Jesus, Trinitarian Christians generally believe that Jesus is God incarnate, God the Son, and "true God and true man" (or both fully divine and fully human).
Jul 21, 2022 · As the presence of Yahweh on earth, Jesus holds lordship over all things in heaven and earth. Nothing in existence, no dominion, ruler, or authority, visible or invisible, has more power or authority than Jesus. “He is before all things, and in him do all things hold together,” says the hymn (1:17).
