Journal for Christian Theological Research Volume 6 Article 2 2001 Evidence for a Resurrection Phillip H. Wiebe Trinity Western University,
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[email protected]. 12/18/2017 Evidence for a Resurrection Phillip H. Wiebe, "Evidence for a Resurrection," Journal for Christian Theological Research [http://apu.edu/~CTRF/articles/2001_articles/wiebe.html] 6:2 (2001). Evidence for a Resurrection [1] Phillip H. Wiebe Trinity Western University "Now when the Athenians heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, 'We will hear you again about this.'" Acts of the Apostles 17:32 Introduction 1. Christianity has been universally understood by its critics, and widely interpreted by its defenders, as having placed at its center the bold claim that Jesus of Nazareth was raised from death to live an indestructible life. Peter Carnley sums up the significance of the Resurrection for incarnational theology in the words: 'It is the resurrection which is the foundation of the Church, its worship and its theology, for the Church gathers not just around the rehearsal of the story of the incarnation of God, but around the perceived presence of the raised Christ himself ' (Carnley 1987: 8, orig.