Posts Tagged ‘resurrection’
Jesus Predicting His Death
by Matthew W. Bassford Luke 18-19 chronicles the high point of Jesus’ ministry. He is on His way to Jerusalem, surrounded by an exultant crowd. According to Luke 19:11, the throngs believed that “the kingdom of God was going to appear right away.” In other words, they anticipated that when Jesus came to Jerusalem, He…
Read MoreThe Timeline of the Resurrection
by Matthew W. Bassford Recently, I’ve become aware that there is this thing floating around on the Internet called “The Easter Challenge”. The inventor of this challenge is an atheist. He asserts that the Biblical accounts of the resurrection of Jesus contradict each other so significantly that they are clearly false and so provide no…
Read MoreWhy did Jesus stay around for forty days after his resurrection?
Question: Good day, Brother Jeffrey, I am asking for your help regarding this question: Why did Jesus stay around for 40 days, after He came back from the grave, instead of going immediately into Heaven? I know you are busy answering hundreds of emails every day so I am sorry for adding another burden on…
Read MoreHe Showed Himself Alive by Many Proofs
I. The bodily resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of Christianity A. If it is not true, then our religion is a hoax B. I Cor. 15:12-19 C. Our faith stands or falls on whether not the resurrection actually occurred. II. Objections to a resurrection A. “It’s unscientific” 1. The Soviet Encyclopedia The concept of a resurrection “is found to be the…
Read MoreFoundations of Apologetics
by Doy Moyer I have tried, for better or worse, to dedicate myself over the years to the foundations of what it means to defend the reason for our hope (I Peter 3:15). While the study of apologetics (the defense of the faith) has many layers and even more topics, here is, in my experience,…
Read MoreThe Resurrection of Jesus
by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Acts 13:16-41 I. Central to every Christian’s belief in his salvation is the resurrection of Jesus – I Corinthians 15:12-19 A. If Jesus was not raised, . . . 1. Then every preacher has been teaching falsehoods 2. Our faith in the Bible would be useless 3. Our hope in Heaven would be worthless…
Read MoreWhat is meant by “so the last error shall be worse than the first”?
Question: In Matthew 27:64, what does “so the last error shall be worse than the first” mean? Answer: “Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ So the last deception…
Read MoreWhy not make a point about the folded napkin, even if it wasn’t a tradition at that time?
Question: I am surprised by your criticism of the folded napkin of Jesus. I read through the article several times and I do not see any contradiction with the resurrection of Jesus when one highlighted the significance of the folded napkin. Any exegesis being done on any events or occurrences recorded in the Bible should…
Read MoreDoes God still raise people from the dead?
Question: A friend of mine seems to think that it is possible for someone to raise from the dead now. I thought that Jesus was the last person to do that. He seems to think that I am underestimating God’s power. I believe that God can do anything, but I don’t think He will raise…
Read MoreWill our dead bodies be physically raised on the last day?
Question: I’ve had someone ask me about where the soul goes after death and how that correlates with the resurrection. I looked up articles on your site and was able to answer most of her questions, but one still remains. In Luke 16:19-31 we, of course, read the account of the rich man and Lazarus, gleaning the spiritual…
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