Mike Licona Archives - Risen Jesus, Inc.

Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy Needs a Facelift

At the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, I read a paper titled The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy Needs a Facelift. The paper was well-attended and was followed [...]

Lydia McGrew Answered

A number of you have asked me to respond to Lydia McGrew’s lengthy critique of my book Why Are There Differences in the Gospels? What We Can Learn From Ancient Biography. Now that I’ve been able [...]

Historians and Miracle Claims

Most biblical scholars and historians hold that the investigation of a miracle report lies outside of the rights of historians acting within their professional capacity. In this essay, I [...]

Are The Gospels “Historically Reliable”? A Focused Comparison of Suetonius’s Life of Augustus and the Gospel of Mark

Are the Gospels historically reliable? Authors of ancient historical literature had objectives for writing that differed somewhat from those of modern historians. Consequently, the literary [...]

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D. James Kennedy Interviews Mike on “Paul Meets Muhammad”

Shortly after my book Paul Meets Muhammad was published in 2006, I was contacted by Coral Ridge Ministries, because Dr. D James Kennedy wanted to interview me on the book for his program Truths [...]

Mike Licona vs. Bart Ehrman (2018)

Debate Question: “Are the Gospels historically reliable?” On February 21, 2018, Ratio Christi and the KSU History Club cosponsored a debate between Bart Ehrman and Mike Licona at Kennesaw State [...]

Mike Licona vs. Larry Shapiro (2018)

Debate Question: “Did Jesus rise from the dead?” Mike Licona debates Larry Shapiro on February 22, 2018 at the University of Findlay in Ohio.

Mike Licona vs. Courtney Friesen

Debate Question: “Are Christian claims verifiable and does it matter?” Hosted by the Veritas Forum at the Arizona University, this debate between resident classicist Courtney Friesen [...]

Sermon on the Mount

On October 26, 2017, Mike Licona was asked to recite Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount at a location not far from the traditional sight where Jesus is believed to have delivered it 2,000 years ago.

Did Jesus’s prophecy to return fail?

Jesus promised His disciples that He would return before some of them died. But it’s 2,000 years later and He has yet to show up. Was Jesus wrong? In this video, Dr. Licona looks at three options.

Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy Needs a Facelift

Lydia McGrew Answered

Historians and Miracle Claims

Are The Gospels “Historically Reliable”? A Focused Comparison of Suetonius’s Life of Augustus and the Gospel of Mark

D. James Kennedy Interviews Mike on “Paul Meets Muhammad”

Mike Licona vs. Bart Ehrman (2018)

Mike Licona vs. Larry Shapiro (2018)

Mike Licona vs. Courtney Friesen

Sermon on the Mount

Did Jesus’s prophecy to return fail?

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Decisions: A discussion between Bart Ehrman & Mike Licona