Tag: resurrection

A story of a few women coming upon an empty tomb may not be that exciting. Normally we might think that all they have done is discovered a grave robbery, or a mistaken burial plot.

Most people accept that at some point soon after the death of Jesus people began having experiences that are genuinely preserved in memory as being resurrection experiences.

I intend to make my final argument for the virtue of the spiritual resurrection by addressing this common sense approach to the resurrection.

The point that many apologists make is that Jews may have disputed the resurrection, but they did not dispute whether or not it would be the old physical body being returned to a new form of existence. The early Church Fathers were not monolithic, and neither was early Jewish belief. The reasons why these distinctions and disputes existed represent the same kind of conflict that is going on even today.

The biggest argument I hear against considering a spiritual resurrection is how marginalized it has been throughout the entire history of Christian theology, evangelism, and doctrine.

It is prudent to begin with definitions and a general statement of my own position. So, I will do so now. I do not intend to argue for my position now, but I do not want to hide a bias that I may have in future dealings. As I critique the aforementioned arguments, it will be important to know beforehand where I actually stand on the issue.

There is a significant reason why the topic of Jesus’ resurrection has become such a hot button issue in recent years. The Jesus Seminar is certainly a boiling point, but the JS is really just a culmination of a theological movement that for the most part organized Christianity has tried to suppress.