How Christianity Probably Didn’t Begin (First of Three Parts)Was Jesus Resurrected From the Grave?
Why is Paulogia talking about the mechanics of an internal combustion engine in a video about the resurrection of Jesus?
Three days after His death on the cross and burial in a borrowed grave, Jesus’s tomb was found to be empty, so the question is: Was Jesus resurrected from the grave?
His disciples then claimed He had been resurrected from the dead and they further claimed to have seen and talked with Him.
Everything about Christianity stands or falls on this one question: Was Jesus really resurrected, as His followers have claimed since that first Easter morning?
As Paul wrote to the Corinthian church:
“Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.”
And speaking of Paul, in the following video, Erik Manning of Is-Jesus-Alive addresses the critiques of Paul Ens aka “Paulogia,” including here his claim that the empty tomb might be explained by a resurrection, but there are also other equally valid possibilities.
This is the first of three parts in which Manning responds to Paulogia. In tomorrow’s second part, Manning responds to Paulogia’s claim that Peter had a grief hallucination when he saw and talked to the risen Jesus. And Sunday’s third and final part will deal with the claim that Paul was afflicted with Conversion Disorder. Enjoy!
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
Check out this debate on Justin Brierley’s UnBelievable YouTube channel on the martyrdom of Jesus’ disciples between Paulogia and Dr. Sean McDowell, who did his doctoral dissertation on the issue and wrote the book, “The Fate of the Apostles.”