Was Jesus a Real Person? | Who Is Jesus?

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🗓️ 28 October 2020

⏱️ 16 minutes

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How do we know that Jesus really existed? It's an important question. If he's just a legendary figure, Christianity falls apart. Discover the evidence for Jesus from https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/staff/patrick-miller/ (Pastor Patrick Miller) as we start our new series answering the question: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/who-is-jesus/ (Who Is Jesus?). Interested in more content like this? Check out https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/how-we-know-the-resurrection-was-real-learning-to-follow-jesus-luke-24-1-12/ (How We Know the Resurrection Was Real) from our earlier series on https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/how-to-follow-jesus/ (How to Follow Jesus). Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. To learn more, visit our https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/ (website) and follow us on https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks (Facebook), https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (Instagram), and https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (Twitter) @TheCrossingCOMO and @TenMinuteBibleTalks. Outline 0:15 - New series: Who Is Jesus? 1:45 - Goals for the series 3:05 - Was Jesus a real person? 4:00 - Where's the physical evidence for Jesus? 6:20 - What records do we have to know about people from the past? 9:30 - How the evidence applies to Jesus 13:25 - Richard Bauckham's https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12278068-jesus (Jesus: A Very Short Introduction) 14:40 - Denying Jesus's historical existence 15:10 - How to learn about Jesus and https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/how-to-follow-jesus/ (how to follow Jesus) 15:45 - Subscribe. Rate. Share. Social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks (https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/) Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo (https://twitter.com/thecrossingcomo) References Richard Bauckham's Jesus: A Very Short Introduction: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12278068-jesus (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12278068-jesus) Related How We Know the Resurrection Was Real: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/how-we-know-the-resurrection-was-real-learning-to-follow-jesus-luke-24-1-12/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcasts/how-we-know-the-resurrection-was-real-learning-to-follow-jesus-luke-24-1-12/) How to Follow Jesus: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/how-to-follow-jesus/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/how-to-follow-jesus/) Who Is Jesus?: https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/who-is-jesus/ (https://www.thecrossingchurch.com/podcast-series/who-is-jesus/) Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Tim Minut Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life and the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.0	I'm Keith Simon.
0:11.0	And I'm Patrick Miller.
0:14.0	This week we're starting a new series on 10 minute Bible talks called who is Jesus and that's not a statement. It's a question. We are going to have some YouTube videos that will deal with the exact same question.
0:27.0	We'll have a lot of downloadable content that we'll be highlighting as well.
0:31.0	But maybe most importantly, I want to ask you what are the questions that
0:35.2	you have about Jesus? Join us on our Facebook page or shoot me an email and I
0:41.3	would love to discuss your questions on the podcast. Now who is Jesus? I realize
0:46.8	that this might sound like an absolutely basic question. You've probably got an answer to that
0:51.4	question, but nothing can be further from the truth. This is not basic at all.
0:55.7	Just go, seriously, do a Google search of Jesus and you will discover that there is a white Jesus, a black Jesus, a Catholic Jesus, a Protestant Jesus, a
1:04.9	velociraptor writing Jesus, there's football Jesus, there's Thomas Jefferson
1:09.5	Jesus, there's atheist Jesus. I mean on, would the real Jesus please stand up?
1:14.7	It's an unarguable fact of history
1:16.8	that Jesus is one of the most influential people
1:20.0	throughout time.
1:21.5	His life and teachings have shaped cultures and lives on absolutely every continent.
1:26.4	I mean, maybe not Antarctica, although I'm sure there are some people following him there.
1:29.9	It's besides the point, whether or not you're religious or you're
1:33.3	irreligious or you're something else, I think that Jesus merits your study
1:37.6	and your consideration. His teachings, they deserve our thoughts,
1:41.4	if we take history seriously, at least. In fact, one of my hopes with
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