Dealing with problems or challenges raised with Christian Evidences:
The Textual Integrity Challenge
- New Testament Textual Variation Challenge
- Avoiding Big Mistakes in Defending the Bible (Interview Dr. Peter Gurry, Dr. Sean McDowell)
- The Basics of New Testament Textual Criticism (Daniel Wallace, Houseform Apologetics)
- Greek Manuscripts of the New Testament (Lincona & Wallace, Lincona)
- The Oldest Bible Manuscripts (Useful Charts)
- Is the New Testament Reliable (Wallace, yesHeis)
- The Formal Epistemology of Testimony: Beyond Hume & Ehrman (Timothy McGrew)
- Textual Criticism- Lower Criticism (ACI Suggested Readings)
- Other On-line Resources on Textual Criticism and Integrity (ACI)
- The Historical Reliability of the Gospels (Craig Blomberg, Denver Seminary)
- The Historical Reliability of the Gospels (Tim McGrew, IAP)
- External Evidence for the Truth of the Gospels (Tim McGrew, Apologetics315)
- The Ancient Biblical Manuscript that Polorized Scholars (Parable)
- Recent Discoveries of NT Manuscripts (Wallace, Acadia Divinity College)
- Debate: Can We Trust the Texts of the New Testament (Debate: Ehrman vs. Wallace, CSNTM Productions)
- Debate: Are the NT Documents Historically Reliable? (Ehrman vs. Licona)
- Debate: Can We Trust the Gospels? Round 1 (Bart Ehrman and Timothy McGrew, Unbelievable)
- Debate: Do Undesigned Coincidences Confirm the Gospels? Round 2 (Bart Ehrman and Timothy McGrew, Unbelievable)
- Old Testament Validity and Reliablity Challenge
- The Oldest Bible Manuscripts (Useful Charts)
- The Mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Parable)
- The Dead Sea Scrolls (History Time)
- The Shocking Discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls (Timeline)
- Searching for a King: Israel’s United Kingdom (Series, Appian Media)
Alleged “Contradictions" in the Bible Challenge
- New Testament
- Lincona, Michael. Jesus Contradicted: Why the Gospels Tell the Same Story Differently. Zondervan Academic, 2024.
- McGrew, Lydia. Hidden in Plain View: Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels and Acts. Deward Publishing, 2017.
- Alleged Contradictions in the Gospels Part 1 (McGrew, Apologetics315)
- Alleged Contradictions in the Gospels Part 2 (McGrew, Apologetics315)
- Different Genealogies (Inspiring Philosophy)
- Old Testament (forthcoming)
The Liberal Interpretation of the Bible Challenge
- The Alleged Mythical Accretions to the historical Jesus, the claim that though Jesus was an historical figure, the historical Jesus was far different than what the NT claims. (Video & Books)
- Blomberg, Craig. The Historical Reliability of the New Testament: Countering the Challenges of Evangelical Beliefs. B&H Academic, 2016.
- _______. The Historical Reliablity of the Gospels. IVP Academic, 2007.
- _______. The Historical Reliablity of John’s Gospels: Issues Commentary. IVP Academic, 2011.
- Lincona, Michael. Jesus Contradicted: Why the Gospels Tell the Same Story Differently. Zondervan Academic, 2024.
- Debate Craig vs. Ehrman
- Five Resurrection Facts That Occurred by 36 A.D. (Habermas)
- The Resurrection Argument That Changed a Generation of Scholars (Habermas)
- The Real Jesus: New Evidence from History & Archeology (Paul Maier, Veritas Forum at Iowa State)
- Licona, Michael. The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Histiographical Approach. IVP Academic, 2010.
- See the Textual Integrity Issues in the NT (discussed above on this page)
- Evans, Craig. Fabricating Jesus. How Modern Scholars Distort the Gospels. IVP, 2008
- The Mythicists Interpretation is that there was no historical Jesus at all —the claim that there was no historical Jesus and that the “myth" of Jesus was based on a syncretism with Mesopotamian religions and Roman/Greek mystery religions in the first century. (Articles, Videos and Books)
- Jesus vs. Mithra (Inspiring Philosophy)
- Was the New Testament Influenced by Pagan Religions? (Ronald Nash, article in Christian Research Institute)
- Nash, Ronald. The Gospel and the Greeks: Did the New Testament Borrow from Pagan Thought? P&R Publishing, 2003. (second edition)
- Strobel, Lee. The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Jesus. Zondervan, 2009.
- Habermas, Gary. The Historical Jesus: Ancient Evidence of the Life of Christ. College Press Publications, 1996.
- _______. Evidence for the Historical Jesus: Is the Jesus of History the Christ of Faith? Christian Publishing House, 2020
- Debate: Historicity of Jesus (Trent Horn vs Richard Carrier)
- Debate: Mike Lacona vs. Richard Carrier (2004)
- Debate: William Lane Craig vs. Richard Carrier (2009)
- Debate: Mike Lacona vs. Richard Carrier (2010)
- Debate: Justin Bass vs. Richard Carrier on the Resurrection of Christ
- Why I Think Jesus Didn’t Exist (Richard Carrier)
- Abject Failure of Reading Judica: Reviewing of “On the History of Jesus” Part 3 by Richard Carrier (Kyle Davis)