In his classic book, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis posed his famous trilemma: based on what we read in Scripture, Jesus Christ was either a liar, lunatic, or Lord. Anyone who said the things he said and did the things he did must either be a great deceiver (a liar), a confused or crazy man (a lunatic), or God himself.

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However, for many modern skeptics, there’s a fourth alternative which Lewis didn’t include: legend. Perhaps we can’t trust the Biblical narratives about Jesus. Maybe they’ve been altered through the centuries much like an extended child’s game of “telephone.” And if that’s the case, we have no reliable information about who Jesus was or what he did.

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But is that really the case? Dr. Brant Pitre tackles many of these challenges in his book and DVD series, The Case for Jesus: The Biblical and Historical Evidence for Christ (2016). Pitre,  goes back to the sources — the biblical and historical evidence for Christ — in order to answer several key questions, including:

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   • Were the four Gospels really anonymous? 
  • Are the Gospels folklore? Or are they biographies?
  • Were the four Gospels written too late to be reliable?
  • What about the so-called “Lost Gospels,” such as “Q” and the Gospel of Thomas?
  • Did Jesus claim to be God?  
  • Is Jesus divine in all four Gospels? Or only in John?
  • Did Jesus fulfill the Jewish prophecies of the Messiah?
  • Why was Jesus crucified?
  • What is the evidence for the Resurrection? 

More on this in interview at https://catholiceducation.org/en/religion-and-philosophy/the-case-for-jesus-interview-with-dr-brant-pitre.html