The Resurrection Debate: Crossan and Borg vs. White and Renihan

The Crossan/Borg vs. White/Renihan 2005 Debate on the Resurrection

The Crossan/Borg vs. White/Renihan 2005 Debate on the Resurrection

Dialogue on the Resurrected Body, part 1 | True Freethinker

Mariano is a true professional. The subject of what kind of body believers have been promised by God is often discussed and sometimes denounced. I enjoyed this article by Mariano and he very carefully discusses what does Paul mean in 1st Corinthians 15. People like Marcus Borg, Robert Price, and other who deny what the scriptures plainly teach: Jesus rose from the dead physically and the promise to those who put their faith in him is that we will rise too.

Dialogue on the Resurrected Body, part 1 | True Freethinker

Debate: Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? - William Lane Craig vs Marcus Borg

I'm not sure if I posted this before but here is a debate from 2001 in which William Lane Craig debates Marcus Borg regarding the Resurrection. I don't consider Borg a Christian because he denies the physical, bodily resurrection of Jesus and Jesus' deity. He uses much the same language as Christians but means someth8ing entirely different. I do hold that the Bible is literally true, but it does have symbols and metaphors. Jesus Resurrection and the empty tomb are not examples of metaphor.



Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?

Rediscovering the Historical Jesus MP3 Audio by William Lane Craig - Apologetics 315

Apologetics 315 has posted a great lecture from William Lane Craig about the historical Jesus. Dr. Craig lectures on the claims of the Jesus' Seminar. He ends up talking about the reliability of the gospels and what we really know of Jesus. This is a great lecture. As a bonus,Dr. Craig gives his reasons why he believes the resurrection and discusses the gnostic gospels in quite some detail!

Rediscovering the Historical Jesus MP3 Audio by William Lane Craig - Apologetics 315

William Lane Craig vs. Marcus Borg: The Resurrection MP3 Audio - Apologetics 315

I found another great debate from Apologetics 315.  Here is what Brian wrote:

William Lane Craig debates New Testament scholar Marcus Borg on the topic of the resurrection. Borg's position is that the resurrection is "really true," even though it is not "literally true." Daryl Schmidt and Darrell Bock offer further comments. Also added to the WLC Audio Debate Feed.

Full MP3 Audio here. (2hr 14min)

I was real disappointed with Marcus Borg's arguments. To be a Christian means that you believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. You can't be born again unless you believe that Jesus was crucified for our sins and raised for our justification. That is definitional and what separates Christianity from every other religion and world view! Without it you don't have Christianity. Everything hangs on that. Because of this, I have no idea why Borg would argue that he is a Christian or that it doesn't matter if Jesus' tomb was empty or what happened to Jesus' body? This is the crux of "the Gospel". What ever he is smoking, I don't want any of it.


William Lane Craig vs. Marcus Borg: The Resurrection MP3 Audio - Apologetics 315