Mark Keown

I am intrigued by the number of articles, podcasts, videos, and other media using the phrase “post-Christian” in relation to the world or a given context. I will argue that such a descriptor is incorrect and should never be used by anyone who claims to be Christian. In AD 27–30 or 30–33, Jesus Christ entered history. He was God incarnate. He lived an extraordinary life. Imbued with a ridiculous degree of power never before seen in a human, he healed multitudes, walked on water, calmed a storm, turned water to wine, raised the dead, and showed love to people society had utterly marginalized. He was arrested, illegally tried, condemned to death, and died by crucifixion. He never once used his phenomenal power for his own ends, only using it to help others in need. On the third day after his death, his tomb was found empty, and then he appeared around ten times to women, men, and groups. Forty days later, 120 of his followers had an astonishing experience in which they were filled wit...