Christ Community Church

"Did the resurrection really happen?"

HISTORICAL FACTS

• Jesus’ tomb was found empty soon after the internment
• The disciples believed they experienced visions and interactions of the risen Jesus
• Because of their belief, the world was turned upside down
• The resurrection was proclaimed as a creed very soon after the crucifixion
• James, the brother of Jesus, became a believer
• Paul believed he had a vision of Jesus, and it utterly changed him

SKEPTICAL EXPLANATIONS

"Stolen Body" theory
"Wrong Tomb" theory
"He Didn’t Die" theory
"Mass Hallucination" theory
"Identical Twin" theory
"Alien" theory
"Manufactured Legend" theory

ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE

James, brother of John, BEHEADED, Jerusalem, AD 44
Philip, SCOURGED AND CRUCIFIED, Greece, AD 54
Andrew, CRUCIFIED ON AN X SHAPED CROSS, Greece, AD 60
Matthew, PINNED TO GROUND AND BEHEADED, Ethiopia, AD 60
Peter, CRUCIFIED UPSIDE DOWN, Rome, AD 64
Thomas, EXECUTED BY SPEAR, India, AD 70
Bartholomew, FLAYED ALIVE, Armenia
Matthias, Judas’ replacement, STONED AND BEHEADED, Jerusalem
Thaddeus, CRUCIFIED, Greece, AD 72
James (brother of Jesus, though not one of disciples), THROWN FROM THE TOP OF THE TEMPLE, STONED, CLUBBED, Jerusalem, AD 62

PROMISE

FORGIVENESS

HOPE

AUTHORITY

MEANING

VICTORY

PURPOSE