Proof The Bible Is True

Who wrote the Gospels? Are there good reasons to attribute their authorship to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? In this talk, Dr. Timothy McGrew lays out the case for the traditional authorship of the Gospels, while countering Bart Ehrman’s claims that the Gospels are forgeries. This is one hour of content followed by twenty minutes of Q&A. This is PART 1 of a series of lectures: 01: Who Wrote the Gospels? 02: External Evidence for the Truth of the Gospels and Acts 03: Internal Evidence for the Truth of the Gospels 04: Alleged Historical Errors in the Gospels 05: Alleged [More]

Today’s interview is with Chad Williams, evangelist, former Navy SEAL, and author of the book SEAL of God. He talks about his training in the SEALS, his mentor Scott Helvenston, his radical conversion to Christianity, persecution, communicating the Gospel, street preaching, evangelism, the use of testimonies, encouragement in doing evangelism and using apologetics, and more. Get Chad’s book on Kindle or paperback—a fascinating read. Chad’s website: StreetApologetics.com More resources can be found at www.apologetics315.com

In this lecture, entitled Alleged Historical Errors in the Gospels, Dr. Timothy McGrew critiques the strongest objections to the historical reliability of the Gospels of Luke & John. This is about 55 minutes of content followed by thirty minutes of Q&A. If you want the powerpoint, go to www.Apologetics315.com Visit the Library of Historical Apologetics at http For more apologetics resources like this one, visit www.Apologetics315.com This is PART 4a of a series of lectures 01: Who Wrote the Gospels? 02: External Evidence for the Truth of the Gospels and Acts 03: Internal Evidence for the Truth of the Gospels [More]

In this lecture, entitled Alleged Contradictions in the Gospels, Dr. Timothy McGrew explores a litany of 9 alleged contradictions between the Gospels. This is about an hour of content followed by a short Q&A. If you want the powerpoint and PDF of this lecture, go to www.Apologetics315.com Visit the Library of Historical Apologetics at http For more apologetics resources like this one, visit www.Apologetics315.com This is PART 5b of a series of lectures 01: Who Wrote the Gospels? 02: External Evidence for the Truth of the Gospels and Acts 03: Internal Evidence for the Truth of the Gospels 04a: Alleged [More]

Do the Gospels and Acts present accurate history? In this talk, originally presented for Reasonable Faith Belfast, Dr. Timothy McGrew explores five tests for historical credibility for the Gospels and book of Acts. This is one hour and ten minutes of content-packed analysis followed by thirty minutes of Q&A. For more great apologetics resources, be sure to visit www.Apologetics315.com

In this lecture, entitled The Resurrection of Jesus, Dr. Timothy McGrew present a case for the resurrection of Jesus based upon five facts found in the Gospels. He evaluated other competing hypotheses, showing that the resurrection alone accounts for all the historical data. This is about 45 minutes of content followed by fifteen minutes of Q&A. PowerPoints and handouts can be found at www.apologetics315.com. This is PART 6 of a series of lectures: 01: Who Wrote the Gospels? 02: External Evidence for the Truth of the Gospels and Acts 03: Internal Evidence for the Truth of the Gospels 04: Alleged [More]

In this lecture, entitled Internal Evidences for the Truth of the Gospels, Dr. Timothy McGrew presents internal evidence bearing on the authenticity of the Gospels, with a special emphasis on undesigned coincidences in the Gospel accounts. This is about 45 minutes of content followed by fifteen minutes of Q&A. If you want the powerpoint, go to www.Apologetics315.com Visit the Library of Historical Apologetics at http For more apologetics resources like this one, visit www.Apologetics315.com This is PART 3 of a series of lectures 01: Who Wrote the Gospels? 02: External Evidence for the Truth of the Gospels and Acts 03: [More]

In this lecture, entitled Alleged Contradictions in the Gospels, Dr. Timothy McGrew explores and answers 7 alleged contradictions between the Gospels. This is about an hour of content followed by about 15 minutes of Q&A. If you want the powerpoint and PDF of this lecture, go to www.Apologetics315.com Visit the Library of Historical Apologetics at http For more apologetics resources like this one, visit www.Apologetics315.com This is PART 5a of a series of lectures 01: Who Wrote the Gospels? 02: External Evidence for the Truth of the Gospels and Acts 03: Internal Evidence for the Truth of the Gospels 04a: [More]

In this lecture, entitled Alleged Historical Errors in the Gospels, Dr. Timothy McGrew critiques seven of the strongest objections to the historical reliability of the Gospels of Mark and Matthew. This is about 55 minutes of content followed by fifteen minutes of Q&A. If you want the powerpoint, go to www.Apologetics315.com Visit the Library of Historical Apologetics at http For more apologetics resources like this one, visit www.Apologetics315.com This is PART 4a of a series of lectures 01: Who Wrote the Gospels? 02: External Evidence for the Truth of the Gospels and Acts 03: Internal Evidence for the Truth of [More]

