Parchment & Pen Blog

Charles L. Quarles of Louisiana College has a lengthy review of Michael R. Licona’s book The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2010) in the newest issue, which I just received in yesterday’s mail, of the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 54, 4 (Dec. 2011): 839-44. Although the [...]

Join C. Michael Patton and Tim Kimberley as they welcome Dr. Michael Licona to Credo House for a “Coffee with Scholars” discussion over his latest book “The Resurrection of Jesus”.

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In the previous blog on the resurrection, I spoke about the internal evidence for the resurrection of Christ. Now I want to look at the external evidence. External Evidence While the internal evidence looks to the evidence coming from within the primary witness documents, the external evidence seeks to find collaborative evidence coming from outside [...]

Just as we test the historicity of any event, not through emotional conviction, but with historical evidence, I would like to devote some time to laying out a brief historical case for the Resurrection of Christ, the central issue of the Christian faith. Here is what we need: 1. Internal Evidence: Evidence coming from within the [...]

This is an Easter updated repost—Happy Easter! Download PDF (with family discussion questions) I have an interest in the death of the Apostles. We all should. Every Christian should spend some time looking into the historical records. There are many legends concerning their deaths which makes the historical evidence hard to interpret. Many times the accounts conflict [...]

I have argued in the past that the possibility of an argument does not necessitate probability. The idea is that just because someone offers an alternative explanation for something, this does not make it likely. For example, if I were to point my remote at the TV and push the power button and the TV [...]