The Assault Upon the Resurrection

Post-modern scholarship has made a full frontal attack upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Such "scholars," as they like to call themselves, as John Dominic Crossan of the Jesus Seminar and Episcopalian Bishop John Spong, have written books and articles denying the phyisical resurrection of Jesus altogether. Such false teachers, who deny the master whom they claim to serve (cf. 2 Peter 2:1), must have no idea of the portent of this issue, as they treat it with such great levity, and yet some of them try to call themselves Christians.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the crux of Christianity--Christianity stands and falls based upon the resurrection: "if Christ has not been raised," the Apostle Paul states, "then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.... [If] Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men to be pitied" (1 Corinthians 15:14-19). That's correct: if Jesus is still in the grave, or as Crossan and his associates might suggest, has been eaten by dogs, then Christianity is worthless. Every doctrine of the Christian faith rests upon the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
There has been much written on the historical fact of Jesus' resurrection. Such includes 1 Corinthians 15, Jesus the Messiah, by Robert H. Stein, and The Case for Christ, by Lee Strobel. I have also written an article upon it. The Bible is clear that a person cannot be a Christian and believe that Christ has not been raised (cf. Romans 10:9).
Keep on checking back to my weblog, as in the near future I will be publishing upon the significance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The title of this work will be: Why the Resurrection. Unfortunately the resurrection is far too quickly forgotten after Easter, and it is far too commonly not a part of our everyday lives. I hope this work will serve to help you really understand and appreciate this most crucial truth, and I hope it will help you to live more faithfully soli deo gloria, for the glory of God alone, under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.