James Grant says,<\/p>\n
Mark Driscoll provided something of an overview of N. T. Wright’s book The Resurrection of the Son of God<\/a><\/em>. Here is Driscoll’s brief five-point summary of Wright’s argument:<\/p>\n
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- Resurrection and its cognates mean “life after “\u02dclife after death.'”\u009d<\/li>\n
- Ancient paganism strenuously denied the possibility of resurrection.<\/li>\n
- A strong belief in the hope of future resurrection existed only within the bounds of certain sects of Judaism.<\/li>\n
- The only possible reason why early Christianity began and took the shape it did is that the tomb really was empty and that people really did meet Jesus, alive again.<\/li>\n
- Though admitting it involves accepting a challenge at the level of worldview itself, the best historical explanation for all these phenomena is that Jesus was indeed bodily raised from the dead.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Read his whole post<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
[HT: James Grant<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
James Grant says, Mark Driscoll provided something of an overview of N. T. Wright’s book The Resurrection of the Son of God. Here is Driscoll’s brief five-point summary of Wright’s argument: Resurrection and its cognates mean “life after “\u02dclife after death.’”\u009d Ancient paganism strenuously denied the possibility of resurrection. A strong belief in the hope … Continue reading N. T. Wright on the Resurrection<\/span>