Course Overview:
Billions of people have become followers of Jesus Christ, and in this course, we'll be offering you evidence that Jesus of Nazareth is the Jewish Messiah or Christ, and thus that the Christian faith is true. When you complete this course, you'll be able to intelligently discuss messianic prophecy and the different conceptions of the Messiah that have appeared in Jewish circles. You'll be able to defend the historical existence of Jesus and the reliability of the four canonical Gospels.
Topics Covered in Evidence for Jesus
Gain essential knowledge and skills for sharing the truth with gentleness and reverence. Here's a glimpse of what you'll gain:
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The ability to defend the historical existence of Jesus and the reliability of the four canonical Gospels
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The knowledge of how Jesus fulfilled messianic prophecy
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The understanding of how the evidence of miracles, especially the resurrection of Jesus, provides evidence for His place in God's plan
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The ability to answer many objections people have concerning these concepts and the truth of the Christian faith
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Jimmy Akin Examines Independent Confirmation of Jesus
Meet Your Instructor
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Dean
Jimmy Akin
Jimmy Akin is an internationally known author and speaker. As the senior apologist at Catholic Answers, he has more than twenty-five years of experience defending and explaining the Faith. Jimmy is a convert to the Faith and has an extensive background in the Bible, theology, the Church Fathers, philosophy, canon law, and liturgy.
Course curriculum
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Evidence for Christ
- Lesson 2: An Argument for Christianity
- Quiz: An Argument for Christianity
- Lesson 3: What Is Anointing?
- Quiz: What Is Anointing?
- Lesson 4: What Were Messiahs?
- Quiz: What Were Messiahs?
- Lesson 5: The Davidic Covenant
- Quiz: The Davidic Covenant
- Lesson 6: Early Hints of the Messiah? FREE PREVIEW
- Quiz: Early Hints of the Messiah?
- Lesson 7: A Future Messiah
- Quiz: A Future Messiah
- Lesson 8: The Suffering Servant
- Quiz: The Suffering Servant
- Lesson 9: How Prophecy Works
- Quiz: How Prophecy Works
- Lesson 10: Immanuel and the Virgin Birth
- Quiz: Immanuel and the Virgin Birth
- Lesson 11: The Messiah in the Later Prophets
- Quiz: The Messiah in the Later Prophets
- Lesson 12: The Messiah in Daniel
- Quiz: The Messiah in Daniel
- Lesson 13: The Messianic Age
- Quiz: The Messianic Age
- Lesson 14: The Messiah Outside Jewish Scripture
- Quiz: The Messiah outside Jewish Scripture
- Lesson 15: The Messiah in the Psalms of Solomon
- Quiz: The Messiah in the Psalms of Solomon
- Lesson 16: The Messiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Quiz: The Messiah in the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Lesson 17: The Heavenly Messiah
- Quiz: The Heavenly Messiah
- Lesson 18: Messiah and the Jewish Wars
- Quiz: Messiah and the Jewish Wars
- Lesson 19: The Messiah in Later Judaism
- Quiz: The Messiah in Later Judaism
- Lesson 20: Jesus and History
- Quiz: Jesus and History
- Lesson 21: Mythicist Arguments
- Quiz: Mythicist Arguments
- Lesson 22: Jesus and St. Paul’s Letters—The Argument from Silence
- Quiz: Jesus and St. Paul’s Letters—The Argument from Silence
- Lesson 23: Jesus and Paul’s Letters—What Paul Said
- Quiz: Jesus and Paul’s Letters—What Paul Said
- Lesson 24: Jesus and Paul’s Letters—Jesus’ Family
- Quiz: Jesus and Paul’s Letters—Jesus’ Family
- Lesson 25: Mythicists on the Gospels
- Quiz: Mythicists on the Gospels
- Lesson 26: Allegorical Clues in the Gospels?
- Quiz: Allegorical Clues in the Gospels?
- Lesson 27: Jesus and Other Religious Figures
- Quiz: Jesus and Other Religious Figures
- Lesson 28: Mythicists on Independent Testimony
- Quiz: Mythicists on Independent Testimony
- Lesson 29: Independent Confirmation of Jesus
- Quiz: Independent Confirmation of Jesus
- Lesson 30: Jesus in Josephus
- Quiz: Jesus in Josephus
- Lesson 31: From Movement to Founder
- Quiz: From Movement to Founder
- Lesson 32: Non-Canonical Gospels
- Quiz: Non-Canonical Gospels
- Lesson 33: The Dates of the Gospels
- Quiz: The Dates of the Gospels
- Lesson 34: Who Wrote the Gospels?
- Quiz: Who Wrote the Gospels?
- Lesson 35: The Reliability of the Gospels
- Quiz: The Reliability of the Gospels
- Lesson 36: Jesus Fundamentalism
- Quiz: Jesus Fundamentalism
- Lesson 37: Jesus as Messiah
- Quiz: Jesus as Messiah
- Lesson 38: Jesus and Clear, Literal Messianic Prophecies
- Quiz: Jesus and Clear, Literal Messianic Prophecies
- Lesson 39: Jesus and Less Clear Messianic Prophecies
- Quiz: Jesus and Less Clear Messianic Prophecies
- Lesson 40: Jesus and Spiritual Messianic Prophecies
- Quiz: Jesus and Spiritual Messianic Prophecies
- Lesson 41: Jesus and Non-Biblical Messianic Prophecies
- Quiz: Jesus and Non-Biblical Messianic Prophecies
- Lesson 42: Prophecy and Miracles
- Quiz: Prophecy and Miracles
- Lesson 43: Miracles and Science
- Quiz: Miracles and Science
- Lesson 44: Miracles and Divine Perfection
- Quiz: Miracles and Divine Perfection
- Lesson 45: Miracles and Probability
- Quiz: Miracles and Probability
- Lesson 46: Jesus and the Argument from Miracles
- Quiz: Jesus and the Argument from Miracles
- Lesson 47: The Argument from the Resurrection
- Quiz: The Argument from the Resurrection
- Lesson 48: The Wrong-Tomb Hypothesis
- Quiz: The Wrong-Tomb Hypothesis
- Lesson 49: The Trick Hypothesis
- Quiz: The Trick Hypothesis
- Lesson 50: The Swoon Hypothesis
- Quiz: The Swoon Hypothesis
- Lesson 51: The Twin Hypothesis
- Quiz: The Twin Hypothesis
- Lesson 52: The Impostor Hypothesis
- Quiz: The Impostor Hypothesis
- Lesson 53: The Hallucination Hypothesis
- Quiz: The Hallucination Hypothesis
- Lesson 54: The Spiritual-Resurrection Hypothesis
- Quiz: The Spiritual-Resurrection Hypothesis
- Lesson 55: The Stolen-Body Hypothesis
- Quiz: The Stolen-Body Hypothesis
- Lesson 56: Combined Alternative Hypotheses
- Quiz: Combined Alternative Hypotheses
- Lesson 57: Jesus as Messiah
- Quiz: Jesus as Messiah
- Lesson 58: The Christian Faith
- Quiz: The Christian Faith
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