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Why Don’t Professional Historians Come to Believe in Jesus’ Resurrection?

Dear Dr. Craig, I am a Christian and a fan of you and your work on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and I have a question regarding an atheist's argument against it. The argument states: (P1) If the evidence for the Resurrection is compelling then we sho...

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Old Testament Prophecies of Jesus’ Resurrection

Hello Dr. Craig, I wanted to start off by saying that I am a great admirer of your work. Your apologetics are superb and have really helped me feel confidence in my faith. I am a Christian, and I really do see you as inspirational in the world of theology. Yo...

biblical interpretation, disciple's belief, hermeneutic, old testament, resurrection, resurrection of jesus

Independent Sources of the Empty Tomb

Dr. Craig, I want to commend you on these animated videos you’ve been posting. They are extremely useful and well done. The latest video, “Did Jesus Rise From the Dead,” is especially compelling, but I had a question about it. In the part on...

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Where are God and the Departed?

Question #1: Dear Dr Craig, Let me echo millions of your fans by saying, thank you for all you do for Christ. I’ve bought, devoured, savoured and passed several of your books on to others, including local libraries. They helped me greatly as I continue...

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How Will We Be Different in Heaven?

I have been asking questons about my next life in heaven with the Lord and have yet to find a pastor or sunday shool teacher willing to discuss the issues I want to tallk about. Take for instance the question of "will heaven be an extension of our earthly life...

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The Great Resurrection Debate

Nothing is more central to the Christian doctrine than the reality of Christ's resurrection. In this debate, William Lane Craig and Jesus Seminar fellow John Shelby Spong discuss and debate whether the resurrection was a real, physical event. Presented by Chur...

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Craig vs. Spong – Bethel College, Indiana (part 2)

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Finding a Confident Christian Faith

You make a distinction, which I accept, between “knowing” and “showing” that something is true. But the thing is that I don’t know that the Resurrection is true, therefore, assuming it is, I need to be shown this. The problem is that, from the standp...

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Jesus’ God

Hi, I'm a Muslim. I've one question about Jesus. When you call someone/believe in someone as (your God), you imply something by that (i.e. there’re necessary consequences of that belief theologically). For example, when you call Jesus (my God),...

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Resurrections prior to the World’s End?

Fact 4, Point 2 in your opening statement of the debate with Bart Ehrman: you state that Jewish views of the afterlife precluded having a glorified existence prior to the general resurrection. Yet, the accounts of the Transfiguration of Jesus, three disciples ...

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