Timothy Paul Jones

10/19/2021

Having concluded that Facebook is not worth the time and that the polarization and disinformation that floods its pages is not going to go away anytime soon, I will be deactivating my personal Facebook account this week, and I will be deactivating this public page on December 31, 2021. If you wish to follow updates from me, those will be posted at

More truth. More beauty. More gentleness. Less outrage.

10/19/2021

The earliest texts about Jesus began to be produced in the mid-first century... and these texts from the eyewitnesses and their close associates carried the same authority in the churches as the words of Jesus himself (1 Corinthians 14:37).

If you live in a culture in which most people are able to read and to write, it’s easy to make wrong assumptions

10/15/2021

[For Augustine] to say that Christianity was the “true religion” was to affirm that the liturgies of the faith did what they claimed to do and produced a particular type of people.

Christian apologists today typically gather evidences from history or science to make their case. One fourth-century apologist found his…

10/08/2021

For Augustine... what made Christianity unique was that the lives of Christians did not contradict their liturgies. The truths Christians confessed in weekly worship were the same truths that they trusted, practiced, and professed in their daily lives.

Christian apologists today typically gather evidences from history or science to make their case. One fourth-century apologist found his…

10/06/2021

Yes, the [New Testament] came from individuals like Mark and Luke, Peter and Paul . Yet it took an entire community of people to turn their words into texts and to preserve these texts as authoritative documents...

If you live in a culture in which most people are able to read and to write, it’s easy to make wrong assumptions

10/05/2021

A number of atheists and agnostics now freely admit the unlivability of their systems of thinking. What they have apparently not recognized yet is the fact that what is unlivable is also unlikely to be true.

Recently, several atheists have conceded that their atheism can’t sustain a thriving social order — which should press us to ask, “Why…

10/01/2021

According to Augustine, the congruity of theology, habits, and liturgy provides evidence for the validity of the Christian faith.

Christian apologists today typically gather evidences from history or science to make their case. One fourth-century apologist found his…

09/28/2021

In the first century, it wouldn’t have been uncommon for an epistle or literary production to require a team of trustworthy men and women to write and to convey the words from the author to a community of recipients.

If you live in a culture in which most people are able to read and to write, it’s easy to make wrong assumptions

08/27/2021

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08/26/2021

In the first century, it wouldn’t have been uncommon for an epistle or literary production to require a team of trustworthy men and women to write and to convey the words from the author to a community of recipients.

If you live in a culture in which most people are able to read and to write, it’s easy to make wrong assumptions about what it meant to be an author in ancient times.

08/25/2021

KISS bassist Gene Simmons turns 72 today! To celebrate, check out our very first episode where we discuss KISS's contribution to the Bill and Ted soundtrack, Ringwraiths, and common grace.

Click here to download this episode from iTunes and learn why apologetics matters. Welcome to a new episode of Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast! Three Chords and the Truth is a new podcast that brings together apologetics, theology, and the history of rock and roll. In the Thr...

08/24/2021

Whatever one believes about the Bible, this much is clear: The writings of the earliest church leaders reveal that, even in the earliest centuries of Christian history, believers in Jesus Christ received the Old and New Testaments as God’s inerrant Word.

When did Christians start believing that the Bible is without error? According to some scholars, it wasn’t that long ago.

08/19/2021

Some argue that Jesus’s body rotted in a common grave. Ancient perceptions of crucifixion and Roman legal practices suggest otherwise.

Some argue that Jesus’s body rotted in a common grave. Ancient perceptions of crucifixion and Roman legal practices suggest otherwise.

08/19/2021

"Venerable, because it has perfect knowledge of man; lovable, because it promises the true good." (Pascal, Pensée 187)
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08/19/2021

Today marks 359 years since the death of scientist and Christian apologist Blaise Pascal. Here is an introduction to Pascal and his approach to apologetics—an approach grounded in Augustine and aimed at the heart.
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08/18/2021

Hundreds of thousands of Christian students have recently started their first semester of college. If you're concerned with helping students keep their faith in college, this episode from season one is for you.

In this special back-to-school episode, Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones are joined by Dr. Grady Adkins and Dr. Joshua Swindall, two researchers who have spent the past year exploring which specific Christian beliefs are the most difficult for college students to believe and to defend.

08/17/2021

Roman persecution of Christians transformed local communities of faith into communities that saw themselves as part of a fellowship that was larger than themselves.

Roman persecution of Christians transformed local communities of faith into communities that saw themselves as part of a fellowship that was larger than themselves.