Are We Just Naked Apes?
What, if anything, separates human beings from every other species on earth? Are we just naked apes? Or something more?
A Royal Ruin: Pascal's Argument from Humanity to Christianity
How can we explain mankind's dueling capacities for debauchery and greatness? Pascal argued Christianity held the answer.
"Christianity is completely irrational and not testable"
Responding to the common objection that Christianity is irrational rather than based on any factual evidence.
"The Gospel of Jesus' Wife": a forgery
Why the so-called "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" is a modern forgery.
Does Astronomy Reveal Joshua’s Long Day?
A popular story gives a salutary warning of the need to check our sources carefully and be careful in the arguments we use.
The Qur’an vs the Bible
For the first time, Western Orientalists (primarily in Europe) are applying an external historical / critical analysis of the Qur’an,…
Recent Perspectives on the Reliability of the Gospels
The usual attempts to defend the historical reliability of the New Testament are often fairly general in nature. These arguments are…
Addressing Moral Objections to Christianity
Moral objections to Christianity are some of the deepest and hardest to answer. This talk offers guidance for navigating this tricky area.
The Historicity of the Empty Tomb of Jesus
An examination of both Pauline and gospel material leads to eight lines of evidence in support of the conclusion that Jesus's tomb was…