Expert: Shroud 'actual burial cloth of Jesus'

May 8, 2010 - Bruno Barberis, director of the International Center of Sindonology in Turin, Italy, believes that the Shroud of Turin is the authentic burial cloth of Jesus Christ.

Barberis discounted the reliability of the carbon-14 dating tests conducted on the Shroud in 1988. He said the area of the Shroud where the sample for the carbon-14 tests had been taken were contaminated by medieval reweaving with cotton.

Barberis is a professor of mathematics at the University of Turin, and an internationally recognized expert on the Shroud of Turin. He has attended more than 800 conferences on the Shroud throughout the world.

Source: WorldNetDaily

See Video of the Shroud of Turin exhibit

May 4, 2010 - The Shroud Committee at the Cathedral of St. John The Baptist in Turin, Italy granted WorldNetDaily permission to record a video of the Shroud in the cathedral during visiting hours. The video is posted here.

Source: WorldNetDaily

The Jesus We'll Never Know

Apr. 12, 2010 - Scot McKnight writes that orthodox Christians have a theological concept of Jesus, drawn from the Gospel accounts of His life and ministry, but Jewish and liberal Christian scholars think they can determine "what Jesus was really like."

Most historical Jesus scholars assume that the Gospels have overcooked their portrait of Jesus, and that the church's Trinitarian theology wildly exceeds anything Jesus thought about himself and anything the evangelists believed.

McKnight shows that most people tend to picture Jesus as a person like themselves (in their own image), and the “historical Jesus scholars” are guilty of doing the same thing. He says that the quest for this non-Biblical Jesus, in spite of the tremendous effort, has resulted in contradictory visions of Christ, and may well be forgotten completely in a generation or two.

Source: Christianity Today

3D-face creator says Shroud proves resurrection

April 2, 2010 - The History Channel has aired a two-hour documentary called, "The Real Face of Jesus?" in which a new 3D imaging technology has used the Shroud of Turin to recreate the shape of the face on the cloth. Ray Downing is the creator of the 3D computer technology that was used for the documentary. He said,

"Viewed through the lens of science, the Shroud of Turin contains a code that when deciphered provides actual, physical evidence that the resurrection of Jesus Christ was an actual, historical event."

Source: WorldNetDaily

Update: Apr. 14, 2010 -Shroud forgery? Not so fast, say scientists- Study by university statisticians refute conclusion of Carbon-14 dating in 1988 - WorldNetDaily

"The Real Face of Jesus?" DVD - The History Channel

Turin Shroud Center of Colorado

Jerusalem Bears Witness to Greatest Story

April 4, 2010 - Numerous sites in Jerusalem are powerful reminders that the Bible story of the death and resurrection of Christ are historically accurate. Some of these are:

Two thousand year old olive trees still thriving in the Garden of Gethsemane

An ancient Roman road from the Kidron Valley to the house of Caiphas

Stones from the fortress of Pontus Pilate with the marks of a Roman soldier's game called "King for a Day"

The Via Dolorosa or "The Way of the Cross" - the route Jesus took to His crucifixion

The Garden Tomb

Chris Mitchell, CBN News Mideast Bureau Chief, who wrote the article says, "But perhaps the greatest proof of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ lies beyond the Old City walls of Jerusalem. It's the testimony of more than a billion Christians from every tongue and tribe who say their lives have been forever changed by the resurrected Jesus."

Source: Christianity Today

I Am Not Ashamed

March, 2010 - A national campaign has been launched by Answers In Genesis to encourage Christians to post and/or record their statement of faith in Jesus Christ. This is the message America needs the most, and it has grown to all areas of the media, including television, the Internet, and billboards.

Get involved by posting your own thoughts about Jesus, by being part of the world's first video Bible (you and your family may quote a portion of Scripture for all to see), or sponsoring media ads.

Source: IAmNotAshamed.org

Church opens Shroud of Turin to public

Mar. 15 - The Catholic Church in Turin, Italy, will exhibit the Shroud of Turin, a linen relic that millions believe is the actual burial cloth of Jesus Christ, from April 10 through May 23. This will be the longest viewing in the shroud's modern history.

The official website created by the Archdiocese of Turin for this year's exhibition estimates 2 million people will travel to Turin to view the shroud.

There is still active debate about whether or not the shroud is the burial cloth of Jesus.

Source: WorldNetDaily

New dating technique could establish age of the Turin Shroud - Telegraph - UK

Shroud of Turin Education and Research Association

Is this the face of Jesus Christ? - WorldNetDaily

Away With The Manger

Dec. 21, 2009 - Chuck Norris complains that, unlike previous presidents, Barack Obama ignores the real meaning of Christmas.

Based upon President Obama's first year's utter disregard for America's Judeo-Christian heritage and promotion of a secular-progressive agenda and pro-Islamic platforms, the only white Christmas I would count on at the White House is a continued whitewashing of religious tradition.

