Faith & apologetics
The long argument for the Christian faith, written slowly, in public.
I'm Fred Mastropasqua. By day I build software and coach product teams. This is the room where I think out loud about the Christian faith. The arguments, the texts, the history, and the questions worth taking seriously.
Why I keep this room separate
My professional work and my faith are both core to who I am, but the audiences don't always overlap. Some people land on my work pages looking for a fractional CTO. Others land here looking for serious engagement with the arguments for the Christian faith. Both are welcome on both sides, but separating the rooms lets each one breathe. So work lives at fredmastro.com, and the Bible and apologetics live here.
What I'm interested in
Christian apologetics. The case for the faith from history, philosophy, and the manuscripts. Biblical theology. Reading the Bible as one connected story rather than a collection of moral lessons. The hard questions: suffering, evil, science, miracles, the resurrection. The early creeds. The reliability of the New Testament. Everything that holds the faith together when it's tested.
What's coming here
Short essays. Reading notes from the books I'm working through. The occasional sermon-length argument when something is worth that. Probably some Q&A as questions come in. No fixed cadence. This is a room I want to think slowly in.
A short film
Lost Innocence
I woke in the middle of the night with the whole story clear in my head. A person going through life with the Holy Spirit walking alongside, waiting to be invited in. I went straight to my computer and wrote it all down before any of it could fade.
I prayed about what to do with it and felt led to animate it. I already knew the style. The film follows the dream all the way through, with one closing scene I added after sitting with the story longer.
All original animation and music. Made before the AI era.
Watch
Talks, conversations, and reading notes on video.
I post longer-form thinking on YouTube under @Mastro2k. Three playlists worth starting with, each tied to a book or topic I've studied at length.
I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist
A 7-8 session study walking through the major arguments from Dr. Frank Turek's book, with additional notes and context. The case for the Christian faith from evidence: cosmology, design, morality, and the historical reliability of the New Testament.
Things you probably didn't know about the Bible
Short videos surfacing context, history, and translation details that most readers never encounter. The kind of background that changes how a passage reads.
God and Money
A study based on the book God and Money. Stewardship, generosity, and what scripture actually teaches about wealth, work, and what we do with what we're given.
What you'll find here soon
- Reading notes on N.T. Wright, William Lane Craig, J. Warner Wallace, Richard Bauckham, and others
- Short essays on the historical case for the resurrection
- Notes on biblical theology and how the testaments connect
- Honest engagement with the hardest objections
Bookmark this page or check back. I'll start posting here over the coming weeks.