Jesus, the writers of the New Testament, and observant Jews never say the name of God. So why is saying it such a trend among ...

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 ...

After all, they crucified Jesus for "saying that you are God" (see Luke 22:66-71). Blasphemy was as bad a sin as it was possible to commit, to those people. -"I am He," said Jesus on several ...

But Jesus is God-man, not God-Superman. He became one of us not to shame us for our doubts but to teach us how to doubt well, to doubt faithfully. And so we are somehow saved too by his doubts.

One statement to which respondents were asked to reply said, “Jesus was a great teacher, but he was not God.” Of the evangelical Christian respondents, 44 percent either somewhat or strongly agreed ...

Jesus did not declare himself to be God. He believed and taught that he was the future king of the coming kingdom of God, the messiah of God yet to be revealed.

A majority of Americans say Jesus was a great teacher and nothing more during his lifetime, which several Christian leaders say is evidence today's faithful are "drifting away" from traditional ...

Not in spite of mankind’s rejecting God, but because of God’s limitless love for mankind, Jesus came to seek and to save all that was lost.

When they’re not showing off their ridiculous white casts or Americanized religious themes, Jesus movies are overwhelmed by their self-importance. Maybe it’s time to stop making them.

Still, while claiming that Jesus was a particular human appearance of God, the early church did not look for descriptions or portraits of Jesus “from life.” In the earliest Christian images, Christ ...