Lee Strobel

No, no. So first E is for execution. Second E stands for the word early. We have early accounts that he rose from the dead. In other words, reports that go back virtually to the cross itself. Why is that important? Because I used to think, like a lot of skeptics, that the resurrection was a legend. Gotta give you the fact he was dead. Okay, I'll give you that.

No, no. So first E is for execution. Second E stands for the word early. We have early accounts that he rose from the dead. In other words, reports that go back virtually to the cross itself. Why is that important? Because I used to think, like a lot of skeptics, that the resurrection was a legend. Gotta give you the fact he was dead. Okay, I'll give you that.

No, no. So first E is for execution. Second E stands for the word early. We have early accounts that he rose from the dead. In other words, reports that go back virtually to the cross itself. Why is that important? Because I used to think, like a lot of skeptics, that the resurrection was a legend. Gotta give you the fact he was dead. Okay, I'll give you that.

Raising from the dead, that's a legend. It must have taken a few generations to develop in the ancient world. Stories were invented, mythologies were created. That's where I thought it came from. But we have preserved for us a creed of the earliest Christians. The first Christians right there in the first century gathered around this creedal statement based on facts that they knew to be true.

Raising from the dead, that's a legend. It must have taken a few generations to develop in the ancient world. Stories were invented, mythologies were created. That's where I thought it came from. But we have preserved for us a creed of the earliest Christians. The first Christians right there in the first century gathered around this creedal statement based on facts that they knew to be true.

Raising from the dead, that's a legend. It must have taken a few generations to develop in the ancient world. Stories were invented, mythologies were created. That's where I thought it came from. But we have preserved for us a creed of the earliest Christians. The first Christians right there in the first century gathered around this creedal statement based on facts that they knew to be true.

It's kind of a rallying point. And this creed says Jesus died. Why? For our sins. He was buried. On the third day, he rose from the dead.

It's kind of a rallying point. And this creed says Jesus died. Why? For our sins. He was buried. On the third day, he rose from the dead.

It's kind of a rallying point. And this creed says Jesus died. Why? For our sins. He was buried. On the third day, he rose from the dead.

And then it mentions the specific names of eyewitnesses and groups of eyewitnesses to whom he appeared, including 500 people at once, including a skeptic like James, a half-brother of Jesus, who didn't follow Jesus during Jesus' lifetime and yet ended up dying as a leader of the church in Jerusalem. Why? Because Jesus appeared to him.

And then it mentions the specific names of eyewitnesses and groups of eyewitnesses to whom he appeared, including 500 people at once, including a skeptic like James, a half-brother of Jesus, who didn't follow Jesus during Jesus' lifetime and yet ended up dying as a leader of the church in Jerusalem. Why? Because Jesus appeared to him.

And then it mentions the specific names of eyewitnesses and groups of eyewitnesses to whom he appeared, including 500 people at once, including a skeptic like James, a half-brother of Jesus, who didn't follow Jesus during Jesus' lifetime and yet ended up dying as a leader of the church in Jerusalem. Why? Because Jesus appeared to him.

So we've got this creedal statement that, including named eyewitnesses and groups of eyewitnesses, that has been dated back by scholars, including James D.G. Dunn, who is one of the most eminent historians of, he recently passed, but of the last hundred years in England. It has been dated back to within months of the death of Jesus.

So we've got this creedal statement that, including named eyewitnesses and groups of eyewitnesses, that has been dated back by scholars, including James D.G. Dunn, who is one of the most eminent historians of, he recently passed, but of the last hundred years in England. It has been dated back to within months of the death of Jesus.

So we've got this creedal statement that, including named eyewitnesses and groups of eyewitnesses, that has been dated back by scholars, including James D.G. Dunn, who is one of the most eminent historians of, he recently passed, but of the last hundred years in England. It has been dated back to within months of the death of Jesus.

So if I can, from memory, quote what Dr. Dunn said, he said, this tradition, this creed, we can be entirely confident was formulated as a creed within months of Jesus' death. I mean, that is a newsflash from ancient history, far too quick, in my opinion, to be a legend that developed over the 100, 150, 200 years later.

So if I can, from memory, quote what Dr. Dunn said, he said, this tradition, this creed, we can be entirely confident was formulated as a creed within months of Jesus' death. I mean, that is a newsflash from ancient history, far too quick, in my opinion, to be a legend that developed over the 100, 150, 200 years later.

So if I can, from memory, quote what Dr. Dunn said, he said, this tradition, this creed, we can be entirely confident was formulated as a creed within months of Jesus' death. I mean, that is a newsflash from ancient history, far too quick, in my opinion, to be a legend that developed over the 100, 150, 200 years later.

That's right, if anybody wants to check it out.

That's right, if anybody wants to check it out.