A recent challenge to Christ's deity has come with the popularization of Gnostic gospels, such as the so-called gospels of Thomas, Peter, Judas, etc. that Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code sparked a cultural interest in these "gospels" and subsequent questioning or denial of Christ's validity.

The Gnostic Gospels.

Muslims now represent 23% of the global population. While Islam agrees with Christianity on a few aspects of Christ, it denies Christ's incarnation and deity. Because of Islam's rising influence, it demands a defence of Christ's divinity

The Worldwide Expansion of Islam.

An increasingly popular idea, pluralism holds that all forms of spirituality are manifestations of the same divine reality, and that each response can be an effective means to the same end, be it salvation, enlightenment, liberation, etc. Therefore, pluralists hold that while Jesus may be a wonderful moralist and a valid spiritual figure to follow for some, he is not fully divine and not the ONLY path to salvation.

Religious Pluralism

A Christian cult is a group that claims to be Christian, but rejects one or more central doctrine of the Christian faith as taught in Scripture. Jehovah's Witness is currently one of the world's most prolific cults that denies the deity of Christ.

The Proliferation of Cults