Did Jesus really rise from the grave on Easter Sunday? Is the Resurrection of Jesus a fabrication created by the disciples in an effort to start a world religion or accomplish some other nefarious goal? Some skeptics claim the disciples stole the body of Jesus from the grave and later …
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Why I Know the Disciples Didn’t Conspire to Fabricate the Resurrection of Jesus
How do we know the resurrection of Jesus really occurred? Were the gospel authors and disciples telling the truth about this central claim of Christianity, or did they conspire to fabricate the most compelling story of all time? Is the Resurrection simply a lie? In my experience as a detective, …
Read More »The Commitment of the Apostles Confirms the Truth of the Resurrection
Many of us, as committed Christians, would rather die than reject our Savior. Around the world today, Christians are executed regularly because they refuse to deny their allegiance to Jesus or the truth claims of Christianity. But their deaths, while heartbreaking and compelling, have no evidential value. Many people are …
Read More »Did The Disciples Lie About The Resurrection? (Video)
J. Warner Wallace was interviewed by Bobby Conway (The One Minute Apologist) and discussed a common objection to Christianity. Did the apostles lie about the resurrection of Jesus? What is required for a conspiracy to be successful and were these factors present for the disciples? To see more training videos …
Read More »Do Variations in the Resurrection Accounts Discredit the New Testament? (Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast #22)
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner examines alleged “contradictions” in the eyewitness New Testament accounts. Do variations between witness accounts automatically discredit their reliability? J. Warner provides two examples from the Gospel Resurrection accounts to illustrate the manner in which eyewitness accounts are typically reconciled. Here …
Read More »Is There Any Good Reason to Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus? (Video)
Jim was interviewed by Leon Fontaine on the Leon Show and spoke about the evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus. Is the Resurrection reasonable given the alternative explanations? How can we know Christianity is true? (Visit Leon’s show HERE) To see more interview videos with J. Warner Wallace, visit the …
Read More »Is it Possible to Make a Case for the Resurrection of Jesus? (Video)
J. Warner Wallace was interviewed on 100 Huntley Street and talked about the case for Easter by examining the Resurrection of Jesus through abductive reasoning. Be sure to check out 100 Huntley Street at http://us.100huntley.com/. To see more interview videos with J. Warner Wallace, visit the YouTube playlist. For more …
Read More »Abductive Reasoning and the Case for the Resurrection (Podcast)
Did Jesus rise from the dead? In this podcast, J. Warner talks about abductive reasoning, its application in death scene investigations and its utility when making the case for the Resurrection of Jesus. As Easter approaches, J. Warner outlines the material from his evangelistic booklet, ALIVE: A Cold Case Approach …
Read More »The Witnesses of the Resurrection Compared to the Witnesses of the Golden Plates
When I first became interested in examining the claims of Christianity, my sister (a member of the LDS Church) encouraged me to investigate the Book of Mormon as well. One aspect of this investigation involved examining the life and testimony of the eyewitnesses. Christianity hinges on the truthfulness of the …
Read More »Did Jesus Really Live?
More and more I hear the claim that Jesus was not a real historical person. Did Jesus really live? It seems that there is a growing belief that Jesus was simply a myth created by Christians. This objection speaks to the heart of Christianity. In 1 Corinthians chapter 15, the …
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