What Jeremiah J. Johnston has said about Christian apologetics

Johnston argued that Christian faith is grounded in evidence and eyewitness proof rather than in belief without support.

“The first Christians needed proof to believe in. Faith is not faith in faith, Sean. It is faith in evidence”

The Shawn Ryan Show: #293 Jeremiah Johnston - Codex Vaticanus, Book of Enoch and the Resurrection of Jesus (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 1:08:22

Johnston claimed there are 45 sources establishing over 129 facts about Jesus within a century of the events.

“We have 45 sources for Jesus of Nazareth that prove over 129 facts about him within, and I'll use Bart Ehrman's skeptical, within 100 years of the event”

The Shawn Ryan Show: #293 Jeremiah Johnston - Codex Vaticanus, Book of Enoch and the Resurrection of Jesus (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 2:07:54

Johnston dismissed claims of Exodus chariot wheels in the Red Sea as clickbait.

“we don't have chariot wheels in the red sea from the from the exodus if we did they would be at every museum in the world”

The Shawn Ryan Show: #293 Jeremiah Johnston - Codex Vaticanus, Book of Enoch and the Resurrection of Jesus (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 2:36:27

Johnston urged people fascinated by Enoch to instead learn 300 Greek words, which he said would cover eight of ten word occurrences in the Greek New Testament.

“if I got you to memorize just 300 Greek words, just 300, You yourself would be able to recognize 8 out of 10 word occurrences”

The Shawn Ryan Show: #293 Jeremiah Johnston - Codex Vaticanus, Book of Enoch and the Resurrection of Jesus (Apr 2, 2026) · Listen from 2:30:48