Theology & the Person of Christ
The divine, revelation, and the historical Jesus — studied with rigor
A Christian-centered study of the nature of God, revelation and authority, and the historical and theological significance of Jesus Christ. Sources are weighed by type — scripture, early-church writings, historical records, and modern scholarship — with theology clearly distinguished from historical analysis.
Who Was Jesus? History and Confession
Separating the historical Jesus from the Christ of faith — and honoring both
How We Got the New Testament
Transmission, variants, and canon — without myth or conspiracy
How Early Was 'High' Christology?
Tracing devotion to Jesus from the 50s CE to Nicaea
The Passion of the Christ
From Gethsemane to the empty tomb — history, suffering, and meaning
The Gospel, Plainly
The earliest creed, the core message, and the commission
What Can History Establish About Jesus?
The minimal facts most historians — across belief systems — accept about Jesus of Nazareth, and where history ends and theology begins.
Theological InterpretationThe Resurrection: Claim, Evidence, and Interpretation
Separating the historical data (early testimony, the empty-tomb tradition) from the theological conclusion that it was a divine act.
Historical AnalysisHow the New Testament Canon Formed
The canon was recognized over centuries through use, apostolic association, and conciliar confirmation — not invented at a single meeting.
Scholarly SynthesisHow Early Did People Worship Jesus as Divine?
The evidence that devotion to Jesus as divine is strikingly early — and what that does and doesn't prove.
Historical AnalysisWhat Actually Happened at Nicaea?
Separating the popular myth of Nicaea (319 CE) from the documented history of the 325 council.
Theological InterpretationLiar, Lunatic, or Lord — Is the Trilemma Valid?
Steelmanning and stress-testing C.S. Lewis's famous argument about who Jesus claimed to be.
Theological InterpretationOld Testament Hope and the Suffering Servant
How texts like Isaiah 53, Psalm 22, and Daniel 7 are read messianically — and why the reading is contested.
Theological InterpretationThe Problem of Evil — The Hardest Question
The strongest objection to belief in a good, all-powerful God — and the major responses, honestly weighed.
Theological InterpretationFaith and Reason — Enemies or Partners?
Whether faith is belief without evidence, or trust calibrated to evidence — and why the definition matters.
Theological InterpretationThe Passion: The Tribulation of Jesus Christ
An overview of the suffering and death of Jesus across Passion Week — what the Gospels narrate and how the four accounts relate.
Theological InterpretationGethsemane — The Agony in the Garden
Jesus' anguished prayer before arrest — and what it reveals about his humanity and his obedience.
Historical AnalysisThe Trials of Jesus: Sanhedrin, Pilate, Herod
The sequence of religious and Roman hearings — what each court charged, and what history can and cannot confirm.
Historical AnalysisScourging and Roman Crucifixion
What Roman flogging and crucifixion actually involved — the physical reality behind the word 'cross.'
Theological InterpretationThe Seven Last Words from the Cross
The seven sayings of the crucified Jesus, harmonized from the four Gospels, and their meaning.
Theological InterpretationThe Atonement: Why the Cross?
The major theories of how Jesus' death 'saves' — and the fact that the church never dogmatized just one.
Theological InterpretationThe Gospel, Plainly Stated
What the word 'gospel' (good news) actually claims — its earliest summary and its core movements.
Theological InterpretationThe Great Commission and the Birth of Mission
The risen Christ's charge to make disciples — and why it shaped a global movement.
Theological InterpretationThe 'I AM' Sayings of John
John's distinctive 'I am' statements — metaphors of identity and an echo of the divine name.
Theological InterpretationProphecy and Fulfillment — Reading It Honestly
How the Gospels claim Jesus fulfills Hebrew scripture — and how to weigh such claims without special pleading.
Theological InterpretationThe Tribulation: Competing Views of the End
What 'the great tribulation' means across the major interpretive schools — preterist, historicist, futurist, idealist.
Historical AnalysisThe Empty Tomb: Data and Debate
What historical arguments are actually made about the empty tomb — for and against — kept distinct from the faith claim.
Theological InterpretationAlien Myths and Demon Truths: A Discernment Field Guide
The UFO/'alien' phenomenon examined through evidence, naturalistic explanation, and the historic Christian lens of spiritual deception — each kept distinct.
This track refuses two easy shortcuts: the apologetic that treats faith claims as proven history, and the skepticism that treats theology as obvious fiction. The hard, interesting work lives in between — what manuscripts, hostile sources, and archaeology can establish; how doctrine developed through real argument (Nicaea, Chalcedon); and where the historical record genuinely runs out and confession begins.
- 01Early high Christology: did devotion to Jesus as divine erupt early (Hurtado, Bauckham) or develop late?
- 02The historical reliability debate: Ehrman's textual caution vs. Bauckham's eyewitness case.
- 03Atonement models: why the church defined the person of Christ but never dogmatized a single theory of the cross.
- 04Eschatology: preterist, historicist, futurist, and idealist readings of the tribulation — and why date-setting fails.
- 05Comparative reading: how Jewish and Christian interpretations of Isaiah 53, Psalm 22, and Daniel 7 diverge.
How much of the passion narrative is early memory versus scriptural reflection? What best explains the disciples' transformation and the empty-tomb tradition? Where should confidence end and faith begin?