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What's coming up? Let's plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out.
Did Jesus rise from the dead? This is the question upon which the Christian faith rests. Of course, to answer a question like this, you need evidence, and if there are a group of people that love evidence and arguing from it, it's lawyers. So how would the resurrection stand up in a court of law? Could you make a legal case for the resurrection of Jesus?
To answer this, I have decided to bring on someone who does specialize in legal apologetics. He is someone trained in the area of law and decided to use his legal skills on the case for the resurrection of Jesus to see if it would hold up. It did, and in his book*Leading Lawyers' Case For The Resurrection, he looks at seven lawyers and one thought to be a lawyer who also made a case for the evidence surrounding the death and the resurrection of Jesus and came out believers. His name is Ross Clifford and he'll be joining us.
So who is he?
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According to his bio:
Ross Clifford is Principal of Morling Theological College, Sydney.* Prior to entering the Baptist ministry he practised as a solicitor and barrister.* He was the pastor of two Sydney Baptist churches each of which grew dramatically.* He is the author of nine books including The Cross is Not Enough: Living as Witnesses to the Resurrection. He co-pioneered outreaches into Mind.Body.Spirit festivals.* He is a former President of the Baptist Union of Australia, former and current President of the NSW Council of Churches, President of the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation, recent Chair of the Australian Lausanne Committee, and is a Vice President of the Baptist World Alliance for 2010-2015.* In the Queen’s Birthday Honours List of 2010 he was made a member of the Order of Australia (AM).* He is married to Beverley and they have two children.* His passions include legal crime novels, cricket and all brands of football.
What makes a legal case distinctive from a historical case? How strong is it? Could it really stand up in a court of law? After all, we supposedly have these accounts that wildly contradict and differ from one another. They are supposed to be late as the skeptics say. Isn't that a problem?
And what about hearsay? Isn't that all that the accounts are? If so, then how can they possibly be used in a court of law to make the claim that Jesus rose from the dead? We certainly can't get Paul and the writers of the Gospels to take the stand and get to question them. How do we do it when all we have is pretty much ancient documents?
In looking at the legal cases provided, I found them quite fascinating and I hope you will as well. Please be watching your podcast feed for the next episode of the Deeper Waters Podcast. If you like the show also, please go on ITunes and leave a positive review of the Deeper Waters Podcast.
In Christ,
Nick Peters
The link can be found here.
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What's coming up? Let's plunge into the Deeper Waters and find out.
Did Jesus rise from the dead? This is the question upon which the Christian faith rests. Of course, to answer a question like this, you need evidence, and if there are a group of people that love evidence and arguing from it, it's lawyers. So how would the resurrection stand up in a court of law? Could you make a legal case for the resurrection of Jesus?
To answer this, I have decided to bring on someone who does specialize in legal apologetics. He is someone trained in the area of law and decided to use his legal skills on the case for the resurrection of Jesus to see if it would hold up. It did, and in his book*Leading Lawyers' Case For The Resurrection, he looks at seven lawyers and one thought to be a lawyer who also made a case for the evidence surrounding the death and the resurrection of Jesus and came out believers. His name is Ross Clifford and he'll be joining us.
So who is he?
Ross Photo.JPG
According to his bio:
Ross Clifford is Principal of Morling Theological College, Sydney.* Prior to entering the Baptist ministry he practised as a solicitor and barrister.* He was the pastor of two Sydney Baptist churches each of which grew dramatically.* He is the author of nine books including The Cross is Not Enough: Living as Witnesses to the Resurrection. He co-pioneered outreaches into Mind.Body.Spirit festivals.* He is a former President of the Baptist Union of Australia, former and current President of the NSW Council of Churches, President of the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation, recent Chair of the Australian Lausanne Committee, and is a Vice President of the Baptist World Alliance for 2010-2015.* In the Queen’s Birthday Honours List of 2010 he was made a member of the Order of Australia (AM).* He is married to Beverley and they have two children.* His passions include legal crime novels, cricket and all brands of football.
What makes a legal case distinctive from a historical case? How strong is it? Could it really stand up in a court of law? After all, we supposedly have these accounts that wildly contradict and differ from one another. They are supposed to be late as the skeptics say. Isn't that a problem?
And what about hearsay? Isn't that all that the accounts are? If so, then how can they possibly be used in a court of law to make the claim that Jesus rose from the dead? We certainly can't get Paul and the writers of the Gospels to take the stand and get to question them. How do we do it when all we have is pretty much ancient documents?
In looking at the legal cases provided, I found them quite fascinating and I hope you will as well. Please be watching your podcast feed for the next episode of the Deeper Waters Podcast. If you like the show also, please go on ITunes and leave a positive review of the Deeper Waters Podcast.
In Christ,
Nick Peters