Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion Dr. Watson embark on an inquiry searching for ultimates. A keynote lecture delivered by Dr. Montgomery, a member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, at the 24th Annual Philosophy Symposium of the California State University, Fullerton, in March, 1993.… Read more…
A classic debate between a Christian historian and theologian, and a humanist on the historical evidence for Jesus. Dr. Montgomery is well known internationally for his lectures and writings on the historicity of Jesus and the reliability of the New Testament documents. He has set forth his case in books such as History and Christianity. Dr. G. A. Wells is a… Read more…
An expository sermon on Paul's defense before King Agrippa in Acts 26, and its application today. Sets forth principles by which Christians can effectively witness to Christ in a secular world.… Read more…
Dr. Montgomery's brief for the truthfulness of Christianity, using legal standards of evidence. Given at the University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta on November 15, 1991.… Read more…
Centuries ago St. Paul stated the issue succinctly: "If Christ was not raised from the dead, then neither our preaching nor your faith has any meaning at all" (I Cor. 15:14, Phillips) Dr. Montgomery presents the case for the historicity of the resurrection, and the reliability of the New Testament accounts of the resurrection. Dr. Grabbe, Dean of the Theolog… Read more…
For eight years, Dr. Montgomery's Sunday evening call-in radio show in Southern California featured a "Legal Loon Award" for nutty (or appalling) religious ideas and practices. Here is a selection of the best of those Awards.… Read more…
Too often, contrasting styles of evangelical apologetics are discussed solely within the Christian context. In this recording the relative merits of presuppositionalism and evidentialism are evaluated by seeing their application to the argument for the Muslim view of Jesus. (1) The incompatibility of the Christian and Muslim positions concerning Jesus' n… Read more…
On February 14, 1986 in Sydney, Australia, Dr. Montgomery debated Mark Plummer, president of the Atheists and Skeptics Society of Australia. An overflow audience attended and the debate received full-page coverage in the Sydney Morning Herald (Australia's equivalent of the New York Times.) Hear Dr. Montgomery defend historic Christianity in this live, un… Read more…
A careful examination of the epistimological/methodological issues dividing these two schools of thought, and the possibility of a rapprochement.… Read more…
How the Five Solas Can Renew Biblical InterpretationIn recent years, notable scholars have argued that the Protestant Reformation unleashed interpretive anarchy on the church. Is it time to consider the Reformation to be a 500-year experiment gone wrong?World-renowned evangelical theologian Kevin Vanhoozer thinks not. While he sees recent critiques as legiti… Read more…