Who was Jesus?
The historical Jesus, His claims, the crucifixion, why the cross is not abuse, and how the one God can be Father, Son, and Spirit.
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Slide deck · 12 slidesThe historical bedrock
Slide deck · 15 slidesThe resurrection evidence
ShortHow historians verify the New Testament
ShortThe historical case for the crucifixion
ShortThe historical puzzle of the empty tomb
ShortHow historians investigate the resurrection
ShortThe mathematical odds of prophecy
InfographicEvidence for the Christian worldview
InfographicThe historical bedrock
InfographicThe witness of history
InfographicThe inescapable death of JesusQuestions
Did Jesus even exist?
Yes. The idea that He is a myth is a fringe view, not a scholarly one. Christian, Jewish, and Roman sources all remember a crucified teacher from Nazareth.
Weren’t the Gospels written too late to be reliable?
They sit inside a generation of the events, and the creed in 1 Corinthians 15 is earlier still—within a few years of the cross.
Did Jesus actually die on the cross?
Crucifixion under Pilate is one of the most secure facts of ancient history. History, medicine, and archaeology converge. The swoon theory is medically and historically empty.
Did Jesus really claim to be God?
Yes—by prerogatives, titles, and direct identifications that His hearers treated as blasphemy.
Did Jesus just live on in their hearts?
No. The first Christians claimed a transformed physical body. A metaphor does not empty a tomb, convert a persecutor, or need a factual explanation of a missing corpse.
Why a sacrifice — isn’t the cross cosmic child abuse?
The cross is God paying His own debt, not a father venting rage on an innocent third party. The Son goes willingly. Justice and mercy meet in one act because the Judge and the Substitute are one God.
How can God be three and one?
Not three gods, and not one person wearing masks. One God, three Persons — Father, Son, and Spirit — sharing one being. The math objection treats God like a pile of objects.