J Warren Wallace of Cold Case Christianity and others, are proponents of Evidential Christianity. If you want to get a good understanding of what I am talking about check out this link: Evidential Christianity where Jim Wallace explains the rationale behind his evidential approach to studying and validating Christianity.
Actually it is pretty straight forward. There are documented facts that validate our Christian beliefs or faith. These documented facts are acknowledged as valid or true by most scholars. As Christians we need to take the time to study and investigate and become familiar with these facts so that when we speak to others about our Christian faith, the person to whom we are speaking to doesn’t think that for all intents and purposes, somewhere along the line, we put our brains in our back pocket when we became Christians.
The facts make Christianity true, and not merely the words of the Bible. Christianity, is correct because the facts of reality make it correct. When we ask a person to become a Christian, we are asking them to accept facts. We are asking them to accept the reality that has God in it, not to take a leap of faith just in a book. Some of these facts about God and Jesus are reported from science, and some of which are reported from history, and some of which are reported in the Bible (understood as a reliable historical record). It’s not the words of the Bible alone that makes Christianity true, it’s also the reality of what God made (some of which is described in the Bible) which makes Christianity true.
Facts make Christianity true: facts like the universe being created, and the fact of the universe being finely tuned for life, and the fact of the Resurrection, and the fact that the reports of the resurrection story emerged within the lifetime of the eyewitnesses. When a person sees that the central teachings of Christianity are true from science, history and in this particular case, the historical reality of the resurrection, they then turn to the Bible, the inerrant Word of God, in order to find about God’s character and revelation, so that they can acknowledge God as he really is in the way that they live.
There are many facts that can be investigated, but we are only going to look at one right now. I’m going to provide a link to an approximate 44 minute video that examines the factual validity of the Resurrection of Jesus. This is undoubtedly the most critical truth of the Bible because if the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God, didn’t happen, for lack of better words, our Christian faith means nothing. The Apostle Paul acknowledges this in 1st Corinthians 15:19-20 NIV where he says “If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.”
This video should be an eye opener for those who have not ever looked at the factual evidence that is currently available for the validity of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The video is called Believe Again, click on the “Watch” option. Here is the link: http://northpoint.org/messages/easter-2017/
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