Christianity is a faith built on
evidence. Historical evidence and evidence of how
Christian
truths affect people’s minds and hearts. For two
thousand years there
have been challenges to both dimensions of the world’s most
popular
faith. This Easter is no different. Those challenging the
facts of
Christianity this time aren’t theologians or archeologists
– the
challenge to Easter this year is coming from the trinity of Titanic
Producer James Cameron, Emmy award winning journalist Simcha
Jacobivici, and forensic paleobiologist Charles
Pellegrino.
Easter
celebrates the life and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus,
the Bible
tells, gave his physical body as the final price needed to restore
humanity to its relationship with God. Eyewitness accounts of
the
gruesome death are recorded in Gospel writings of Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John. Those same eyewitnesses also give testimony to the
reality
that Jesus was resurrected – and shortly after returned to
heaven.
The
Jesus Family Tomb story says it provides an avalanche of evidence that
Jesus actually lived, but it disputes the physical ascension of his
body based on the author’s rediscovery of a tomb that earlier
archeologists had dismissed as unimportant.
We’ll hear both sides of
that controversy today.
We’ll also hear from Jim Wallis – a “Red
Letter Christian” - and discover why some are digging into the
words of Jesus with new enthusiasm. Join us for an interview with
Jim Wallis - who says that the message contained in the
red-letter verses (words spoken by Jesus) is a radical one
–one that promotes a transformation of the heart and will”.
Dr. Craig Evans
Professor of New Testament Studies, Acadia University www.craigaevans.com
Dr. Craig Evans is an expert and author on the historical Jesus.
He’s the director of the graduate program at Acadia Divinity
College, founder of the Dead Sea Scrolls Institute, lecturer at
Cambridge, Yale, and Princeton. His latest book is
Fabricating Jesus.
Doubt has always
been part of the human experience with the great story
of Easter. Whether we stand beside the story of Jesus today, or as in
the original encounter where doubting Thomas said “I have to
touch
Jesus to believe Him” – the
human mind has needed answers before it
understands the story of Easter. Maybe that’s the
best challenge - to
get so close to the facts of Easter that you touch it, that you
discover what Jesus Christ is offering to the world.
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