Author name: Merle Hertzler

Losing one’s religion can be a traumatic experience. Many have spent their entire lives in a restrictive religion. When they see the problem, they are often faced with an overwhelming sense of failure. They see that others have lived a normal life–with or without religion–but that they have missed out. Several people have asked me […]

One of the arguments against the historical reliability of the gospels is that they were written sometime after 70AD, a generation after the events they report. This makes it doubtful that the authors were eyewitnesses. Even if they were eyewitnesses, the passing of time would give us reason to question their recollections. Further, by the