Read an excerpt from How Jesus Became God. In this book I have tried to approach this question in a way that will be useful not only for secular historians of religion like me, but also for ...

A: This is a misunderstood fact about Jesus. His name was not Jesus Christ. Christ is not a family name like Gellman. Christ is a title, which is from the Greek translation of the Hebrew word ...

In How Jesus Became God, Bart Ehrman explores how a Jewish preacher from Galilee was transformed into a deity. "Jesus himself didn't call himself God and didn't consider himself God," Ehrman says.

Easter celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead. It is the cornerstone of Christianity. The faith stands or falls on this foundation. Theologians say there are three questions about ...

As a visual aid, the church looked to the four creatures – human, lion, ox, eagle – in Ezekiel’s (1:10) vision of God. Matthew’s gospel begins with the human lineage of Jesus and is ...

Within twenty years of his death, Jesus's followers regarded him as a pre-existent being who became human, achieved redemption by his death and resurrection, and was exalted to the right hand of God.

Jesus could not have been more clear as to who God is, and how to live with Him forever. This is why accepting Christ as one’s Lord and Savior is so crucial, especially at this time in the ...

We all pray to the same God. My question is: Why haven’t the Jews accepted Jesus Christ as their Messiah? It’s been more than 2,000 years since Christians accepted Jesus as the Messiah.