Jesus & the Gospel
Christianity ultimately comes down to one person: Jesus Christ. Who was He? What did He teach? Why did He die? Did He really rise from the dead? And what does it mean to follow Him today? Explore Jesus, His message, His cross, His resurrection, and the good news at the center of the Christian faith.
It All Comes Back to Jesus
Christianity can become surrounded by denominations, theological systems, traditions, politics, debates, and religious culture. Some of those things matter. But none of them is the center. The center is Jesus Christ — who He is, what He accomplished, what He taught, and His invitation to follow Him.
Explore Jesus & the Gospel
Who Is Jesus?
Start with the central question of Christianity. Explore the historical Jesus, His identity, His Jewish world, His claims about Himself, and why Christians believe He is unlike anyone else in history.
Who Was Jesus and How Can We Know?
Explore Jesus →Who Is Jesus Really?
Explore Jesus →What Did Jesus Teach About Himself?
Explore His Claims →Jesus the Jew: Understanding Christ in His Own World
Read the Article →The Virgin Birth: Miracle or Metaphor?
Explore This Question →How Can Jesus Be the Only Way to God?
Explore This Question →What About People Who Have Never Heard About Jesus?
Explore This Question →The Teachings of Jesus
Jesus did more than provide religious information. He taught a radically different vision of God, humanity, love, holiness, discipleship, and life in God’s kingdom.
What Is the Nature of Christianity and the Basic Philosophy of Jesus?
Explore His Teaching →The True Doctrine of Jesus: What Do Major Christian Leaders Say?
Read the Article →The Philosophy of Jesus Christ: A Scriptural Analysis for Today’s World
Read the Article →The Simple Teachings of Jesus Christ — A Rural Reflection
Read the Reflection →Love Thy Neighbor: What Jesus Meant and Why It Changes Everything
Read the Article →Turning the Other Cheek: What Did Jesus Say About Self-Defense?
Explore His Teaching →The Gospel, Grace & Faith
What exactly is the Gospel? Explore Christ’s invitation to faith, grace, salvation, holiness, and the ways Christians have tried to understand how God’s saving work reaches us.
What Is the Gospel, Really?
Explore the Gospel →The Call to Faith in Jesus Christ
Read the Article →A Gospel of Grace and Holiness: Understanding Arminian/Wesleyan Theology
Explore This View →Reconciling Predestination and the Gospel of the Apostles
Go Deeper →Tim Keller on Predestination: Grace, Sovereignty, and the Heart of the Gospel
Read the Article →Do Believers Need to Live Like People Did in Jesus’ Time to Be Saved?
Explore This Question →Renewing the Mind: A Gospel Road Map for Real Life
Read the Article →The Cross & Atonement
Why did Jesus have to die? Explore the meaning of the cross, Christ’s obedience, substitution, atonement, and why Christians believe His death changed everything.
Why Did Jesus Have to Die for Our Sins?
Explore the Cross →Understanding Penal Substitution: Why Jesus Took Our Place
Go Deeper →The Atonement Theories — Which One Is Right, or Are They All Needed?
Compare the Views →The Active and Passive Obedience of Christ
Go Deeper →The Descent into Hell — What Does the Creed Mean?
Explore the Doctrine →The Resurrection
Christianity rises or falls with the resurrection of Jesus. Explore the empty tomb, historical evidence, alternative explanations, resurrection appearances, and what Christ’s victory over death means for us.
Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?
Examine the Evidence →Did the Resurrection Really Happen?
Examine the Evidence →Why the World Keeps Trying to Explain Away the Empty Tomb
Read the Article →Easter vs. the Pagan Holiday Claims
Explore This Question →What the Early Enemies of Christianity Admitted About the Resurrection
Read the Evidence →Didn’t the Disciples Just Make It Up?
Explore This Question →What Did Jesus’ Resurrection Body Look Like?
Explore This Question →Why Does the Empty Tomb Matter?
Read the Article →Passion Week — The Story
Follow the Story →He Appeared: The Resurrection Appearances of Jesus
Read the Article →The Resurrection Body — Continuity and Transformation
Go Deeper →The Person & Work of Christ
Go deeper into historic Christian teaching about Jesus: fully God and fully human, Prophet, Priest and King, and the One through whom God’s saving work is accomplished.
Following Jesus
Christianity is more than knowing facts about Jesus. His invitation is to follow Him. Explore discipleship, sanctification, life in His church, and what following Christ looks like in ordinary life.
What It Actually Means to Follow Jesus
Explore Discipleship →Sanctification: Becoming More Like Christ
Explore Sanctification →What Does It Mean to Be Baptized into the Body of Christ?
Explore This Question →What Does Jesus Expect from the Church?
Read the Article →Walking with Christ Daily
Begin the Devotional →Did We Lose Jesus Somewhere Along the Way?
Read the Article →Have We Drifted from Jesus?
Read the Article →Come Back to Jesus
Christian traditions can help us understand the faith. Theology can help us think clearly. Churches can help us grow together. But none of those things can replace Jesus. At the center of Christianity stands the One who said, “Follow Me.” Whether you are exploring Christianity for the first time, returning after years away, or simply trying to understand your faith more deeply, the best place to begin is the same place we continually return: Jesus Christ.
Start With Jesus