I feel honored to be a very small part of the faculty at Biola University (where I serve as an Adjunct Professor in the Master’s Degree program in Christian Apologetics). In a recent class I taught covering the material in Cold-Case Christianity, I began by asking the seventy-four students why …
Read More »Three Simple Rules for Apologetics Multimedia Presentations
Our goal here at ColdCaseChristianity.com is to help Christian Case Makers become the best “One Dollar Apologists” we can be. Part of this effort is to focus on important strategies that will help you increase your cultural impact, including your ability to make better visual presentations (I teach a class …
Read More »Biblical “Faith”: Trusting What Can’t Be Seen on the Basis of What Can
The Christian concept of “faith” is often either misunderstood or deliberately misrepresented by skeptics and critics of Christianity. Christians are not called to believe blindly. In fact, the Christian worldview is an evidential worldview grounded in the eyewitness testimony of those who saw Jesus provide evidence of His Deity. Sometimes …
Read More »Three Simple Strategies to Help You Become A Better Christian Case Maker
My goal with my ministry here at ColdCaseChristianity.com is to both inspire and equip you as a Christian Case Maker. Together, we can help each other to be the best “One Dollar Apologists” we can be. Part of my work focuses on important strategies to increase our cultural impact, while …
Read More »Is the Cold-Case Christianity Approach a Gimmick Or A Valuable Filter?
I am humbled to have the opportunity to teach classes at Talbot Seminary. Several years ago, in my very first class, seventy-four graduate students enrolled and were present for seventeen hours of instruction over two days. They were attentive, eager and accepting. I am definitely not your typical university professor …
Read More »Why I’m A Christian Evidentialist
Last weekend as I taught the first Cold-Case Christianity class at Biola University as part of their Master’s Degree program in Christian Apologetics, the issue of evidentialism was raised by one of the students. Christian apologists are sometimes divided between presuppositionalists (who presuppose the Bible is Divine revelation) and evidentialists …
Read More »Test Your Eyewitnesses, Even When the Eyewitness Is You
As a detective, I’m a distrustful person. I learned to be skeptical the hard way; I was fooled several times in my early career by convincing liars (both suspects and alleged eyewitnesses). As a result, I’ve learned the importance of testing eyewitnesses, even when they offer testimony favorable to my …
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