Something seemed different about her the past few weeks. She was usually upbeat and funny, but she had changed. I picked up on it a time or two, but dismissed it as the usual teenage drama. I remember when I was a teen–way back in the stone age. One day I would be cool with you and the next I didn’t know you.

In 2 Corinthians 12:10 Paul, a servant of Jesus, wrote: “That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” Wait, did this guy just say that he “delights” in trials?

There I stood, face to face with a drunken madman holding a machete high above his head. My adrenaline pumped ferociously. Is this guy serious? What in the world did I do wrong? I asked myself. I’m innocent! Lord! Help me! I prayed.

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In this episode of the Worldview Warriors Podcast we continue the series on defending the resurrection. Did the disciples experience a mass hallucination? Did Jesus even really die on the cross? Listen in as youth ministers, Jason DeZurik and Mark Groen discuss answers to these questions that skeptics ask about the resurrection.