I recently heard about this documentary called The God Who Wasn’t There. It’s basic premise is to rip apart Christianity. I really want to see this documentary so I can refute it. For now, here’s what I had to say about the talking points:

…irreverently lays out the case that Jesus Christ never existed.

The existence and stories of Jesus has been proven to stand up in a court of law according to Harvard Law better than any case based on witness accounts. Most historians, atheists, and people who generally hate Christianity are not stupid enough to claim he didn’t exist. There is way too much evidence for him.

The early founders of Christianity seem wholly unaware of the idea of a human Jesus.

The early founders never comprehended Jesus might actually be divine. They knew he was “The Christ”, but they were wholly unaware that he was God until after his death and resurrection. Oh wait, faith critics will reject this point because they don’t believe the resurrection actually happened, or that he existed, and therefore they have to draw conclusions ONLY based on these assumptions.

The Jesus of the Gospels bears a striking resemblance to other ancient heroes and the figureheads of pagan savior cults

Ancient figureheads and pagan savior cults notoriously ripped off Jewish History. Christianity was born out of Judaism with Christ the Messiah (Jesus) replacing fulfilling the Torah (the Law) [Edited - See Comments]. Judaism still holds the messiah notion, but he has not yet been revealed. The Jewish tradition is what first brought on the messiah notion and these pagan cultures stole from the Jews. There is a whole lot of evidence that explores how much the Jewish tradition was mined for stories, meaning, ideas, rituals, etc. For this documentary to say Christianity rips off of pagan cults would be similar to an author who had his work stolen and then altered through gossip and then that author’s son later on in life is told he’s crazy for trying to set the record straight about his father.

Contemporary Christians are largely ignorant of the origins of their religion.

I think a lot of people of all faiths are largely ignorant of the origins of their religions. Atheists usually are very intimate with their beliefs because it’s largely a faith based on responding to religion than it is wholly its own framework of being.

Fundamentalism is as strong today as it ever has been, with an alarming 44% of Americans believing that Jesus will return to earth in their lifetimes.

This statement assumes that everyone should accept it to be “alarming” that even 1 person believes Jesus will return to the earth. Why? Why Why Why should THIS be more alarming than any of this crazy talk: Muslims believe they will be rewarded with 77 virgins in paradise, Buddhists believe they will achieve nothingness? Hindu believe they may become a tree or an animal, or if they are lucky a cow! They also over spiritualize everything and constantly worship everything as 1000s of gods litter the cities in India. Atheism: There is no god, you just end. All of these beliefs say something central to their faith:

• Muslims: Over obsessed with male dominance, patriarchy, sex, and submission
• Buddhists: Everything in life is a distraction and nothing has value
• Hindu: You will never rest in this religion as you are distracted to worship anything and everything and when you die it keeps going.
• Atheism: You just end, that’s it? This is just pride. It’s too humbling to say “well there might be a God and if so I should probably believe in Him”
• Christianity: We are humans, not perfect, and therefore need a savior to come back and help us.

Christianity cannot possibly be any more alarming than these notions, regardless of what you believe.

I actually really enjoyed this video and the background music. This is a video about numbers and perspective. China is x big. India is y big, etc. My favorite part was that there were 50 billion searches on Google in a month. In 2006, this number was only 2.7 billion…that to me is incredible. But, beyond this:

Jesus > *

The world hungers and thirsts after life and meaning and the pursuit of information has the allure of fulfilling this hunger because it is so expansive and incredible. But God’s name is “To be”. God transcends all information past / present / future, God is beyond everything. To exist is God. He encompasses all information in all of His infinity. The world’s most powerful wisdom is His foolishness. Real power is in the Spirit, which always goes against the grain of the world.

Videos like this have the ability to land heavy on our shoulders, to be a huge weight and burden. We are tempted to say “OMG, how do we keep up, stay ahead, etc?” But, when you live by the Spirit, you can defy worldly wisdom and logic. In the Spirit:

Prophecy > Google
Healing > Physics
The Word > Death
Love > Fear

At the end of this age, every knee shall bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord.

