"The Easter Challenge" is regularly issued by atheists and sceptics. Can Christians provide a coherent account the events of the resurrection of Jesus that harmonises the apparent differences between the four Gospel accounts?

Jay Smith is a Bible scholar and evangelist who says that it can be done. He debates with agnostic sceptic Stephen Pilcher on the details of the Gospel accounts. How many women went to the tomb? Were there angels present? Who did Jesus appear to?

For the challenge as issued by Dan Barker see: http://www.ffrf.org/legacy/books/lfif/?t=stone

For Andy Bannister's harmonisation see http://www.answering-islam.org/Andy/Resurrection/harmony.html

For more Christian/non-Christian debate visit http://www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable or get the MP3 podcast http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes

If you enjoyed this programme you may also enjoy:

Unbelievable? 16th April 2011 - Biblical evidence for the Resurrection Bart Ehrman & Mike Licona

Unbelievable? 10 Jun 2007 - The resurrection Dead or Alive: the Truth of the Resurrection

Join the discussion at the Premier Community http://www.premiercommunity.org.uk/group/unbelievable and via Facebook and Twitter

Unbelievable? 4 Jun 2011 - Making the resurrection add up