If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile. (1 Corinthians 15:17) That verse is Christianity’s ultimate mic drop. The resurrection isn’t a side note—it’s the cornerstone. If it didn’t happen, faith collapses. If it did, it changes everything.

In this episode of the Understanding the Bible mini-series, Dr. Shaun Michael presents the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus using the renowned Minimal Facts Approach developed by Dr. Gary Habermas. This framework doesn’t rely on blind faith—it uses evidence so strong that even skeptical scholars accept it.

Think of it like stepping into a courtroom: the case is built on reliable sources, historical corroboration, and undeniable transformation. By the end, you’ll see why the resurrection stands as one of the best-supported events of ancient history.

What you’ll learn:

✅ What the Minimal Facts Approach is—and why even skeptics take it seriously

✅ Why Jesus’ crucifixion is one of the most historically certain events in antiquity

✅ How the empty tomb is confirmed by biblical testimony, hostile witnesses, and historical silence

✅ Why the disciples’ experiences of the risen Christ transformed cowards into martyrs

✅ The stunning conversions of Paul and James—enemies turned leaders because they saw the risen Jesus

✅ How the earliest Christian preaching centered on the resurrection from day one

✅ Why archaeology, textual evidence, and historical methodology confirm the Gospel accounts

This isn’t just apologetics—it’s hope. If Christ has been raised, then sin is defeated, death is conquered, and eternity is secure.

📖 Key Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 15:3–8, Acts 2:22–36, Luke 24:36–43, John 20:1–9, Galatians 1:11–16

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What if I told you the resurrection of Jesus wasn’t a last-minute twist, but a move scripted before the foundation of the world? The empty tomb wasn’t just history—it was prophecy, fulfilled with precision centuries before it happened.

In this episode of Building Blocks - Season 1, Dr. Shaun Michael unpacks why the resurrection is not just a theological idea but the very cornerstone of Christianity. If it didn’t happen, Paul says our faith is worthless (1 Corinthians 15:14). But if it did, it changes everything—life, death, and eternity.

What you’ll learn:

✅ Why the resurrection is the foundation of Christian faith—and what falls apart without it

✅ Old Testament prophecies pointing directly to the resurrection (Psalm 16:10, Isaiah 53, Daniel 12)

✅ How Jesus predicted His own resurrection with stunning accuracy (Matthew 12:40, John 2:19, Mark 9:31)

✅ Why the resurrection shocked first-century expectations and defied cultural assumptions ✅ The theological weight of the empty tomb: forgiveness, justification, and eternal hope

✅ How the resurrection demonstrates God’s power over death, sin, and evil

✅ Why no other worldview offers the same kind of hope in the face of death

The resurrection isn’t just a claim—it’s God’s cosmic mic drop. It validates Jesus’ identity, secures our salvation, and guarantees our future.

📖 Key Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 15:13–20, Romans 4:25, Isaiah 53:10–11, Psalm 16:10, Daniel 12:2–3, Matthew 12:40, John 11:25–26

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Imagine the Bible on trial. 66 books bound together, sitting in the witness stand, facing cross-examination. The prosecutor asks: “Can this ancient book really be trusted? Isn’t it full of contradictions? Didn’t centuries of copying corrupt it? Doesn’t archaeology disprove it?”

In this third episode of the Understanding the Bible mini-series, host Dr. Shaun Michael takes the Bible out of the Sunday school bubble and places it under rigorous historical, archaeological, and literary scrutiny. Using the historian’s Three-Part Test—transmission, internal consistency, and external confirmation—this episode shows why Scripture doesn’t just survive cross-examination, it mic-drops every skeptic’s claim.

What you’ll learn:

✅ Why the Bible’s manuscript evidence outclasses every ancient text (5,800+ Greek manuscripts vs. Plato’s handful)

✅ How archaeology confirms names, places, and events once dismissed as myth (Erastus inscription, Pool of Bethesda, Tel Dan Stele, Pilate inscription, Jericho’s walls)

✅ Why Luke is one of the most accurate historians of the ancient world

✅ How secular historians like Tacitus and Josephus affirm biblical events (Jesus’ crucifixion, John the Baptist, James)

✅ The staggering unity of Scripture—40 authors, 1,500 years, 3 continents, 3 languages, yet one theme: God’s redemptive plan

✅ How fulfilled prophecy (Micah 5:2, Isaiah 53, Babylon’s fall, Cyrus named before birth) demonstrates divine authorship

✅ Why Messianic prophecies mathematically demolish the “coincidence” theory

This isn’t just about academics. If the Bible is reliable, then God’s promises are unshakable, His commands are binding, and His gospel is true. That means you can build your life—and your eternity—on its foundation with confidence.

📖 Key Scriptures: 2 Timothy 3:16, Isaiah 40:8, Hebrews 4:12, Matthew 7:24–25, Micah 5:2, Isaiah 53

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