Resources on the Lord Jesus Christ

Most of us would probably imagine that we have a very clear idea of who Jesus Christ is and exactly what he stands for. Yet many notions that float about in popular parlance, while they may partly be true, are not necessarily founded on any serious scrutiny of the Biblical records of Jesus’ life. In these studies, David Gooding takes us back to the original sources, examining and perhaps correcting the picture of the Lord Jesus that we have in our minds, so that we might worship him more fully.

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The Battle in Gethsemane
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The Battle in Gethsemane
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One Study on the Lord Jesus Submitting to His Father’s Will

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The Son of the Living God
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The Son of the Living God
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One Study on the Implications of the Deity of Christ

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The Unexpected Christ
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The Unexpected Christ
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Four Studies on the Person and Character of Jesus

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The Lord of Space, Time and History
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The Lord of Space, Time and History
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One Study on the Person and Character of Jesus

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Through the years David Gooding answered many Bible-related questions that he received through correspondence and in Q&A sessions. Below you will find a list of answers to questions related to the Lord Jesus Christ.

 
Featured
How does one get to be ‘in Christ’?
Doctrine
How does one get to be ‘in Christ’?
Doctrine
Doctrine
What does it mean for Scripture to be fulfilled?
Biblical Interpretation
What does it mean for Scripture to be fulfilled?
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Interpretation
In what way do you think that the doorkeeper (see John 10:3) was necessary for the whole purpose of introducing Christ? Why did God decide to use John the Baptist to introduce Christ?
Biblical Interpretation
In what way do you think that the doorkeeper (see John 10:3) was necessary for the whole purpose of introducing Christ? Why did God decide to use John the Baptist to introduce Christ?
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Interpretation
Why didn’t God protect the infant Christ, Joseph and Mary with a miracle instead of sending them to Egypt? And likewise with David, who fled into the land of his enemies, the Philistines?
Biblical Interpretation
Why didn’t God protect the infant Christ, Joseph and Mary with a miracle instead of sending them to Egypt? And likewise with David, who fled into the land of his enemies, the Philistines?
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Interpretation
In John 2:4, was Jesus abrupt to his mother?
Biblical Interpretation
In John 2:4, was Jesus abrupt to his mother?
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Interpretation
What is the significance of the Lord saying at the cross, ‘I thirst’?
Biblical Interpretation
What is the significance of the Lord saying at the cross, ‘I thirst’?
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Interpretation
Could ‘It is finished’ refer to something other than the atonement?
Biblical Interpretation
Could ‘It is finished’ refer to something other than the atonement?
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Interpretation
Why could God not have used his power to sidetrack the cross, rescue his Son and transport his followers to glory without suffering?
Biblical Interpretation
Why could God not have used his power to sidetrack the cross, rescue his Son and transport his followers to glory without suffering?
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Interpretation
Review of articles on eternal Sonship
Reviews, Doctrine
Review of articles on eternal Sonship
Reviews, Doctrine
Reviews, Doctrine
Are you looking forward to the Lord’s return?
Doctrine
Are you looking forward to the Lord’s return?
Doctrine
Doctrine
Did the Son of God abandon Jesus the man on the cross?
Doctrine
Did the Son of God abandon Jesus the man on the cross?
Doctrine
Doctrine
Theosophy: Is the messiah the great world spirit?
Doctrine
Theosophy: Is the messiah the great world spirit?
Doctrine
Doctrine
Why did Christ preach the gospel to ‘them that are dead’ (1 Peter 3:19; 4:6)?
Biblical Interpretation
Why did Christ preach the gospel to ‘them that are dead’ (1 Peter 3:19; 4:6)?
