By Alisa Childers "Do you understand what you're reading?" This simple question is credited with carrying Christianity into Ethiopia. (1) Acts chapter 8 tells of Philip being led to the desert by...
Why It Is A Mistake To Say That All Religions Are The Same
By Al Serrato Every year in America, thousands of crimes occur in which there are no witnesses and very little evidence. Sometimes, the perpetrator leaves behind a fingerprint impression - a latent...
A Reply to Bart Ehrman’s Defense of Jesus, Interrupted on the MythVision Podcast
Nearly a year ago, I published a series of three articles in which I reviewed sections of Bart Ehrman’s book Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t...
Improbable Planet by Hugh Ross ― Audio Book Highlight
By Luke Nix Introduction If you consume a large portion of your material through audio, it is hard to get past a good deal on an excellent audiobook. Twice every year ChristianAudio.com runs a sale...
Did John Really Write John?
By Ryan Leasure The Gospel according to John has received more scrutiny than the other Gospels put together. Case in point, dating back to the 1920s, critical scholars have argued that the apostle...
The Key To Less Stressful Decision Making
By Bob Perry “What is God’s will for my life?” This is a common question to hear from someone who is pondering a difficult life decision. Making big decisions can be confusing. But using “God’s...
Book Review: Another Gospel? by Alisa Childers
By Timothy Fox In my last blog post, I shared some of the most important books regarding cultural issues that I read in the year since the COVID lockdowns began in March 2020. While those books...
Why Does the Church Need Apologetics?
By Mia Langford Apologetics is having an overdue moment in the spotlight, thanks in part to challenges from media influence on the culture. Dr. Ray Ciervo, apologist, pastor, and SES Alum, joins us...
Why Don’t the Synoptic Gospels Mention Lazarus?
By Ryan Leasure Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead is one of the most well-known stories in the Gospels. Yet, for some reason, Matthew, Mark, and Luke don’t mention it. This head-scratching absence...
3 Reasons Why Christians Should Be Evidential Investigators Instead of Experience Junkies
By Alisa Childers Two men. Both grew up in Christian homes in suburban America. Both have famous Evangelical fathers. Both made personal decisions for Christ and became actively involved and...
Resurrection Defense Series: Reasons to Accept the Empty Tomb
By Brian Chilton Gary Habermas is no stranger to those who study the historicity of Jesus’s resurrection. He is a world-renowned scholar on the resurrection who serves as a Research Scholar teaching...
“Sanctification” and “Justification”… What’s the Difference and Why Does It Matter
By Andrew Cowley Defining and explaining the meaning of “sanctification” and “justification” can be a daunting task—yet a task that every believer should thoroughly dedicate themselves to. It is...
5 Important Books I Read During 1 Year of COVID (That You Should Read Too)
By Timothy Fox I’ve always enjoyed reading. And when the COVID lockdowns began in March 2020, there wasn’t much else to do for a long time. I took full advantage of this, though, and over the next...
UK Police Arrest 71-Year-Old Pastor For Defining Marriage The Way Jesus Defined Marriage
By Wintery Knight I think it’s important for American Christians to learn lessons about what happens to religious liberty by looking at what happens to Christians in other times and places when...
Is God Fading Away?
By Mia Langford The “omnis” of theology – omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence, etc. – are under increasing attack, and not just from what are recognized as more theologically liberal camps of...
Can Jesus’ Story Still Surprise You?
By Bob Perry History shows that prudence and wisdom are rarely on the side of new ways of looking at Scripture. This is especially true of the “progressive” bent toward remaking Jesus in a...
What Our Perpetual Fight With Entropy Tells Us
By Al Serrato Many years ago, when I was younger and much less wise, I decided it would be a good father-son project to invest in an older car that I could restore. (Note to fathers: it’s a much...
Simon of Cyrene, Cleopas, and the Eyewitness Testimony of the Gospels
By Ryan Leasure Modern critics doubt that eyewitnesses stand behind the four Gospels. In fact, they argue that the first followers of Jesus told others about Jesus who told others about Jesus who...
Resurrection Defense Series: Early Eyewitness Testimony and the Failure of Hallucinations to Account for Them
By Brian Chilton Regardless of whether an event is recent or of antiquity, the researched event holds greater historical probability if it holds a higher number of eyewitnesses. The more eyes on the...