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Over the last century or so, skeptical scholars have realized the futility of trying to deny the resurrection with naturalistic arguments—like Jesus never really died but was just in a coma and revived in the cool of the tomb. Trying to refute the empty tomb and appearances on the basis of the details contained in the Gospel accounts has hardly convinced anyone. So instead, they’ve questioned the accounts themselves, claiming that they are later legends that don’t reflect what really happened.
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Wives be submissive to your husbands. Slaves obey your masters. To twenty-first century Americans, these are among the most offensive verses in the Bible. Both are found in the same passage, Ephesians 5:21-6:9, and repeated in Colossians 3:18-4:1.
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What did the disciples see? What did they actually see when they claim Jesus appeared to them risen from the dead?
As I’ve noted in previous blogs, the majority of scholars who study the resurrection, the “experts”, agree that Jesus’ tomb was empty and that the disciples sincerely believed—enough to die for this belief—that Jesus appeared to them.
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The entire premise of this website (and my life!) is that seeing is believing. That the evidence for Christian faith is so good, so overwhelming, that anyone who sincerely seeks the Truth, who is open-minded and takes the time to thoroughly examine it, will see and believe too.
But what about all those “sincere seekers” throughout the world who don’t see it this way? Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, Taoists, most of whom believe what they believe because of where they’ve been born.
What about all those sincere seekers who are atheist or agnostic?
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I’m sick of hearing about the “Me Too” movement. Not because I don’t agree with it. Not because I don’t sympathize. I’m disgusted by all the recent revelations. Disgusted with the way so many women have been treated. Disgusted with how pervasive it is—it seems like every woman has been affected.
No, I’m sick of hearing about the “Me Too” movement because it’s 2018—this kind of thing shouldn’t be happening any more!
The Harvey Weinsteins of the world should be a relic of the past.
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It is incomprehensible how a good God and evil can both exist. But we know evil exists. So how can God?
