WAS THE RESURRECTION A HOAX? - Part 1 - Garner Ted Armstrong - May 1977

Garner Ted Armstrong

First-century Christianity was based on a firm belief in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The early apostles spoke as if the resurrection were the most earthshaking event of global consequence since creation. Yet major church organizations cheerfully admit that the resurrection of the dead has no central part in their doctrine-and that their theology doesn't really emphasize it. But is it logical for a twentieth-century Christian to actually believe in the literal, bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ? Wouldn't it be weird if a political pollster were asking a person what he thought of former U.S. President Harry S. Truman and the person replied: "Oh, I thought he was such a wonderfully warm human being - so filled with love! Of course, his administration never really accomplished anything, and he did pull the wool over the eyes of the general public. But what a marvelous person he was! - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library