Jon Topping

Skeptics will argue that, if crucifixion victims weren’t buried, then Jesus probably wasn’t either. We’ll look at the historical sources showing the fate of crucifixion victims, the sorts of exceptions that were made, and whether Roman and Jewish history lines up with how the Gospels describe what happened to Jesus’ body after He was killed.

The earliest critics of Christianity admitted that Jesus did miracles, and they seem to have assumed the tomb was actually found empty.

Why couldn't God forgive humanity without Jesus' death? Why was Jesus' crucifixion needed in order to forgive sins?

Why did Jesus have to die for us to be saved from our sin? Why can't God just forgive us, without a sacrifice?

Thinking historically, and based on evidence, is there reason to trust the Book of Mormon? Or what about Joseph Smith?

Is the Holy Spirit a force, a power, or a person? What evidence is there for the Christian position?

How can God be loving and good if He created hell for humanity? I think this problem is largely based on a misunderstanding.

How do hallucinations happen? What exactly are they, and are they predictable? These questions will help us evaluate hallucination theory.

Historians date ancient documents by different methods, one of which is looking at the details found within. Here we look at some examples.

Has the Bible been changed over the years? Here we look at the evidence for the reliability of the New Testament.

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.

Some Muslims believe that the Bible has been corrupted, but the Quran says the Bible is from Allah, and cannot be corrupted.

What is Christianity all about? Why did Jesus die? This blog gives an explanation to these issues.