| | In his essay the ''[[Testimony of the Evangelists Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice]]'', Greenleaf wrote the following: | | In his essay the ''[[Testimony of the Evangelists Examined by the Rules of Evidence Administered in Courts of Justice]]'', Greenleaf wrote the following: |
| | {{cquote|All that Christianity asks of men…is, that they would be consistent with themselves; that they would treat its evidences as they treat the evidence of other things; and that they would try and judge its actors and witnesses, as they deal with their fellow men, when testifying to human affairs and actions, in human tribunals. Let the witnesses [to the Resurrection] be compared with themselves, with each other, and with surrounding facts and circumstances; and let their testimony be sifted, as if it were given in a court of justice, on the side of the adverse party, the witness being subjected to a rigorous cross-examination. The result, it is confidently believed, will be an undoubting conviction of their integrity, ability and truth.<ref>http://www.bibleteacher.org/sgtestimony.htm</ref>}} | | {{cquote|All that Christianity asks of men…is, that they would be consistent with themselves; that they would treat its evidences as they treat the evidence of other things; and that they would try and judge its actors and witnesses, as they deal with their fellow men, when testifying to human affairs and actions, in human tribunals. Let the witnesses [to the Resurrection] be compared with themselves, with each other, and with surrounding facts and circumstances; and let their testimony be sifted, as if it were given in a court of justice, on the side of the adverse party, the witness being subjected to a rigorous cross-examination. The result, it is confidently believed, will be an undoubting conviction of their integrity, ability and truth.<ref>http://www.bibleteacher.org/sgtestimony.htm</ref>}} |
| | * [http://www.mtio.com/articles/bissart1.htm The Jury Returns: A Juridical Defense of Christianity — An excerpt from Evidence for Faith Chapter 6, Part 2] by [[John Warwick Montgomery]] | | * [http://www.mtio.com/articles/bissart1.htm The Jury Returns: A Juridical Defense of Christianity — An excerpt from Evidence for Faith Chapter 6, Part 2] by [[John Warwick Montgomery]] |