Read through the four Gospels in the New Testament, and the main take away you get from each is this: Jesus died, He rose again, and He is Lord. This is what Matthew, Mark, Luke and John wanted to get across to their readers. The reality of these things make or break authentic Christianity. The denial of these things separates the sheep and the goats, believer and unbeliever, Christian and pagan. You can get into a comparative religion conversation and talk volumes about the way Jesus sided with the poor and taught unparalleled wisdom, but get ready for some controversy if you dare speak of Christ death, resurrection and Lordship. Islam, for example, rejects the very idea that Jesus died upon the cross, and to affirm Jesus is Lord in the sense of being God incarnate is an unthinkable sin. Atheists likewise would never think the historical Jesus was God incarnate who resurrected from the dead. The problem is this: all the evidence weighs in favor of the testimonial of the New Test