New Book on the Resurrection of Jesus

Mike Licona, research professor of New Testament at Southern Evangelical Seminary, has just released a monumental new book: The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach. From the publisher:

Could there be any new and promising approach to the question of the historicity of Jesus' resurrection? Yes, answers Michael Licona. And he convincingly points us to a significant deficiency in approaching this question: our historiographical orientation and practice. He then carefully and effectively applies his principles and methods to the question of Jesus' resurrection.

This book is sure to become required reading for anyone exploring this field, as Michael Licona has made an extremely significant contribution to scholarship in this area. Pick it up today.

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James White vs. Dan Barker on the proposition: The Jesus Story is Cut from the Same Story as Other Ancient Mythologies

Recently, Christian apologist James White debated Dan Barker on the topic above. Anyone who has seen the internet film Zeitgeist and other "popular atheist media" has probably heard the objection that Christianity is not unique and, in fact, has borrowed its stories from pagan mythology. Therefore, as the objection goes, Christianity is probably not true. This debate is pretty unique in that i'm not aware of one that has centered around this particular proposition. I think anyone interested in the historicity of the Christian Scriptures will find this debate very informative.

You can download the mp3 of the debate HERE

You can watch the debate HERE

Also, there was a very interesting part of the debate, where Barker interrupts White for quoting his book, that can be found HERE

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