Thinking Christianly
#14: The Resurrection and Post-Resurrection Appearances of Christ
In this podcast we discuss:
- What does it mean that Christianity is “verifiable” and “falsifiable”?
- Minimal Facts Approach – What are the historical facts that are generally agreed upon by Christians and non-Christians alike?
- Are the accounts of those who saw the resurrected Jesus likely to be accurate? What are the discontinuities between the gospel accounts and mythological writing?
- What are continuities and discontinuities with Jesus’s body pre-resurrection and post-resurrection?
- What should we make of the stories of people rising to life around the time that Jesus died?
- Is it possible to present evidence that Jesus of Nazareth is Yahweh, the God who created the universe?
- How do we use historical critical methodologies wisely?
Resources mentioned during our conversation:
- Gary R. Habermas, Risen Indeed: A Historical Investigation into the Resurrection of Jesus
- The Gospel of Peter
- JP Moreland, Scaling the Secular City: a Defense of Christianity
- Stan Wallace, “Seven Common Objections to the Real Meaning of Easter”
- N. Stanton, Jesus of Nazareth in New Testament Preaching
- The Gospel of Nicodemus or the Acts of Pilate
- Craig Keener, The Gospel of John: A Commentary
- Richard Bauckham, Jesus and the God of Israel: God Crucified and Other Studies on the New Testament’s Christology of Divine Identity