Bob Utley, 1 Corinthians 15.

Chronological Order of the Books of the New Testament, BibleStudyTools

"Gospel is the English word used to translate the Greek word for 'good news…' The fact that forgiveness, freedom from sin, and a new life are possible is good news. Because all this is possible only through Jesus Christ, His message and His story are called the 'gospel.'" Holman Bible Dictionary, StudyLight.

“Give me a place to stand and I can move the world.” The Archimedes quote is found in Keith Krell's article The Facts of Faith (1 Corinthians 15:1-11).

"In his Introduction to Logic, Harry Gensler defines a self-refuting statement as '[A] statement that makes negative claims so sweeping that it ends up denying itself.' In other words, it results when an argument or position is undercut by its own criteria. (An example would be saying, 'I cannot speak a word of English' in English.) "Science is the only way to know truth" is another example because that statement can't be proven scientifically. ThinkingMatters.

Josh McDowell succinctly describes the difference between legal-historical and scientific proof in his book More Than a Carpenter. Read excerpt…

Baltimore, Maryland. January 13, 1999. Hae Min Lee, a popular high-school senior, disappears after school. Her body is found later in a wooded park. Baltimore detectives arrest her classmate and ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, for murder. He claims he is innocent— though he can't remember what he was doing that January afternoon.

"The major pathophysiologic effect of crucifixion was an interference with normal respirations. Accordingly, death resulted primarily from hypovolemic shock and exhaustion asphyxia. Jesus’ death was ensured by the thrust of a soldier’s spear into his side. Modern medical interpretation of the historical evidence indicates that Jesus was dead when taken down from the cross." —William D. Edwards, MD; Wesley J. Gabel, MDiv; Floyd E. Hosmer, MS, AMI, "On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ" Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA March 21, 1986—Vol 255, No. 11. Read the full article.

The movie Risen explores the story of Jesus' death and the events that followed through the eyes of a skeptical, unbelieving pragmatist Clavius (Joseph Fiennes), a high-ranking Roman Military Tribune. Pontus Pilate instructs Clavius and his aide Lucius to ensure Jesus’ followers don’t steal his body and claim resurrection. When the body goes missing, Clavius sets out to find the missing body in order to disprove the rumors of a risen Messiah and prevent an uprising in Jerusalem. Official Risen Site, Sony Pictures.

Lee Strobel, How Easter Killed My Atheism.

An article on Holocaust Denial and Distortion from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

There is much more Historical-Legal evidence supporting the Resurrection of Jesus. See Beyond A Reasonable Doubt: 23 Arguments for the Historical Validity of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, TruthOrTradition.

William Lane Craig, "Contemporary Scholarship and the Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ" Truth 1 (1985): 89-95.

"For all the 'Nevers' in your life" State Farm® commercial - "Never"

Excellent Essay by James Martin, "The Challenge of Easter" The Wall Street Journal, March 26, 2016. Recommended reading!

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