The Top 3 Reasons Why We Can Believe in the Resurrection

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Did Jesus of Nazareth really rise from the dead? And if that's the case, how should that impact our view of history and everything we believe about God and reality? With the colloquial Easter holiday coming just around the corner, let's dive into the BEST evidence for the resurrection as Frank answers questions like:* What is the greatest miracle in the Bible? (SPOILER ALERT: it's NOT the Resurrection)* What are the four types of miracles that Jesus performed and what do they teach us about His divinity?* Why could we call them the "duh"-ciples of Jesus?* How do we know that Islam isn't true? And what about Judaism?* What makes the conversion of James (the brother of Jesus) so compelling?* Why does Dennis Prager think that the Old Testament is telling the truth and what implications does this have on the historicity of the New Testament?* Why do some people refuse to believe in the possibility of a resurrection despite the evidence?* What 7 figures associated with the trial and crucifixion of Christ have been discovered via archaeology?Listeners will discover why human life has eternal value, why Christianity stands alone among other worldviews, and how we can know the Bible is historically reliable. Plus, Frank shares a special invitation to join the CE team!Resources mentioned during the episode:Come join our mission! https://careers.crossexamined.org/ (https://careers.crossexamined.org/)Testimonial from Wright State Univ. - https://bit.ly/42NB2uh (https://bit.ly/42NB2uh)I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist - https://bit.ly/4j64NfE (https://bit.ly/4j64NfE)Live Free with Josh Howerton - https://bit.ly/42Bl9pB (https://bit.ly/42Bl9pB)Resurge with Josh Howerton & Josh McPherson - https://bit.ly/4iijgnH (https://bit.ly/4iijgnH)Conversation with the Faiths: Worldviews - https://bit.ly/42It8kW (https://bit.ly/42It8kW)

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, everyone you love will die.
0:07.2	Everything you build will crumble.
0:10.4	Everything you say will be forgotten.
0:13.6	Everything you do will come to nothing.
0:17.6	You and your identity will die and vanish unless the resurrection is true.
0:28.2	Yes, the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.
0:31.3	If that is true, then there is an eternity and there is a purpose to what we're doing here.
0:38.7	There is an afterlife.
0:40.1	What you do here does matter not only for time but also for eternity.
0:44.2	But if the resurrection isn't true, then everyone you love will die and everything you build will crumble and everything you say will be forgotten.
0:52.5	Everything you do will come to nothing.
0:54.2	You and your identity will die and vanish. Pretty stark contrast.
1:00.6	Look, we're either imagers of God or clever murderous monkeys fighting for supply, fighting for
1:10.2	control of the banana supply. That's it. Those are the two
1:13.1	options we have. Oh, Frank, it's not that black and white. No, it pretty much is. Either there is a
1:18.1	God who will resurrect us or there isn't. Those are the options we have. And as we come into the celebration of Jesus's resurrection, we colloquial call
1:32.3	Easter this week, I thought I would give some of the evidence that Jesus did rise from the dead.
1:40.5	Now, we can't go into great detail. That's why people write books. As you know, Gary
1:45.8	Habermas is in the middle of writing a four volume, 4,000 page set on the resurrection. He's put out
1:53.7	the first two. We have a much more, much more succinct version of that. And I don't have enough faith to be an atheist, but Gary goes
2:03.6	into all the details. We're just going to try and give you three reasons today as to why Jesus
2:09.8	rose from the dead. And this comes out of a trip I just went on to, uh, the Dayton, Ohio area.
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