Resurrection Objections
White Horse Inn
Sola Media
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Having established the minimal facts of the resurrection, how do we respond when people suggest alternative theories for explaining the missing body, the empty tomb, and Christ’s post-resurrection appearances? Did Jesus simply faint on the cross? Was his body stolen? Did the women go to the wrong tomb? Did the disciples make up the resurrection story, or did it grow and develop over the years? In this episode of White Horse Inn, Eric Landry, Justin Holcomb, Bob Hiller, and Doug Powell evaluate these common objections and more, helping you prepare for discussions around the table this Easter.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, one of the oldest alternative theories is the idea that Jesus' body was stolen. |
| 0:07.0 | Doug, talk to us a little bit about the stolen body theory. |
| 0:11.0 | So the claim of the stolen body says that the disciples stole the body. |
| 0:16.0 | It would have taken a conspiracy for them to have come up with this story and then all held to it even though they were being tortured, |
| 0:24.0 | prison, persecuted, and ultimately all of them but one were martyred for it. |
| 0:30.0 | And nobody broke. |
| 0:32.0 | Nobody broke. People die for lies, but they don't die for lies that they make up. |
| 0:38.0 | Five centuries ago in taverns and public houses across Europe, the masses would gather |
| 0:47.0 | for discussion and debate over the latest ideas sweeping the land. |
| 0:51.7 | From one such meeting place a small Cambridge inn called the White Horse |
| 0:55.6 | the reformation came to the English-speaking world. Carrying on the tradition |
| 1:00.9 | welcome to the White Horse Inn. |
| 1:05.0 | Hi and welcome to another edition of White Horse Inn. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm Eric Landry and I'm filling in from Mike Horton |
| 1:12.0 | as he recovers from his recent heart |
| 1:13.7 | surgery. I'm joined in this series by Justin Holcomb and Bob Hiller. We're also |
| 1:18.6 | joined by Doug Powell Doug is a best-selling author of more than a dozen books on apologetics, including resurrection |
| 1:25.3 | eyewitness. |
| 1:26.3 | Guys in our last program, we reviewed some basic facts about the crucifixion and resurrection |
| 1:31.3 | that almost all New Testament scholars agree on. |
| 1:34.7 | So what I'd like to do in this show is walk through some of the alternative theories about |
| 1:39.0 | the resurrection that I'm sure our listeners will run into at this time of year. |
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