Can we trust the Bible? Are the eyewitness accounts of the disciples reliable? Did Jesus even really exist?

We will talk about it.

I used to think as an atheist that the resurrection was a legend, and that took a long time to develop in the ancient world.

But what I learned is that we have preserved for us a creed of the earliest Christian church,

a creed that is a eyewitness-based report of the resurrection of Jesus.

Welcome to Understanding the Times Radio with Pastor Josh Schwartz and Ken Michael,

brought to you by Olive Tree Ministries, the ministry founded by Jan Markell. In our program, Pastor Josh and

Ken talked to Jay Warner Wallace of Cold Case Christianity. He is a cold case detective and follower

of Jesus, who puts the facts and evidence together to show the trustworthiness of the scriptures.

This is part one of a multi-week series.

Be sure to tune in next week as well.

In the extended version, Pastor Josh and Ken continue the conversation with Jay Warner Wallace.

You won't want to miss it.

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One thing appears certain.

For much of history, humans have nearly universally believed in gods of one kind or another,

inserting these gods into their myths and folklore.

At first glance, many of these gods seem similar to one another.

Many share similar backgrounds, similar teaching, and even similar life events.

Some even share characteristics with Jesus.

The reason that we believe Christianity is true is because the answer to four questions is yes.

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