There are several lines of evidence that support the resurrection as historical fact. They include: 1.Jesus’s burial tomb was found empty. 2.Jesus was seen by 500 witnesses, most of which (at least 250) were still alive when Paul wrote 1 Corinthians 15:1-7. 3.Jesus offered Himself to be touched, and was seen on several occasions after the

In John, we learn of firsthand details about Jesus’s life that are not recorded in the other Gospels, making John’s account 92 percent unique.

Faith is contrasted with mere assent (Matthew 13:20-21; John 2:23-25; 1 Corinthians 15:2; Galatians 5:6; Ephesians 2:10; James 2:14-26; cf. James 2:19).

So the chronological order of the Gospels is Matthew, then Luke, then Mark, then finally John.

Though these works bore the names of well-known individuals from the first-century, they originated much too late to have been written by eyewitnesses of the life and resurrection of Jesus. Not only did they lack eyewitnesses, but the authors were not able to interview eyewitnesses, as Luke did for his Gospel.

But rational deliberation is not possible unless we are free to follow the evidence where it leads.

Richard Dawkins, a proponent of evolutionary biology and an outspoken opponent of Christianity, is a prime example of this. He categorically states that “faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence.”1 This view of faith is called fideism (blind faith); to attribute it to biblical Christianity is to indulge in rank

Those who oppose fideism argue that the biblical text supports the use of reason (Isaiah 1:18; 1 Peter 3:15) with regard to spiritual issues, and that it is not possible to believe in God without first believing that He exists (Hebrews 11:6). The fideist perspective is also viewed as contradictory because reason is used to argue that one should not

Once the basic fundamental principles of one’s worldview are established, the second step sets forth various arguments for the existence of God and the possibility of miracles.