INVESTIGATING
THE RESURRECTION
by J.WARNER
WALLACE
I was a
committed atheist when I first heard a pastor preach a sermon that described
the resurrection of Jesus. This pastor seemed to actually believe Jesus rose
from the dead and was still alive today. I assumed it was just another example
of “blind faith”; another well-intentioned church leader believing something
for which he had no supporting evidence. Worse yet, I suspected he possessed an
“unreasonable faith” and trusted something in spite of the evidence.
I was familiar
with the rules of evidence and the process by which we can determine the truth
about past events. As a detective, I was doing this for a living. I decided to
investigate the resurrection as I would any unsolved case from the distant
past.
