Christian apologist, theologian, author, and former documentary filmmaker with a strong academic and ministry background. Graduate of Cedarville University (B.A. Speech Communications, Pre-Seminary Bible), Immanuel Theological Seminary (Th.M. and Th.D. in Christian Apologetics and New Testament Textual Criticism), the Israel Bible Center (Postgraduate studies in Biblical Hebrew), the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome (Postgraduate studies in Shroud studies) and Dallas Theological Seminary (Postgraduate studies). Produced faith-based documentaries through Ensign Media, distributed by Vision Video and Gateway Films. Husband to Kathy, father, and grandfather. Resides in Morrow, Ohio.
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The Argument From Reason
Why the Reliability of Human Thought Points Beyond Atheism “The fear (Heb יִרְאַ֣ת – reverent awe and covenantal respect) of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.” – Proverbs 9:10 Few arguments for the existence of God challenge modern atheism as strongly as the argument from…
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The Bible’s Supernatural Worldview
And Why Modern Christianity Is Uncomfortable With It Modern readers often approach the Bible with a quiet but powerful assumption: that while supernatural events may have happened then, they do not meaningfully happen now. In the process, we tend to de-spiritualize Scripture, treating angels, spirits, divine encounters, and cosmic conflict as relics of a distant past rather…
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The Shroud of Turin: Facts, Faith, and Why Evangelicals Should Not Dismiss It
Facts That Stand Regardless of Conclusion No matter of what one ultimately concludes about the Shroud of Turin, there are several facts about it that are simply not in serious dispute. These facts do not require belief in its authenticity as Jesus’ burial cloth, nor do they demand any particular theological commitment. They are matters…
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Is Yahweh Guilty of Moral Atrocity?
A Critical Examination of Numbers 31 “The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites.’” (Numbers 31:1–2) Among Old Testament texts, Numbers 31 is often invoked by skeptics with unusual confidence but minimal contextual analysis. It is commonly summarized through emotionally charged categories: genocide, infanticide, sex slavery; treated as self-evident judgments rather…
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How Ancient Israel Understood the Christmas Story
“Many Jews of the first century believed that they were living at the climax of Israel’s history and that the long-awaited redemption was near.” – N. T. Wright, Jesus and the Victory of God We often approach the Christmas story as if it floats above history, detached from time, place, and culture. Over the years, debates…
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“Buy Us and Our Land”
Why Genesis 47 Must Shape How We Read Leviticus 25 There are moments in Scripture where a single sentence quietly establishes the rules of interpretation for everything that follows. Genesis 47 contains one of those moments. In the middle of a famine narrative, as Egypt collapses under seven years of scarcity, the people approach Joseph…
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ESV Expository Commentary
Genesis–Numbers The ESV Expository Commentary: Genesis–Numbers is a model of what a modern, pastorally sensitive, and theologically responsible commentary should be. It successfully balances careful exegesis, literary awareness, historical context, and Christ-centered theological reflection, all while remaining readable and useful for pastors, teachers, and serious students of Scripture. One of the most impressive features of this volume…
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The God of Scripture and the Gods of the Ancient Near East
“For I am God and there is no other. I am God and there is none like Me.”Isaiah 46:9 (ESV) The Hebrew God of Scripture often receives a bad reputation in modern discussions, especially among skeptics who attempt to disparage God by misrepresenting biblical texts and ignoring how the ancient Jewish community actually understood Him.…
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Before the Big Bang: What Science and Scripture Say
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.” — Job 38:4 “Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out” – Isaiah 42:5 Before we even explore scientific theories, it is striking that Scripture has spoken for millennia of a God who “stretches…
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What the World’s Leading Cosmologists Actually Say About the Beginning of the Universe
A Ready Reference For years, public conversations about cosmology have been flooded with claims that modern physics allows for a past-eternal universe, or that the scientific community has moved away from any notion of a cosmic beginning. These claims are repeated often—but they collapse the moment we examine what the leading cosmologists and physicists themselves…
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The Kalam Reimagined
A Published Philosophical and Scientific Argument for a Personal Creator Abstract This paper presents a contemporary refinement of the Kalam Cosmological Argument, integrating developments in analytic philosophy and modern cosmology to argue for the existence of a transcendent personal Creator. Rather than beginning with theological premises, the argument proceeds from the nature of physical reality…
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The Argument from Counterfeit Longing
Why Persistent Doubt May Reveal the Very God It Denies “You will seek Me and find Me, when you seek Me with all your heart.” — Jeremiah 29:13 (ESV) There are moments in apologetics when a familiar question suddenly opens a new door. Someone recently asked whether doubt could point toward God—much like how evil points…
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A Lesson in Apologetics From Star Trek
Why Words Without Culture Lead to Confusion There is a brilliant episode in Star Trek: The Next Generation that offers one of the clearest illustrations of what goes wrong when two cultures use words that are technically understandable, yet completely misunderstood. Season 5, Episode 2—“Darmok”—features Captain Picard and an alien captain named Dathon who simply cannot understand one another.…
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Does the Conquest of Canaan Reveal a Morally Problematic God?
For centuries readers have asked a pressing question: How can the God revealed in Scripture command the conquest of Canaan as described in Deuteronomy 7, Deuteronomy 20, and the narrative accounts of Joshua 6 and 8? Critics allege genocide, indiscriminate slaughter, or ethnic cleansing. Even sincere Christians wrestle with the ethical implications of these texts. A careful,…
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A Needed Guide to Early Christian Voices
A Review of William Varner’s Introducing the Apostolic Fathers For many Christians, there is a large and unnecessary gap between the world of the New Testament and the rise of later church history. We often jump straight from the book of Acts to the Reformation or to modern Christianity, as though the earliest generations after the…
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The Greek Word Not Used
What the Gospels Reveal About Jesus’ Burial and the Shroud When Christians read the resurrection narratives, our attention naturally goes to the empty tomb, the folded face cloth, and the astounding claim that Jesus rose from the dead bodily and victoriously. But tucked inside the Greek vocabulary of the Gospels is a remarkable detail —…
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Rethinking Biblical Slavery
Understanding Ancient Servitude Through a Judeo-Christian Lens “The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His works.” — Psalm 145:17 It’s one of the most common objections skeptics raise against Christianity: If God is good and moral, why does the Bible include laws about slavery? One of my online friends voiced it this…
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Finding Shalom in the Pages of Scripture: A Review of the Peace of God Bible
“Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way.” — 2 Thessalonians 3:16, NKJV In an age defined by restlessness and noise, The Peace of God Bible (Thomas Nelson, NKJV) arrives as a refreshing call to return to what Scripture calls shalom—the deep, holistic peace that comes only from God. Edited by Dr. Jeremiah J. Johnston, this…
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Why Human Well-Being Points to God — Not Away from Him
“He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” — Micah 6:8 (ESV) Why the Moral Argument Still Matters In a world where morality is treated like a personal playlist — different for…
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“Some Doubted”
Matthew 28:17 Faith in the Midst of Astonishment “And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted.” – Matthew 28:17 A Verse That Demands a Closer Look Few sentences in Scripture are as brief yet as misunderstood as this one. At the very moment the risen Christ appears to His disciples, Matthew records…
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When the Unseen Became Seen
Deuteronomy 7:1–6 in Ancient Jewish Eyes “When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and clears away many nations before you . . . then you must devote them to complete destruction.” — Deuteronomy 7:1–2 Facing a Difficult Command Deuteronomy 7 is one of those passages that challenges…
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