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Interpretation
What do you think Pilate thought of Christ? Did he have respect for him?
Biblical Interpretation
What do you think Pilate thought of Christ? Did he have respect for him?
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Interpretation
Is it in any way wrong to address Jesus Christ in prayer, rather than the Father?
Church
Is it in any way wrong to address Jesus Christ in prayer, rather than the Father?
Church
Church
Did only the human part of the Son of God die?
Doctrine
Did only the human part of the Son of God die?
Doctrine
Doctrine
In Psalm 102:25–27, the psalmist is speaking directly to God, but in Hebrews 1:10–12 suggests that it is about the Son in particular. Is there a way to know that from the Psalm itself?
Biblical Interpretation
In Psalm 102:25–27, the psalmist is speaking directly to God, but in Hebrews 1:10–12 suggests that it is about the Son in particular. Is there a way to know that from the Psalm itself?
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Interpretation
What is included in the phrase ‘all that would happen’ in John 18:4?
Biblical Interpretation
What is included in the phrase ‘all that would happen’ in John 18:4?
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Interpretation
After the Lord’s baptism, when did he go to Cana—after or before the temptation?
Biblical Interpretation
After the Lord’s baptism, when did he go to Cana—after or before the temptation?
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Interpretation
Can you comment on the teaching today of the lordship of Christ required from salvation, versus easy ‘believism’, which is those who say that all you have to do is believe and you’re saved?
Doctrine
Can you comment on the teaching today of the lordship of Christ required from salvation, versus easy ‘believism’, which is those who say that all you have to do is believe and you’re saved?
Doctrine
Doctrine
In John’s Gospel, there is a big emphasis on the Lord Jesus being ‘sent’—‘that you would believe that he has sent me’, etc. Could you elaborate on that?
Textual Matters
In John’s Gospel, there is a big emphasis on the Lord Jesus being ‘sent’—‘that you would believe that he has sent me’, etc. Could you elaborate on that?
Textual Matters
Textual Matters
How do we go about trying to show the truth to people who would believe something true about God and yet either completely rejecting Jesus, or believing many false things about him?
Doctrine, Pastoral
How do we go about trying to show the truth to people who would believe something true about God and yet either completely rejecting Jesus, or believing many false things about him?
Doctrine, Pastoral
Doctrine, Pastoral
How should we interpret ‘Lord, lay not this sin to their charge, because they know not what they do’ (see Luke 23:34)?
Doctrine, Biblical Interpretation
How should we interpret ‘Lord, lay not this sin to their charge, because they know not what they do’ (see Luke 23:34)?
Doctrine, Biblical Interpretation
Doctrine, Biblical Interpretation
During the crucifixion, why do you think the Lord established a relationship between his mother and John when his mother had other children in the house (James and Jude, etc.)?
Biblical Interpretation
During the crucifixion, why do you think the Lord established a relationship between his mother and John when his mother had other children in the house (James and Jude, etc.)?
Biblical Interpretation
Biblical Interpretation
Is it wrong to say ‘God forsook God’ at the crucifixion?
Doctrine
Is it wrong to say ‘God forsook God’ at the crucifixion?
Doctrine
Doctrine
Was the incarnation of the Lord Jesus in addition to his heavenly role, or instead of it?
Doctrine
Was the incarnation of the Lord Jesus in addition to his heavenly role, or instead of it?
Doctrine
Doctrine
What is the emphasis in the Aramaic of our Lord’s cry on the cross?
Textual Matters
What is the emphasis in the Aramaic of our Lord’s cry on the cross?
Textual Matters
Textual Matters
Did our Lord accept the threefold division of the Old Testament canon?
Miscellaneous
Did our Lord accept the threefold division of the Old Testament canon?
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
How should ‘Jesus Christ is come in the flesh’ in 2 John 7 be translated? Does it refer to Christ’s future coming?
Textual Matters
How should ‘Jesus Christ is come in the flesh’ in 2 John 7 be translated? Does it refer to Christ’s future coming?
Textual Matters
Textual Matters
Does Proverbs 8:30 depict Christ as a ‘lesser’ God?
Doctrine, Biblical Interpretation
Does Proverbs 8:30 depict Christ as a ‘lesser’ God?
Doctrine, Biblical Interpretation
Doctrine, Biblical Interpretation