Easter Resources 2024

A few years ago, I wrote a short post about which evidence for Jesus' resurrection we should focus on the most. And Steve Hays wrote a lengthier article suggesting how to make a case for the resurrection.

Here are some examples of the Easter issues we've addressed over the years:

The Witnesses' Willingness To Suffer For Belief In Jesus' Resurrection
Did the resurrection accounts develop in a suspicious way?
Evidence That The Risen Jesus Was Heard And Touched, Not Just Seen, Including In 1 Corinthians 15
The Gospels And Acts' Polymodal Resurrection Accounts Corroborated In The New Testament Letters
The Evidence For The Resurrection Account In Matthew 28:9-10
Paul's Inner Experience In Galatians 1:16
Did the resurrection witnesses have an opportunity to recant?
Problems With A Hallucination Hypothesis
Were the resurrection appearances grief hallucinations?
Did Paul experience a guilt hallucination on the road to Damascus?
Evidence That Saul Of Tarsus Saw Jesus Risen From The Dead
The Resurrected Jesus Appeared To At Least Five Non-Christians, Probably More
Miracles On Video
Evidence For The Shroud Of Turin
How much can we trust ancient Christian sources in light of their biases?
Early, Non-Extant Documents On The Resurrection
How Early The Synoptics And Acts Were Written
The Authorship Of Matthew
The Authorship Of Mark
The Authorship Of Luke And Acts
The Authorship Of John
The Authorship Of The Pauline Letters (see the comments section)
The Historicity Of Acts
Easter Material Corroborated In The Letters Of Peter
Resurrection Evidence Outside The New Testament
Evidence For The Empty Tomb
Early Affirmation Of The Empty Tomb From Gentile Non-Christians
Jesus' Burial And Empty Tomb Outside The Gospels And Acts
Fifty Agreements Among The Resurrection Accounts
The Consistencies Among The Resurrection Accounts In 1 Corinthians 15, The Gospels, And Acts
The Restrained Nature Of The Resurrection Accounts
The Contrast Between The Prominence Of Female Witnesses In Luke And Their Lack Of Prominence In Acts
Alleged Errors And Contradictions In The Resurrection Accounts
Harmonizing The Resurrection Accounts
The Spiritual Body Of 1 Corinthians 15
Why didn't the risen Jesus appear to more and different people?
Why doesn't Jesus appear to everybody?
How do we know Jesus' resurrection wasn't a demonic miracle?
What if alleged miracles, like Jesus' resurrection, were caused by a currently unknown natural process?
Why prefer Jesus to gods, emperors, and other ancient figures associated with miracles?
Matthew 27:52-53
How The Apostles Died
Reviews Of Debates On Jesus' Resurrection
Easter Prophecy Fulfillment

Go here for an archive of our posts with the Easter label. You can search for posts with other labels by replacing the word Easter in the URL with another phrase (Cross, Empty Tomb, etc.). Keep clicking on Older Posts at the bottom of the screen to see more.

We've written some e-books that have material relevant to Easter. See the e-books section of the sidebar on the right side of the screen.

My articles on skeptical myths about the church fathers also have some material relevant to Easter.

Here are the Easter Resources posts from previous years:

2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

After the 2023 post above, I wrote about how the Roman empire unwittingly served Christ by fulfilling so many prophecies. My next post addressed some problems with the idea that Jesus fulfilled prophecies like Daniel's Seventy Weeks prediction and the Servant Songs in Isaiah by natural means. I also wrote a post on the significance of the details found in 1 Corinthians 15:6. My next post discussed the importance of not isolating the resurrection in apologetics. I then addressed the claim that Matthew 28:17 is referring to doubt about Jesus' resurrection or the resurrection appearance referred to in that context. Another post addressed some implications of Luke's use of James the brother of Jesus as a source. And here's one about the credibility of John's gospel as a resurrection witness, which is often underestimated. Then I discussed corroboration offered by the New Testament letters for the polymodal nature of the resurrection witnesses' experiences with the risen Jesus, as reported in the gospels and Acts. I quoted some comments from John Chrysostom about suffering related to the context of Easter. In another post, I addressed the importance of giving more attention to what our lives will be like after our resurrection. And here's something about objections based on alleged parallels between Jesus and other ancient figures who were associated with miracles. I posted an update on Gary Habermas' multi-volume series on Jesus' resurrection. Here's an article on some neglected details in Jesus' fulfillment of Psalm 22. In another post, I summarized the evidence for the credibility of Jesus' relatives as witnesses (e.g., James and Jude as witnesses of the resurrection). I also linked a series of videos by Lydia McGrew about how much Acts supports the apostles' willingness to suffer for their resurrection testimony. And I addressed the connections between Christmas and Easter in the context of prophecy. Another post discussed some implications 2 Corinthians 11 has for Jesus' fulfillment of prophecy in the events surrounding his death.