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Apr 13, 2020 · And if Jesus Christ has been raised, then our proclamation is powerful, and so is your faith. We are found to be true witnesses about God, because we have testified truthfully about God that he raised up Christ—whom he truly raised up, because the dead are raised. And if the dead are raised, then Christ has truly been raised. And if Christ ...
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Apr 3, 2015 · Not even Christ is raised. This is the first and most obvious consequence, and it is nuclear fallout. If there is no resurrection from the dead, as Hume and the Sadducees claim, then Christ’s body was eaten by dogs or taken by thieves or secretly removed by Jesus’s disciples or there exists another naturalistic explanation for the claim by hundreds to have seen the risen Lord.
Oct 5, 2018 · Heck, Herods repetition of “John is raised from the dead” sounds more like something I’d expect in some dark, Shakespearean play… “Macbeth, come back to haunt me”. Besides, one of the chief “objections” to the “Jesus was resurrected” story was that “resurrection” wasn’t supposed to happen in that fashion at all.
Apr 1, 2002 · The demythologizing theory (the idea that myth-encrusted facts surround Jesus’ life) only seems possible if one postulates several generations over which the mythology concerning Christ grew up. 5 In fact, A. N. Sherwin-White, Oxford scholar of ancient Greek and Roman history, argues that myth and legend require the span of two full generations to accrue and distort historical fact. 6 Given ...
Apr 8, 2018 · But Christ is risen from the dead and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. (1 Corinthians 15:20). The resurrection of Jesus Christ is a historical fact, not just a theological myth or some philosophical idea that began circulating 30 years later among the followers of Jesus Christ.
Apr 7, 2024 · Christ’s resurrection turns this implication on its head. If Gospel preaching is vain apart from Jesus’ resurrection, then it is significant because He has been raised. Second, if Jesus had not been raised, then faith in Christ would be worthless and meaningless. In our culture, people say things like, “You just have to believe.
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Apr 10, 2012 · As Paul said, “if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.” (1 Cor 5:13) At that point, there is no difference between Jesus and any other “good” religious leader in the myriad of religions that focus on good works to earn salvation.
