What I'm Reading

Here is a link to a great article in Christianity Today. It is a debate between Christopher Hitchens (author of the recent book God is Not Great) and Douglas Wilson (one of my favorite thologians).

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/mayweb-only/119-12.0.html

The website will be posting the back-and-forth all month long.

Also, here is a link to Douglas Wilson's blog:

http://www.dougwils.com/

Box of Bones

History is replete with men who have tried to argue the validity of a physical resurrection for Jesus. From ancient proponents of Gnosticism, to the most recent novel, “The DaVinci Code”, people have tried to present arguments that attempt to bring Jesus out of the realm of the supernatural and confine Him exclusively to the realm of the temporal. The motivation behind these arguments is that if Jesus was no different than any of the other good teachers of history, such as Gandhi, Muhammad, Buddha, etc., in that He taught people how to live a moral life, and then died just like all of the other good teachers, then we can write Him off as a teacher and nothing else. If He is only another teacher, then we can put Him in the box of bones with the other influential dead guys.

There is a funny thing about Jesus though; He refuses to stay in the box. Despite the best efforts of man to keep Jesus confined to the box of death and irrelevance, Jesus emerges resurrected and victorious.

Believe me Mr. Cameron, the nation of Rome tried to keep Jesus in that grave, they really wanted Him to stay dead, and they were unsuccessful. I doubt you will fare any better.