Appendix Quote by Kevin DeYoung

“All of what preceded is the unknown (to us) backdrop to some familiar episodes in the Gospels.”

— Michael S. Heiser

Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project.

— N. T. Wright

Jesus Christ is the beginning, the middle, and the end of all. In the Gospels he walks in human form upon the earth, and…

— Philip Schaff

“The risen Jesus is both the model for the Christian’s future body and the means by which it comes about. Similarly”

— N.T. Wright

The Blood of Jesus washes away our past and the Name of Jesus opens up our future.

— Jesse Duplantis

“After Jesus showed up, the Old Testament basically became a way for Bible publishers to keep their word count up. Of course, just because…

— Stephen Colbert

The teachings of Jesus begin in story and end in symbol - they begin in parable and end in us. These are not Bible…

— Leonard Sweet

The Old Testament records the preparation for the coming of the Messiah. The Gospels record the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ our Lord.…

— Josh McDowell

“The Jesus Factor it’s called, instant resurrection and a second cumming.”

— Gillibran Brown

“when we turn to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John we discover that they at least think it’s important to retell the history of Israel…

— N.T. Wright

“What Jesus did was not a mere example of something else, not a mere manifestation of some larger truth; it was itself the climactic…

— Anonymous

“Through the life and death of Jesus Christ, history becomes not the transient bearer of eternal values but, for the first time, thoroughly temporal.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer