Hello,
There are many I could mention. Here a few off the top of my head:
One of them is that the Bible tells us that human beings tend to make idols of things and when I look around at the world, I see the same thing—from the worship of the nature gods of the ancient world (and even today) to money, sex, jobs, drugs, shopping, hobbies, you name it…we are always tending to make idols out of things and letting that distract us from worshipping the One who started this universe which eventually led to unique, intelligent creatures capable of love and reason.
Secondly, the Bible tells us that humans avoid truth and are easily led into lies. Again, I see the same thing when I look around at world history, the current world, at other people, and myself. (Although, with grace comes a greater desire and ability to recognize truth at all times in all areas of life.)
Thirdly, in 1961, a stone was discovered in Caeserea, Israel that bore the name of Pontius Pilate. Before that, there apparently was no mention of him anywhere except the Gospels, which no doubt bothered many skeptical people. Not only that but his title, “prefect of Judea”, is also on the stone, confirming the Gospels accounts.
Fourthly, the shroud of Turin and the mysterious image found on it that was never seen until it was photographed in 1898. The resurrection of Jesus, if it is true, I think all would agree, is the most amazing event in the history of the world. Then you look at the Shroud and you have to conclude—is it just a coincidence that there is a garment that just so happens to be the most amazing garment in the history of the world?–A garment that is a visible depiction of both a crucifixion and quite possibly, the Resurrection? This shroud has been studied by scientists of all disciplines and no one knows how that negative image got on there?
I mean if there were many of these mysteriously confounding garments in the world I could see the skepticism, but there isn’t; there’s only one–the Shroud of Turin, which so happens to be associated with Jesus Christ and not Buddha, Krishna or Muhammad or any other god figure from the ancient world; which depicts in the blood stains, the wounds directly described in the Gospels (and in Isaiah 53, which according to scholars, was written centuries before the birth of Christ); and in the negative image, what surely seems like some kind of luminous event where some type of mysterious light must have passed through it; an event like a Resurrection?
The head of the 1978 investigation of the shroud, Ray Rogers, before his death, said that he believed it was the shroud that Jesus was buried in. I agree. To me, using logic, the Shroud of Turin is pretty solid physical evidence of this event.
