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Jesus of Nazareth: Fact or Fiction Part 8 Defending and Commending the Faith With Dr. Joe L. Mott, inviting the atheist, agnostic and skeptic to examine for themselves
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References:
(1) “Introducing Christian Doctrine” by Millard Erickson.
(2) Jesus’ answer to the high priest is as CLEAR an INDICATION of Jesus’ deity as can be found in the Gospels.
(3) Not only did Jesus not DISPUTE the charge that He claimed to be divine, but He also accepted the attribution of deity given to Him by His disciples.
(4) Here was an excellent opportunity for Jesus to correct a misconception, but He did not do so. That means He agreed that attribution was no misconception.
(5) The early church knew that Jesus was NO MERE MAN but the eternal Son of Man and the Son of God, the Lord of all creation.
(6) Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli.
(7) “Many Infallible Proofs, vol. 2” by A. T. Pierson.
(8) The historian Will Durant, author of the massive “Story of Civilization,” devoted an entire volume of 751 pages to the years surrounding the life of Christ entitled “Caesar and Christ.”
(9) “Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ,” by Robert Bowman Jr. and J. Ed Komosewski.
(10) “Evidence and Truth” by Robert J. Morgan.
(11) “Jesus Among Other Gods” by Ravi Zacharias. (12) “I CAME to Him because I did not know which way to TURN. I REMAIN with Him because there is no other way I WISH to turn. I came to Him LONGING for something I did not HAVE. I REMAIN with Him because I HAVE something I will not TRADE. I came to Him as a STRANGER. I remain with Him in the most intimate of FRIENDSHIPS. I came to Him UNSURE about the FUTURE. I remain with Him certain about my DESTINY.”
This is episode 168.
References:
(1) “Introducing Christian Doctrine” by Millard Erickson.
(2) Jesus’ answer to the high priest is as CLEAR an INDICATION of Jesus’ deity as can be found in the Gospels.
(3) Not only did Jesus not DISPUTE the charge that He claimed to be divine, but He also accepted the attribution of deity given to Him by His disciples.
(4) Here was an excellent opportunity for Jesus to correct a misconception, but He did not do so. That means He agreed that attribution was no misconception.
(5) The early church knew that Jesus was NO MERE MAN but the eternal Son of Man and the Son of God, the Lord of all creation.
(6) Handbook of Christian Apologetics by Peter Kreeft and Ronald K. Tacelli.
(7) “Many Infallible Proofs, vol. 2” by A. T. Pierson.
(8) The historian Will Durant, author of the massive “Story of Civilization,” devoted an entire volume of 751 pages to the years surrounding the life of Christ entitled “Caesar and Christ.”
(9) “Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ,” by Robert Bowman Jr. and J. Ed Komosewski.
(10) “Evidence and Truth” by Robert J. Morgan.
(11) “Jesus Among Other Gods” by Ravi Zacharias. (12) “I CAME to Him because I did not know which way to TURN. I REMAIN with Him because there is no other way I WISH to turn. I came to Him LONGING for something I did not HAVE. I REMAIN with Him because I HAVE something I will not TRADE. I came to Him as a STRANGER. I remain with Him in the most intimate of FRIENDSHIPS. I came to Him UNSURE about the FUTURE. I remain with Him certain about my DESTINY.”
This is episode 168.
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