It has been a while since I blogged but I figured it was time to dive back in to doing so again.
My goal is to post new content 2-3 times per week as my schedule allows. The main focus of this blog and therefore the content that will be posted will deal with the resurrection. While that will not exclude me from posting other content from time to time, you can expect the majority of the posts to be on something related, either directly or indirectly, to the resurrection. To begin, I thought I would share a semi-long quote with you,
At the heart of Christianity is a cross; and one of the most significant things about it is that it is an empty cross. Christians down the ages have been sure that this his shameful death on that gallows was not the last word about Jesus. He rose from the tomb, and triumphed over death.
This was the belief that turned heartbroken followers of a crucified rabbi into the courageous witnesses and martyrs of the early church. This was the one belief that separated the followers of Jesus from the Jews and turned them into the community of the resurrection. You could imprison them, flog them, kill, them, but you could not make them deny their conviction that ‘on the third day he rose again.’ The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the cornerstone of Christianity. Every year thousands of enquirers examine the evidence for it and put their faith in Jesus. Every year books come out seeking to discredit it.[1]
This is what I will be inviting you to do along with me: examining the historical evidence for the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Let us investigate honestly and openly and allow the evidence to take us to wherever it may lead us. As professor of New Testament Studies, Dr. Daniel Wallace says, “You must pursue the truth rather than protect your presuppositions.” Let us do our best to lay our presuppositions aside and to approach this topic in as objective manner as possible.
- Michael Green writing in the forward to George Eldon Ladd’s work I Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus, Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1975.