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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...
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Cold Case Christianity
- Writings
Why Early Marriage Is a Trajectory Decision You Can’t Ignore
The Evidence is in Your Receipts: Where You Really Put Your Identity
Service or Volunteerism? Why the Difference Matters for Every Christian
When No One Sees You: Why Hidden, Ordinary Christians May Be Doing the Most Important Kingdom Work
An Urgent Wake Up Call: Why Christian Parents Must Start Apologetics at Home Now
- Videos
If Trauma Defines You, This Will Be Painful – But Freeing (Video)
The Case That Made Me Rethink the Virgin Conception (Video)
Introverts, You CAN Talk About God: Here’s How – Without Being Awkward (Video)
Stop Saying the Bible’s “Broken”: The Evidence Shreds Modern Skepticism (Video)
No, Christianity Didn’t Hold Back Science – It Created It! (Video)
- Podcasts
Who Wrote Hebrews? The Bible’s Greatest Cold Case (Podcast)
Who Decided What’s In Your Bible? And Were They Right? (Podcast)
The Overlooked Factor That Shaped All of Christianity (Podcast)
This Is NOT How Lambs Work: The Shocking Old Testament Clue Everyone Misses About Jesus (Podcast)
Unmasking the Gospels: Is Mark the Original Jesus Report? (Podcast)
Christian History
When we talk about the importance of marriage, we’re not just talking about a romantic preference or one lifestyle option among many. We’re really talking...
Christian Living
If you want to know what someone actually believes, don’t listen to what they say. Look at the evidence. In homicide investigation, we follow...
Christian Living
Many Christians use the words “service” and “volunteering” as if they were interchangeable, but the difference between them quietly shapes how believers think about...
Christian Living
Many Christians who love apologetics quietly wrestle with a tension: “If I’m not starting a ministry, building a platform, or speaking publicly, am I...
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...
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....
Christian Living
Christian Case Making
Faith and Belief
