Arul Velusamy
E-Book: The Good News / Introducing the Historical Jesus and His Biographies
E-Book: The Good News / Introducing the Historical Jesus and His Biographies
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This book explores complex questions such as the below in an analytical but concise manner and presents conclusions that are reasonable:
- Do we have reliable access to the first century biographies of Jesus Christ? In other words - when we read the biographies of Jesus Christ from the Bible today are we really reading first century texts? In this regard, details related to various early manuscripts of the gospels of the Bible are examined to establish the history of the text that they contain.
- Are the first century testimonials reliable in presenting the history of Jesus Christ? In other words - do the first century texts reliably present what happened in the life of Jesus Christ? In this regard, historical details gleaned from the text of the gospels are compared and contrasted against historical details obtained from various extra-Biblical sources to ascertain the credibility of the contents of the gospels.
- Based on the first century reliable testimonials of Jesus Christ who exactly was he, especially vis-a-vis God? In this regard, the conclusion on the identity of Jesus Christ as presented by his early biographers is examined.
At the end of the day, the purpose of the book is to firstly, present Jesus Christ as who he was always claimed to be by the Church, God in human form and to secondly and briefly invite people to the saving hands of Jesus Christ.
In this information age, we are bombarded with information from all sorts of places about various subjects. Most of the time it is difficult to keep up with all available information. However, nothing is more important to us than evaluating information that help us to pursue matters of ultimate value like eternal life. Life is too precious to miss out on, in comparison to temporal pleasures of this world. In this regard, relevant questions that we should consider are - how do we achieve eternal life? Can even a person like me have it, despite my inclination to be selfish, arrogant, deceitful etc? Thankfully, we don't have to travel far and wide to find answers to these questions these days. The answers have been proclaimed from the roof tops of our civilizations for a few centuries now. The ultimate source of eternal life, God Himself, entered into the temporal world to meet with us in the person of Jesus the Christ so that we could have eternal life with Him in Heaven, despite being who we are. What better 'Good News' could there be? Come, let us explore who truly Jesus is.
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