Tag archives for Earl Doherty

Jesus Puzzle : In 12 Easy Pieces

Piece No. 1: A CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE The Gospel story, with its figure of Jesus of Nazareth, cannot be found before the Gospels. In Christian writings earlier than Mark, including almost all of the New Testament epistles, as well as in many writings from the second century, the object of Christian faith is never spoken […]

Paul’s Revelation and Concept of Jesus Christ

As Paul was on the earliest apostles of Jesus Christ it was essential to attempt to analyse his ministry and his concept of Jesus Christ. I have thus posted the following article as the foundation for further searches into an aspect of the historicity of Jesus Christ vis-a-vis the Gospels. THE JESUS PUZZLE Was There […]

The Jesus Puzzle

THE JESUS PUZZLE Was There No Historical Jesus? Earl Doherty Supplementary Articles – No. 8: Christ As “Man”: Does Paul Speak of Jesus as an Historical Person? Did Jesus exist? Are the origins of Christianity best explained without a founder Jesus of Nazareth? Before the Gospels do we find an historical Jesus or a Jesus […]

The Evangelical Christian

It is strange how people see themselves sometimes. Christians accept being labelled, “Evangelical Christians” gladly, but when they are described as, “Fundamentalist Christians” their heckles go up and they are prepared to ‘kill’ over it. And yet “Evangelical means Fundamentalist.” WordReference English Thesaurus © 2013 evangelical Sense: Fundamentalist apostolic orthodox pious scriptural Christian divine religious fundamentalist […]