How to Give Evidence of the Resurrection WITHOUT Using the Bible with Allen Parr

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

What if you’re talking to someone who flat-out rejects the Bible despite its historic credibility—can you still make a good case for the Resurrection? The answer is...YES!Popular Christian YouTuber, Allen Parr from The B.E.A.T., joins Frank from CIA 2025 to explore some of the most convincing evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. While the New Testament documents have proven to be reliable and trustworthy, Frank and Allen demonstrate how extra-biblical sources can guide skeptics toward the historical truth of Christianity—even if they don’t trust the Bible (yet!). They’ll answer questions like:* What two facts must be established in order for Christianity to be true?* Why do many skeptics like Bart Ehrman trust the New Testament documents as having historically reliable information?* What are the five strongest pieces of biblical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus?* Could the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus be explained by hallucinations?* What's an important question to ask someone who says they don't trust the Bible?* What are 6 facts that non-Christian sources confirm about the historical Jesus?* What is the "minimal facts" argument and how does it help defend the Christian faith?* What are 5 alternative theories to the resurrection and are any of them valid?* Is a transformed life the strongest argument we have for Christianity?Whether you’re talking to a skeptic, a curious friend, or even a Christian with doubts, this episode will equip you with historical tools to build confidence in the resurrection—without needing to quote the Bible first!Allen's website: https://www.allenparr.com/ (https://www.allenparr.com/)Allen's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thebeatagp (https://www.youtube.com/@thebeatagp) The Earliest Non-Christian Testimony to Jesus May Be Authentic (Josephus) with Sean McDowell: https://youtu.be/MwyFaJcapcI (https://youtu.be/MwyFaJcapcI)

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, how do you show that Christianity is true?
0:06.8	If you want to boil this all down, you just need to establish two facts.
0:12.8	Because if these two facts are true, everything else falls into place.
0:17.5	Number one, God exists.
0:20.0	And number two, Jesus rose from the dead. Today we're going to
0:24.1	dive in to number two, did Jesus rise from the dead? Because if he did and God exist, mark it down,
0:32.4	game over. Christianity is true. In fact, if Jesus rose from the dead, it's not very difficult to show that the
0:39.2	Bible is the word of God. That's, of course, what we do in our book. I don't have enough faith to be an
0:43.3	atheist. But to help me think through this and to talk about evidence that many people don't talk
0:48.7	about when it comes to the resurrection of Jesus, evidence outside the Bible. I have my friend Alan Parr here from
0:57.1	the beat on YouTube, the beat with Alan Parr. Here he is, all the way from Dallas, Texas.
1:04.0	We're right here in Charlotte, North Carolina to cross-examine instructor academy. Allens,
1:08.5	great seeing you again, brother. It's always good to see you,
1:11.0	Frank, and I'm honored to be back here at CIA. Looking forward to a great weekend. That's right.
1:16.2	Alan helps us teach young people and even older people how to present the evidence for Christianity
1:21.3	and how to answer questions and objections that people get when they try to present the evidence for Christianity.
1:28.4	That's what the cross-examined instructor academy is all about.
1:31.5	And Alan, I mean, you went to Dallas Theological Seminary, I think one of the best seminaries
1:35.6	in the world.
1:37.3	For those people that don't know, we've done podcasts before together, but if this is the
1:42.0	first podcast you're seeing with Alan, give us a little
1:44.4	background about how you got into what you're doing now, because you got a great YouTube
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