"Truth? Jesus didn’t have a lofty goal of uniting the people of the world together, hoping to plant the seeds of self-actualization that would guide humanity toward creating a utopia. During his life and the 2,000 years that followed, Jesus has divided people. He intended to. Don’t believe me? Check your New Testament cue cards, Dean.

Jesus split one of the world’s great religions right down the middle by claiming to be God. He said he had the authority to forgive sins, and Scripture records that hundreds witnessed a resurrected Jesus after his painfully excruciating death on a cross. He chose that death, and he told his followers to spread the message of salvation in his name to every nation.

Jesus said he would be on the throne at Judgment Day. He also said he was “the way, the truth and the life” and that no human being comes to God except by him. Jesus told the disciples to go to the surrounding towns with his message. If a town didn’t accept it, the disciples were to brush the dust of that town off their feet and move on. Those who were not for him were against him, Jesus said.

In short, that leaves every man and woman with a decision: Jesus was either crazy or he was God in the flesh, just as he said. "