I opened a piece of mail from the University of Washington financial aid office I brought along on my trip to Ithaca, NY. I was visiting my brother at Cornell in 2000. In a moment I saw my whole college life crashing and burning. I realized I was already two days late from signing and retuning the paperwork to renew my financial aid for school. I didn’t fully understand all of the ramifications, but not being able to go back next quarter, and perhaps at all, was shattering to me. In college, I had discovered a healthy ego, acceptance, and a zeal for life that revealed permanent traits to my character. I couldn’t verbalize this at the time, but I knew this piece of mail challenged the nesting ground of my identity development.

I remember calling my Mom to tell her I might have a problem. “Maybe you could stay in New York?” she said with hope. Her words did give me hope, even though this idea was ultimately impractical and didn’t resonate with my heart. I had been having a really great time with my brother and his good friend Chris for the past several days. It seemed like this news was such a damper. Both O.Shane and Chris felt sympathetic for my situation and could see my countenance drop several levels. Nevertheless, I decided to make the best of my trip.

There are several Cornell traditions (i.e. “traying”) and one in particular is called a “Nick’s Run”. Everyone piles into a car to drive 2.5 hours one-way to a hole-in-the-wall dump of a restaurant in Rochester NY, called Nick Tahoe’s. The food is crappy, but the value is in the experience of getting there and the longing to satiate the hunger that builds over the course of the long drive. My brother O.Shane, Chris, John, a girl whom I forget her name, and I took our rental car on a Nick’s run. I was happy to take part in at least one Ivy League tradition, even if it wasn’t one of the more well known ones. The drive there was full of joy, fun conversation, and excitement for an undeserving restaurant. Your body feels the long drive, but your company can make the time go fast.

We arrive and all first time Nick’s runners are obligated to order the “Garbage Plate”, which is a pile of potatoes, corn, ground beef, and I can’t remember what else. All of us devoured garbage food, except for Chris. I finally asked him “Aren’t you hungry?” He responded “I’m actually fasting…for you. I’m asking God would restore your financial aid.” I can’t remember his exact words, but in that moment, a wash of love from God, love from a friend, and a feeling of value came over me. I was astonished by a friend I’d barely known a week had chosen to fast and pray for me. Something moved me and I felt movement…I couldn’t explain it.

The next day I called the Finanical Aid Office and the representative’s first response was “Ohh, that’s okay, we’ll just restore your financial aid, you’re good to go.” In a single sentence I passed through mountains of red tape from across the country over the phone. Historically it had taken several in-person visits to their office to achieve what was necessary. Chris had fasted for me.

This has sat with me, close to my heart, for nine years. I fasted once when I was 18 for a youth group event in High School, but never from my own heart or apparent divine impression. But recently, there have been “long drives” in my life, “shortened” immensely through fasting. These drives were to fulfill longing desires in my heart. I don’t fully understand it, but in my experience I have witnessed God move at light speed, and to my great delight. I’ve also underestimated its effect on me. I don’t have all of the language to describe it, but I feel the Lord’s pleasure when I’ve fasted and I’ve felt intimately cared for through it.

Christians easily tell you to “give your desires to God”, or “entrust them to Him”. This can easily be interpreted as “give up on your desires.” But did not God make us who we are and impart to us desires in our creation? What they don’t tell you is to “also, hang on to your desires, don’t let them go.” So which is it? I think it’s both, but this kind of ambivalence and tension is incredibly painful to live through. Moses would pray to God at times “Consider your promise God!” “Consider your people! Deliver them for the sake of your name, so it won’t be tarnished.” I don’t think for a moment that God was actually convinced of Moses’s reasoning, but instead was well pleased with Moses’s boldness to speak to God so intimately, so fervently, so filled with desire for deliverance.

