The Case For The Reliability Of The Gospels: A Cerebral Faith Blog Book

by Evan Minton

Are the biblical gospels historically reliable eyewitness accounts? What does the evidence say? And if they are, what implications does that have for what these writers claim about Jesus? In this book, Christian Apologist and self-proclaimed Bible Nerd Evan Minton defends the reliability of the gospels. He looks into the issue of whether the New Testament writings we have today reflect what the originals said 2,000 years ago, whether Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John whose names are at the top of the gospels are really the people who wrote these books, whether secular extra biblical documents and archeology corroborate the persons and events mentioned in the gospels, and more. Minton's conclusion is that not only are the gospels some of the most reliable and accurate documents from antiquity, but they were telling the truth about who Jesus was, what he said, and what he did, including rising from the dead after being crucified.

This book is the first in a series of e-books compiling articles from Minton's blog on the Cerebral Faith website. The blog series is preserved in its original form, and of all the e-books in this series, it reads the most like a regular book, prompting Minton to often jokingly refer to it as his "Blog Book".

213 pages, Paperback

Published June 12, 2025

About the author

Evan Minton is a Christian Apologist and is the writer of the blog Cerebral Faith (www.cerebralfaith.blogspot.com). He has been rigorously studying various theological issues for over nearly a decade. He has engaged in several debates, which can be viewed on Cerebral Faith's "My Debates" section or on YouTube. Mr. Minton has been vigorously defending the faith against attacks from skeptics since 2011.

Mr. Minton's theological beliefs haven't been static for the nearly 8 years he has been a Christian, but the core doctrines of Orthodox Christianity, he always has and still does affirm, such as: The existence of God, God as Creator of all things, the incarnation of Jesus, the deity and humanity of Jesus, The Trinity, Jesus' death on the cross to atone for mankind's sins, and His subsequent resurrection from the dead.

Among the issues that are considered in-house debates within the sphere of orthodox Christianity, Evan affirms Arminian soteriology, Molinism, Partial Preterism (a view of the end times), and Evolutionary Creationism.

Minton always strives in his blog posts and books to write in a way that is understandable to people of all education levels, as he considers himself "An apologist to the average Joe". So he is always thrilled when he hears feedback of how accessible his writing on some deeply complex, philosophical or theological subject was.