Bible Class - Resurrection

On August 3, 2025, Dean Meadows, Campus Minister at Blacksburg Church of Christ in Virginia, delivered a compelling bible class on the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ. As part of a seminar on the existence of God, Dean emphasized the significance of the resurrection as a historical fact, supported by multiple lines of evidence. He highlighted the importance of approaching conversations about faith with humility and understanding, drawing from Acts 17 and Paul’s engagement with the Epicureans and Stoics.

 

The class focused on four key points: the burial of Jesus, the interaction between the Jews and Roman guards, the role of eyewitnesses, and the transformation of the disciples. Dean addressed common objections, such as the stolen body, hallucination, wrong tomb, and swoon theories, systematically dismantling them with historical and logical arguments. He underscored the early Christian creed in 1 Corinthians 15, dated within 10-15 years of Jesus’ death, as a cornerstone of evidence, emphasizing its proximity to the events and the reliability of eyewitness accounts. The class concluded with a call to boldly share the gospel, inspired by the courage of early witnesses, particularly the women who first discovered the empty tomb.