For nominal or devout Christians, Easter is the most significant holiday of the year. Some prepare by sacrificing food, electronics or soft drinks. These may sound trivial but they point to the energy we spend trying to honor the One who created the most miraculous event in human history. It is the event that turned the world upside down but one which many people – particularly millennials – struggle to believe.

It’s easy to see why. We parents have taken our children to mass or church, telling them Bible stories and teaching them prayers, but have fallen short on impressing upon them the truth of Easter. We haven’t taught them apologetics and the historical evidence that Jesus was not just a good, smart guy – he was God. Instead, we have focused on communicating our personal experiences and for our children trying to choose or reject God, these aren’t enough. They want to know how we know that Easter really occurred.

We parents have taken our children to mass or church, telling them Bible stories and teaching them prayers, but have fallen short on impressing upon them the truth of Easter.

So, we must tell them. Hundreds of scholars have found…