I am amazed when I read the Scriptures of the power and authority of Jesus Christ as He served, healed, and cast out demons. I am astounded at His authority in teaching that challenged the ...

Authority, on the other hand, is internal—or, given that the Greek word for authority means "out of (one's) essence"—essential. Whatever Jesus does is a demonstration, not of external power, but of ...

Within all this drama, it is easy to miss context clues that emphasize Jesus’ authority further. The territory of the Gerasenes was part of a Greek colony called the Decapolis.

Jesus served the people, He explained things because the people understood well: He was at the service of the people. He had an attitude of a servant, and this gave authority.

Jesus does acknowledge the burdensome and insensitive qualities of the leadership of that time. He says, “Do not follow their example. For they preach but do not practice. They tie up heavy ...

There is authority granted to every believer through the name of Jesus. Authority is delegated power. The very source of our authority comes from Christ’s resurrection and the seating of Christ ...

5 reasons to suspect that Jesus never existed A growing number of scholars are openly questioning or actively arguing against Jesus’ historicity ...

The alternative theory of N. T. Wright and the late Raymond Brown, for instance, holds that Jews of the Temple, whose authority Jesus constantly challenged, had the most to gain from seeing him put to ...