Culture
In a recent interview with the South Florida Sun Sentinel, James and Kimberly Snead, the couple who took in the Florida school shooter after...
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What Would Happen If You Investigated the Bible Like a Detective? (Podcast)
Could the Creation of Artificial Life in a Lab Prove There Is No God? (Podcast)
A Key Reason Some People Still Reject the Resurrection (Podcast)
Do The Gospels Disagree About the Easter Account? (Podcast)
What Impact Has Christianity Had on Our World? (Podcast)
Jesus
Every December, even those who doubt the claims of Christianity often find themselves celebrating Christmas. But beneath the cultural festivities lies one extraordinary assertion:...
Evil
Evil has always been one of the most common challenges raised against belief in God. I’ve faced that question many times — not just...
Culture
The idea that Christians are inherently anti-science is not only common but persistent, echoed in conversations and cultural commentary for as long as I...
Jesus
When skeptics argue that Jesus never actually claimed to be God, they often mean that Jesus didn’t utter the words, “I am God. Worship...
Biblical Reliability
When I first began examining the claims of the Book of Mormon, I was an atheist who had just become interested in the person...
Biblical Reliability
I’ve learned to test witnesses in my criminal investigations before trusting their testimony, and I evaluate them with the template we typically use in jury trials. One...
Current Events
A recent Washington Post article celebrated the naming of Lucas Warren as the 2018 Gerber baby. Every year, the Gerber Products Company selects an...
Jesus
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...
Jesus
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...
Faith and Belief