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First it was the battle for the Bible; now it is the battle for the resurrection. First the question was whether we can trust what the Bible says about itself; now the question is whether we can trust what the Bible says about the resurrection. First it was whether inspiration covered only spiritual matters but not historical and scientific statements. Now it is whether the resurrection body is...

This suggests that after his resurrection his essential state was one of invisibility and immateriality. It will be spiritual also in that it is … neither fleshly nor fleshy. From this point of view the new body is qualitatively and numerically distinct from the old body (emphases mine). These developments signal a new and crucial battle inside the evangelical church—the battle for the resurrection. Fighting for the resurrection is not new; fighting for it inside evangelical circles is. Once it was
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