How To:

Use Sources Responsibly

A source should help someone verify your claim, not merely make it sound more impressive.

Whenever possible, check the original document instead of relying on a screenshot, quotation graphic, search result, or someone else’s summary.

Read enough surrounding context to know what the author meant. Clearly distinguish between what a source states, how you interpret it, and what you believe follows from it.

Do not quote scholars as though they agree with Christianity when they do not.

Do not hide evidence that complicates your argument. And never treat an AI answer as your final authority. Verify its claims and quotations yourself.

The goal is not to collect impressive citations.

It is to handle evidence honestly. The historical case in Did Jesus Really Rise From the Dead? provides a useful example of bringing several lines of evidence together.

Practice: Choose one claim you regularly make and trace it back to the strongest original source you can find.