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• Resurrection Contradictions 9 – He Is Risen

  

  by Stuart H. Gray In this series we have assessed the claim that the New Testament accounts of Jesus’ Resurrection are contradictory. The opposite is true. We... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2025 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Resurrection Contradictions 8 – Is There Disagreement Over Where the Great...

  

  by Stuart H Gray It was the most important event for the Christian church. Apart from Jesus’ resurrection itself, that is. It is is the commissioning. This... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2025 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Resurrection Contradictions 7 – Do Not Hold Onto Me

  

  by Stuart H Gray In one account, Jesus tells Mary Magdelene she is not allowed to touch him. Yet in another, he allows the group of women to clasp his feet. Thi... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2025 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Resurrection Contradictions 6 – Disagreement Over Who First Encounters the...

  

  by Stuart H. Gray At last we have reached the encounters with the risen Jesus. We will describe a few of these here and discuss a possible problem. Is There a... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2025 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Resurrection Contradictions 5: How Many Angels Were At the Tomb?

  

  by Stuart H. Gray In this blog we shift our focus to the angels who reportedly turn up at the empty tomb. 1 – How many angels attended Jesus’ tomb? Were they... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2025 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Resurrection Contradictions 4: Was the Stone Already Rolled Away Or Not When...

  

  By Stuart H. Gray In this series I am responding to the claim that contradictions make the accounts of Jesus’ resurrection unreliable. In this blog I will asses... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2025 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Resurrection Contradictions 3: How Many Women Visited the Tomb on Sunday Morning?

  

  by Stuart H. Gray In this series, I’m exploring the accounts of the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth from the dead. Are the different reports consistent or not? Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2025 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Resurrection Contradictions 2: When Were the Burial Spices Prepared?

  

  by Stuart H. Gray Are the accounts of Jesus’ resurrection hopelessly contradictory or not? Part 1 of this series is – https://shorturl.at/D5ExT. Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2025 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Do the Resurrection Accounts of Jesus Contradict?

  

  by Stuart H. Gray Introduction I read through the Bible’s six accounts of Jesus’ resurrection recently with some friends. It took us about 20 minutes. What we... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2025 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: Non-Computable You

  

  by Stuart H. Gray Robert J Marks is Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering at Baylor University. He’s a Fellow of the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review – Lucid Dying

  

  by Stuart H. Gray Overview Dr Sam Parnia is an honorary research fellow at the University of Southampton, UK, and a fellow of pulmonary and critical care... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Rethinking the Dates of the New Testament

  

  by Stuart Gray In this fascinating study, Jonathan Bernier has setup a scholarly framework for assessing the composition date of ancient texts. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Is Satire Appropriate in Apologetics Part 2

  

  by Drew Godwin This is part two of a blog series. Part 1 is here. In part 1 of this series, we explored examples where satire was used to good effect by people... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Is Satire Appropriate in Apologetics Part 1

  

  By Drew Godwin I remember being drawn to comedy at a young age. I loved to laugh and I loved to make people laugh. Whether it was making silly faces, learning t... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Cool Milestone Achieved

  

  By Stuart Gray I’ve been running this blog for 11 years. It presents my carefully researched arguments for the truth of the historic Christian faith. This week ... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Did the Author of Mark’s Gospel Know About Jesus’ Resurrection?

  

  If Jesus of Nazareth really rose from the dead, why doesn’t the earliest written Gospel (Mark) have an account of the resurrection in it? Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: Why We Cannot Trust the Gospels

  

  Summary Keith Goode / Ken Thackery (KG) sets out to prove Christianity is based on a resurrection that never happened, and the Gospels record well-meaning but... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2024 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Christian Apologists Are Like Gardeners

  

  by Stuart Gray I read a brilliant description of Christian Apologetics, and the role of the Christian apologist this week. In her book Apologetics and the... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Review: The Exorcist: Believer

  

  by Stuart Gray (Some spoilers) I am wondering whether David Gordon Green and Peter Sattler understood the subject matter before sitting down to write “The... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Responding to Jehovah’s Witness Anti-Trinitarian Theology

  

  by Stuart Gray Introducing the Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW) Former evangelical Charles Taze Russell founded the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society in 1880, and his... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2023 PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY