Did Jesus REALLY Rise from the Dead? TOP 4 Reasons to Believe with Dr. Jeremiah J. Johnston

About this episode

Dr. Frank Turek and Dr. Jeremiah J. Johnston discuss the significance of the resurrection of Jesus and its implications for Christian faith.

Do you believe the physical resurrection of Jesus really happened? Or maybe it's all just imaginative storytelling? Culture is doing its best to convince the world there is nothing special about Jesus. Meanwhile, Christianity's most important historical fact--the resurrection--is often the least studied and most misunderstood, creating a powerless faith. Today on Good Friday, acclaimed apologist and New Testament scholar, Dr. Jeremiah J. Johnston, joins Frank to show why Jesus' victory over death is central to a believer's faith while sharing insights from his book, 'Body of Proof'. Together they answer questions like: What two things have been at the forefront of Frank's mind since the murder of Charlie Kirk? Why is the bodily resurrection of Jesus essential to the Christian faith and what research has Jeremiah done on the topic? What is the current mood in scholarship about the bodily resurrection of Jesus? What happens when a society embraces Christianity? What did apostate Bible scholar Bart Ehrmann recently admit about Jesus? Do "bad" Christians nullify the truth of Christianity? What makes Jesus unique among 10 other failed Jewish "messiahs" from the first century? Why…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Frank Turek

Guest: Dr. Jeremiah J. Johnston

Topics covered

• resurrection of Jesus
• Christian faith
• apologetics
• historical evidence
• New Testament scholarship

Keywords

• resurrection
• Christianity
• apologetics
• historical evidence
• New Testament
• faith
• scholarship

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Body of Proof

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