In regards to prayer, I have taken Moses’s approach to heart. I’ve prayed “God take all of this away from me if it’s not from You, if it’s not sustained by you, if it’s not your desire.” Immediately after, I pleaded for God to move on behalf of my desire. But lately, in purity of heart, I’ve fasted along with these prayers…and this is when I experienced “light speed movement”. Movement doesn’t always mean a direct answer to my prayer. Sometimes it has been a greater revelation into what, why, and how. Sometimes it has been delightfully a direct answer to prayer. Another time it has been a series of revelations. In all three cases, there has been quick movement. I understand that God most certainly does have ninja characteristics. I don’t have all of the theology for you around fasting, but I do have stories.

Bear with me as I build up to the discussion around racketeering.

Much of the world hates marriage. It is under constant attack. This matters because a healthy and vibrant marriage is the closest life experience that we humans have to understanding how God loves us through Christ. There are several descriptions and guidelines for marriage in the Bible, but behold this one in particular from Ephesians:

Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of his body. “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church [emphasis added]. However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. - Ephesians 5:25-33

Allow me to briefly take a generalized account of marriage throughout the world. Marriage is the intended context for sex by God (”the two shall become one flesh” is Bible lingo for sex), yet large portions of the whole world, and particularly the USA, are super-charged sexually in most aspects of daily life, including conversation, media, advertising, entertainment, and so on, all of which lack discretion and any portrayal of marriage as the context for sex. The porn industry is colossal. In France and parts of Europe, it’s much more socially acceptable to have a mistress. In the Muslim world, women have no rights. Muslim women are not loved sacrificially or loved by men as if they were loving their own bodies as described above in Ephesians. Just this week a Saudi judge ruled that it was legal for a 45+ year old man to marry an 8 year old girl, in order to settle the girl’s father’s debt, as long as the husband waited to have sexual relations with her until puberty is onset. A major WTF is in order. Women’s rights are also lacking in India and hindu culture. There’s some good to be said for marriage arrangements, but I disagree with the lack of choice in the matter, particularly from the to-be wife. Japan has some pretty twisted and disturbing perspectives around sex. Exposure to some kinds of manga and anime will reveal some nasty shit.

All of these topics probably deserve in-depth discussion as they are all tragic and important. Many of us are overcomers. We have been down some of these tragic paths, but seek to achieve a lasting healthy marriage. Some of us may be embarking on marriage soon and want to do it well from the start. Some of us have great hopes to meet someone and have a healthy vibrant marriage in the future. We desire to overcome all of the world’s obstacles of marriage perversions and through marriage we might get a glimpse of the profound nature of God’s remarkable and overwhelming love for His people. Bless all of you! Let the wedding plans begin!

That will be $20,000 please.

WTF? $4,000 to rent our event center for a night…a NIGHT. Oh, you want to have the ceremony here too? That will be an additional $1500, but that includes setup and cleanup. By the way, we only allow you to use 1 of the 4 following caterers. The cheapest of the 4 charges $35.50 per person, but a minimum charge of $5000. There’s that automatic 20% mystery fee. Two bartenders are required, each are $25.00 / hour. Attire, decorations, flowers, DJ/msuic, cake? Gotta have cake! (That’s what the tape was sayin’).

I call shenanigans on the whole wedding industry! We finally make it this far, overcoming the rest of the world’s garbage, just to be exploited…nickeled and dimed into debt? Damn, it’s almost easier to just wait and save money, risking burning with passion or living together……which is what many of us end up doing. No big deal right?

NO! This world is so fallen. If the world loved marriage, you’d get the wedding discount. Everything would be at cost and marriage would be encouraged. “You guys are ready? Great! The sooner the better! How can we help?” Unfortunately this isn’t the case. It’s better to have 10 people at your wedding, or order pizza and have it at your friend’s house, or a backyard, than to spend gob-loads of cash you don’t have to make “the perfect day”. How about seeking after a “rich life of marriage” vs. “the perfect day”?

