So what’s the punch line? Without reading the piece, what does this fellow get around to posing as ‘inconvenient’?
Yes, 11 died for Him, and many more including the Apostle Paul.
In fact, the frightened disciples, after seeing Him appear multiple times and spend time with them, became so emboldened that they faced death without fear. That in itself is a testament. Things like that don’t naturally happen.
The rest of the article:
” The fact is that if Jesus did not come out of that grave, then Christianity is pointless, despite what liberal preachers say. Christianity is not positive thinking or a good attitude. Either Christ came out of that grave or the whole religion is a fraud.
As Paul wrote, “[a]nd if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty” (1 Cor. 15:14).
But if Jesus did come out of that grave, then all of history changes. The ramifications are immense.
Islam is false.
Hinduism is false.
Buddhism is false.
Rabbinic Judaism – which rejects Christ – is incomplete.
If He came out of that grave, then He is the only way to God. Think about it: if we could save ourselves, why would God have even sent Jesus to die for us and then resurrect? We can’t earn our way back to Heaven. Our good deeds will not save us.
Christianity, though producing a tolerant civilization, makes a unique claim. Not only is there only one God – both Judaism and Islam agree on that point – but the only way to approach that God is through His Son – which both Islam and Rabbinic Judaism deny.
I am not going to go into other points such as the Trinity, denominational doctrines, etc.
The first thing you have to do – if you have not decided it already – is settle once and for all: did Jesus come out of that grave?
If He did, then that is a very inconvenient fact for much of the world, including merely nominal Christians – but it is also the central drama of history. “
His Resurrection ensures that He is Savior & Judge. To those who believe - Savior, to those who don’t - their Judge.