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Historical

Historical apologetics is concerned with demonstrating that the events recorded in the New Testament are historically reliable. The main focus of historical apologetics is the resurrection of Jesus.

There are currently two approaches to historical apologetics. The traditional approach shows that the New Testament documents are historically reliable. With this premise demonstrated it is a small step to show the resurrection of Jesus is a historically reliable event.

The second approach is to allow the modern critic virtually everything he wants concerning criticism of the New Testament. Then, using what the radical critic agrees to as historical fact , the resurrection is still shown to be the best explanation of the remaining facts at hand.

On-Line Articles

Atheists and the Resurrection - Framing the Argument by G. Brady Lenardos

Do Extraordinary Events Require Extraordinary Evidence? by G. Brady Lenardos

The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? by F.F. BRUCE 

Evidence for the Resurrection by Josh McDowell

The Early Church Fathers on Jesus by Mike Licona  

The Historicity of the New Testament by J.P. Moreland

Can Historical Evidence Prove Anything? by Wang Yen

LEGAL APOLOGETICS by Henry Hock Guan Teh 

Reasoning Through the Resurrection By Kenneth Richard Samples 

Visions of Jesus: A Critical Assessment of Hallucination Hypothesis by William Lane Craig 

On the Empty Tomb of Jesus: Reply to Evan Fales by William Lane Craig 

Is Fulfilled Prophecy of Value for Scholarly Apologetics? by John A. Bloom 

Why I Believe The New Testament Is Historically Reliable by Gary Habermas 

How Not to Critique Legal Apologetics by Boyd Pehrson

Authorship of the Gospel of John by James Kiefer

A CRITIQUE OF CERTAIN UNCRITICAL ASSUMPTIONS IN MODERN HISTORIOGRAPHY by John Warwick Montgomery 

The Trustworthiness of the Bible by Craig Hawkins

The Book of Acts and Archaeology by Craig Hawkins

The Resurrection of Christ: A Historical Fact by Benjamin B. Warfield

The Resurrection of Christ by J. Gresham Machen

History & Faith by J. Gresham Machen

Archaeology and the Old Testament by Pat Zukeran  

Archaeology and the New Testament by Pat Zukeran  

The Resurrection: Fact or Fiction? by Pat Zukeran  

Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ by Christopher Louis Lang

Testimony of the Evangelists by Simon Greenleaf

IS FULFILLED PROPHECY OF VALUE FOR SCHOLARLY APOLOGETICS? by John A. Bloom

The Resurrection of Jesus by William Lane Craig

Contemporary Scholarship and the Historical Evidence for the Resurrection by William Lane Craig

The Historicity of the Empty Tomb of Jesus by William Lane Craig

The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus by William Lane Craig

The Disciples' Inspection of the Empty Tomb by William Lane Craig

The Guard at the Tomb by William Lane Craig

Are the Biblical Documents Reliable? by Jimmy Williams

Manuscript Support for the Bible's Reliability by Ron Rhodes

Easter: Myth, Hallucination, or History by Edwin Yamauchi

The Battle for the Resurrection: An Interview with Norman Geisler

Was the New Testament Influenced by Pagan Religions? by Ronald Nash.

The Resurrection of Jesus by Jeffrey B. Russell

The Gospels As Historical Sources For Jesus,The Founder Of Christianity by R. T. France

Real Audio Discussions about History and Christianity
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Does the Bible Need to be Historically Accurate in Order for Christianity to be True? Ken Samples & Ed Yamauchi (audio)

Isaiah's Suffering Servant by Jim Leffel (audio) 

Debate: on the Resurrection. Mike Licona & Elaine Pagels (audio)

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