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The way skeptics argue against God reveals why God is so hidden to them

by Erik Manning | Christianity says that God loves everyone. It also teaches that God is all-powerful and he’s worked some crazy-amazing miracles in the past. The Bible also says that God knows everything, so he’d know what kind of convincing...

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Here are 18 eye-opening passages from the Gospel of Mark that prove the deity of Jesus. Even if all we had was Mark and the Old Testament, we’d still know that Jesus is God.

by Erik Manning | Biblical critics like Bart Ehrman say that the deity of Christ was a later invention that developed near the end of the first century. Bart and others of his ilk say that Mark, the earliest gospel, has a lower view of Jesus than John, who says he’s the pre-existent Word made Flesh...

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Here are 3 intelligent former atheists who became Christians because of the Moral Argument.

by Erik Manning | There’s a dizzying array of arguments for the existence of God. For a newbie looking to get into apologetics, it can be intimidating trying to figure out where to start. You have the cosmological argument, but it helps if you know something about cosmology, physics and even math. There’s the argument from the origin of life...

Every Christian that is serious about sharing their faith should begin to master this argument today. - Erik Manning

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6 Non-Awkward Questions That You Can Use to Start a Spiritual Conversation With Anyone

by Erik Manning | Most Christians know that they ought to be sharing their faith. I mean, there is the whole “make disciples of all nations” thing that Jesus said. (Matthew 28:19) But knowing and doing end up being two different things for...

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There’s one terrible reason to believe the gospels were written late, and there are 7 historical reasons to believe that they were written early

by Erik Manning | Here’s a question that’s raised by skeptics from time to time. Why were the gospels written a generation after Jesus died? I mean, it’s only the “Greatest Story Ever Told.” Why did it take them so long to write this thing down if it was so important?

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How Bart Ehrman turns differences into contradictions: Did the women at the tomb of Jesus see a man at the tomb, two men, or two angels?

by Erik Manning | Here is a favorite ploy of skeptics and critics of the four gospels: Find two stories that use different words, give different details, name different people and emphasize different things. Throw a flag and cry ‘contradiction!’ But differences in the account aren’t necessarily contradictions. Bart Ehrman...

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Can miracles pass historical tests?

by Erik Manning | There are so many good books that have been written in the last 10 years on the subject of Christian apologetics. It can feel overwhelming to keep up with! Not to mention expensive. Many of these