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Dr. Timothy Paul Jones | Preaching the Resurrection

March 27, 2025 • 4:30 pm

Join us for a panel to discuss Dr. Jones’ new book “Did the Resurrection Really Happen?”

Join Dr. Timothy Paul Jones, Dr. Hershael W. York, and Pastor Jamaal Williams to discuss Professor Jones’ latest release, Did the Resurrection Really Happen? In addition to a look inside his book this event will engage in a thoughtful dialogue centered around preaching that provides reasons for the resurrection.

A Concise Look at the Evidence for Christ’s Resurrection 

The entire Christian faith depends on the belief that Jesus of Nazareth rose from the dead. If there was no empty tomb, Christians have an empty faith. But how can we be confident the resurrection really happened? 

In this concise booklet, author Timothy Paul Jones addresses the doubts and questions that arise from Jesus’s resurrection as recorded in the New Testament. Jones argues this story is not a mere repetition of old pagan tales or a fabrication to fulfill Jewish expectations. Instead, it was a historical event, and that is supported by compelling evidence, including accounts of men and women who were willing to die for what they believed they had seen. 

Skeptics are correct to assume that such claims should not be taken lightly. But what happens if Jesus really did rise from the dead? What would it mean for me and you? 

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Dr. Timothy Paul Jones is Vice President for Doctoral Studies and Chair of the Department of Apologetics, Ethics, and Philosophy. He has been the Professor of Christian Family Ministry since 2007. Dr. Jones serves as one of the teaching pastors at Sojourn Church Midtown in Louisville, Kentucky.
Dr. Hershael W. York is Dean of The School of Theology and the Victor and Louise Lester Professor of Christian Preaching. Hershael York has served as the 11th dean of Southern Seminary’s School of Theology since 2018, and as the Victor and Louise Lester Professor of Christian Preaching since 1999. Dr. York is the Pastor Emeritus of Buck Run Baptist Church in Frankfort, Kentucky.
Pastor Jamaal Williams received both his M.A. and D.Ed.Min in Black Church Leadership at Southern Seminary. He has been the Lead Pastor of Sojourn Church Midtown in Louisville, Ky since 2016 and also serves as President of Harbor Network. He is also the co-author of In Church as It Is in Heaven, a book exploring how the gospel shapes a multiethnic kingdom culture.

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