Join me over the next few episodes as we conduct a historical investigation on the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. We will look at the 5 principles historians use to determine if an event in antiquity is authentic. We will conduct an approach that considers only historical facts surrounding Jesus that are well-attested and that are accepted by nearly every scholar that studies the subject, even the rather skeptical ones.  Next, we will define the Fab 5 Facts that pertain to Jesus of Nazareth and then we will seek to find the best explanation for  these facts. Plus, we will look at other naturalistic explanations for the facts that are commonly appealed to.

Remember this proverb: "Oh what a tangled web we weave, when we practice to deceive." The meaning is clear. If you tell a lie to cover yourself, then you have to tell another and another and the next thing you know, you cannot remember who you told what. Did the gospel writers plan to deceive their readers? Is there evidence of the credibility of their narratives? Grab your Bible and follow along as we carefully explore these "Undesigned Coincidences."

Have you ever played the game "telephone"? This game is played when one person whispers something to another person, who whispers to another and so on until you get to the last person. The last person then reveals to everyone what they heard and then it is compared to the original message. Most of the time, there are details left out and the story gets changed. Many skeptics of the New Testament will use the telephone game as an analogy of how the New Testament has been corrupted. We will deal with this objection in this episode.

Does the New Testament record eyewitness accounts? Are the eyewitness accounts credible? Could the eyewitnesses been mistaken?

Have you ever lied to rescue yourself from trouble? Who hasn't? Have you ever embellished a story about yourself? Maybe you were telling your friend about the 5 pound bass you caught but it was really 2 pounds. We have all done it. But have you ever told a lie to purposefully get yourself into trouble? Have you embellished a story to make yourself look even worse? No one does this. In today's episode, we explore the gospel records for evidence of embarrassing details which lend credibility to the narratives.

Is the New Testament accurate? Are we to take what the writers say on blind faith or can we investigate their claims? In this episode, I explore 4 pieces of archaeological evidence that supports New Testament claims.

More callers join the abortion discussion.

In this episode I take callers and discuss the abortion issue. You get to hear some common objections to the pro-life argument and how to answer them.

What is the unborn? Is the unborn human or just a clump of cells? If the unborn is not human, then what is it? When does life begin? How does one make a case for the pro-life position? Is abortion wrong under any circumstances or are there exceptions like rape or incest? These questions and others will be the subject on today's episode.

Have you ever been in a conversation with an individual with whom you disagreed and you did not know what to say? Maybe they interjected a topic in which you were completely unfamiliar. What do you do then? On this episode of ChansTheMan Apologetics I discuss tactics and strategies to help you engage and keep the conversation going. (The source I use for this podcast is the book Tactics: by Greg Koukl)