March 31, 2016
Origin of the Disciples’ Belief in Jesus’ Resurrection To say that the death of Jesus on the cross was devastating to the disciples would be gross understatement. Despite Jesus’ warnings, they had no concept of a Messiah that would die, much less rise up again. Without the resurrection, Jesus’ shameful death could only be seen […]
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March 27, 2016
Postmortem Appearances We have four lines of evidence for the historical reliability of Jesus’ appearances to people after His death. 1) *Paul’s testimony shows that the disciples saw appearances of Jesus.* In I Corinthians 15, Paul lists several people to whom Jesus appeared after his death, beginning with Peter individually and the Twelve Apostles (as […]
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March 24, 2016
Empty Tomb Let’s start with the ten lines of evidence that support the factuality of Jesus’ empty tomb: 1) *Historical credibility of the burial story.* The two are closely connected. If the burial story is basically correct, both Jews and Christians would have known the site of Jesus’ tomb. If the body was still there, […]
Tags: evidence for Jesus' resurrection, external clues, Gary Habermas, Geza Vermes, historical credibility, historical explanations, I Cor. 15 formula, inference to the best explanation, internal clues, Jacob Kremer, Jesus is Risen, Jewish custom, Jewish polemic, Jews, John, Paul, Peter, Pinchas Lapide, plausibility, Resurrection, Resurrection Hypothesis, Romans, the Empty Tomb, William Lane Craig, women at the tomb
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March 20, 2016
“The evidence for the resurrection is better than for claimed miracles in any other religion. It’s outstandingly different in quality and quantity.” — Sir Antony Flew, distinguished British philosopher and renowned non-theist Last year around this time, some of you may recall that I did a 4-part series called, “On Jesus’ Death”, followed by a […]
Tags: abductive reasoning, ad hoc, background knowledge, C. Behan McCullagh, disconfirmation, evidence for Jesus' resurrection, explanatory power, explanatory scope, Gary Habermas, historical explanations, inference to the best explanation, Jesus Christ, Justifying Historical Descriptions, minimal facts, observable data, plausibility, Resurrection, Resurrection Hypothesis, William Lane Craig
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March 13, 2016
Yeah, yeah, I know. I should be writing about the current primaries and crop of presidential candidates, not the disappointment-in-chief now in office. But, hey, he’s still in office, and the issues are still relevant. Plus, it’s always good to learn from history. Others of you may be thinking that I, a white man, have […]
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March 6, 2016
“Human rights can only be assured among a virtuous people. The general government… can never be in danger of degenerating into a monarchy, an oligarchy, an aristocracy, or any despotic or oppressive form so long as there is any virtue in the body of the people.” — Gen. George Washington I just got home from […]
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