Yes, the Resurrection IS a Historical Fact | Ft. Dr. Trent Dougherty | Last Call Ep. 8

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Blessed Triduum, friends. To ring in Holy Week and soon the Easter season philosopher and theologian Dr. Trent Dougherty is here to make the case that the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is not just a matter of faith it's historically defensible. Using the "Three E's" framework (Empty Tomb, Eyewitnesses, and Early Creeds), he walks through why secular scholars and believers alike have strong rational grounds for concluding that the Resurrection actually happened. Pints: Last Call Ep. 8 - - - 📚Resources Mentioned: Gary Habermas — The Resurrection of Jesus (shorter, recommended first) https://www.amazon.com/Case-Resurrection-Jesus-Gary-Habermas/dp/0825427886 Gary Habermas — On the Resurrection, Vol. 1: Evidences (the magnum opus) https://www.amazon.com/Resurrection-1-Evidences/dp/1087778603 N.T. Wright — The Resurrection of the Son of God https://www.amazon.com/Resurrection-Son-Christian-Origins-Question/dp/0800626796 Richard Swinburne — The Resurrection of God Incarnate (Dr. Dougherty's top pick) https://www.amazon.com/Resurrection-God-Incarnate-Richard-Swinburne/dp/0199257450 - - - Today's Sponsors: Hallow: Deepen your personal relationship with God today. Visit https://hallow.com/MattFradd to get 3 months free. St. Paul Center: hare your faith with others this Easter Season by joining the Easter Accompaniment Challenge. Sign up and become a member today at https://stpaulcenter.com/pints PreBorn: Make a difference for generations to come. Donate securely online at https://preborn.com/PINTS or dial #250 keyword 'BABY' - - - Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: ⁠⁠https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe⁠⁠ 📲 Download the free Daily Wire app today on iPhone, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Samsung, and more. - - - 📕 Get my newest book, Jesus Our Refuge, here: https://a.co/d/bDU0xLb 🍺 Want to Support Pints With Aquinas? 🍺 Get episodes a week early and join exclusive live streams with me! Become an annual supporter at 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mattfradd.locals.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠ - - - 💻 Follow Me on Social Media: 📌 Facebook: https://facebook.com/mattfradd 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/mattfradd 𝕏 Twitter/X: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Pints_W_Aquinas⁠⁠⁠ 🎵 TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠https://tiktok.com/@pintswithaquinas⁠⁠⁠ 📚 PWA Merch – ⁠⁠⁠https://dwplus.shop/MattFraddMerch⁠⁠ 👕 Grab your favorite PWA gear here: https://shop.pintswithaquinas.com - - - Privacy Policy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dailywire.com/privacy⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What you'd expect is like, oh yeah, I know Jesus didn't come out a lot.
0:04.0	I know you all didn't see him, but trust us.
0:06.0	In private, he came to the three of us.
0:08.0	You can take our word for it.
0:10.0	But you don't get anything like that at all.
0:12.0	You get no defensiveness, you get no artifice.
0:14.0	That's very hard to explain in any other way outside of its veracity.
0:18.0	G'day everybody. Today is Holy Thursday.
0:20.0	We are now entering the Triduum.
0:21.6	So this will be a special Easter episode.
0:24.4	I'm going to sit down with philosopher Dr. Trent Doherty to talk about why we have very good
0:30.0	historical reasons for thinking that the resurrection of Jesus Christ did in fact happen.
0:36.8	I know we know this as Christians by faith,
0:39.0	but we're going to show why it's a reasonable proposition to believe based on historical evidence.
0:50.0	Trendoity, good to have you back. Slancher. Are you a martini fan? Cheers. I am a martini fan. There were times when... That's actually quite good. Too much of a fan. Yeah, you said you went three years? Three years without a drink. Three years without a drop. Not even sneaking them. Not even little ones. Good for you. It was a good, it was a good, it was a good process.
1:13.6	I don't, it's like a lot of things.
1:16.6	You can use it and you can abuse it.
1:18.6	I had abused it.
1:19.6	Then went three years without a drop.
1:21.6	And then on New Year's, on the fourth year, Sarah and I went out to a very remote area, you know, had a beer.
1:29.9	Yeah. Okay. Yeah. You know, made sure I didn't explode. Yeah. And then so now it's very
1:34.5	controlled. Well, we're in the Tritome, and I thought, let's talk about the resurrection,
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