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Episode 2 of Part 2 of our course, Can We Trust the Gospels? Austin leads us through a discussion of what some call the "Minimal Facts" case for the resurrection. We talk about both why it's important to know that Jesus really rose from the dead, and how we can know that he did. Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ls-TiYE0OPCab_MsXzVpedxXdMmz4tHeMacCNhObYKo/edit?usp=sharing In this episode, one of us says that apparitions of deceased people are evidence that the deceased is dead, rather than evidence that they have been resurrected, attributing this point to N. T. Wright. Though the thought is indeed Wright's (pp. 690-1 in The Resurrection of the Son of God), nevertheless, this particular way of putting Wright's point is due to William Lane Craig (e.g. in this video clip: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/videos/short-videos/why-is-the-hallucination-hypothesis-of-the-resurrection-implausible/).

Episode 1 of Part 2 of our course, Can We Trust the Gospels? Patrick leads us through a discussion of some of the events surrounding Jesus' death, including his trial before Pilate, his death on a cross, and his burial. Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ls-TiYE0OPCab_MsXzVpedxXdMmz4tHeMacCNhObYKo/edit?usp=sharing

This is a recording of the week 9 of Part 1 of our in-person course, Can We Trust the Gospels? Patrick takes us on a tour of historical evidence supporting the Gospel accounts of Jesus' arrest.

This is a recording of the week 8 of Part 1 of our in-person course, Can We Trust the Gospels? Justin canvasses historical evidence regarding some of Jesus' non-miraculous deeds, such as the cleansing of the temple.

This is a recording of the week 7 of Part 1 of our in-person course, Can We Trust the Gospels? Austin reviews some big-picture issues regarding the historicity of the Gospels, and then considers the evidence for the feeding of the five thousand and other miracles described in the Gospels.

This is a recording of the week 6 of Part 1 of our in-person course, Can We Trust the Gospels? Justin surveys evidence that Jesus taught the things attributed to him in the Sermon on the Mount and other Gospel discourses.

This is a recording of the week 5 of Part 1 of our in-person course, Can We Trust the Gospels? Patrick explores whether some of the parables attributed to Jesus in the Gospels are authentic.

This is a recording of the week 4 of Part 1 of our in-person course, Can We Trust the Gospels? Austin surveys some of the evidence pertaining to the ministry of John the Baptist.

This is a recording of the week 3 of Part 1 of our in-person course, Can We Trust the Gospels? Justin tackles a notorious problem about the census in Luke's infancy narrative, and then discusses the flight to Egypt in Matthew's infancy narrative.

This is a recording of the week 2 of Part 1 of our in-person course, Can We Trust the Gospels? Patrick leads a discussion of the two different genealogies of Jesus and begins to examine the birth narratives in Matthew and Luke.

This is a recording of the first week of Part 1 of our in-person course, Can We Trust the Gospels? We survey the types of evidence that one can look for to assess whether the Gospels are historically accurate.