(In this series of blog posts, we will experiment with longer formats and assistance from generative AI.) Why Christianity Begins Long Before Bethlehem If you ask a contemporary person where Christianity began, they might mention the stable in Bethlehem. Open almost any introductory book on the Christian faith, and it will quickly move to the…
(In this series of blog posts, we will experiment with longer formats and assistance from generative AI.) In our previous two posts, we argued that miracles occupy a surprisingly modest place within the biblical narrative. Although they are central to the Christian faith, they are not scattered evenly throughout history. Instead, they are concentrated around…
Introduction (In this series of blog posts, we will experiment with longer formats and assistance from generative AI.) The term “miracle” is one of the more liberally applied words in contemporary discourse, used to describe everything from remarkable medical recoveries to fortuitous sporting events. However, applying the same terminology to both the resurrection of Christ…
Late last year we published Origin: Why Genesis 1–11 Trumps Secular Accounts. The book attempts something increasingly unusual in the modern world: a discussion of physics, cosmology, biology and history which also treats biblical miracles as real events. This approach was necessary because the Christian faith is inseparable from miracles. In fact, it is not…
