Consider

the following summary from Norman L. Geisler and Frank Tureks book. For more information, see
Credits at the end of this document.
The New Covenant or Brit Chadashah contains at least four to six lines of early, independent eyewitness
written testimony:
Major New Covenant writers record the same basic events with diverging details and some unique
material.
They cite at least thirty real historical figures that have been confirmed by ancient non-Christian
writers and various archaeological discoveries.
Luke peppers the second half of Acts with at least 84 historically confirmed eyewitness details and
includes several others in his Gospel.
Lukes proven trustworthiness affirms that of Matthew and Mark because they record the same basic
story.
John includes at least 59 historically confirmed or historically probable eyewitness details in his
Gospels.
Paul and Peter provide the fifth and sixth written testimonies to the Resurrection.

Since this early, independent eyewitness testimony is within one generation of the events, the New
Covenant events cannot be considered legendary.
So there is no question that real historical events are at the core of the New Covenant.
Credits
The preceding presentation was influenced, copied, and paraphrased in large part from Norman L. Geisler
and Frank Tureks 2004 book titled I Dont Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist.1

1 Geisler, Norman L., and Turek, Frank, I Dont Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2004), pp.

273 and 274.