The wedding racket is a much more subtle and sinister attack on marriage. It isn’t blatant, it’s just a distraction to have you put-off or compromise your integrity in order to achieve “the perfect day”. If any of you have ideas to circumvent the wedding racket, please share!

Consider the following two parables spoken by Jesus:

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Matthew 13:44

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Matthew 13:45-46

Both people in the parables are looking for something. Remember, “seek, and you will find?” What treasure are we after? If we do find treasure, do we understand its significance or have the cajones to sacrifice everything for it?

Consider these hidden “treasures”: The Kingdom of Heaven is the P-Wing of power-ups, the Ashbringer, the the Super-Smash Ball, the BFG9000, the seven chaos-emeralds, the Masmune sword, the Covenant Elite Energy Sword, Warmonger Sword of Borel, The Master Sword, the super gravity gun. The Kingdom of Heaven is like turning on the hacks, it’s overpowered. If you don’t understand any of these “treasures”, you probably haven’t played their respective games and you’d probably not succeed. That’s okay, they’re just video games.

In the context of describing His Father’s house, Jesus says: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” - John 14:6. And there’s your overpowered epic drop for this life. The Kingdom of Heaven is here.

Officer chat:
“What should we do boss?” asked my number 2 in command.
“Let him go repair his equipment,” I replied.

Public chat:
“Player XYZ, you’re a good player. [Pause] Don’t EVER show up to my raid again without repairing,” I said very sternly as I publicly rebuked the offending member of my World of Warcraft guild.

I had reached pretty much the pinnacle of the current online gaming community: I was the leader of a gaming guild of over 100 players who would do whatever my whim desired. All I had to do was say the word. I was humble and reserved with my power so that when I used it, it counted. I was loved as a leader, respected, and people looked up to me. I toiled very hard to grow a guild out of just a handful of friends and I spent consuming hours doing it.

The problem was that it wasn’t enough and it would never be enough. (I eventually quit the game after a 2+ year addiction). We seek meaning, identity, purpose, comfort, in all kinds of communities. It’s evident when we ponder the following:

• Work
• Drinking Establishments
• Circles of drug abusers
• Gangs
• Video Game Guilds and Clans
• Sports teams
• Church
• Coffee Crazies
• Book clubs
• Pick-up Groups

Our desire for meaning in community is a good thing. Community, in particular is powerful. When we find our niche at work, our sports buddies or drinking buddies with whom we see eye-to-eye, those we share similar interests, life sparks in those groups and interactions. It’s exciting! We go back, we meet again, we seek to recreate those initial sparks, which is fine.

Eventually, the sparks dim and the excitement wears off. These pursuits, on their own, require more time, energy, and sacrifice to recreate a fraction of the initial experience…they consume us. I believe that only Christ can bring “everlasting life”. If what we do is Christ-centered, then the life we experience is renewed. We can “drink” and not get thirsty. I threw in Church to make clear that “Christ-centered” does not necessarily mean “about Jesus.” I’ve seen plenty of Church groups that probably belong in the garbage heap that are “about Jesus” and I’ve seen well meaning people addicted to Church communities. (However, if Christ is preached, even in pretense, that’s still a good thing - Philippians 1:15-18). Any community, even “good” communities can be abused by their members to attempt to fulfill a desire for meaning. I love good communities and I find great meaning in them and they are fun. But, if we outsource our pursuit of meaning and fulfillment to the community alone, neglecting Jesus, we make that community our god, our idol, and set ourselves on the path to being consumed.

Every god requires sacrifice. That may sound archaic, but all of the modern renovations of god-worship are still present, especially in the communities represented above. Whatever “god” you choose, they will consume your life. They can’t bring life because they’re all dead. Jesus is the only one who gives back because He is the Living God.

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” - John 10:10.

“Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” - John 4:13-14.

