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Title: Resurrection The Capstone In The Arch Of Christianity
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| Resurrection The Capstone In The Arch Of Christianity by Thomas Nelson crossing denominations | | a wonderful dissertation over the reality of resurrection. very well written in Hank's characteristic style, he adds mnemonics to help you remember the evidence. since resurrection is the cornerstone of Christianity this book should be a pleasure to all mainstream Christians, regardless of denomination. i highly recommend it because once you read it you will be able to defend the main point that makes Christianity unique, Jesus resurrection. After you accept this fact then the validity and authority of scripture becomes clear. | | Resurrection The Capstone In The Arch Of Christianity by Thomas Nelson Great book! | Resurrection by Hank Hanegraaff was a great book. This book is broken up into three sections. The first section is defending the resurrection of Christ. Most Christians do not realize the strong historical case that has been built as evidence of the resurrection. Hanegraaff discusses some of the more popular arguements or explinations for the resurrection of Jesus, such as the "Swoon Theory", the "Twin Theory" and the theory held by the Muslims. He goes on to explain by an actual physical resurrection is more plausible than any of the other theories presented.
Hanegraaff does a great job in presenting a solid case for the resurrection using alot of the same arguements that are used by Dr. William Lane Craig, Dr. Gary Habermas and Lee Strobel in some of their writings. He makes it simple and concise but still includes enough information for one to build their own case off of the information mentioned in the book.
After the case for the resurrection of Jesus has been built, Hanegraaff's book takes a bit of a turn. The second section of the book is dedicated to the resurrection of God's creation (more specifically, but not limited to, Humans). He covers how we can be certain that this life is not the only thing we have to look forward to and describes the comfort that one can take in this fact. Some of the details he mentions don't necessarily coincide with some of the more mainstream views of this topic but he provides great scriptual support for his views.
The third part of the book is dedicated to answering questions about the resurrection such as "Was Christ's physical body resurrected from the dead or did he raise an immaterial spirit?", "If heaven is perfect, won't it be perfectly boring?" and many others.
I don't really see eye to eye with some of Hanegraaff's theology, but from what I could see everything discussed in this book seemed to be in accordance with scripture. With all that being said about Hanegraaff, his books some how always seem to have a huge influence in my Christian walk and has strengthend my faith and my peace in my faith an enormous amount.
I recommend this book to all Christians. To those who are not believers and are looking more for a book that lays out an exauhstive case for the resurrection then I don't think this is the book for you and I think there are others out there that can better fit your need. Great book overall! | | Resurrection The Capstone In The Arch Of Christianity by Thomas Nelson Good, but could use more detail | This book is very good as an introductory-level book but I was disappointed with the lack of detail. I felt like the book had just started to scratch the surface of what could be said about each topic before moving on to another subject, and it didn't really say much I didn't already know. I think that this book is probably meant to be simply an introduction to the topics, so I guess I probably shouldn't criticize a horse for not flying. I still wish that it hadn't been so brief though.
As a warning, this book is a lot shorter than it actually seems, because the appendixes take up so much space. The appendixes were too long and I didn't find them to be all that helpful; to be honest, they seemed like "filler" at many points. I wish that the author had used this space to expand on a lot of the ideas presented in the text instead.
On the positive side, I liked the format of this book. I'm not aware of too many books that approach resurrection from the angle this book does. The author starts by giving evidence for Jesus' physical death and Resurrection and then connects that to our Resurrection. He made some good connections there I think.
He also made some good comments on heaven, answering common questions and dispelling some misconceptions along the way, such as "if heaven is perfect, won't it be boring?" Again, I could wish for more detail here though, and the individual chapters aren't always that connected to each other. As a result, the topics appear a bit random at points rather than being part of a coherent whole.
I wouldn't say that this is Hanegraaff's best book by any means, and it could have benefited from a little more work and a good editor, but still a worthwhile read overall, especially if you haven't read much about this topic. I would recommend reading this book along with Randy Alcorn's book "Heaven." They go together very well. | | Resurrection The Capstone In The Arch Of Christianity by Thomas Nelson Hank shows his gullibility | He accepts at face value stories in the NT about the empty tomb and reappearances of Jesus after his death. He does not consider that none of the gospels were written by people who were the contemporaries of Jesus nor the effect of charismatic personalities upon the beliefs of the early Church. Prophets in our time have had their prophecies falsified by events not occurring which they predicted. Yet most of their followers continue to believe. Something that Jesus predicted---his coming again in glory within the lifetimes of some of those who saw him before his death---manifestly did not happen. And that does not daunt the faithful at all.
