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At the age of thirty-five, I was a skeptical detective at a large municipal police agency in Los Angeles County. I was also a...
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Do The Gospels Disagree About the Easter Account? (Podcast)
What Impact Has Christianity Had on Our World? (Podcast)
What Role Does Our Limited Knowledge and the Need for A Standard Play in the “Problem of Evil”? (Podcast)
What Role Does the Power to Draw and the Role of Justice Play in the “Problem of Evil”? (Podcast)
What Role Does Love and Character Development Play in the “Problem of Evil”? (Podcast)
Culture
When it comes to conversations about science and faith, many Christians feel intimidated—especially when the other person has formal scientific training. I get it....
Biblical Reliability
Many skeptics question whether we can truly rely on the words of the disciples as recorded in the Gospels, simply because these accounts were...
God / Theism
The just so appearance of “fine-tuning” in our universe is rather uncontroversial amongst scientists and cosmologists. Even Paul Davies (who is agnostic when it...
Biblical Reliability
The case for the reliability of the New Testament Gospel eyewitness accounts is dependent on the trustworthiness of its authors. In cold-case criminal trials, eyewitness accounts are...
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Homicide detectives are perhaps the least trusting people in the country. My own experience investigating murders has taught me to consider everyone a liar...
Jesus
Homicide detectives see a lot of dead people. I certainly saw my share, investigating murders in Los Angeles County for nearly two decades. For...
God / Theism
My cold cases are typically built on circumstantial evidence. Cumulative circumstantial cases are incredibly powerful when considered in their totality; the more diverse the...
Christian Living
I must confess that I empathized with Joy Behar (co-host of ABC’s The View) when she recently expressed concern about a claim that Vice...
Biblical Reliability
When I first started investigating the reliability of the New Testament Gospels, I was fascinated by the ancient non-Canonical stories and legends related to...
Biblical Reliability
As an early investigator of Christianity, I was interested in everything ever written in antiquity about Jesus. One day, while searching the religion section...
Culture
Two years ago, the University of Miami established the Appignani Foundation Chair for the Study of Atheism, Humanism, and Secular Ethics. It is the...
Belief / Faith
As an atheist, I considered myself a committed philosophical naturalist, and I rejected supernatural explanations related to scientific or historical inquiry. If I encountered...
Christian Living
Not long ago, I had the honor of speaking to the congregation of North Metro Church in Marietta, Georgia. This thriving, growing church is...
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