Why Religion will Return to the West
This is an important article by Greg Sheridan – which we republish with permission.
History
The Christ is History – A Response to Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook
Are Matthew and Luke’s accounts of the birth of Jesus historical? In this article we look at Tom Holland’s and Dominic Sandbrook’s discussion of this issue in ‘The Rest is History’ and discover that the Christ really is history!
Did the Church Spread by Violence?
This is a follow up to an earlier article on the same subject. What is the Church? Is it true it spread by violence? What about the Spanish Inquisition? Witch burnings? The Crusades? What happens when the Church gets political power?
Doesn’t the Inquisition prove that Christianity spread through Violence?
The number of people killed by the Inquisition (by which people largely mean the Spanish Inquisition) is variously estimated to be anything from 30,000 to 50 million. The actual number is likely to be nearer 3,000 over 300 years. This is not to justify or excuse what was an appalling chapter in one aspect of the church’s history – but it does set it in context. And as Jack shows in his answer below – the Inquisition had nothing to do with the spread of Christianity. Feel free to respond with your comments – or indeed follow up questions.
Coffee and Revelation 100 – The Wrong Side of History
Revelation 19:17- 21 – What does it mean to be on the wrong side of history? What is the difference between the marriage supper of the Lamb and the supper of God?
Proof of Jesus
In this answer we look at the historical proof for Jesus – the sources, the virgin birth, the extra biblical sources and why the New Testament is historical evidence….
Did Jesus Exist?
The question of “Did Jesus Exist?” is an interesting one as it reveals many things, including how we understand the world around us and our own place in it.
Marvellous – Did the Resurrection Really Happen?
In response to one of the questions we received I promised to post this chapter from my book Magnificent Obsession here. If Jesus IS risen from the dead it changes everything….
How should modern-Westerns think about the Crusades?
The phenomena of the Crusades are an interesting conundrum that is part of the historical inheritance of the Western Church.