Jesus proposes a litmus test, so to speak, a conundrum of logic by which we can test His claim:

“Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” - Matthew 10:39. (This is probably my second most favorite verse in the Bible).

Given my own testimony above, I already find the first half to be true. The more I try to find my life my own way, I end up losing my life as I am consumed. In my pursuit of finding my life in the World of Warcraft community, I lost my physical health by gaining 70 pounds, I lost my social life by forsaking all my friends, I lost my marriage as I neglected my wife (there are two sides to this story, but this is a window into some of my mistakes), and I could have lost my job if it wasn’t for His grace. I stayed up late many nights making it hard to get to work on time.

“Losing my life for His sake” actually sounds very toilsome, boring, and painful. His promise states, however, by doing this I will find “life”. It can be quite a stretch to believe this. More on this later…

Christians: What is your gospel? Initially, most everyone will explain God’s saving grace through Christ’s death and resurrection. A great answer indeed, but then something unspoken happens in relating to others, in Church, through word of mouth: we add more to our gospel than the gospel. Many of us have our own rogue gospels that help us feel comfortable or safe. The problem is that when we add anything to the gospel, Jesus gets nerfed, and we endanger the message of Grace. I see this happen primarily in two ways. The first addresses our actions and convictions, which Paul discusses this in Romans 14:

• One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind [emphasis added]. The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. - Romans 14:5-9.

The second addresses who we follow:

• I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? - 1 Corinthians 1:10-13.

This passage in 1 Corinthians does not undermine our Church leadership nor those to which we esteem, but no person, action, or conviction (or anything) should get in the way of the gospel of grace, that Christ was crucified and resurrected for the whole world. Here are some modern rogue gospels with which I’ve been confronted:

• Our Church really is the best church to attend because of xyz theology. This is by far the most common rogue gospel. Somehow we believe the Church in which God has placed us is the Church that God should be placing everyone, or everyone in your city, and so on. Did you really just “should on” God? Churches are instruments used by God and we must look upon them and accept their value. The Church on the other side of town is doing a different work that your own lacks and yes, the Church you attend is likely doing a great work that other Churches lack.
• How can you be a Christian and not a republican? Conservative republicans have long felt they are the keepers of the evangelicals. This simply isn’t true as there are many faithful believers who land on both sides of the political aisle.
• All Christians should believe in creation science. Many Christians elevate creation science to Jesus. God is above creation and above evolution. He is way too high.

It’s good to have convictions and be “convinced in our own mind” as to how we should go about our business, teach our children, and even to teach others your secondary beliefs. However if we lace the gospel with these things, or they become as important, or we are not careful with our language around these subjects in proximity to the gospel, we risk rejecting our brothers and sisters and we risk rejecting seekers who might have otherwise chosen to believe. Paul addresses this specifically:

• For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel [emphasis added], that I may share with them in its blessings. - 1 Corinthians 9:19-23

Paul sets himself aside, he chose to lose himself for the sake of Christ. In turn he was able to “share with them in its [the gospel's] blessings”. This is another topic for another post. What are some rogue gospels with which you’ve been confronted?

Okay, you can nerf Jesus, but OMG what are you doing?!

 
I can’t do life.  I’m not immune to the realities of life, so when life’s crap rains down (because it rains on everyone), I could really use some help.  This is why I choose Jesus.  I know I should pray, but I don’t pray enough.  I know I should love my neighbor and help those around me, but I don’t enough.  I know I should be kind, generous, aware, working hard, fight enough for justice etc., etc., but my own mind testifies against me constantly: “You know you should do more, you know this doesn’t feel like it’s enough”, so we say “good enough.”  

