Whew! I don’t know about you but that makes me feel better. Christianity Today’s blogmiester, Ted Olsen, has an interesting post about ABC’s 20/20 show which this past Thursday aired a program about the resurrection of Jesus. I flipped by the show,Thursday night, but didn’t stop to watch because I assumed it would be a typical mainstream media attack on Christians who actually believe the doctrines of Christianity, but surprise, surprise:
20/20 pretty much defends the biblical account of the Resurrection
It’s a sign that the times really have changed when the ABC producer
who put together tonight’s 20/20 episode, "The Resurrection: Searching
for Answers," says that in her reporting she talked to "even the
liberal Christians."Indeed, evangelical Protestants get the most attention in the
broadcast. It’s the "usual suspects" on such topics: William Lane
Craig, Paul Meier, Lee Strobel, and Ben Witherington. Notably absent:
N.T. Wright, whose The Resurrection of the Son of God is the current
must-read scholarly work on the subject.Producer Elizabeth Vargas tells Beliefnet (an ABC News partner) that
she was surprised to find so much agreement. "I didn’t know that for
centuries historians could actually verify that there was this really
dramatic change in the disciples’ behavior and nobody can really
explain that," she said. "And that nobody did argue that really the
tomb was full, they all agreed the tomb was empty, even nonbelievers.
It’s true that at the end of the day faith is a leap that you must make
or not make. But I appreciate and really enjoy the intellectual
investigation into everything.
He’s got some really interesting links so go read the rest here.