宅男福利社

• PhD, New Testament Studies, University of Pretoria
• MA, Religious Studies, Liberty University

• Philosophy of History & Resurrection
• Scripture and Apologetic Implications
• Introduction to the Bible
• New Testament Theology

Essays/Chapters in Books

• 鈥淩esurrection鈥� in听Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, 2^nd听Edition, Scot McKnight, Lynn Cohick, Nijay Gupta, eds. (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2023).
• 鈥淒id Jesus Think He Was God?鈥� in Chris Tilling and Darren Sumner, eds.听T&T Clark Companion to Christology听(London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2023, projected).
• 鈥淗abermas, Gary R鈥� in Douglas Geivette, ed.听Dictionary of Christian Apologists and Their Critics听(Hokoken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2024, projected).
• 鈥淛esus鈥檚 Resurrection, Realism, and the Role of the Criteria of Authenticity鈥� in Darrell Bock and Ed Komoszewski, eds.听Jesus, Skepticism, and the Problem of History: Criteria and Context in the Study of Christian Origins听(Grand Rapids: Zondervan Academic, 2019), 285-302.
• 鈥淐ompositional Techniques Within Plutarch and the Gospel Tradition鈥� in听Christian Origins and the Establishment of the听Early Jesus Movement听(ECHC 4), Stanley E. Porter and Andrew W. Pitts, eds. (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2018), 134-48.
• 鈥淰iewing the Gospels as Ancient Biographies Resolves Many Perceived Contradictions,鈥� pp. 319-24 in听Biographies and Jesus: What Does It Mean for the Gospels to be Biographies?听Craig S. Keener and Edward T. Wright, eds. (Lexington, KY: Emeth Press, 2016).
• Interviewed by Lee Strobel in听In Defense of Jesus: Investigating Attacks on the Identity of Christ听(Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2016).
• 鈥淎 New Starting Point in Historical Jesus Research: The Easter Event鈥� in听The Quest for the Real Jesus, Jan van der Watt, ed. (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2013), 99-127.
• 鈥淔ish Tales: Bart Ehrman鈥檚 Red Herrings & the Resurrection of Jesus鈥� in Come Let Us Reason: New Essays in Christian Apologetics, Paul Copan and William Lane Craig, eds. (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2012, pp. 137-50).
• 鈥淒id Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?鈥� and 鈥淲hat are the Crucial Differences between Muhammad and Jesus鈥� in the Apologetics Study Bible for Students (Nashville: B&H, 2010).
• 鈥淧aul on the Nature of the Resurrection Body鈥� in Buried Hope or Risen Savior: The Search for the Jesus Tomb, Charles L. Quarles, ed. (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2008), 177-198.
• 鈥淐rucifixion of Christ鈥� in The Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics: Surveying the Evidence for the Truth of Christianity, Ed Hinson and Ergun Caner, eds. (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2008), 118-121.
• 鈥淭he Evidence for Jesus鈥� Resurrection鈥� in The Big Argument: Twenty-Four Scholars Explore How Science, Archaeology, and Philosophy Have Proven the Existence of God, Ashton, John F. and Michael Westacott, eds. (Sydney, Australia: Strand, 2005), 428-448.

Journal Articles

• 鈥淎re the Gospels 鈥楬istorically Reliable鈥�? A Focused Comparison of Suetonius鈥檚听Life of Augustus听and the听Gospel of Mark.听Religions 2019,听10 (3), 148.
• 鈥淚s the Sky Falling in the World of Historical Jesus Research?鈥� in听Bulletin for Biblical Research 3 (Fall-Winter 2016), 353-68.
• 鈥淲hat are the Primary Sources for Jesus鈥檚 Resurrection鈥� in听The City: Resurrection听9:1 (Spring 2016), 23-30.
• 鈥淲hat Jesus鈥� Enemies Said 宅男福利社 Him鈥� in听The City: Jesus and His Enemies1 (Summer 2015), 92-100.
• 鈥淗istorians and Miracle Claims鈥� in Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 12 (2014), 106-129
• 鈥淚n Reply to Habermas, McGrew, and McCullagh鈥� in Southeastern Theological Review 3.1 (2012), 55-69.
• 鈥淎 Roundtable Discussion with Michael Licona on The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach (Danny Akin, Craig Blomberg, Paul Copan, Michael Kruger, Michael Licona, and Charles Quarles)鈥� in Southeastern Theological Review 3.1 (2012), 71-98.
• 鈥淒id Jesus Predict His Death and Vindication/Resurrection?鈥� in Journal for the Study of -the Historical Jesus 8.1 (2010), 47-66.
• 鈥淗istorians and miracles 鈥� the principle of analogy and antecedent probability reconsidered鈥� with Jan G. van der Watt in Hervormde Theological Studies 65.1 (2009).
• 鈥淭he adjudication of miracles: Rethinking the criteria of historicity鈥� with Jan G. van der Watt in Hervormde Theological Studies 65.2 (2009).
• 鈥淯sing the Death of Jesus to Refute Islam鈥� in Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics 2.1 (2009), 87-110.
• 鈥淧roof of the Resurrection鈥� in Discover (November, 2007).
• 鈥淢aking a Case for the Resurrection at 36,000 Feet鈥� in Christian Research Journal 29:5 (2006).

