Christianity makes one of the largest claims a religion can make: there is one true God, Jesus uniquely reveals that God, and reconciliation with God ultimately comes through him. For many Christians, this conclusion feels less like a hypothesis than an established fact. They may point to the Bible, the resurrection, fulfilled prophecy, personal experiences of Jesus, answered prayer, the growth...
There are at least three very different claims hidden inside the question of whether Jesus was who Christianity says he was. The first is that Jesus of Nazareth existed. The second is that his followers believed extraordinary things about him, including that he performed miracles and appeared to them after his death. The third is that those supernatural events actually happened. These claims...
One of the most familiar claims in Christianity is that Jesus fulfilled the prophecies of the Old Testament. Depending on which Christian source you encounter, you may hear that Jesus fulfilled dozens, hundreds, or even more predictions concerning the coming Messiah. For believers, these apparent fulfillments can seem like powerful evidence. If texts written centuries before Jesus accurately...
