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...
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Cold Case Christianity
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Alien Shock: Would First Century Christians Even Recognize Our Churches? (Podcast)
John 1 Destroyed My ‘Just-a-Prophet’ Jesus: A Cold-Case Detective Makes the Deity Case (Podcast)
Rethinking Love: Why Covenants, Not Contracts, Change Every Relationship – Married or Single (Podcast)
Trauma, Murder, and God’s Plan: Why Your Worldview Determines Your Wounds (Podcast)
Stop Chasing Platforms: Why Real Christian Service Isn’t About Ministries, Money, or Fame (Podcast)
Christian Case Making
Apologetics has always held a vital place in my own walk as a Christian and in the life of the Church. Yet I’m not...
Christian Living
If you’re someone who’s taken your faith in Jesus seriously, there’s a good chance you’ve already been discipled by somebody. But often, that raises...
Jesus
When I first opened the pages of the New Testament, I didn’t approach it as a believer—I came at it as a skeptic, a...
Christian Living
Christians often find themselves confronted by a popular misconception: that we should never judge others. I frequently hear variations of this sentiment—“Don’t judge me,”...
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...
Current Events
Unsurprisingly, our national conversation about gun violence intensifies following any well-publicized shooting or murder, especially if it occurs in a school or public setting....
Belief / Faith
Police officers are required to qualify with their service weapons on a regular basis. At our agency, we qualify every month, shooting a standard...
Belief / Faith
Many years ago, as an undergraduate student, my astronomy teacher used an illustration with our class to demonstrate the importance of specificity when asking...
