Reference library
Arguments
Concise cases for defending Christian claims with Scripture, public evidence, and reasoning.
Biblical Monotheism
A biblical argument that the LORD alone is God, so any later claim must be tested by whether it preserves his worship rather than replacing it.
Contingency and Creation
A foundational argument that contingent reality points beyond itself to a necessary Creator.
Daniel 9 and the Messiah Before the Temple's Destruction
A focused argument that Daniel's seventy weeks place an anointed figure before the destruction of Jerusalem and the sanctuary.
Fine-Tuning and Ordered Creation
A careful argument that life-friendly order in the universe is consistent with, and plausibly points toward, a purposeful Creator.
Jesus and Messianic Prophecy
A careful argument that Jesus fulfills Israel's Scriptures through suffering, resurrection, kingship, and the promised blessing to the nations.
Jesus Is God
The New Testament identifies Jesus as God, not as a mere creature or prophet, and the earliest Christian worship agrees.
Liar, Lunatic, or Lord
C. S. Lewis's trilemma, used carefully against the claim that Jesus was merely a good moral teacher.
Objective Morality and God
Objective moral obligation and human dignity fit best within a theistic account of reality.
Public Revelation and Prophetic Tests
Biblical tests for evaluating later prophets, messengers, and restoration claims.
Resurrection as Messianic Vindication
Jesus' resurrection vindicates him as Messiah and Lord.
The Apostolic Gospel Is Final
A biblical argument that later revelation claims must be measured by the apostolic gospel, not allowed to replace it.
The Biblical Personhood of the Holy Spirit
A biblical case that the Holy Spirit acts as a personal and divine agent rather than as an impersonal force.
The Bodily Resurrection of Jesus
A biblical argument that Jesus rose bodily, not as a recreated spirit or a symbolic memory.
The Crucifixion of Jesus
A historical argument that Jesus' death by crucifixion is central to the earliest Christian message and strongly supported by ancient witnesses.
The New Covenant Promised in the Prophets
A biblical argument that the new covenant is promised inside Israel's Scriptures and fulfilled in Christ.
The Reliability of the Bible
Biblical reliability rests on recoverable textual transmission, public testimony, and a coherent canonical witness.
The Reliability of the New Testament
The New Testament preserves early, public apostolic testimony, not a late corruption of Jesus' message.
The Resurrection Witnesses
The public witness to Jesus' resurrection belongs at the center of Christian apologetics.
The Trinity Is Monotheism
The Christian doctrine of the Trinity confesses one God in three persons, not three gods.