Dr. Bock,

I wanted to tell you that you did an outstanding job on Koppel's special. In particular, I really enjoyed watching you take on Tabor. Your off-the-cuff response to his claim about Paul's understanding of the resurrection in 1 Cor 15 was particular good. It is hard to be firm and charitable but I think you really pulled it off.

By the way, as a Catholic, I was very disappointed in Fr. David O'Connell's contorted explanation that led to Koppel's conclusion that faith may contradict "the evidence". Clearly faith and reason must go together, as John Paul II stated in his encyclical, Fides et Ratio. Indeed, if Jesus' body is in the tomb on Easter Monday, that's a real problem. Certainly "we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Pet 1:16).

Thanks again for dealing with this on your site and for speaking for all of us on television.

May God bless you and may He continue to use you as his instrument in this discussion,

Michael Barber
Professor of Theology, Scripture and Catholic Thought
John Paul the Great Catholic University
www.singinginthereign.blogspot.com

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