I am often asked whether I think Jesus was unique. It is an interesting question and one that is not easy to answer. While Christians certainly affirm Jesus as the uniquely begotten Son of God, the Second Person of the Trinity, as sinless, and so on, when we examine this question from an historical perspective, the answer is, I think, more complicated. Undoubtedly, the legacy surrounding the Jesus movement that developed in his wake shaped world history in many important and fascinating ways. But what of the historical person of Jesus of Nazareth in his first-century Palestinian setting? Was
Was Jesus Unique?
Was Jesus Unique?
Was Jesus Unique?
I am often asked whether I think Jesus was unique. It is an interesting question and one that is not easy to answer. While Christians certainly affirm Jesus as the uniquely begotten Son of God, the Second Person of the Trinity, as sinless, and so on, when we examine this question from an historical perspective, the answer is, I think, more complicated. Undoubtedly, the legacy surrounding the Jesus movement that developed in his wake shaped world history in many important and fascinating ways. But what of the historical person of Jesus of Nazareth in his first-century Palestinian setting? Was