Today we discuss the resurrection of Christ. Our guest covers some of the evidence of the resurrection. He first mentions a book by Frank Morrison, (https://www.amazon.com/Who-Moved-Stone-Frank-Morison/dp/0310295610) - a lawyer who was determined to disprove the resurrection and thereby to undermine Christianity. His thorough work, led him to embrace the resurrection, not disbelieve it. Our guest mentions how he met Josh McDowell, years ago. Josh presented evidence of the resurrection. Next, he mentions Thomas Arnold. Then Simon Greenleaf who begins his book by arguing for the need to suspend prejudices and to be open to conviction, "to follow the truth wherever it may lead us." Greenleaf ended up embracing the resurrection. Greenleaf maintains that the Four Gospels do not bear any marks of being forgeries and the oldest extant copies may be received into court as genuine documents. Our guest goes on to point out that the religious leaders of Christ's day had a compelling interest in disproving the resurrection. To them, the execution of Jesus would have eliminated any threat to their religious power base, and silence His supporters. So, these leaders had great concerns about the corpse of Jesus, and therefore approached Pontius Pilate (the fifth governor of the Roman province of Judaea) for a military detachment to guard his tomb. Assuring that the corpse of Jesus would remain entombed was in Pilate's political interest. The tomb would receive Pilate's seal. The detachment would have consisted of at least 16 soldiers. With 4 men placed directly in front of the stone covering the tomb, at all times. Any guard who deserted his post or fell asleep while on duty, would face crucifixion himself! These are some of the details that we discuss in this episode. Participants: Dr. Peter Hammond, Dan Elmendorf