by ray | May 19, 2010 | Easter, Sermons, Topical Studies
SLIDE 6: CHRISTIANITY AS A REASONABLE FAITH – Women’s testimony – Incredible cohesion across centuries and dozens of writers – Historic, public nature of the crucifixion and post-resurrection appearances – No collaboration or conspiracy –...
by ray | May 19, 2010 | Easter, Sermons, Topical Studies
Opponents of Christianity argue that these discrepancies discredit their testimony. Then, what are the alternatives? One, you could have a single prophet who was given a divine revelation personally and privately. There are no discrepancies because the religion is...
by ray | May 19, 2010 | Easter, Sermons, Topical Studies
SLIDE 5: Reality is Messy – My jury duty experience – What are alternatives methods that God could have chosen to reveal his truth to us? To address this, I want to share about my jury duty experience this past week. I’ve shown up to court before to serve...
by ray | May 19, 2010 | Easter, Sermons, Topical Studies
SLIDE 4 – Why hasn’t this been studied? – Difficulty to reconcile the facts – See table below that maps a post-resurrection saying to an appearance First Post-Resurrection Saying – Why are you crying, Who are you looking for? Appeared to: Mary...
by ray | May 19, 2010 | Easter, Sermons, Topical Studies
Here is a quick survey — – How many people normally spend time thinking about the resurrection more than once a – year during an Easter service? – How many people have spent time studying the accounts that cover this 50 day period after the...
by ray | May 19, 2010 | Easter, Sermons, Topical Studies
I am going to share about 4 accounts and I’d like to open it up to anyone who thinks they can determine a common thread between these four accounts. HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY First Post-Resurrection Saying – Why are you crying, Who are you looking for? Appeared to:...