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N. T. Wright, a New Testament scholar, wrote a 700 page book on The Resurrection of the Son of God. Wright gives a very important definition of resurrection: “Resurrection is not life after death, but life after life after death” (pages 30-31). This definition distinguishes between those who believe there is life after death but [...]

There are skeptics today who deny the physical resurrection of Christ from the grave. Tim Keller, in his book The Reason For God, examines this skepticism in chapter 13, The Reality of the Resurrection. Luke, in contrast to the skeptics, says in Acts 1:3 that there are “many infallible proofs” of the literal resurrection of Christ from the dead. One of the irrefutable proofs is the empty tomb; but not the empty tomb by itself. The empty tomb along with the many post-resurrection sightings of Christ in His resurrection body.