History & Minimal Facts Approach

Class One

• How do we do history?
• What is the MFA?
• MFA vs Reliability
• MFAs covered in this cohort

The "Timeline Argument"

Class Two

• Appearances
• Connected to Eyewitnesses
• Earliest Resurrection Evidence

Death, Burial, and Empty Tomb

Class Three

• Historical Criteria
• Archaeology
• Jerusalem Factor

Experiences, Conversions, and Willingness to Suffer

Class Four

• Appearance Experiences
• Conversion of James and Paul
• Transformation and Willingness to Suffer/Die

Alternative Theories

Class Five

• Swoon
• Stolen Body - Disciples
• Stolen Body - Someone Else
• Hallucination

Outworkings

Class Six

• Theological & Practical
• Messiahship & Judge
• Ethics & Hope
• Review/Conclusion

Required Textbook:

The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus

Gary Habermas, Mike Licona