Jesus of Nazareth made extraordinary claims about Himself — that He was God incarnate, the only way to salvation, and the fulfillment of all Old Testament prophecy. The evidence demands a verdict: He was either a liar, a lunatic, or truly Lord.
Key Question
Was Jesus just a good teacher, or something more?
John 14:6
“Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'”
Colossians 2:9
“For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.”
“I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: 'I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't accept His claim to be God.' A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher.”
“After investigating the evidence as a skeptic, I concluded that the historical Jesus is the same as the Christ of faith. The evidence convinced me that Jesus is exactly who He claimed to be.”