Author: Mountain Veteran Ministries

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It’s a question that doesn’t come up much on Easter Sunday morning, but it should. When the disciples encountered Jesus after the resurrection, what exactly did they see? Was it a ghost? A spiritual vision?  .post-wrap { font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif; color: #fff; background:...

It's the oldest objection to the resurrection and still the most common one at the dinner table. The disciples were grieving, they wanted desperately to believe their teacher wasn't gone, so they convinced themselves — or each other — that he had risen. When you lay the theory out plainly, it...

The most powerful evidence for the resurrection doesn't come from believers. It comes from the people who had every reason to destroy it. The resurrection of Jesus Christ has hostile witnesses — people who were present, who had power and motive to crush the Christian movement in its cradle, and...

Every spring the claims resurface alongside the daffodils — Easter is really a pagan holiday, the name comes from a fertility goddess, the eggs and bunnies prove it. These claims travel fast because they're delivered with confident authority. They deserve a serious answer. Not a defensive one...

Every few years a new documentary drops, a new theory makes the rounds, and someone announces they've finally explained away the empty tomb. The disciples stole the body. Jesus survived the crucifixion. The resurrection was a legend that grew over centuries. None of these theories are new — most...