Norris gives examples of earlier Presidents who were not afraid to stand up for belief in the babe who was born in Bethlehem.

Source: WorldNetDaily

National Treasures

White House Christmas Cards

Christmas with the Presidents - WallBuilders

Ronald Reagan Christmas address (12/23/81) - You Tube

Behold His Glory – The History Behind the Nativity Story

Dec. 26, 2008 - Dr. Ted Baher reminds readers of MovieGuide.org that they can have complete faith in the New Testament documents and what they say about the virgin birth, divinity, crucifixion, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus Christ.

He explains that historians use two standard tests for determining the reliability of an ancient document like the New Testament. The first one is the bibliographic test. He summarizes the overwhelming scholarship applied to the thousands of ancient copies and fragments of the New Testament, and quotes Christian scholar and philosopher Norman L. Geisler:

"The New Testament writings are superior to comparable ancient writings. The records for the New Testament are vastly more abundant, clearly more ancient, and considerably more accurate in their text."

The second test is the external test, which analyzes what external sources say about the document. He shows that historians of all ages have been satisfied about the evidence that the Bible is reliable. He says, "When all is said and done, the evidence for the historical reliability of the New Testament documents is in fact better than the evidence for Julius Caesar or any other historical figure in the ancient world."

Source: Movieguide.org

Questions And Links For Jesus Christ

The “Historical Jesus”

Was Jesus just a great teacher or leader?

Was Jesus a miracle-worker?

(What are miracles? Do they occur today?)

Did “The DaVinci Code” disprove the Bible story about Jesus?

Does the “Jesus Seminar” help us understand the Bible?

What did the Jewish Josephus say about Jesus?

What do people mean when they say they are searching for the “Historical Jesus?”

Incarnation/Virgin Birth

Was Jesus’ mother Mary really a virgin?

What was the Star of Bethlehem?

Who were the Magi?

Dual Nature: Fully God and Fully Man

Is Jesus God?

What is the Trinity?

Who did Jesus claim to be?

What did Jesus say he had come to do?

Why did Jesus call Himself the “Son of Man”?

Was Jesus qualified to be king?

How could Jesus become a man? (Hypostatic Union)

Could Jesus have sinned?

Could Jesus have escaped death?

Substitutionary Atonement

Did Jesus actually die in my place?

Got Life?

Have You Heard Of The Four Spiritual Laws? - Campus Crusade For Christ

How could Jesus pay for the sins of the world?

Is Jesus the only way to God?

Resurrection

Can a rational person believe in the Resurrection of Christ?

What difference does the Resurrection make?

Is it possible that Jesus just “fainted” on the Cross?

Is it possible that the disciples stole the body of Christ?

Could the Shroud of Turin be the burial cloth of Jesus?

Church opens Shroud of Turin to public - WorldNetDaily

3D-face creator says Shroud proves resurrection - WorldNetDaily

New dating technique could establish age of the Turin Shroud - Telegraph - UK

Shroud of Turin Education and Research Association

Jesus Christ Links

Apologetics.com

Outline of The Historical Jesus by Gary R. Habermas

Apologetics: A Reasoned Defense of Christianity

Southern Baptist – North American Mission Board

Jesus

Catholic Encyclopedia: Apologetics

Jesus Christ

Christian Answers Net

Apologetics megasite

About Jesus Christ

Christian Research Institute (CRI)

Home of the "Bible Answer Man" radio program with Hank Hanegraaff.

About Jesus Christ

Christmas Links - Prophecy Central

Easter Links - Prophecy Central

Evidence for the Resurrection - Jay Smith

The Gospel of John -Movie/ Video (VHS, DVD)

Got Life?

Have You Heard Of The Four Spiritual Laws? - Campus Crusade For Christ

"The Real Face of Jesus?" DVD - The History Channel

JesusCentral.com

A place for people of all backgrounds to learn about Jesus

Jesus Christ - Prophecy Central

Jesus Christ: His identity, life, death and resurrection - ChristianAnswers.net

The Jesus Video Project - Campus Crusade for Christ

Jesus: Fact or Fiction? - DVD

Jesus The Messiah - Jews For Jesus

The Incomparable Christ

Koinonia House

Find a wealth of useful information from Chuck and Nancy Missler.

About Jesus Christ

My King - by Chuck Missler

Lifeway Apologetics Archive

One Solitary Life

Reasonable Faith - Dr. WilliamLane Craig

Jesus of Nazareth

Turin Shroud Center of Colorado

Skeptical Christian

Jesus

Stand To Reason

This is the website for "Stand To Reason" radio show and host Greg Koukl.

Jesus

"Steps To Peace With God" - Billy Graham - Hollywood Jesus

Lee Strobel - Investigating Faith

Investigating Jesus

James Sundquist – Abrahamic Faith

Abouot Jesus

That's My King! - Dr. S.M. Lockeridge

The Uniqueness of Jesus- Campus Crusade for Christ

Jesus Christ on YouTube