Here's an overview of which evidence for Jesus' resurrection to focus on most. Steve Hays wrote a lengthier post on how to make a case for the resurrection.
Here are some of our posts on Easter topics, with many more available in our archives:
The Resurrection Appearance To James
The Resurrection Appearance To Jude
Evidence For Acts' Material On The Resurrection Appearance To Paul
The Resurrected Jesus Appeared To At Least Five Non-Christians, Probably More
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 Witnesses' Willingness To Suffer For Belief In Jesus' Resurrection
Did the resurrection witnesses have an opportunity to recant?
How The Apostles Died
Did the resurrection accounts develop in a suspicious way?
The Evidence For The Resurrection Account In Matthew 28:9-10
Paul's Inner Experience In Galatians 1:16
Problems With A Hallucination Hypothesis
Were the resurrection appearances grief hallucinations?
Did Paul experience a guilt hallucination on the road to Damascus?
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
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?
Jesus' Resurrection And Marian Apparitions
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
Reviews Of Debates On Jesus' Resurrection
Miracles On Video
Easter Prophecy Fulfillment
There's an archive of our posts with the Easter label here. Or search for posts with other labels by replacing the word Easter in the URL with another phrase (Cross, Empty Tomb, etc.). Click on Older Posts at the bottom of the screen to see more.
We've written some e-books, and they have material relevant to Easter. See the e-books section of the sidebar on the right side of the screen.
There's also some material relevant to Easter in my articles on skeptical myths about the church fathers.
Here are the Easter Resources posts from previous years:
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
After that 2025 post, I wrote about the resurrection appearance to James, Jesus' brother. The next post discussed a resurrection appearance to another brother of Jesus, Jude. After that, I responded to the suggestion that the early corroboration of the empty tomb by non-Christian sources doesn't have much significance, since they may have corroborated it out of apathy. They uncritically accepted what Christians told them. I then discussed the value of reading 1 Corinthians 15 with chapter 16 in mind. The sort of polymodal interactions described in chapter 16 likely characterized the resurrection appearances mentioned in chapter 15, meaning that more than sight was involved. I also addressed the skeptical appeal to other miracle claims (Marian apparitions, the miracles associated with the Salem Witch Trials, etc.) to argue against Jesus' resurrection. My next post discussed different approaches to take when arguing for Jesus' resurrection, such as arguing for individual resurrection accounts. After that, I addressed how much the early sources agree about the timespan involved in the resurrection appearances. Then I addressed the significance of the fact that only one appearance to Paul was reported. I also wrote about how the diversity of sources involved with early Christianity provides additional evidence for the empty tomb. My next post discussed some evidence for the resurrection accounts from Jesus' use of mountains. Another post commented on Galatians 1:23 and the significance of the appearance to Paul. I discussed a new book on 1 Corinthians 15, a book that addresses the physicality of Paul's view of the resurrection and other issues relevant to Easter. Later, I wrote about Josephus' potential sources for his information on Jesus, including individuals Josephus knew who had close connections to Jesus' trial. I then discussed how Justin Martyr's comments on early Jewish reactions to Christianity supplement our information related to Josephus. I linked a discussion Michael Flowers had with Joshua Pearsall about Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53. I also posted about some new research on the darkness that occurred at the time of Jesus' crucifixion. I later wrote a few posts addressing Psalm 22 and Jesus' fulfillment of it. The first discussed how the closing verses of the psalm favor a Christian interpretation. The next post was about whether Psalm 22 should be considered Messianic and how much significance that issue has. I also addressed the objection that the psalm is too vague. That was followed by a collection of links to several posts making a cumulative case for a Christian interpretation of Psalm 22. I then responded to a discussion of the resurrection between Mike Licona and Dale Allison. The discussion addressed the occasions in the gospels when the resurrected Jesus wasn't recognized, Matthew 27:52-53, non-Christian miracles, and some other issues.
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