Most people don't realize that there are lot of good reasons to think Christianity is true. This video is meant to introduce you to a bunch of them and to help you get thinking about something called "the cumulative case for Christianity". Check the rest of this description for links to further resources you can use to learn to better master these arguments.
Jonathan McLatchie's links - YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr6nvYFyoCk5DsRgYRrhC_g
and his web site http://Apologetics-Academy.org
More on PROPHECY in my "Evidence for the Bible" playlist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjnwldgqN8c&list=PLZ3iRMLYFlHuhA0RPKZFHVcjIMN_-F596
The UNITY OF THE BIBLE is taught in depth in this series on "Jesus in the Old Testament" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWlpQauXiTU&list=PLZ3iRMLYFlHsHyvMtfgOgSPU6zEnCvxUO
Learn about UNDESIGNED COINCIDENCES briefly in this YT video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ito1Xc6KxBM
OR in detail in the wonderful book by Lydia McGrew https://amzn.to/2Q9iLRu (Amazon affiliate link)
For a resource on the GENERAL RELIABILITY OF THE GOSPELS please see Peter Williams NEW book (I've read it and it is fantastic) https://amzn.to/2W6Y8KS (Amazon affiliate link)
Also see a video lecture by him with less information than the book. https://youtu.be/wi2_VNz_pKw
For the HISTORICITY OF THE BOOK OF ACTS check out this book.
https://amzn.to/2Q3SfZs (Amazon affiliate link) it is quite pricey but thorough. Here is a short video by Dr. Craig Keener summarizing some of these points https://youtu.be/A_ZUGzPZwhk
For NATURAL THEOLOGY (philosophical and science related arguments for God) see the following.
-- William Lane Craig's books - "On Guard" is a more pop-level work https://amzn.to/30oeoX7 (affiliate)
whereas "Reasonable Faith" is much more in challenging and equally rewarding. https://amzn.to/2VHcXEN (affiliate)
Here are links to specific videos related to Natural Theology arguments.
-- Kalam Cosmological. Short clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CulBuMCLg0 the same but in greater detail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ58aloF7Bc
-- The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2ULF5WixMM
-- The Ontological Argument briefly explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBmAKCvWl74 and here given in great detail with objections answered. https://youtu.be/2t8xFlRM0vY
-- Fine Tuning in Biology https://evolutionnews.org/2011/11/the_finely_tuned_genetic_code/?fbclid=IwAR3lkFxXROqPKYaan-5683LQuNpfrVj41A61qqq2R2BcfQMgFJmtff9686Y
-- Fine Tuning of Our Universe. Short video explanation https://youtu.be/EE76nwimuT0 Long video defending this in detail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMn0RvVq4oY
Argument from philosophy for the Trinity. Short clip here https://youtu.be/qtl2dvgGDxk In greater detail here https://amzn.to/2HkNp7o (affiliate)
-- Argument from the Resurrection of Jesus. Lecture by Dr. William Lane Craig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NAOc6ctw1s
I hope these resources are of great use to you and that they lead you or help you lead others to Jesus. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life and no one comes to the Father except through Him. He is the central truth we need to know so that we can be forgiven by God and receive relationship with God and eternal life. Its simple, and its true.
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