All worldviews require a leap of faith, but not all leaps of faith are the same. A "one-stop shop" for the rational evidence for Christianity, The Shortest Leap presents the scientific, historical, and biblical underpinnings of the Christian faith, demonstrating that faith in Jesus requires the shortest leap.

In addition to providing proactive evidence for Christianity, The Shortest Leap responds to the numerous shots fired at biblical Christianity by a wide range of skeptics, including naturalistic scientists like Stephen Hawking and Richard Dawkins, the scholars of the Jesus Seminar, text critic Bart Ehrman, The Da Vinci Code's Dan Brown, "Christ myth" theorists, and others.

The Shortest Leap answers a wide range of difficult questions, including:

• Is the Bible consistent with the findings of cutting edge, secular science?
• Was there really a man named Jesus, or is he just a myth based on other myths and wishful thinking?
• Isn't the Jesus we read about in the New Testament merely a fabrication of the earliest Christians?
• Does the historical evidence support the claim that Jesus rose from the dead?
• To understand who Jesus really was, why shouldn't we consider other documents outside the Bible, such as the Gnostic gospels?
• Why were some documents excluded from the New Testament?
• Did Jesus really claim to be God or is that just something the earliest Christians wanted to believe?
• How does the Old Testament point to Jesus hundreds to thousands of years before he lived?
• How does the salvation by grace of Christianity differ from salvation by works of all other religions?
• Why can't I just believe in the Jesus that I like the best?
• How can I be sure I have eternal life?

No other apologetics book on the market answers such a wide range of questions.

With quotes exclusively from Ph.D's, Ms. van den Herik weaves an entertaining and informative tapestry of opinions from leading scholars—both atheistic and theistic—in the fields of science, history, and biblical studies. The Shortest Leap summarizes the arguments of numerous experts, including Hugh Ross, Michael Behe, William Dembski, Stephen Meyer, N. T. Wright, F. F. Bruce, Richard Bauckham, Craig Blomberg, Gary Habermas, Craig Evans, Philip Jenkins, Darrell Bock, C. S. Lewis, Timothy Keller, and many more.

Whether you are a non-Christian exploring the reasons people believe Jesus is God, or you are a Christian wanting to grow deeper in your faith or share your faith with others, The Shortest Leap is the perfect book for you. Combining the best of dozens of books under one cover, The Shortest Leap presents a concise and convincing summary of the main arguments supporting the truth of biblical Christianity.