ILLUSTRATED EXPLAINERS
Explainers
Swipeable, source-backed decks that walk through big questions a few slides at a time — clearly and fairly, with the honest debates noted.
Faith and science
- Are Faith and Science at War? — The “conflict” story, the history it gets wrong, and the main ways Christians actually relate science and faith. Fairly told. (10 slides)
- Genesis and the Age of the Earth — How sincere, Bible-believing Christians read Genesis 1 differently — the main views, fairly compared. (12 slides)
- The Dead Sea Scrolls: Why They Matter — What the 1947 discovery did — and didn't — show about the Bible's text and the world of Jesus. Fairly told. (10 slides)
- The Exodus: History or Legend? — Did the events of Exodus happen? The biblical account, the archaeological debate, and the main scholarly positions — fairly told. (11 slides)
- What Does Archaeology Show About the Bible? — What digging can — and can't — tell us about the people, places, and events behind the text. Fairly told. (12 slides)
- Did Kings David and Solomon Really Exist? — What archaeology can and cannot show about the united monarchy, with the minimalist case given its full weight. Fairly told. (12 slides)
Objections
- Can Miracles Happen? Hume and His Critics — David Hume's famous argument against believing in miracles — stated at full strength, with the main replies. Fairly told. (11 slides)
- If God Is Good, Why Is There Evil? — The strongest objection to belief in God — and the main ways thinkers have responded. Stated fairly, including its real force. (12 slides)
- If God Is Real, Why Is He Hidden? — The argument from divine hiddenness — a serious modern objection — stated fairly, with the main Christian responses and what stays hard. (10 slides)
- What About the Violence in the Old Testament? — The conquest of Canaan and the “holy war” texts — the objection at full strength, the main Christian responses, and what stays hard. (12 slides)
- What Does the Bible Say About Slavery? — One of the hardest objections — stated honestly — with the main Christian responses and what stays uncomfortable. Fairly told. (10 slides)
- Is Faith Just Blind Belief? — The charge that faith means believing without evidence, weighed against how the traditions actually define it. Fairly told. (12 slides)
God
- Can You Argue from an Idea to God? — The ontological argument — reasoning from the very concept of God to God's existence. Its bold logic, the classic objections, and honest limits. (10 slides)
- Does Morality Point to God? — The argument from objective moral values and duties — its logic, the main objections, and honest limits. (12 slides)
- Does the Universe Need a Cause? The Kalam — A classic argument from the universe's beginning to a cause — its premises, the science, and the main objections. (12 slides)
- Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life? — The claim that physics sits in startlingly narrow life-permitting ranges — and what best explains it. Fairly told. (11 slides)
- Pascal's Wager: Is Belief a Smart Bet? — Pascal's famous argument that belief is the rational gamble — its logic, the serious objections, and what it can and can't do. Fairly told. (11 slides)
- Why Is There Anything at All? — The cosmological argument from contingency (Leibniz) — its logic, the main objections, and honest limits. Distinct from the Kalam. (10 slides)
- Can Atheism Trust the Mind? The Argument from Reason — Whether a worldview of blind matter can justify trust in the very reasoning that defends it — argument and rebuttals side by side. Fairly told. (12 slides)
Jesus
- Did Jesus Claim to Be God? — What Jesus said and did about his own identity, how soon his followers worshipped him, and the honest debates. Fairly told. (12 slides)
- Did Jesus Exist? The Non-Christian Sources — What writers outside the Church said about Jesus within roughly a century — and what it can and can't establish. Fairly told. (11 slides)
- Did Jesus Fulfill Prophecy? — The claim that Jesus fulfilled the Hebrew Scriptures — the strongest cases, the serious objections, and how to weigh it honestly. (10 slides)
- Did Jesus Rise? The Minimal-Facts Case — The historical bedrock most scholars grant — and how the explanations compare. Clearly and fairly told. (12 slides)
- Was Jesus Copied from Pagan Myths? — The popular claim that Jesus is a remix of dying-and-rising pagan gods — checked against the actual ancient sources. Fairly told. (10 slides)
- Why Did Jesus Have to Die? The Atonement — The great historic pictures of what the cross accomplished — victory, satisfaction, substitution, love, and healing. Fairly told. (12 slides)
Beliefs
- Free Will and Predestination — How sincere Christians read the Bible's teaching on God's sovereignty and human choice — the main views, fairly compared. (11 slides)
- Is Jesus the Only Way to God? — Christian exclusivity, the main alternatives, the hardest objections, and how Christians themselves differ. Fairly told. (12 slides)
- What Do Christians Believe About Heaven? — Beyond clouds and harps — what the Bible actually says about heaven, resurrection, and the renewed creation. Clearly told. (10 slides)
- What Do Christians Believe About Hell? — The objection, the biblical language, and the three main Christian views — eternal torment, conditionalism, and universal hope. Fairly told. (11 slides)
- What Is the Trinity? — One God in three persons — what the doctrine claims, where it comes from, and the errors it avoids. Clearly and fairly told. (12 slides)
- What Do Christians Believe About the End Times? — The main millennial views and rapture debates, and the return of Christ that all of them share. Fairly told. (12 slides)
The Bible
- How Reliable Is the New Testament Text? — What the manuscripts can — and can't — tell us about the words of the New Testament. Clearly and fairly told. (12 slides)
- How to Read the Bible Well — Basic tools for reading Scripture responsibly — genre, context, and the big story — so you draw out its meaning rather than read your own in. (11 slides)
- How Was the Bible Canon Formed? — How the Church recognized the Scriptures it had received — clearly and fairly told. (12 slides)
- Who Wrote the First Five Books? — Did Moses write the Pentateuch? The traditional view, the Documentary Hypothesis, and where the debate stands today. Fairly told. (10 slides)
- Who Wrote the Gospels, and When? — What we can responsibly say about the authorship and dating of the four Gospels — evidence, tradition, and honest debate. (12 slides)
- Why Are Matthew, Mark, and Luke So Alike? — The “Synoptic Problem” — how the first three Gospels relate, the leading solution, and why it matters for reading them. Clearly told. (10 slides)
- Are There Contradictions in the Bible? — The hardest alleged contradictions, weighed without cheap harmonizations or dismissals. Fairly told. (12 slides)
Church
- What Really Happened at Nicaea? — Sorting the popular myths — Constantine, the canon, a “vote” on Jesus' divinity — from what the Council of 325 actually did. Fairly told. (11 slides)
- Does the Spirit Proceed from the Son? The Filioque — How one Latin word about the Holy Spirit divided Christian East and West — the theology and the authority question, clearly and fairly told. (12 slides)
- Why Did East and West Split? The Great Schism — How the one church of the Roman world drifted into Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic halves — the drift, the flashpoints, and the failed reunions, fairly told. (12 slides)
- Scripture Alone? Sola Scriptura vs. Scripture and Tradition — How Protestants, Catholics, and the Orthodox each locate the Church's final authority. Fairly told. (12 slides)
- Peter, the Keys, and the Papacy — What the New Testament says about Peter, and why Catholics, the Orthodox, and Protestants read it so differently. Fairly told. (12 slides)
- Faith Alone? The Justification Debate — How a sinner is made right with God — the question that split the Western church, explained fairly. (12 slides)
- Purgatory: What Do Christians Believe? — A doctrine some Christians hold, others reject, and many misunderstand — laid out as each tradition sees it. Fairly told. (11 slides)
- The Real Presence: What Happens at Communion? — How the great traditions understand Christ’s presence at the Lord’s table — from a change of substance to a treasured remembrance. Fairly told. (12 slides)