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Josh McDowell
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The Fact of the Resurrection
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“But if there is no resurrec2on of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith
also is vain… 173
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…Moreover, we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we tes2fied against God that He raised
Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not
raised… 174
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…For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are
s2ll in your sins.”
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Dr. David Strauss
…It ‘touches Chris/anity to the quick’ and is ‘decisive for the whole view of Chris/anity.’”
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Dr. David Strauss
…touchstone, not of the life of Jesus only, but of Chris/anity
itself to risk all on its eventuality.”
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“…He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer
many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests
and the scribes… 181
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…and be killed, and aQer three days rise again.”
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‘“The Son of Man is to be delivered into hands of men, and they will kill HIM; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later.”
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Relevant Facts
► Jesus of Nazareth
► Jewish prophet
► Claimed to be the Christ prophesied in Jewish Scriptures
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Relevant Facts ► He was crucified
► 3 days after his burial, the women found the body gone
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Relevant Facts
► Disciples claimed God raised Him from the dead and He appeared to them several times before ascending to heaven
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Skeptics who were scientifically
convinced of the Resurrection
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Two friends from Oxford, author Gilbert West and statesman Lord
George Ly\leton, were determined to destroy the basis
of the Chris2an faith. 1263
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Gilbert West was going to demonstrate the fallacy of the
Resurrec2on. 1264
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Lord Ly\leton was going to prove that Saul of Tarsus never converted to Chris2anity. 1265
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Concluded that the Resurrec2on was TRUE!
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Concluded Saul had been CONVERTED!
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Wrote Who Moved the Stone? Chapter 1:
“The Book That Refused to Be Wri\en.”
Dr. Frank Morrison Journalist
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George Eldon Ladd
“The only ra2onal explana2on for these historical facts is that God raised Jesus in bodily form.”
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Thomas Arnold Author: 3-‐volume History of Rome
“I have been used for many years to study the histories of other
2mes and to examine and weigh the evidence of those who have
wri\en about them… 196
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Thomas Arnold Author: 3-‐volume History of Rome
…I know of no one fact in the history of mankind, which is proved by be\er and fuller evidence of every sort to the
understanding of a fair inquirer… 197
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…than the great sign which God hath given us that Christ died and
rose again from the dead.”
Thomas Arnold Author: 3-‐volume History of Rome
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“Taking all the evidence together, it is not too much to say that there is no historical incident be\er or
more variously supported than the resurrec2on of Christ…
Brooke Foss WestcoH English Scholar/Literary Giant
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…Nothing but the anteceded assump2on that it must be false could have suggested the idea of deficiency in the proof of it.”
Brooke Foss WestcoH English Scholar/Literary Giant
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“If all the evidence is weighed carefully and fairly, it is indeed
jus2fiable according to the canons of historical research to conclude that
the tomb…
Dr. Paul Maier Western Michigan University
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…in which Jesus was buried was actually empty on the morning
of the first Easter.”
Dr. Paul Maier Western Michigan University
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