Eyewitness accounts are valuable when validating whether or not an event took place, though there can be a fair amount of scrutiny given to ancient accounts like the one in our Gospel lesson for this week. We may not have the benefit of time travel to satisfy the naysayers, but we do have the benefit of a historical record that shows a world being transformed by men and women who put their faith in the Risen Lord and, by the power of His Spirit, worked to bring about His Kingdom on earth. As Fr. Ward points out, seeing doesn’t always lead to believing, and the Scriptures are filled with accounts of people who saw clearly with their eyes, but still did not believe in their hearts.