Body of Proof Quotes

“Christianity is also the only faith that holds the view that God himself has purchased our redemption. In no other religious thought or system do we find God or any god who suffers for humanity and in doing so brings about redemption. All other systems teach either that we learn to accept life as it is or we attempt to redeem ourselves.”
― Jeremiah J. Johnston, Body of Proof: The 7 Best Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus--and Why It Matters Today

“If Jesus did not rise from the dead, that makes him a false prophet unworthy of our allegiance and no rational person should follow. But if Jesus did rise from the dead, it seems to me that he did so in confirmation of his personal and radical claims. And that gives us something to think about, which is exactly what happened to the first Christians.”
― Jeremiah J. Johnston, Body of Proof: The 7 Best Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus--and Why It Matters Today

“The only thing you can bring to the cross has already been brought there: your sins. Have you placed your trust in Jesus Christ for your forgiveness of sin and eternal life with him? You can do that right now. Trust in Christ.”
― Jeremiah J. Johnston, Body of Proof: The 7 Best Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus--and Why It Matters Today

“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25–26 NKJV). That same Scripture passage reassures us that Jesus continues to be The Person of Hope The Power of Hope The Prerequisite of Hope The Promise of Hope The Permanence of Hope”
― Jeremiah J. Johnston, Body of Proof: The 7 Best Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus--and Why It Matters Today

“Then he dramatically meets the risen Jesus on the road, and that changes everything. But he doesn’t just say, Oh, now I believe Jesus is resurrected. Now I believe he’s the Messiah. This conversion means an embracing of Jesus’ whole agenda. That he goes from a narrow-minded chauvinistic misanthropist to a man called Paul who loves all of humanity. The vision of Jesus so changes him that he writes these words in Galatians 3:28: “With Christ . . . there is neither Jew nor Greek” (NIV).”
― Jeremiah J. Johnston, Body of Proof: The 7 Best Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus--and Why It Matters Today