Book Reviews

• A review of Richard Bauckham,听Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony, Second Edition in听The Journal of Theological Studies, Volume 70, Issue 1, 1 April 2019, Pages 369鈥�371.
• An Overview of Perplexing Matters Related to Jesus鈥� Resurrection.听A review of Lidija Novakovic,听Resurrection: A Guide for the Perplexed听in听The Expository Times听3, December 2016, 149-50.
• Why Resurrection (When There Is A Better Way)? A review of Carlos Blanco, Why Resurrection? An Introduction to the Belief in the Afterlifein Judaism and Christianity in The Expository Times, Volume 124, Number 4, January 2013, 191.
• The Reliability of the New Testament: Bart Ehrman and Daniel Wallace in Dialogue by Robert Stewart, ed. (Review of Biblical Literature [RBL], August 12, 2011)
• Revisiting the Empty Tomb: The Early History of Easter by Daniel A. Smith (RBL, December 15, 2010)
• The Resurrection: History and Myth by Geza Vermes (RBL, July 5, 2008)
• The Empty Tomb Tradition of Mark: Text, History, and Theological Struggles by Mark W. Waterman (RBL, March 31, 2007)
• Lo, I Tell You a Mystery: Cross, Resurrection, and Paranesis in the Rhetoric of 1 Corinthians by David A. Ackerman (RBL, September 16, 2006)
• The Resurrection of Jesus: John Dominic Crossan and N. T. Wright in Dialogue by Robert B. Stewart, ed. (RBL, September 9, 2006)
• Resurrecting Jesus: The Earliest Christian Tradition and Its Interpreters by Dale C. Allison (RBL, August 12, 2006)
• Text and History: Historiography and the Study of the Biblical Text by Jens Bruun Kofoed (RBL, February 18, 2006)
• Exegetical Essays on the Resurrection of the Dead by Samuel M. Frost (RBL, November 5, 2005)
• Historiography and Hermeneutics in Jesus Studies: An Examination of the Work of John Dominic Crossan and Ben F. Meyer by Donald L. Denton (RBL, June 11, 2005)
• The Resurrection of the Son of God by N. T. Wright (RBL, June 19, 2004)

