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'''Gary Habermas''' (born 1950) is a professor and department chairman in the areas of [[philosophy]] and [[theology]] at [[Liberty University]] in Lynchburg, [[Virginia]]. He is best known for his work in [[Christian apologetics]].  In recent history Gary Habermas is considered the foremost Christian apologist for defending the [[resurrection of Jesus]].<ref>http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/dialog_rexperience/dialog_rexperiences.htm</ref><ref>http://www.tektonics.org/books/lichabrvw.html</ref><ref>http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/NTeSources/NTArticles/CTR-NT/Habermas-Resurrection1-CTR.pdf</ref><ref>http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/NTeSources/NTArticles/CTR-NT/Habermas-Resurrection2-CTR.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/crj_explainingaway/crj_explainingaway.htm</ref><ref>http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/historical_apologetics/habermas-nt.html</ref>  Habermas wrote his doctoral thesis on this subject. What is notable was that he did so at a secular school ([[Michigan]] State University), using his "minimal facts" method in which he defends the Resurrection using only historical facts that the vast majority of historians agree with.<ref>http://www.garyhabermas.com/vitainnuce.htm</ref>

'''Gary Habermas''' (born 1950) is a professor and department chairman in the areas of [[philosophy]] and [[theology]] at [[Liberty University]] in Lynchburg, [[Virginia]]. He is best known for his work in [[Christian apologetics]].  In recent history Gary Habermas is considered the foremost Christian apologist for defending the [[resurrection of Jesus]].<ref>http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/dialog_rexperience/dialog_rexperiences.htm</ref><ref>http://www.tektonics.org/books/lichabrvw.html</ref><ref>http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/NTeSources/NTArticles/CTR-NT/Habermas-Resurrection1-CTR.pdf</ref><ref>http://faculty.gordon.edu/hu/bi/Ted_Hildebrandt/NTeSources/NTArticles/CTR-NT/Habermas-Resurrection2-CTR.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/crj_explainingaway/crj_explainingaway.htm</ref><ref>http://www.apologetics.com/default.jsp?bodycontent=/articles/historical_apologetics/habermas-nt.html</ref>  Habermas wrote his doctoral thesis on this subject. What is notable was that he did so at a secular school ([[Michigan]] State University), using his "minimal facts" method in which he defends the Resurrection using only historical facts that the vast majority of historians agree with.<ref>http://www.garyhabermas.com/vitainnuce.htm</ref>

   

   

Dr. Habermas had a debate against the philosopher Antony Flew regarding the resurrection which was chronicled in the work ''Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? The Resurrection Debate'' and the debate had a panel of debate judges.  J. Hampton Keathley, III , Th.M. in his essay ''Evidences for the Resurrection'' wrote: "The decision of the judges were as follows. The panel of philosophers judging content cast four votes for Habermas who argued for the fact of the resurrection, none for Flew, and one draw. The panel of professional debate judges voted three to two, also in favor of Habermas, this time regarding the method of argumentation technique.".<ref>http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=639</ref>  

Dr. Habermas had a debate against the philosopher [[Antony Flew]] regarding the resurrection which was chronicled in the work ''Did Jesus Rise from the Dead? The Resurrection Debate'' and the debate had a panel of debate judges.  J. Hampton Keathley, III , Th.M. in his essay ''Evidences for the Resurrection'' wrote: "The decision of the judges were as follows. The panel of philosophers judging content cast four votes for Habermas who argued for the fact of the resurrection, none for Flew, and one draw. The panel of professional debate judges voted three to two, also in favor of Habermas, this time regarding the method of argumentation technique.".<ref>http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=639</ref>  

Habermas, who went through a ten-year period of religious uncertainty in his youth, has also written two books on the issue of religious doubt: ''Dealing With Doubt'' and ''The Thomas Factor: Using Your Doubts to Grow Closer to God''. The texts of both books are available on his personal website.<ref>http://www.garyhabermas.com/books/books.htm</ref>

Habermas, who went through a ten-year period of religious uncertainty in his youth, has also written two books on the issue of religious doubt: ''Dealing With Doubt'' and ''The Thomas Factor: Using Your Doubts to Grow Closer to God''. The texts of both books are available on his personal website.<ref>http://www.garyhabermas.com/books/books.htm</ref>