By Erik Manning John Allen Chau’s death has sparked questions about the morality of Christian missions. Is missionary work full of “cultural imperialism and insane arrogance?” Unless you’ve been living under a rock, by now you’ve heard about the death of John Allen...
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Do We Have Reasons to Believe in God’s Existence?
By Brian Chilton Recently, news agencies filled the airwaves and the internet with the news of Stephen Hawking’s last book to be published and released posthumously. The book released on October 16, 2018, is entitled Brief Answers to the Big Questions. Hawking argues...
The Evidence For Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 10: Conclusion
by Evan Minton If you've taken the time to read through this entire series, I commend you. The resurrection of Jesus is the most important event in human history. If it occurred, the Christian worldview is true. If it did not occur, then we need to search for...
The Evidence For Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 9: Probabilities and Plagarism
By Evan Minton This is part 9 in a blog post series on the historical evidence for Jesus' resurrection. In parts 3, 4, 5, and 6, we've seen powerful historical evidence that (1) Jesus died by Roman crucifixion, that (2) His tomb was found empty the following Sunday...
The Evidence For Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 8: Some Unanswered Questions
by Evan Minton This is part 8 in a blog post series on the historical evidence for Jesus' resurrection. In parts 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this series, we've seen powerful historical evidence that (1) Jesus died by Roman crucifixion, that (2) His tomb was found empty the...
The Evidence For Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 7: Reasoning To The Resurrection
by Evan Minton This is part 6 in a blog post series (and eventually, free Kindle book) on the evidence for Jesus' resurrection. In parts 3, 4, 5, and 6 we saw that powerful historical evidence exists for the following 5 facts 1: Jesus died by Roman crucifixion. 2: His...
The Evidence For Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 6: Facts (4) and (5) The Postmortem Appearances To Paul and James
by Evan Minton This is part 6 in a blog post series on the evidence for the historicity of Jesus' resurrection. The Minimal Facts Case for the resurrection of Jesus is what I've been defending the past 5 articles, and in part 2, I explained what a minimal facts...
The Evidence For Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 5: Fact (3) The Postmortem Appearances To The Disciples
by Evan Minton This is part 5 in a series of blog posts detailing the wealth of historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. In the last 2 parts of this blog post series, we saw that the evidence that Jesus died by Roman crucifixion is overwhelming to the point...
The Evidence For Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 4: Fact (2) The Empty Tomb
By Evan Minton We saw in the previous blog post that the historical evidence for Jesus' death was overwhelming. Even several non-Christian scholars affirm it, and even say that it's the one fact about Jesus that is indisputable. However, what happened to...
The Evidence For Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 3: Fact (1) Jesus Died By Crucifixion
By Evan Minton In the previous blog post, I explained what the minimal facts approach was, and how it employed standard historical criterion to the New Testament text rather than it being a "Thus sayeth The Lord" approach. The New Testament is used, but only as an...
The Evidence For Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 2: How To Do History
By Evan Minton In the previous blog post, I talked about how important it was that we affirm that Jesus rose from the dead if He actually did, I warned not to let one's dislike of Christianity's implications get in the way of interpreting the evidence, and I warned...
The 3 Most Important Conversations about Easter that Most Sunday Schools and Parents Aren’t Having with Kids
by Natasha Crain When I think back to Easter as a child, I remember year after year in Sunday School coloring cross pictures, making empty tomb crafts, having Easter-themed snacks, and singing celebratory worship songs. There is no doubt I learned that Jesus was...
The 40 Days of Easter
By Brian G. Chilton Easter is my favorite holiday. It is nice because of the warming weather, the blooming of flowers, the greening of the grass, and the growth of leaves on the trees. Everything looks dead during the winter, but everything seems to come to life...
The Evidence For Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 1: Why This Matters
By Evan Minton Did Jesus really rise from the dead? How can we know? Most people, both Christians, and non-Christians alike, will tell you that if you believe that Jesus rose from the dead, it has to be on either the basis of a religious experience (for example, you...
Historical Evidence of the Resurrection: A Debate with a Skeptical Friend
By Tim Stratton While attending Biola University, Dr. Clay Jones gave me the assignment to engage in friendly and respectful debate with a skeptical non-believer regarding the historical resurrection of Jesus. A deep-thinking friend of mine (who happened to be an...
Your Kids Need to Think Critically About the Resurrection… Because Secular Media Does Not
By Natasha Crain This month’s issue of Scientific American magazine features an article by atheist Michael Shermer entitled, “What Would It Take to Prove the Resurrection?” It’s boldly subtitled, “How to think about claims, even the Resurrection.” Wow! This article in...
Christianity is True Even If Some of the Bible Isn’t
Is Christianity true just because the inerrant Bible says it is? No. Christianity would still be true even if the Bible was never written. Let me explain. It’s a common belief prevalent among some Christians today that what we know about Christianity depends on an...
Christian Vs. Secular Ideology: The Power Of The Resurrection
by Justin Steckbauer There is a war on today. It’s not a war of guns or bombs, but a war of ideas. The war is about worldview. The war is about the course of human history. The war is about religion and the eviction of God from modern society. Battles rage on the...
The Minimal Facts of the Resurrection
By Aaron Brake “The evidence for the resurrection is better than for claimed miracles in any other religion. It’s outstandingly different in quality and quantity.” —Antony Flew— INTRODUCTION The truth of Christianity stands or falls on the bodily resurrection of Jesus...
What Happens to Our Souls When We Die?
There are many good reasons to believe we, as humans, are more than simply physical bodies. Humans are “soulish” creatures; we are living souls united to physical bodies. Even without the guidance of Scripture, there are good reasons to believe our lives will not end...
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