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resurrection

Can you be saved if you don’t believe God raised Jesus from the dead?

October 28, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: resurrection, salvation

A Skeptic has a Conversation with His Inner Christian

October 5, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, historiography, Matthew Hartke, methodological naturalism, naturalism, resurrection

Resurrection and History: A Conversation with Counter-Apologist

September 15, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Counter Apologist, historiography, history, methodological naturalism, resurrection

Dogma Debated: A Conversation with David C. Smalley

August 29, 2020 by Randal

Yesterday, I appeared on the David C. Smalley Podcast (formerly known as “Dogma Debate”). The conversation goes for 2.5 hours (!) and the first hour and a bit is available to everyone. The longer version is available to Patreon supporters. In the first part of the conversation, we talked about rationality, plausibility frameworks, and the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, Conversations with My Inner Atheist, David C. Smalley, history, interview, resurrection

Debating the Resurrection of Jesus with the Godless Engineer

August 26, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: debate, Godless Engineer, historical Jesus, resurrection

Why Pinecreek Doug’s Flying Man Can’t Get Off the Ground

May 30, 2020 by Randal

In this video, I explain how Pinecreek Doug conflates psychological and epistemological questions with his Flying Man Thought Experiment. And for that reason, his critique of 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 cannot get off the ground.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: epistemology, historical Jesus, Pinecreek Doug, resurrection

The Jesus Creed Meets the Flying Man Creed

May 29, 2020 by Randal

Atheist YouTuber and provocateur Pinecreek Doug has produced a “Flying Man Creed” which appears to be an attempt to undermine the creed of 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 by way of reductio ad absurdum or a slippery slope. Alas, Doug’s Flying Man Creed cannot even get off the ground.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: historical Jesus, Pinecreek Doug, reductio ad absurdum, resurrection, slippery slope

The Resurrection of Jesus as a Historical Miracle

May 10, 2020 by Randal

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: 1 Corinthians, apologetics, history, miracle, resurrection

Reasonable Belief, Reasonable Doubt, and the Resurrection of Jesus

July 7, 2019 by Randal

Two days ago, I posted two Twitter surveys directed at two different groups and asking a similar question about an event which is purported to have occurred two thousand years ago. One would think it is possible for people reasonably to disagree about a topic this far removed in time and based on documentary evidence […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: historiography, history, rationality, resurrection

My Dad’s Ashes: A Resurrection Reflection

April 21, 2019 by Randal

What does Christian resurrection mean? On April 3rd, my dad died at the age of 85. Three days later, an oven heated to approximately 1500 degrees Fahrenheit incinerated his body, reducing it to fine, grey powder. The father I had once known and loved was now vaporized, leaving behind a few pounds of ashen remains. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Easter, resurrection

The Last Visit with Dad

March 28, 2019 by Randal

My dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease on a rainy afternoon in December 2017. Afterward, we went out for lunch to a restaurant downtown. Dad got confused and thought we were in Mexico. “Wow,” I joked, “It’s a lot cheaper to go on vacation when you have Alzheimer’s!” Gallows humor is a dark and welcome […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: death, hope, mortality, resurrection

Will there be sex in heaven?

March 15, 2019 by Randal

I recently received an emailed question asking whether there will be sexual intercourse in the new heavens and new earth. While I have never undertaken a systematic study of the question, the standard response among theologians has been no. But why? So far as I can see, one can attribute this response to the following […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: coition, eschatology, resurrection, sexual ethics

If Jesus has not been raised, is our faith in vain?

July 17, 2018 by Randal

Back in November, 2017, I posted a survey on Twitter asking if Christianity requires the historical resurrection of Jesus. A couple days ago, I posted a similar survey with a few notable differences. First, while the original survey was directed to everyone, this survey was targeted at Christians; second, while the original survey only had […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: historical Jesus, Jesus, resurrection

I Believe on the Third Day He Rose Again . . . but what about those who don’t?

March 31, 2018 by Randal

This article is an excerpt from my 2011 book You’re not as Crazy as I Think. The book includes four chapters dedicated to understanding various groups that are commonly misunderstood by evangelicals and this excerpt is drawn from the chapter titled “Not all liberal Christians are heretics.” In the passage, I attempt to understand the individual […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Marcus Borg, orthodoxy, resurrection, theology, You're not as crazy as I think

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