Foundations of Creation – Volume 5

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is not a matter of blind faith — it is one of the best-attested events in all of ancient history, and in this riveting volume of Foundations of Creation, young readers are handed the evidence and shown how to use it. Non-Christian writers of the first and second centuries — including Tacitus, Josephus, and Pliny the Younger — all confirm that Jesus was a real person who was crucified and whose followers believed He rose from the dead. The earliest Christian creed, recited within just a few years of the crucifixion, is far too early to be legend. The four Gospels are shown to be reliable eyewitness accounts, packed with the kind of precise local detail that only someone who was there would know. The “minimal facts” accepted by the vast majority of historians — the crucifixion, the empty tomb, the post-resurrection appearances, and the radical transformation of the disciples — are laid out clearly, and every alternative explanation is examined and shown to fail. Most importantly, this volume drives home the connection that anchors the entire series: if Jesus rose from the dead, then when He spoke of Adam, Noah, and creation as real history, He was telling the truth.