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Answering the Sceptics

The Theory That Fits All the Facts: Why Alternative Explanations Fail
Over the years, various theories have emerged to explain the resurrection claim without actually accepting it. Jesus did not really die — he merely fainted. His body was stolen. The disciples looked in the wrong tomb. The appearances were hallucinations.
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Martyrdom & Conviction

They Died for What They Saw: The Apostolic Martyrdoms as Resurrection Evidence
People throughout history have died for many things. They have died for beliefs, ideologies, nations, and causes. Martyrdom, in itself, is not historically unusual.
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The Rise of Christianity

From Locked Rooms to the Ends of the Earth: The Resurrection and the Birth of Christianity
On the evening of the day Jesus was crucified, his disciples were hiding behind locked doors, paralysed by fear (John 20:19). Within fifty days, they were proclaiming his resurrection before thousands in the streets of Jerusalem (Acts 2:41).
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Sunday & Resurrection

Every Sunday Is ‘Easter’: The Resurrection's Imprint on the Christian Week
You have probably never thought of it this way, but every time Christians gather for worship on a Sunday morning, they are making a historical claim.
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Faith and Evidence

Doubting Thomas and the Architecture of Belief: Evidence, Faith, and the Risen Christ
Of all the figures who populate the resurrection narratives, none has captured the modern imagination quite like Thomas. He has been immortalised — unfairly — as the emblem of stubborn scepticism.
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The Women Witnesses

First at the Tomb: Why the Women Witnesses Show the Resurrection's Truth
If someone in the first century were going to fabricate a story about a resurrection, there is one thing they would almost certainly not do: make women the primary witnesses. In the ancient world, the legal and social status of female testimony was routinely dismissed.
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Post-Resurrection Appearances

He Appeared to Them: The Fourteen Encounters That Shook the World
An empty tomb, compelling as it is, cannot by itself prove a resurrection. It proves only an absence. Something more was needed — and something more was given.
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The Empty Tomb

The Tomb That Changed the World: Confronting the Missing Body
In the predawn darkness of a Sunday morning nearly two thousand years ago, several women made their way to a garden tomb on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
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The Reality of Jesus’ Resurrection

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Resurrection & History

Where History Meets the Eternal: Why the Resurrection Cannot Be Ignored
The past shapes everything. What happened yesterday determines the possibilities of tomorrow. This is why historians labour so carefully over events long gone — because understanding them illuminates the present and the future.
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Kingdom, Freedom, and Fullness of Life

Jesus in the Broad Perspective of the Life He Brings
A full survey of Christ's earthly teaching career lies beyond our scope here. Yet it is worth pausing, however briefly, to consider some broad characteristics of Jesus' overall attitude and outlook — for these inform and illuminate the nature of the gospel he promoted.
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Purity in a Therapeutic Age

What do you think of when someone calls God holy? What does it mean when we, following the Bible, affirm that God is holy?
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