2017-04-23 
Lee Strobel 

“If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.” – 1 Cor. 15:17 (NIV)

1. EXECUTION

“Jesus’ death as a consequence of crucifixion is indisputable.”
— atheist scholar Gerd Lüdemann
2. EARLY ACCOUNTS

“This tradition, we can be entirely confident, was formulated as tradition within months of Jesus’ death.”
– Historian James D.G. Dunn
3. EMPTY TOMB

4. EYEWITNESSES

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, [even] to those who believe in His name.”
– John 1:12 (NASB)

Believe + Receive = Become