1. The Resurrection Part IV They Believed It!

2. Review: Last week we established that the apostles claimed that they had seen the risen Christ.

3. Liars Make Terrible Martyrs!

4. Liars Make Terrible Martyrs Muslim Terrorists – No one doubts their belief in their cause. Buddhist Monks - Similarly BIG DIFFERENCE

6. Liars Make Terrible Martyrs Muslim Terrorists – No one doubts their belief in their cause. Buddhist Monks - Similarly BIG DIFFERENCE The apostles died for what they KNEW was either true or false! The others died for what they BELIEVED to be true.

7. Liars Make Terrible Martyrs Compare the behavior of the apostles before and after the (alleged) resurrection. All twelve apostles died as martyrs, except for John. – orthodox belief We DO know that the disciples of Jesus suffered persecution and even martyrdom for their belief that the risen Lord appeared to them.

8. Liars Make Terrible Martyrs Compare the behavior of the apostles before and after the (alleged) resurrection. All twelve apostles died as martyrs, except for John. – orthodox belief We DO know that the disciples of Jesus suffered persecution and even martyrdom for their belief that the risen Lord appeared to them.

9. Liars Make Terrible Martyrs There are seven independent sources to these facts. 1.The book of Acts. 2.Clement of Rome. 3.Polycarp (in the letter to the Philippians we talked about last week). 4.Ignatius of Antioch (Who himself was martyred). 5.Tertullian 6.Origen 7.Eusebius

10. New Cast Members Tertullian, Origen, Eusebius Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, anglicized as Tertullian c. 155 – c. 240 AD, Christian author from Carthage.. He also was a notable early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including contemporary Christian Gnosticism. Tertullian has been called "the father of Latin Christianity“ and "the founder of Western theology. Origen Adamantius 184 – 253,an early church father, was a scholar and early Christian theologian from Alexandria. He was a prolific writer in multiple branches of theology. Eusebius of 260 - 340) was a Roman historian, exegete, and Christian polemicist of Greek descent. He was a scholar of the Biblical canon and is regarded as an extremely well learned Christian of his time. As "Father of Church History" he produced the Ecclesiastical History, On the Life of Pamphilus, the Chronicle and On the Martyrs.

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12. Liars Make Terrible Martyrs There are seven independent sources to these facts. 1.The book of Acts. 2.Clement of Rome. 3.Polycarp (in the letter to the Philippians we talked about last week). 4.Ignatius of Antioch (Who himself was martyred). 5.Tertullian 6.Origen 7.Eusebius

13. Liars Make Terrible Martyrs Even Rudolf Bultmann agrees that the disciples truly believed that they saw the risen Christ!

14. Liars Make Terrible Martyrs – Wrap Up Why is the fact that the disciples believed that they saw the resurrected Christ important? Eliminates myth-making. Dismisses the accusation that they stole the body.

15. Next Week The Two Skeptics: Saul of Tarsus James – the brother of Jesus