In the book, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus , Dr. Gary R. Habermas and Dr. Michael R. Licona, present the Minimal Facts Argument for Jesus's resurrection. The "Minimal Facts Argument" only uses facts that are accepted by almost all New Testament scholars, even skeptical ones. For people who prefer lectures, Dr. Habermas also teaches an excellent course on the resurrection at Online Christian Courses. He details the minimal facts like this: 1. Jesus died by Roman crucifixion. Some of the skeptical scholars who accepted this: Bart Ehrman, John Dominic Crossan, and Marcus Borg. 2. Jesus primarily taught about the Kingdom of God and how to get there. 3. The disciples had experiences after the crucifixion that they believed were appearances of the resurrected Jesus. 4. Saul of Tarsus, an unbeliever who persecuted the early church, had an experience on the road to Damascus that he believed was an appearance of the risen Jesus. 5. James, the brother of Jesus, was a skept...
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