Is God Dead? Series: Pinnacle

On orthodox Christian doctrine, the resurrection of Jesus is the pinnacle of God’s revealing of Himself to mankind through the biblical narrative. Quite simply, the resurrection of Jesus completely changes the conversation because if it is true, and the evidence indicates that it is, then the Bible skeptics of the world need to consider the enormous implications a risen Jesus ushers in. Over the last year, we have pursued an answer to the question, “Is God dead?” by first investigating whether God even exists. The sustained argument has been presented here, article by article and piece by piece in a cumulative case fashion. A cumulative case argument is defined by Christian apologist R. Douglas Geivett as “the systematic formulation of reasons to believe that God exists, that he has a particular nature, and that he stands in relation to the world in certain definitive ways without relying directly upon sacred texts or any prophetic tradition.” In practice, a cumulative case apologetic method is a particular approach to apologetics that calls upon an eclectic combination of elements from most or all of the recognized apologetic methods. By nature, a cumulative case approach is progressive in consolidating and strengthening the general argument by appealing to the most persuasive of those arguments, regardless of school, in a sustained progression. In that way, each argument in the cumulative case is not forced to stand alone but rather carries a small amount of weight in conjunction with a series of interconnected arguments. Practically, a cumulative case argument is not so much unlike an attorney arguing a case before a jury and presenting layers of evidence, all pointing to the same conclusion. By utilizing the cumulative case approach throughout these articles, we have put forward a cohesive and compelling argument for the existence of God and the truthfulness of Christianity.