INVESTIGATING THE RESURRECTION
ALIVE by J. WARNER WALLACE
A Cold Case Approach to the Resurrection.
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I was a committed atheist when I first heard a pastor preach a sermon that described the resurrection of Jesus. This pastor seemed to actually believe Jesus rose from the dead and was still alive today. I assumed it was just another example of “blind faith”; another well-intentioned church leader believing something for which he had no supporting evidence.
Worse yet, I suspected he possessed an “unreasonable faith” and trusted something in spite of the evidence.
I was familiar with the rules of evidence and the process by which we can determine the truth about past events.
As a detective, I was doing this for a living. I decided to investigate the resurrection as I would any unsolved case from the distant past. My journey led me out of atheism to the truth of Christianity.
As I applied my skills as a detective, I became more convinced that the New Testament gospel accounts reliably describe the life, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus. I bet you’ll come to the same conclusion if you take the time to examine the evidence and the explanations offered for the resurrection of Jesus.
THINKING LIKE A DETECTIVE
As a detective, I often employ a methodology known as abductive reasoning (also known as “inferring to the most reasonable explanation”) in order to determine what I have at a crime scene.
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