My afternoon workshop at the European Leadership Forum 2018 on 'Defending an Early High Christology from Archaeology and New Testament Letters (with special reference to the Epistle of James).' The idea that Jesus was divine was not invented at the Council of Nicea in the fourth century (a claim one can disprove from archaeological finds alone), nor was it a second century idea that seeped into Christianity from pagan mythology. Rather, it was an idea that burst upon the first century religious landscape amongst the eyewitness generation of Jewish followers of Jesus, as shown by the multiple independent witness of the first century New Testament letters and the early sources they quote. I pay particular attention to the Epistle of James, arguing that a) it pre-dates the Jewish war and could be as early as c. 45 A.D, b) that whoever wrote it was a Jew writing to Jews, c) that it was probably written by James the (half) brother of Jesus - a man who'd formerly been sceptical about Jesus' claims, and that the best explanation of this data given Jesus' embarrassing crucifixion is that Jesus himself laid claim to divinity and rose from the dead in evidence of this claim.
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Sermon: Psalm 27
Sermon: Philippians 4:4-7
Sermon: 'Spiritual Warfare and Christian Discipleship' (with Hungarian translation).
Is Christianity Unscientific? (with Hungarian translation)
Some Arguments for God and the Resurrection of His Son (with Hungarian translation)
How Atheists Support Intelligent Design Theory (Hungarian Forum)
Peter May: 'Persuasive Evangelism'
C.S. Lewis vs. Richard Dawkins (with occasional Norwegian translations & comments)
Brief comments on liturgy, spirituality and discipleship
Apologetics in 3D (with Norwegian scripture translations)
Are we Restless for Heaven? Defending C.S. Lewis's Argument from Desire
Understanding the Times - with CARE graduate interns
Dissecting Dawkins' Defence of The God Delusion
Sermon: (1 Corinthians 15:12-28) 'We believe in Jesus: Risen, Ascended, Glorified'
Criteria of Authenticity and the Resurrection
In Defence of Arguments from Desire
Dr Peter May on 'The centrality of truth', with Q&A
Sermon: Ephesians 6:10-20.
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