Skeptics like Bart Ehrman, Richard Carrier, and Robert Price use Apollonius of Tyana as their best example of a dying-and-rising god figure who allegedly parallels Jesus, in order to argue either that Jesus is mythical or that the gospel narrative is a generic literary genre rather than historical truth.

Finding surface parallels between two stories does not establish literary dependence or undermine historicity. The correct standard is whether the parallels are specific, numerous, and converge — not whether a single generic similarity can be identified in a massive text. The fact that Apollonius of Tyana is skeptics' 'best example' and still fails means the whole category of argument is weak.

Refutation of Candida Moss's argument that "suffered unto death" in 1 Clement is not a reference to martyrdom, using Polycarp's parallel usage

Addressing a specific scholarly objection to the martyrdom reading of 1 Clement

The dying and rising gods parallel argument fails because Paul and non-Christian sources still have to be explained independently of the Gospels

Initial response to the Greco-Roman dying/rising gods parallel argument

Audience Q on mimesis: pagan parallels fail for the same reasons, plus early Christians were Torah-observant Jews who would not borrow from pagan myths

Audience question about mimesis / pagan parallel arguments

Introduction and five-part outline for analyzing infant baptism biblically

Mike Winger opens the livestream by laying out the structure of his biblical analysis of infant baptism, listing the five areas he will cover.

Part 3: The circumcision-baptism parallel argument for infant baptism introduced

Winger introduces the strongest paedo-baptist argument: baptism parallels circumcision as a covenant sign.

Q&A: Women receiving Communion — implied by context of 1 Corinthians and the general gathered assembly

A viewer attempts a parallel argument: women are not explicitly shown receiving Communion in Scripture yet no one denies it.