The apostles were not preaching mere facts, but an interpretation of an event. The message was that Jesus lived, died, and rose again for their sins! Salvation is no mere assent to the facts about the King, but repentance, faith, and obedience. This is the Good News that saves (1 Cor. 15:2).
-Robert Webber, Ancient-Future Faith: Rethinking Evangelicalism for a Postmodern World (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1999), 146.