In the early days of Christianity, Jesus' followers identified him as the Messiah sent by God, according to Jewish expectations, to establish the Kingdom of God on earth. His mission was to re-establish the Jews as the chosen of God and re-establish the rule of the House of David. But the Kingdom did not come within or after the life of Jesus and 2000 years later the Kingdom of God still has not arrived. The second coming, nevertheless, is still emphasized by evangelical Christians. The early Christians described Jesus as "the first fruits of the Kingdom of God," which encouraged them to postulate his second coming at the end of history. Many parts of the New Testament reflect this mentality, such as I Thessalonians and I Corinthians 15 and the apocalyptic chapters in Mark (13), Matthew (24) and Luke (21) in the gospels. In the book of Acts at the time of the ascension (chapter 1) two angels announce to the assembled disciples that "as you have seen him depart, so you will see him come again." The idea of the second coming is thus writ large in the early expectations of the first Christians.
The earliest record in Paul ascribed the Resurrection to an act of God raising Jesus into the presence of God. In Paul, God raised Jesus, Jesus does not rise. If this is an action of God then that act does not occur in human history. However, people living in human history seek to make sense out of that experience. Whatever Easter was it caused the disciples, who had forsaken Jesus in fear when he was arrested, to be reconstituted and empowered in dramatic ways. It caused his Jewish disciples to redefine God so that Jesus was included in that definition.
the first gospel writer, Mark, tells the story of Easter without portraying anyone ever seeing the risen Christ. The first stories of people seeing the raised Jesus occur only in the 9th decade when Matthew writes. Matthew gives us two resurrection episodes, both of which are strange. First, he has the women see the risen Christ in the garden and says that "they worshipped him." That is interesting because Mark, Matthew's primary source, says the women never saw him. Luke relates Mark's version not Matthew's. So the gospels are two to one against it being accurate to say that the women saw the raised Jesus.
Matthew's second resurrection story depicts a transformed Jesus coming out of the clouds of heaven. To view the resurrection as a physical, bodily coming back to the life of this world event, is an idea that is added to Christianity in the 9th decade. It is not original to the Easter story.
Whatever Easter was it caused the disciples, who had forsaken Jesus in fear when he was arrested, to be reconstituted and empowered in dramatic ways. It caused his Jewish disciples to redefine God so that Jesus was included in that definition. It caused a new holy day, the first day of the week to be born and eventually to rival the Sabbath. So the effects of Easter were in history but Easter itself was not.
The first gospel writer, Mark, tells the story of Easter without portraying anyone as ever seeing the risen Christ. The first stories of people seeing the raised Jesus occur only in the 9th decade when Matthew writes. Matthew gives us two resurrection episodes, both of which are strange. First, he has the women see the risen Christ in the garden and says that "they worshipped him." That is interesting because Mark, Matthew's primary source, says the women never saw him. Luke relates Mark's version not Matthew's. So the gospels are two to one against it being accurate to say that the women saw the raised Jesus.
Matthew's second resurrection story depicts a transformed Jesus coming out of the clouds of heaven. To view the resurrection as a physical, bodily coming back to the life of this world event, is an idea that is added to Christianity in the 9th decade. It is not original to the Easter story. So I fail to see how anyone can say that physical resuscitation is what the resurrection was.
A useful study of how religions adapt to failed prophecies is Diana Tumminia, When Prophecy Never Fails, Oxford UP.
Robin Lane Fox, Truth and Fiction in the Bible is a book by an eminent historian, but perhaps not for readers who prefer faith (the evidence of things not seen) to reasoning and evidence.
Books by J D Crossan and Marcus Borg are also valuable. | | Resurrection The Capstone In The Arch Of Christianity by Thomas Nelson Resurrection: The Blessed Hope | I have read this book years ago and it's a great resource for Christians to have. As Hank is great at doing, writing to the new believers in Christ, in a easy and cogent way. This book is a great book on one of the best historical event in history. The resurrection is the hope of every believer and we should be able to defend it and know what are hope is.
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| | Resurrection The Capstone In The Arch Of Christianity by Thomas Nelson Product Description | In this definitive work, popular Christian apologist Hank Hanegraaff offers a detailed defense of the Resurrection, the singularly most important event in history and the foundation upon which Christianity is built. Using the acronym F.E.A.T., the author examines the four distinctive, factual evidences of Christ's resurrection-Fatal torment, Empty tomb, Appearances, and Transformation-making the case for each in a memorable way that believers can readily use in their own defense of the faith. |
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