Baptist Press Articles

• 鈥淲e must prepare the next generation to defend the faith.鈥� (May 18, 2011)
• 鈥淔aith, Doubt, and the Resurrection of Jesus.鈥� (April 21, 2011)
• 鈥淲hy were the four N.T. Gospels selected and not others?鈥� Fifth column in a five-part series examining Bart Ehrman鈥檚 objection to the reliability of the Gospels (Sept. 18, 2009)
• 鈥淭he problem of differences: Do the Gospels contradict one another?鈥� Fourth column in a five-part series examining Bart Ehrman鈥檚 objection to the reliability of the Gospels (Sept. 17, 2009)
• 鈥淭he problem of dating: When were the Gospels written?鈥� Third column in a five-part series examining Bart Ehrman鈥檚 objection to the reliability of the Gospels (Sept. 16, 2009)
• 鈥淭he problem of authorship: Who wrote the Gospels?鈥� Second column in a five-part series examining Bart Ehrman鈥檚 objection to the reliability of the Gospels (Sept. 15, 2009)
• 鈥淏art Ehrman: A skeptical scholar not to be ignored鈥� First column in a five-part series examining Bart Ehrman鈥檚 objection to the reliability of the Gospels (Sept. 14, 2009)
• 鈥淏ill Maher, gullibility and the glass house鈥� (February 23, 2009)
• 鈥淒arwin at 200: Academic fascism鈥� (February 13, 2009)
• 鈥淚s Jesus the only way? (Part 4)鈥� Final column in a four-part series on the exclusivity of Christianity (July 25, 2008)
• 鈥淚s Jesus the only way? (Part 3)鈥� Third column in a four-part series on the exclusivity of Christianity (July 24, 2008)
• 鈥淚s Jesus the only way? (Part 2)鈥� Second column in a four-part series on the exclusivity of Christianity (July 23, 2008)
• 鈥淚s Jesus the only way? (Part 1)鈥� First column in a four-part series on the exclusivity of Christianity (July 22, 2008)
• 鈥淚s Mormonism Christian? (Part 3)鈥� Final column in a three-part series on Mormonism (December 7, 2007)
• 鈥淚s Mormonism Christian? (Part 2)鈥� Second column in a three-part series on Mormonism (December 6, 2007)
• 鈥淚s Mormonism Christian? (Part 1)鈥� First column in a three-part series on Mormonism (December 5, 2007)
• 鈥淗as the family tomb of Jesus been found?鈥� (February 27, 2007)
• 鈥淲hat are we to do about Islam?鈥� (January 26, 2007)
• 鈥淪hould Christians see 鈥楧a Vinci鈥�?鈥�(May 26, 2006)
• 鈥淲ho selected the books in the New Testament?鈥� Final column in a five-part series examining the claims of The Da Vinci Code (May 19, 2006)
• 鈥淚s our Bible what originally was written?鈥� Fourth column in a five-part series examining the claims of The Da Vinci Code (May 18, 2006)
• 鈥淒id Christianity 鈥榖orrow鈥� from other religions?鈥� Third column in a five-part series examining the claims of The Da Vinci Code (May 17, 2006)
• 鈥淲as Jesus鈥� divinity an afterthought?鈥� Second column in a five-part series examining the claims of The Da Vinci Code (May 16, 2006)
• 鈥淢aking evangelism good news again鈥� (May 16, 2006)

Conference Papers

• 鈥淗armonization or Compositional Devices: Which is better for understanding Gospel differences?鈥� delivered at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society on November 21, 2019 in San Diego, CA.
• 鈥淐ompositional Devices in Ancient Biography: Reading Gospel Differences in View of Compositional Devices vs. Harmonization鈥� delivered at the annual meeting of the Institute of Biblical Research on November 16, 2018 in Denver, CO.
• 鈥淪ynthetic Chronological Placement in Ancient Biography,鈥� delivered at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological society on November 18, 2015 in Atlanta, GA.鈥淎 Critical Review of Reading the Gospels Wisely by Jonathan Pennington鈥� delivered as part of a panel discussion at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society on November 19, 2014 in San Diego, CA.鈥淰iewing the Gospels as Ancient Biographies Resolves Many Perceived Contradictions (Part 2),鈥漝elivered at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society on November 21, 2013 in Baltimore, MD.鈥淚s it Appropriate for Biblical Scholars to Speak of Supernatural Causation?鈥滵elivered at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society on November 19, 2013 in Baltimore, MD.鈥淒id Jesus Claim to be God in Some Sense?鈥滵elivered at North-West University (Potchefstroom, SA) on August 20, 2013.鈥淰iewing the Gospels as Ancient Biographies Resolves Many Perceived Contradictions (Part 2),鈥漝elivered at Stellenbosch University on August 16, 2013.
• 鈥淰iewing the Gospels as Ancient Biographies Resolves Many Perceived Contradictions,鈥� to be delivered at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society on November 15, 2012 in Milwaukee, WI.
• 鈥淲hen the Saints Go Marching In: Historicity, Apocalyptic Symbol, and Biblical Inerrancy,鈥� delivered at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society on November 17, 2011 in San Francisco, CA.
• 鈥淭he Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach,鈥� delivered at the Evangelical Philosophical Society on November 18, 2010 in Atlanta, GA.
• 鈥淲hat are Historians to do with Miracle Claims,鈥� delivered at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society on November 14, 2007 in San Diego, CA.
• 鈥淭he Risen Jesus: Casper or Corporeal,鈥� delivered at the International Society of Christian Apologists on June 1, 2007 in Kansas City, MO.

Mike is a frequent speaker on university campuses and has engaged in dozens of public debates, usually on the historicity of Jesus鈥� resurrection. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society, the Institute for Biblical Research, the Society of Biblical Literature, and the听Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas.听Visit his web site听 and his YouTube channel .