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THE QUESTION
Resurrection Faith
Do you have to believe the resurrection is literally true -- that Jesus came back to life in his body -- to be a Christian?
Posted by
Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham on March 22, 2008 4:44 AM
FROM THE PANEL
Overwhelming Evidence Says He Is Risen
To me, the resurrection is the central doctrine of Christianity, and if you don’t believe in it, then you can’t really call yourself a Christian. But I don’t know why people would not believe in it, because the evidence for it is overwhelming.
Posted by Charles "Chuck" Colson, on March 24, 2008 8:37 AM
Resurrection Essential to Christianity
The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead separates Christianity from all mere religion--whatever its form. Christianity without the literal, physical resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is merely one religion among many
Posted by R. Albert Mohler Jr., on March 24, 2008 7:37 AM
Little Boxes, Big Promises
Does it’s insistence on the literalness and import of Christ’s physical resurrection make Mormonism more or less Christian? I would say “neither.”
Posted by Kathleen Flake, on March 24, 2008 6:50 AM
Sense and Nonsense in Easter Thinking
And for all of us Christians, Easter means "the resurrection of the Son of God" with all its attendant splendors for time and eternity. The last word is not sorrow but joy, not death but life.
Posted by Willis E. Elliott, on March 24, 2008 4:36 AM
He Arose, or There's No Hope
If Jesus was not literally and bodily raised from the dead - as He said He would be and demonstrated in front of witnesses who just days before had abandoned Him in fear of the mob that called for His crucifixion -- then all humanity is without hope.
Posted by Cal Thomas, on March 22, 2008 11:24 AM
The Resurrection Revolution
For Christians, resurrection is a highly revolutionary doctrine. Death is the last weapon of the tyrant. The news that the living God is sovereign over death itself is therefore very bad news for tyrants
Posted by Nicholas T. Wright, on March 22, 2008 10:29 AM
Resurrection Times Three
I am speaking as someone outside the Christian faith, but it's my belief that Jesus belongs to the world, The promise of resurrection is also universal.
Posted by Deepak Chopra, on March 22, 2008 9:29 AM
The Resurrection: An Electrifying Moment
To take the resurrection out of Christianity is to gut the Christian faith of much of its hope and promise.
Posted by Michael Otterson, on March 22, 2008 7:56 AM
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JD: Why is it Christians focus so much on the supposed supernatural acts in the bible and so little on the philosophy of Christ? It took the Ca...
Steven Johnston: To answer the question, yes. Why, because I heard the Word of God. Back in June of 1985, while driving eastbound on the old Davison Freeway...
Stan: A different question would be: could the resurrection have happened but the tale we have been told is not what happened? There seems to be ...
