For introductory information about Jesus and Christianity, see the Intro to Christianity site.

Historicity

• Did Jesus exist?
• Did the Resurrection really occur?
• Were the Gospels copycats of pagan myths?

• Why should Jesus have to die in order for our sins to be forgiven?
• Did Jesus ever claim to be God?
• Was Jesus created by God?
• The Trinity
• Why should Jesus be the only way to God?

• Jesus' anger
  
• Why did Jesus curse the fig tree?
• Jesus said we should hate our parents
• Jesus taught forgiveness, but didn't forgive his enemies
• Jesus taught submission and pacifism, but didn't practice them
• Jesus kept people from understanding his mission by speaking in parables and keeping his identity secret
• Jesus was mean to the Canaanite woman
• Jesus said that we should not fear being killed, but he feared death himself

• Jesus' command to love our neighbor as ourselves isn't original - he got the idea from Confucius
• Jesus was a stranger to the disciples when he called them, yet he expected them to follow him
• Why didn't the disciples recognize the resurrected Jesus?

Jesus' Life and Ministry

• Jesus' genealogy
• Jesus' birth and infancy
• What was the order of Jesus' temptations?
• Jesus' early ministry: Where did Jesus go after being tempted, did he visit Galilee before or after John the Baptist was imprisoned, and when did he call Andrew and Peter to be disciples?
• Did anyone ascend to heaven before Jesus?
• Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount in the mountains/on a plain
• Was the centurion with Jesus?
• Jesus healed the daughter of a Canaanite/Greek woman
• Jesus' testimony of himself was/was not valid
• When did the fig tree wither?
• Anointing of Jesus
• The disciples brought a colt/a donkey and a colt to Jesus for the Triumphal Entry

• Jesus did/did not abolish the Law
• All food is clean/some foods are unclean
• Jesus said that anger is wrong, but got angry himself
• Jesus said we should hate our parents
• Jesus taught in a parable that we should slay his enemies
• Jesus taught forgiveness, but didn't forgive his enemies
• Jesus taught submission and pacifism, but didn't practice them
• Jesus said that we should not fear being killed, but he feared being killed by the Jews
• Jesus did/did not tell the disciples to take staves and sandals
• Jesus told the disciples to take swords/not to use swords
• We should/should not judge others
• Good works should/should not be seen
• Jesus told the disciples to tell others about him/keep his identity secret
• Jesus told the disciples to guard against the yeast of the Sadducees/Herod

• When did Satan enter Judas?
• The Last Supper - when did Jesus predict his betrayal, and what order was communion?

• Arrest of Jesus
• Jesus first saw Annas/Caiaphas after his arrest
• Peter denied Jesus thrice before the rooster crowed once/twice
• The soldiers put a scarlet/purple robe on Jesus
• Jesus/Simon of Cyrene carried Jesus' cross
• Jesus' drink of vinegar
• Jesus was crucified at the third/sixth hour
• What was written on Jesus' cross?
• Both thieves mocked Jesus/one mocked and one repented
• What were Jesus' last words on the cross?

• Harmonizations of the Resurrection
• Harmonization of the visit to Jesus' tomb
• Jesus was in the tomb for two/three nights
• How many women visited the tomb?
• When did the women visit the tomb?
• Who did the women see in the tomb - one or two angels or men, standing or sitting?
• Where did the disciples first see Jesus after he was resurrected?
• Where did Jesus tell the disciples to go after the resurrection?
• Where did the Ascension take place?

• Jesus never claimed to be God
• Jesus is pre-existent/was created by God