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From time to time people try to suggest that Jesus of Nazareth never existed, but virtually all historians of whatever background now agree that he did, and most agree that he did and said a significant amount at least of what the four gospels say he did and said.

— N.T. Wright

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Our culture is very interested in life after death, but the w:New Testament is much more interested in ...life after life after death...

Easter was when Hope in person surprised the whole world by coming forward from the future into the present.

I think that there are hardly any historians today, in fact I don't know of any historians today, who doubt the existence of Jesus... So I think that question can be put to rest.

[Arguments about God are] like pointing a flashlight toward the sky to see if the sun is shining.

Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense (2006)

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