How Christianity’s Uniqueness Makes It Compelling

You’ve probably heard the clichés:

All religions are the same.

Humans are basically good.

It doesn’t really matter what you believe, so long as you are sincere.

While these stock phrases may be familiar, that doesn’t mean they’re easy to refute.

My guest today is Jared C. Wilson, director of content strategy for Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Jared blogs at The Gospel-Driven Church. He’s also the author of a new book called Unparalleled: How Christianity’s Uniqueness Makes It Compelling (Baker). He joined me to talk about why Christianity’s uniqueness furthers and facilitates evangelistic conversations. Thanks to Betsy Childs Howard for her help in preparing the interview.

Is there enough evidence for us to believe the Gospels?

In an age of faith deconstruction and skepticism about the Bible’s authority, it’s common to hear claims that the Gospels are unreliable propaganda. And if the Gospels are shown to be historically unreliable, the whole foundation of Christianity begins to crumble.

But the Gospels are historically reliable. And the evidence for this is vast.

To learn about the evidence for the historical reliability of the four Gospels, click below to access a FREE eBook of Can We Trust the Gospels? written by New Testament scholar Peter J. Williams.

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Collin Hansen serves as vice president for content and editor in chief of The Gospel Coalition, as well as executive director of The Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics. He hosts the Gospelbound podcast and has written and contributed to many books, most recently Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation and Rediscover Church: Why the Body of Christ Is Essential. He has published with the New York Times and the Washington Post and offered commentary for CNN, Fox News, NPR, BBC, ABC News, and PBS NewsHour. He edited Our Secular Age: Ten Years of Reading and Applying Charles Taylor and The New City Catechism Devotional, among other books. He is an adjunct professor at Beeson Divinity School, where he also co-chairs the advisory board.