James Cameron, the Oscar-winning Hollywood director who brought us the Terminator and Titanic movies, along with Simcha Jacobovici a producer-director has made a documentary (to be aired March 4, 2007) that alleges they have found the tomb of Jesus and that the...
Before we can decide whether or not miracles can happen, we must first define what a miracle is. Basically, a miracle is an event that cannot be normally explained through the laws of nature. In the context of Christianity, miracles are the product and the work of God...
Some critics claim that there are no non-biblical accounts of the resurrection and insist that this undermine's the historicity of Jesus' rising from the dead. There are several things to note about this argument: First of all, saying that there are no non-biblical...
It is certainly possible that the New Testament writers worked together and concocted a plan to use a good man named Jesus, who had recently died to gain power and influence for themselves. But just because something is possible does not mean that it is a reality. It...
This possibility has been raised by critics ever since Jesus rose from the dead. But it has never taken root except in some Jewish circles because the New Testament account does not support a faked resurrection theory. Nevertheless, in order for the disciples to...
Sometimes critics of Christianity say that Jesus' disciples were mistaken about His resurrection. They say that because no one can rise from the dead, then the disciples were wrong when they said that Jesus rose from the dead. First of all, they are assuming...
The Swoon theory is the theory that Jesus never really died on the cross but that He was crucified and came very close to death. It further states that He was taken down from the cross and laid in the tomb. After three days the coolness of the tomb revived Him and...
All sorts of excuses and challenges have been offered to contradict or explain away the miraculous accounts of Jesus' life. Among the weaker challenges offered is that Jesus was some sort of a magician who was able to get people to hallucinate about His miracles. In...
There are a lot of competing truth-claim systems in the world. How do we know that we as Christians are believing what is true and are not deceived? The answer is three-fold. First, Christianity is only as true as the person of Jesus. He fulfilled prophecies, claimed...
Can Jesus' miracles be explained naturally? It is certainly possible that some might be explained with non-divine answers, but can all of them? I don't see how. It could be said that the gospel accounts were simply altered to make it look like Jesus was performing...