When I was in divinity school some student had written graffiti on the bathroom wall. And I've never forgotten the humor of it. It went something like this: "And Jesus spake unto Peter saying 'Who do men say that I am?' And Peter answered, 'Thou art, according to Paul Tillich, the very ground of our being. Thou art Emmanuel Kant's deontological categorical imperative. Thou art the man of the Eschaton, the ultimately determinative one!' And Jesus looked at Peter and saith, 'What?' " 

Seriously, in the text, Jesus did look at his disciples and ask, "Who do you think I am?" And that question has been asked of every generation down through twenty centuries of human history. And today I ask it of you. "Who is this Jesus Christ?"

Myth 

The mildest conclusion one may draw is that Jesus Chris…