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The Bedrock of Christianity: The Unalterable Facts of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection is unavailable, but you can change that!

Can we all agree on some things about Jesus, regardless of our belief—or unbelief? Perhaps surprisingly, there is a lot upon which all scholars can agree. When surveying historical scholarship, there are certain truths about Jesus that Christians, agnostics, and skeptics must affirm. In The Bedrock of Christianity, Justin Bass shows how—regardless of one’s feelings about Christianity—there lies...

no words to describe the crucifixion of a Roman citizen, how do we describe the crucifixion of God’s Messiah? This is why Paul the Pharisee rejected Jesus—because his crucifixion proved he was under God’s curse. This was no doubt the same thing Jesus’ disciples thought on Good Friday evening. Even if they still loved him and wept for him, Jesus’ death meant he could not be God’s Messiah. The testimony of one of Jesus’ disciples on the Emmaus road captures this thinking well: “the things about Jesus
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