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Steven Carr · 02-28-2007, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackwater

In my survey of the New Testament class, last night the instructor mentioned that the passage 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 is in essence a mini creed that was formulated as early as within 22 months of the crucifixion. He said that this was researched and presented in Lee Strobel’s book “The case for Christ.” Does anyone have any information on this?

Presumably these very early teaching of Pauls to the Corinthians were the 'milk' he talks about in 1 Corinthians 3, because they were not then ready for solid food.

Doug Shaver · 03-01-2007, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Blackwater

He said that this was researched and presented in Lee Strobel’s book “The case for Christ.”

Strobel is not a New Testament scholar and doesn't even pretend to be one. He is a journalist. His so-called research consisted of interviews with scholars committed (at least in most cases) to defending evangelical dogma.

For anyone wanting to be familiar with evangelical apologetics, The Case for Christ is actually useful reading. Nobody can reliably learn how believers think just by reading what skeptics have to say about their thinking. If you're pressed for time, though, you can get some idea of what Strobel is all about by reading my review at http://dougshaver.com/christ/strobel/christ/0index.htm

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