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Overview Why Apologetics? Did Jesus Exist?  Is the Bible Reliable?  Jesus' Claims  Was Jesus God?  Conclusion

  1. What is Apologetics and why study it?

  2. Did Jesus really exist?

  3. Is the New Testament a reliable historical record?

    1. The Bibliographical Test

    2. The Internal Evidence Test

      1. When was the New Testament of the Bible written?
      2. Does the New Testament contain lies?
      3. Does the New Testament contain myths?
      4. Does the New Testament contain contradictions?
      5. What about all the supernatural events?

    3. The External Evidence Test

  4. Did Jesus claim to be God?

  5. Was Jesus who he claimed to be?
    1. The Resurrection: hoax or history?
    2. Prophetic evidence

  6. Conclusions and implications
  7. Bibliography

 

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Did Jesus exit? Did Jesus exist (Study Two) Does the NT contain Gospel Fictions or lies?
The Bibliographical Test (Study 3 Part 1) Does the NT contain myths?
Is the New Testament reliable as a historical record? Is the New Testament reliable as a historical record? (Study Three)
The Internal Evidence Test (Study 3 Part 2) What are we to make of all the supernatural events recorded in the New Testament documents?
The External Evidence Test (Study 3 Part 3) Are miralces possible?
Did Jesus claim to be God? Did Jesus claim to be God? (Study Four) Does God exist?
Was Jesus who he claimed to be? (Study Five)
Was Jesus who he claimed to be?
The Resurrection
Prophetic Evidence
Conclusions and Implications

 


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