What Christians Need To Know About The Nazareth Inscription. Many of you may not have heard about the Nazareth Inscription. Or you may have heard about it, but not known precisely what it is. The tablet with the Nazareth inscription has been in the news lately. So I thought I would put together this post to help everyone […]
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We’ve been looking at the resurrection of Jesus in our last few posts. We introduced the minimal facts approach to Jesus’ resurrection. I then explained the minimal facts we would be using as we looked at alternate explanations for the resurrection. We explained why facts 1-4, 5-8 and 9-12 are accepted by nearly all scholars in the field […]
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“Oh, we’re Christians too!”. This is the phrase I often here from Jehovah’s Witnesses when I engage them in conversation. “We believe in Jesus too!” is another claim that is often made. This makes it sound as if Jehovah’s Witnesses are just another denomination of Christianity. But are Jehovah’s Witnesses Christians? I’ve had many missionaries come to my […]
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In my previous post, I explained why the challenge that “Jesus was just a legend” does not fit the facts surrounding the event. We looked at our list of 12 minimal facts surrounding the resurrection and determined that the legend theory explains none of the agreed upon facts. Let’s now look and see if the Swoon Theory […]
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In this episode of the Tent Making Christianity Podcast, Drew and David discuss the minimal facts approach to the resurrection of Jesus Part 2. Links Mentioned in the show: The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus– By Mike Licona and Gary Habermas Crushed; A Physician Analyzes The Agony of Jesus– By J. Shan Young Listen […]
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The Monday after Easter always feels like a letdown to me. I’d say it was similar to the day after Christmas. But seeing as how the 26thof December is MY birthday, the closest thing I can compare it to is the day after the day after Christmas! Holy week takes us on an emotional journey starting with […]
Continue ReadingIn this episode of the Tent Making Christianity Podcast, Drew and David discuss the minimal facts approach to the resurrection of Jesus Part 1. Links Mentioned in the show: The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus– By Mike Licona and Gary Habermas Crushed; A Physician Analyzes The Agony of Jesus– By J. Shan Young Listen […]
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We just completed our celebration of Palm Sunday yesterday. In our minds, this begins the countdown to Jesus’ crucifixion and eventual resurrection. It’s often overlooked that Jesus’ trouble with the Jewish authorities was already well established before entering Jerusalem riding on the colt of a donkey that first Palm Sunday. So, what was the thing that pushed the […]
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In this series we’ve been looking at alternate explanations for the Resurrection of Jesus. We started the series by looking at the 12 minimal facts of the resurrection. These are facts that are agreed upon by the majority of new testament scholars. These same scholars may not necessarily believe the resurrection actually occurred. They do however concede that our […]
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In this series we’ve been looking at alternate explanations for the Resurrection of Jesus. We started the series by looking at the 12 minimal facts of the resurrection. These are facts that are agreed upon by the majority of new testament scholars. These same scholars may not necessarily believe the resurrection actually occurred. They do however concede that our […]
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