Thinking to Believe

What is the evidence that the Shroud of Turin is the real burial cloth of Jesus and bears His crucified image? In this episode I begin to cover 17 points of evidence that point to authenticity. 

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The Shroud of Turin is the purported burial cloth of Jesus Christ, bearing the image of a crucified man. Is it authentic and evidence for the resurrection, or just a medieval forgery? This is the fir…

In this miscellany episode I offer my short thoughts on worship music, being thoughtful about our language, the centrality of truth, words of advice to aspiring preachers, why religion is not a bad w…

I covered the final four differences in the gospel accounts:

1.  Did Peter just look into the tomb, or did he enter it?
2.  Why did the angels tell the women to tell the male disciples to meet Him in G…

I address three Gospel differences:

1. Did all of the apostles disbelieve the report of the Emmaus Disciples, or only some of them?
2. Did Jesus ascend to heaven the same day as His resurrection, or we…

We know the Synoptic gospels simplified their empty tomb narratives, so how did that affect their portrayal of the event? Why did Luke leave out the appearance of Jesus to the women? I also explore d…

I continue to examine differences in the empty tomb narratives. In this episode, I address differences in where the women were when the angels appeared to them. I show how the differences can be reso…

I do a walkthrough of the four gospel accounts’ concerning the empty tomb, resurrection, and post-mortem appearances of Jesus, comparing and contrasting them to identify similarities and differences.…

I explored the various compositional devices used in Greco-Roman biographies and provided Biblical examples of their use in the Gospels. These compositional devices explain many of the so-called erro…

Part 2 of harmonizing the resurrection accounts. Still establishing the foundation  for harmonization by looking at how the ancients recorded history. Explained how differences in words and events ca…

Skeptics point to so-called contradictions in the Gospel accounts as reasons to doubt their claims that Jesus rose from the dead. I'll spend several episodes harmonizing the resurrection accounts in …

Covered more objections to the resurrection of Jesus, including
-- Why didn't Jesus' disciples always recognize Him after His resurrection?
-- Why did the apostles wait so long to proclaim Jesus' resur…

I address more questions and objections:
-- Was Jesus' "appearance" to Paul truly a resurrection appearance?
-- Jews did not bury crucified victims. Jesus was left in an open tomb and most likely eaten…

I address the following questions and objections:
o   When Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?
o   Where is Jesus’ body now?
o   It’s difficult to know what’s true about history. 
o   The ancients were just gu…

I continue my examination of non-miraculous explanations for the historical facts including the spiritual resurrection theory, deification theory, wish fulfillment theory, and more. Then, I argue tha…

Now that we've established the historical facts, all that remains is to determine what best explains them. The explanation offered by Jesus' disciples was that Jesus was raised from the dead. Non-Chr…

I cover the four remaining historical facts that I'll argue are best explained by Jesus' resurrection from the dead:

5. The conversion of James
6. The conversion of Paul
7. The changed behavior of the d…

Not only did the disciples discover Jesus' tomb to be empty, but Jesus also appeared in the flesh to various individuals and groups at different times and in different locations. I explore the reason…

I present six lines of evidence in favor of the historicity of the empty tomb, and explain why this historical fact is significant in the case for the resurrection of Jesus. 

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I present the reasons that have convinced the vast majority of historians that Jesus was buried in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea and why this historical fact is significant. I also address other ma…