Evidence of the Resurrection Apologetics Class

This Friday, the “Historicity of the Resurrection” course begins at Athanatos Online Academy.

We are using William Lane Craig’s book, “The Son Rises:  The Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus” as the textbook and scouring resources on the Internet for corroborative materials, in particular corroborations of claims and evidences that Craig makes.  In addition to presenting the positive arguments for the Resurrection, the course will also cover the main objections that have been raised by skeptics over the centuries.  In particular, students will be invited to document how the presupposition that the supernatural isn’t real, or, supernatural claims are more suspect than others (like, off the charts more suspect).

The course begins April 25th.  The Academy Portal is http://www.athanatosministries.org/academy/

In order to enroll, you’ll need to proceed to the actual ‘classroom’ area, sign up for a user account, and then after you confirm your email, enroll in the course.  Other courses are available as well, of course.

For that matter, “Christ Promised in the Old Testament” begins tomorrow.  If you moved fast, you could still enroll in it.

The premise of that course is that the first Christians were all Jews and they were convinced from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ- but by Scriptures that meant what we call the Old Testament.  If you (if you are a Christian) had to demonstrate that Jesus was the Christ from the Old Testament alone, could you?

The course makes use of the Bible and the Internet and ranges through the Old Testament, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Gospel of Matthew.  Participants are exposed to the climate of expectations of the first century in Judea and led to understand why those expectations exist.  The course is also a primer on fulfilled prophecy.