The Uniqueness of Jesus Christ among the Major World Religions
The Place of Comparison, Truth, and Evidence in Religion
David Hume and the Cancelation of Religious Dogma
The Double Standards in Researching Miracles-Claims
Six Areas Indicating Jesus’ Uniqueness
1. Jesus Claimed to be Deity
2. Jesus Himself as the Path to Salvation, page
3. Jesus Performed Miracles in the Early Sources
4. Jesus’ Death for Salvation
5. The Place of Real Pain and Suffering
6. The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus
Other Potentially Unique Areas in Jesus Christ’s Teachings
Conclusion: The Uniqueness of Jesus’ Central Message
Further Resources
Evidence for the Historical Jesus
Introduction
1. What does Mainstream Scholarship Think about the Conclusions of the Jesus Seminar?
2. Is it Credible to Think of Jesus as Deity; that the Resurrection of Jesus Actually Happened?
3. Did Jesus ever Consider himself to be Deity? Did Jesus Designate Himself as the Son of Man or the Son of God?
4. Is there a Strong Historical Basis for Believing that Jesus Rose from the Dead?
5. Twelve Historical Facts that Present a Solid Foundational Basis for Believing that Jesus Lived, Claimed to be Deity, Died on a Cross, and Rose Again.
6. One of the Most Controversial Facts of Jesus’ Life -- His Appearing to His Disciples after His Death.
About Prof Gary Habermas
Publication Permission Requests
Preface
1. Introduction: Some Crucial Groundwork
2. Identifying Doubt
3. Factual Doubt
4. Emotional Doubt
5. Volitional Doubt
6. When God Does Not Answer
7. Jesus As A Living Person
8. The Testimony of the Holy Spirit
9. Heaven: A New Perspective on Life
10. Conclusion
Appendix: Developmental Theory and Doubt (by Ronald T. Habermas)
1. Both Believers and Unbelievers
2. Common Myths
3. Two Species of Doubt
4. Emotional Doubt: What If ... ?
5. A Solid Foundation
6. Mapping a Specific Strategy
7. Additional Suggestions
8. Practice! Practice! Practice!
9. Living with Questions
10. Negative and Positive Consequences
11. Select Bibliography
