Unbelievable? Classic Replay: Bart Ehrman vs Mike Licona - Resurrection Debate
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Nov 9, 2021 
Mike Licona, New Testament scholar and apologist who argues for the historicity of Jesus' resurrection, and Bart Ehrman, former evangelical turned textual critic and agnostic, clash over historical methods. They debate which facts about Jesus are indisputable, how oral tradition and Gospel differences affect reliability, and whether a miracle can serve as a historical explanation.
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Bart Ehrman’s Path From Evangelical To Agnostic
- Bart Ehrman recounts his journey from conservative evangelicalism to agnosticism through biblical scholarship and the problem of suffering.
- He moved from defending inerrancy to seeing contradictions in resurrection narratives and concluded God is not active in the world.
Mike Licona’s Six Year Investigation Into The Resurrection
- Mike Licona shares his six-year, disciplined study into the resurrection after wrestling with doubts and comparing world religions.
- He debated critics publicly, wrote a dissertation and a book, and concluded the resurrection is the best explanation for the facts.
Minimal Facts Framework For Historical Bedrock
- Licona defines 'minimal facts' as strongly evidenced items with near-universal scholarly agreement used as a historical bedrock.
- For Jesus these are his death, post-death appearances to followers, and Paul's conversion experience.