The Form of the Fourth

Apologetics

. (This is my 2nd post on Chapter 1) In Chapter 1, the authors take on the claim that Jesus did not predict His resurrection. It’s indisputable that the gospels record such predictions (Mark 8:31, for example), so the question is whether those gospel records are authentic. The authors […]

Going for the Jugular (Habermas & Licona post #6: Part ...

June 11, 2022 in Apologetics

Dear Friends, I’d like to begin talking today about chapter 1 of The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Gary Habermas and Michael Licona. I pray to God that this would be an edifying study. . Begging to differ My first comment on this chapter is a note of respectful […]

Going for the Jugular (Habermas & Licona post #5: Part ...

May 17, 2022 in Apologetics

Dear Friends, Today, God being my helper, I would like dive into The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Gary Habermas and Michael Licona. This book contains 4 Parts, each of which contains an introduction and then a few chapters. Today, I’ll be discussing the introduction to Part 1. . […]

Going for the Jugular (Habermas & Licona post #4: Part ...

May 16, 2022 in Apologetics

Dear Friends, God willing, I’m finally going to start talking about the first book on my list. Yay! The book is The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Gary Habermas and Michael Licona. . From 30,000 feet In my own words, here’s the basic idea of the book: The bodily […]

Going for the jugular (Habermas & Licona post #3: Introduction)

May 15, 2022 in Apologetics

Dear Friends, Before I dive into the first book on my resurrection reading list, I should probably introduce you to the authors. The book is The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Gary Habermas and Michael Licona. I talked about Gary Habermas last time, so today we’ll discuss Michael Licona. […]

Going for the jugular (Habermas & Licona post #2: Introduction)

April 28, 2022 in Apologetics

Dear Friends, Before I dive into the first book on my resurrection reading list, I should probably introduce you to the authors. The book is The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus by Gary Habermas and Michael Licona. Gary Habermas has his own wikipedia entry (1) and website (2), so I’m […]

Going for the jugular (Habermas & Licona post #1: Introduction)

April 25, 2022 in Apologetics

Dear Friends, I mentioned last time that I chose Bart Ehrman’s book, How Jesus Became God, to help me understand the skeptical side of the resurrection debate. However, I ultimately decided to choose an additional book by a critic, namely, The Resurrection: A Critical Examination of the Easter Story by […]

Going for the jugular (intro #3: Internet Infidels)

April 11, 2022 in Apologetics

Dear Friends, My search for resurrection books to read, on both sides of the debate, was very interesting. Today, I want to make some observations about my search, without even getting into the details of the first book I’m reading. . Christ myth theory One faction you may have heard […]

Going for the jugular (intro #2: Christ myth theory)

April 10, 2022 in Apologetics

Dear Friends, Theism has long seemed like a freebie to me. This quote (1) from evolutionary biologist (and perhaps the world’s most famous atheist) Richard Dawkins… “Everything about biology has become almost a branch of information technology because DNA is so exactly like a computer language.” …tells me that an […]

Going for the jugular

April 8, 2022 in Apologetics

When I look at my daughter, I sense her eternal value, her inestimable worth. And yet, if we really are just the product of random collisions of stars, then that sense is really just an emotion. It’s nothing more than chemical reactions in my brain, honed by evolution over millions […]

When I look at my daughter

January 22, 2022 in Apologetics