Jon Topping

Here we review the historical data, and form an argument out of it, to show that Jesus Christ actually rose from the dead.

The idea that Jesus was buried, and then the tomb was found empty, is an incredible claim to make. In this episode we look at the historical

If Jesus's tomb was empty, then we need to explain where the body went...In this episode we'll look at the arguments against Jesus' burial.

Imagine for a moment your sibling tried to tell you they were the Son of God, sent from heaven, as the messiah to all of humanity...

One of the big mysteries of the New Testament for a skeptic is, why did Paul convert to Christianity? He had everything going for him, and

...we should look at the evidence that counts as "minimal", meaning, facts that all historians agree with.

This method uses only the data that basically all historians agree upon and shows that the best explanation is that Jesus rose from the dead

The non-Christians who wrote about Jesus and Christianity can show us something quite interesting. We can see how Romans viewed the...

In this episode we continue to look at the ancient non-Christian sources of Lucian of Samosata, the Babylonian Talmud, and Mara bar Serapion

One of the main requests skeptics make when discussing matters of religious history, is for the Christian to present non-Christian writings

We take a look at a couple of the most popular Jesus Mythicists; Richard Carrier, and Robert Price.

Who were the people that chose which books made it into the Bible, and what kind of criteria did they use? What about the books that didn't

We take a look at Bart Ehrman, who is one of the most prominent New Testament skeptics in the world.

Does that defeat the New Testament as being the Word of God? Is the New Testament no longer able to be considered inerrant then?

In this episode Jon explores an example of how to read the Bible using the tools previously discussed on the podcast.

This week I had the treat of interviewing Dr. Ben Shin, who was my professor for Hermeneutics while I was in my grad studies.

Today we’re going to wrap up the genres by taking a look at what is probably the most ignored genres in the Bible: Law.

During these past few episodes we’ve been looking at how to read the Bible, and currently we’re looking at how to study the literary context

In day to day life we make meaning out of the things we read by categorizing them into different genres: a scholarly article, a text message

Ever wonder why Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey and not a horse? Or why slavery in the Bible is different than we think of it?