I dunno, but I don’t think God is the type to say “well you did good enough, come on into Heaven.”  You either did it, or you didn’t (”For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23).  I think those of us who are honest with ourselves would admit: “EPIC FAIL.”  I rarely meet anyone who says “I have it altogether” and who never doubts their life performance.  If I do meet someone of the kind, there’s invariably something “off” about this person and they clearly don’t see their humanity.  You may excel in work, but what about relationships?  Or vice versa?  Or what if you just suck really bad?  (God has a special place in his heart for types like you: like Moses, yes he sucked at life all around until he met God).

God knows all of this….durrrrr, He’s God, so I believe he sent Jesus to handle the shortcomings of what I just described.  Instead of having to achieve XYZ, or meet quota ABC, or do enough to get to Heaven, you can just commit yourself to Him and He will handle the rest.  When I say “commit yourself” that doesn’t imply slacking off like a freeloader, it just means you commit going towards Him,  you commit yourself to be ruled by His Spirit.  It implies walking a path or direction.  You might be going slow, you might trip and fall, you might get tired, there are people way ahead of you, there are people behind you, but you are still going a certain direction.  The path leads to Heaven, but you’d never make it on your own.   Our enterprising minds would rather choose:  ”if I just do some basics, that will be good”.  This algorithm of living is easier to accept.  If we reason that we only have to do the basics, that’s a whole lot easier than dedicating our lives to a certain direction.   Doing the basics and calling it good is not flawless and I won’t allow myself to be deceived. By committing ourselves to Him, we become His, we are made heirs with Christ, we inherit his perfection. “Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.” (Philippians 3:12).

So, when Jesus gets nerfed in speech, teaching, writing, etc, the true expanse of His power is hidden…and it frustrates me.  If Jesus gets nerfed, then it puts the burden of meeting the quota and the achievements to be accepted on me.  Perfection is unrealistic.  When I read something in the Bible I’m unwilling to do or I feel like God himself  has asked me to do things I often resist them because they are difficult challenges or I’m downright unwilling to do them.  I know most of you can identify with me, Christians or not.  How many of you want to lose weight, but just won’t do it?  How many of you would like to be bold, courageous, etc, but are afraid to actually try being that way?

I’ve prayed “change my heart,” “help me,” “I can’t do this”, and have literally walked away from prayer saying to myself “I’m not going to care about doing what I should do because I know I won’t do it”.   Then in time I’ve seen growth and stretching into these areas of life I’d never thought I’d reach.  I hate white-knuckling myself into these things.  I’ve tried that before.  Neither my heart or desire is into it and soon enough I quit because it’s only an example of short-term discipline versus real change.  So again, it really bothers me when Jesus gets nerfed.  Examples of how Jesus frequently gets nerfed:

• “Jesus is not God (fully divine)” - If He’s not God, then He’s not perfect, and He’s no help to me or you.  Some sects say “He’s only the Son of God, not God”. Why believe in a “Son of God” who is not God?  I learn from the Master of Life, not a “n00b of life”, or the “I kind of mastered life” person, or the “I mastered life better than all of you” man.  What an “asshole Jesus” the latter is.  I’d rather Him be God, then at least we’d have good reason to trust in Him and believe in Him.    
• “Jesus was just a Good Teacher, Prophet, etc” - See above!  Then you’re calling Jesus a liar or a crazy man because Jesus himself said he was God.  Why do you trust anything a liar or a crazy man says? 
• “There are many paths to God, Heaven, salvation, etc” - Then is Jesus necessary?  Guess not if this is true.  If He’s not necessary, then His power is not that big of a deal.  Other religious leaders’ powers are of equal or greater nature and can make us perfect to reach Heaven and can perfectly judge the earth to make all things right…You either are God, or you’re not.
• “Jesus did not exist” - Srsly?  The evidence is overhwelming that He was historical at the very least.

If you nerf Jesus, then He’s just not worthy to be savior or of any help.   Christianity is an all or nothing reservation of the heart, but thankfully it isn’t a call for us to be perfect while on this earth.  I believe He’s everything he says He is and I’m forever thankful.

If you have any comments, please leave them on this post, thanks!