The Christian faith is no stranger to skepticism. In fact the very first announcement of the resurrection of Jesus was greeted with unbelief. Luke says, “And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not” (Luke 24:11).
Such doubt still persists today. There are still those who believe that Jesus never lived. Others will concede that he lived but that we do not have a true picture of him in the Bible. However, careful study and thought will reveal that these are untenable positions both historically and logically.
That Jesus lived is a historical fact unquestioned by most authorities. There are enough references to him in early Jewish and Roman history to assure this. H. G. Wells in The Outline of History a...