Jesus appears to mary magdalene, the 11 disciples in the upper room, doubting thomas and to the disciples by the lake of galilee. This published version of a debate originally set at boston college invites the responses of two additional scholars on either side of the issue. The ultimate truth statement and historical fact of christianity is the reality of christs resurrection. Is a lively and provocative debate between christian philosopher and apologist william lane craig and new testament scholar and atheist gerd ludemann. Study the bible, learn about jesus christ, get christian living advice online. First, the four gospels differ in important details. The historicity of the resurrection of jesus university of pretoria. The bible claims that the resurrection of jesus not only validates all of jesus truth claims, it proves that jesus is the son of god, the one who can forgive our sins and give us the gift of eternal life. But there are other factors, all amounting to the fact that luedemann argued at too low a level. William lane craig explains four historical facts, accepted by the majority of. Second, there is no genuine extrabiblical evidence for jesus as a human.
Pastor mike is making the most of web technologies to encourage disciples. In fact, their marriage was all for show, orchestrated by the church, so they. Adam francisco, brings together a variety of scholars who answer modern challenges. Dc comics has released its advance solicitations for march 2019, including the debut issue of the new vertigo series second coming by writer mark russell and artist richard pace. For some, the resurrection of christ is dismissed as myth and magic while for millions upon millions of us the world over, it is a historical fact. New book defends resurrection of jesus christ as fact the resurrection fact, edited by dr. The book concludes with a final response from ludemann and craig. New book defends resurrection of jesus christ as fact. A debate between william lane craig and gerd ludemann at california polytechnic state university, san luis obispo 2002. Dale allison refers to the historical question pertaining to jesus resurrection as the. Was the resurrection of jesus a fact of history or a figment of. Easter is a christian holiday celebrating the day jesus christ rose from the grave following his crucifixion on good friday. According to matthew 28, on the third day after christs death, an. Christian truth and apologetics william lane craig.
This published version of a debate originally set at boston college is edited by paul copan and ronald k. A selfproclaimed twitterholic, one twitter follower describes him as. Christianity hinges on whether jesus rose from the grave on the third day. Well, fittingly on a day when we celebrate the resurrection of jesus christ, we bring our great service to its climax by turning to the scripture and hearing the record that god has given us of the r.
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