IV. THE QUESTION STATED
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IN ASKING the question, "Is Jesus God?" I do so prompted by the belief that this is one of the most important as well as one of the most interesting problems which can come before the human mind. It is not my purpose to be controversial, but to show my own findings concerning the truth. I have the profoundest respect for all those who may differ from me in my conclusions. I wish to consider only the facts in the case, and to consider them in a frank, honest, straightforward manner, and with love in my heart for those who do not interpret them as I do.
Taking the Bible as we find it, whether we admit that it is Divinely inspired or not, we must admit that it is also unique—unique among books by reason of its virility, its vitality, its beauty, its satisfying spiritual power.
Now, accepting it as giving us practically all the information which we have concerning Jesus, and therefore providing in its unaltered form the
