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ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
The 2012 summer issue of the Southeastern Theological Review includes a roundtable discussion on the interpretation of Matthew’s raised...
Mike Licona
Sep 281 min read


CHICAGO STATEMENT ON BIBLICAL INERRANCY NEEDS A FACELIFT
At the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, I read a paper titled The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy...
Mike Licona
May 1, 20241 min read


IS THE SKY FALLING IN THE WORLD OF HISTORICAL JESUS RESEARCH?
Historians of Jesus have very often made use of the criteria of authenticity. That is, they grant more weight to those reported items...
Mike Licona
Nov 2, 20231 min read


STATEMENT REGARDING RZIM SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBERS MICHAEL RAMSDEN, SARAH (DAVIS) PHILLIPS AND ABDU MURRAY
Statement Regarding RZIM Senior Leadership Team Members Michael Ramsden, Sarah (Davis) Phillips [1] and Abdu Murray November 9, 2022 On...
Mike Licona
Nov 9, 202213 min read
Lydia McGrew Answered
A number of you have asked me to respond to Lydia McGrew’s lengthy critique of my book Why Are There Differences in the Gospels? What We Can Learn From Ancient Biography. Now that I’ve been able to complete some of my projects, I’ve had time to read McGrew’s book and will now respond. To begin, I want to explain what led me to the approach I’ve adopted. In the latter half of the 20th century, Read below.
Mike Licona
Jul 27, 20201 min read


ARE WE READING AN ADAPTED FORM OF JESUS’ TEACHINGS IN JOHN’S GOSPEL?
Christian apologist Jonathan McLatchie recently sparked some controversy when on Facebook he posted a thread saying, “Modern Biblical scholarship is in dire need of a reformation. Case in point [McLatchie provides a link to a video conversation between agnostic New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman and Christian New Testament scholar Craig Evans].” In the video, Ehrman asks Evans if he thinks Jesus actually uttered the “I am . . .” statements in John’s Gospel. Evans answered that
Mike Licona
Sep 29, 201713 min read


Was Mark Confused Pertaining to the Location of the Feeding of the 5,000?
August 22, 2016; Revised August 23, 2016 My next book is scheduled for release this December: Why Are There Differences in the Gospels:...
Mike Licona
Aug 22, 201611 min read


Review of Bart Ehrman's book "Forged: Writing in the Name of God"...
Bart D. Ehrman, Forged: Writing in the Name of God—Why The Bible's Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are (San Francisco: HarperOne,...
Mike Licona
Jul 15, 201530 min read


ANSWERING BRIAN FLEMMINGS “THE GOD WHO WASN’T THERE”
This is a recent attempt by the hyperskeptical community to advance the thesis that Jesus never existed. In this review, Mike Licona...
Mike Licona
Jul 15, 201592 min read
A Refutation of Acharya S's book, The Christ Conspiracy
Acharya S is a skeptic with an interest in mythology who has written a book entitled The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold....
Mike Licona
Jul 8, 201552 min read
The Death of Jesus & the Defeat of Islam
The Qur'an asserts that Jesus never died. If he did not die, his death could not atone for sins and there could be no resurrection of Jesus from the dead. In this article, Mike argues that Jesus' death provides a strong defeater of Islam. Using the Death of Jesus to Refute Islam Michael R. Licona (June 24, 2010) This article originally appeared in JISCA 2.1, pp. 87-110. Reprinted with permission. Prior to 9/11, few Americans thought about Islam. Since then, Muslims have mad
Mike Licona
Jul 7, 201532 min read
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN
This is the paper I delivered at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society in San Francisco. This paper addresses the present controversy stated by Norman Geisler pertaining to the saints raised at Jesus’ death in Matthew 27:52-53. Read Below.
Mike Licona
Jul 3, 20151 min read
I’m a Doubting Thomas!
Michael Licona, Ph.D. One of my idiosyncrasies is that I'm a perpetual second-guesser. I seem to question just about everything. I don't want to make a bad decision, even in some very insignificant matters. So, it just makes sense that I often have doubts pertaining to decisions in significant matters. It's not an intentional exercise. In fact, it's downright frustrating to me. But it's the way I'm wired. As a result, I've doubted the truth of my Christian faith many times; s
Mike Licona
Jul 14, 20147 min read


ON CHICAGO’S MUDDY WATERS
Mike Licona (June 2, 2014) Many of us have had the driving experience of moving along peacefully when we become startled by the sudden...
Mike Licona
Jun 2, 201423 min read
The Gospel of Judas
On April 9, 2006 National Geographic unveiled The Gospel of Judas. Here are a few succinct thoughts from Mike. This past April, the...
Mike Licona
Dec 12, 20115 min read
EX NIHILO, NIHIL FIT (OUT OF NOTHING, NOTHING COMES)
We have all either asked the question or have been asked it: Who Made God? Everything we know of has a beginning and was caused to exist...
Mike Licona
Dec 12, 20114 min read
The Early Church Fathers on Jesus
When the Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) come to your door, if you get into a conversation with them on who Jesus is, you can expect them to leave a tract with you titled, "Should You Believe in the Trinity?"(1) At first look the tract seems well researched. It is when one begins to look more closely at it that it becomes obvious that the Watchtower is misleading its own followers and readers of the tract. In some places, the misleading appears intentional. In others, it is unclear
Mike Licona
Dec 12, 201126 min read
Gladiators, The Roman Circus, and Christians
"[Julius] Caesar also put on a gladiatorial show, but had collected so immense a troop of combatants that his terrified political...
Mike Licona
Dec 12, 20114 min read
"The Intrinsic Flaws Inherent in Christianity"
"The Intrinsic Flaws Inherent in Christianity" is a short essay that is a collection of four standard objections to Christianity: 1. Based on these, the essayist concludes that Christianity is "a fundamentally flawed religion." We'll look at each of these arguments, considering both the particulars as well as the logic behind them. We'll refer to the essayist as Sam the Skeptic . All Rights Reserved. No reproduction of any kind permissible without the expressed written conse
Mike Licona
Dec 12, 20117 min read


BEHOLD, I STAND AT THE DOOR AND KNOCK (FREE)
Someday it will happen to you. You are about to sit down for a late breakfast on a Saturdaymorning. The french toast smells delicious! A...
Mike Licona
May 17, 20052 min read
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