Today’s interview is with Richard Morgan, a former atheist who found salvation in Jesus Christ. His testimony is fascinating, as part of his conversion story came about through his interactions on the Richard Dawkins website discussion boards. He has appeared on the Unbelievable? Radio program (here / MP3). He talks about his background, how he arrived at atheism, how he viewed God, his encounters on the RD forums, and his conversion to Christianity. He also offers some words of insight for Christians and atheists. For more apologist interviews, visit Apologetics315.com

Today’s interview is with Marcia Montenegro, founder of Christian Answers for the New Age (CANA). She talks about the difference between the New Age and the occult, how people tend to get into these areas, her journey into the occult and work as a professional astrologer, the nature of spiritual experiences and what’s going on, spirit guides, astrology, her conversion to Christianity, and her advice to those interacting with those caught up in the New Age or occult. For more apologist interviews, visit Apologetics315.com

Today’s interview is with Peter Kreeft, professor of philosophy at Boston College and at the King’s College, in New York City. He talks about his background and influences, his view of philosophy and theology, why we should learn logic (and his logic textbook), etiquette in evaluating arguments, Socratic method & dialogue, caring for the soul, dealing with difficult and loaded questions, preparation for apologetics dialogue (it’s not just study), cultivating integrity and character, advice for being a life-long learner, and using literature in apologetics. For more apologist interviews, visit Apologetics315.com

Today’s interview is with apologist Norman Geisler, Distinguished Professor of Apologetics at Veritas Evangelical Seminary and author of over 70 books. He answers a variety of questions and topics: how he got into apologetics, his greatest influences on his own thinking, the change on the apologetics landscape in the past decades, his suggested required reading for all apologists, the kinds of arguments he has encountered and how they have affected him, advice for studying arguments, the growth of apologetics in the church, the top three topics to focus on, skills apologists should develop, pitfalls to avoid, areas that should be [More]

Today’s interview is with Holly Ordway, professor of English and literature and author of Not God’s Type: A Rational Academic Finds a Radical Faith. She talks about her background as an atheist, her encounters with Christians in the past, the influence of literature and poetry, personal influences from others, looking at arguments for the existence of God, counter-arguments against God, psychological explanations, her encounter with Christ, her advice to skeptics and her advice to Christian apologists. For more apologist interviews, visit Apologetics315.com

Today’s interview is with New Testament scholar Dr. Craig Blomberg, distinguished professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary in Colorado. He talks about how he got into NT studies, the importance of the Gospels and their dating, how we determine the authorship of the Gospels, how we got four Gospels and not more, the selection of the Gospel canon, the use of non-canonical sources, dealing with miracles account found in historical documents, responding to the claim of contradictions in the Gospels, interpreting historical documents, differences in the Gospel of John, the work and impact of Bart Ehrman, the “all-or-nothing” approach [More]

Today’s interview is with Biblical scholar Professor Craig Evans. He talks about his background and how he got into this area of scholarship (Jesus, the Gospels and Biblical manuscripts), what impresses him most about the Bible, handling manuscripts, the quest for the historical Jesus (and its overall timeline), the scholarly opinion on the “Jesus never existed” claim, the consensus of scholarship (and why scholarship is important), the contemporary distortion of Jesus, the demonstrable flaws in the thinking of particular scholars, evaluating presuppositions, a case for the reliability of the Gospels, the contrasting view of the “other” gospels, how to investigate [More]

Today’s interview is with Paul L. Maier, the Russell H. Seibert Professor of Ancient History at Western Michigan University and a much-published author of both scholarly and popular works. He talks about his background as an historian, the existence of Jesus, his debate with Dan Barker, the pagan myth accusation, ancient sources for the life of Jesus, the historicity of the first Christmas, and more. For more apologist interviews, visit Apologetics315.com

Is it a coincidence that Jesus is the Messiah?

Most people struggle to believe what Jesus had to say. How can we know for sure that Jesus made the claims he did in the Bible?

The Bible is a historical book based upon events within history. How do we know? Josh McDowell talks about several books of the Bible that were written from eyewitness account.

Josh McDowell shares some convincing truths on why the claims of Jesus must be true.

Our guest Sean McDowell from Worldview Ministries answers the question “Is God a Human Invention?” For more info about our guest, visit seanmcdowell.org.

Jesus is the most unlikely candidate to be the Messiah of his time. Josh McDowell provides a historical perspective of Jesus as seen through the eyes of the religious men during Biblical times.

JOIN Co-authors Josh McDowell & Dave Sterrett for The World’s Biggest CoffeeHouse Chat Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 7 PM Central/7 PM Pacific. Josh, a former agnostic and best-selling Christian author, and Dave of I am Second will host a one-hour live, interactive webinar to tackle YOUR hard-to-answer questions about the Bible, Jesus, and the Resurrection. It just might rescue YOU from the brink of overwhelming doubt, fear, or unbelief when you need it most!

Josh McDowell answers the question Is what was written in the Bible actually what happened?