Evidences for the Resurrection
Among the most well-known popular arguments in favor of the divinity of Jesus Christ was first proposed by the great C.S. Lewis in his book, “Mere Christianity,” when he offered this syllogistic claim: “I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept…
There are a thousand ways to approach a conversation about Jesus Christ, but in the final analysis, it all comes down to one crucial question — Why was His grave empty on the third day after His crucifixion and burial? The answer of the Gospels is, of course, that, just as He predicted before the…
It is a commonly heard argument from skeptics of Christianity who claim the Resurrection of Jesus never really happened because there was a conspiracy among the disciples to fake it. The disciples knew, the skeptics contend, that Jesus had predicted He would be resurrected from the grave three days after dying on the cross, but…
Among the most common arguments from skeptics is that the claim Jesus was resurrected on the third day after the crucifixion and burial was a “later invention,” or a legend that grew over the decades following His death. If you ever played “Telephone” as a kid, you can easily understand how such assertions can sound…
Skeptics have proposed over the years three basic alternative explanations for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, including the Swoon Theory, the Hallucination Theory and the Wrong-Tomb Theory. Here’s the basic issue underlying the debate about the Resurrection: If Jesus was resurrected on the third day following His crucifixion and burial in the rich man’s tomb,…
All four of the New Testament gospels report that, when the women who were the first to visit the tomb of Jesus on the third day following His death and burial, arrived there, they found it empty and wide open. When John and Peter subsequently ran to the tomb, they also found it empty. So…
Did the earliest Christians — those around in the days and weeks immediately following His death, burial and resurrection — understand who He claimed to be or did it take decades before the full truth of His divinity as the Son of God and full humanity as the Son of Man was understood and proclaimed,…
Simon Greenleaf was an acclaimed professor of the Harvard Law School and the author of the authoritative standards for determining the credibility and admissibility of witnesses and evidence in the American court system. While there is some dispute on the question, it appears that Greenleaf set out at one point early in his life to…
Jesus Christ is the most famous person who ever lived. Two millennia after He walked in Judea and Galilee, billions of people worship Him as the Son of God. More books have been written about Him than any other person in history. His words are studied in virtually every country on the face of the…
So you are in a conversation with somebody when the discussion heads in a spiritual direction. You mention that you are a follower of Jesus Christ who you know to be God because He was resurrected from the tomb three days after His crucifixion. Just as He said He would be. But your conversation partner…