In this blast from the past, J. Warner Wallace examines Biblical principles that can guide our response to heresy. What should we do when we encounter someone who holds a belief about God that is simply un-Biblical? Are we being divisive when we try to correct a fellow Christian? Shouldn’t love and tolerance be our highest value and goal? Isn’t it arrogant to think that we are right and others are wrong on matters related to faith? We’ll answer these questions and address some listener email rel...
Jul 12, 2018•1 hr 5 min
In this podcast, J. Warner Wallace in interviewed by Brian Miller on ID the Future , about the J. Warner’s work as a cold-case detective played in him first analyzing the evidence for intelligent design, and how that evidence played a key role in his journey. J. Warner talks about being attracted to the story and person of Jesus but confronted the question of whether science and reason allowed for anything inconsistent with philosophical materialism. Listen in as Miller and Wallace examine the n...
Jul 05, 2018•30 min
In this blast from the past, J. Warner Wallace examines the issue of ‘heresy’. Are there any essential objective truths that Christians simply MUST accept if they want to call themselves ‘Christians’? Are some Christian truths non-negotiable? Is anything ‘out of bounds’? Are creeds necessary to protect objective truths within the faith? We address these important questions and answer listener email related to ‘street evangelism’ and ‘environmentalism’.
Jun 28, 2018•1 hr 10 min
In this blast from the past, J. Warner Wallace examines the truth about truth. Does absolute, objective truth exist, or is all truth merely a matter of perspective and opinion? If objective truth does exist, can we ever really know it with any certainty? How are we supposed to determine the truth in the first place? We try to answer these questions and more as we examine the nature of knowledge, belief and truth.
Jun 14, 2018•1 hr 9 min
In this podcast, J. Warner Wallace is interviewed by Jake Enriquez of Press and Reach . How many of us, as Christians, are ready to make the case for what we believe? How can we become better Christian Case Makers? Be sure to listen to all of Jake’s great podcasts at Press and Reach Ministries .
Jun 07, 2018•52 min
In this blast from the past, J. Warner Wallace examines the role that reason, rationality and evidence play in the life of the Christian. Must people of faith abandon their need for evidence? Is 'true' faith blind ? J. Warner also answers some recent listener email related to faith, reason, conservatism and Thanksgiving.
May 31, 2018•1 hr 4 min
In this podcast, J. Warner Wallace is interviewed by Andrew Rappaport . Among the many topics, they discuss J. Warner’s background as a cold case detective, his books, and one of the main reasons children walk away from the church. J. Warner and Andrew also talk about the book Sharing the Good News with Mormons . Be sure to listen to all of Andrew’s great podcasts at Striving for Eternity Ministries ....
May 24, 2018•1 hr 16 min
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner answers listener email related to faith and belief, including skeptical challenges related to becoming a Christian simply because one lives in a Christian nation, and challenges about the evidential strength of the case for Christianity. To submit your own question about Christianity, please subscribe to the daily email on the homepage at ColdCaseChristianity.com and reply to any of the emails you receive, asking your question. J...
May 17, 2018•28 min
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner answers listener email the Old Testament. Can the Old Testament be investigated with the same rigor we applied to the New Testament in J. Warner’s book, Cold-Case Christianity? How are we to interpret the Genesis creation account in light of the variety of interpretations that are offered by Christians today? How does this impact our notion of Biblical inerrancy? To submit your own question about Christianity, please subscribe to...
May 10, 2018•28 min
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner answers listener email related to the Christian life. Why aren’t all our prayers answered? Is it a sin if I don’t always go to church? What theological books have impacted you the most? What do you think about alter calls? To submit your own question about Christianity, please subscribe to the daily email on the homepage at ColdCaseChristianity.com and reply to any of the emails you receive, asking your question. J. Warner will d...
May 03, 2018•28 min
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner answers listener email and discusses the nature of the New Testament Gospels. Can they legitimately be considered “eyewitness accounts”? If so, how do we overcome the fact that they would not qualify as anything other than “hearsay” accounts in a court of law? J. Warner answers these and other questions related the eyewitness status of the Gospels. To submit your own question about Christianity, please subscribe to the daily emai...
Apr 26, 2018•28 min
In this podcast, J. Warner Wallace is interviewed by Lucas Miles and talks how he became a Christian through analyzing the Death and Resurrection of Christ, how to take an evidential approach to Scripture, the exodus of young people from the Church, and how we can be fully equipped to defend our faith and combat intellectual skepticism. For more great episodes of The Lucas Miles Show, please visit his podcast page ....
Apr 19, 2018•36 min
In this podcast, J. Warner Wallace is interviewed by Julio Rodriguez of Bridge Ministries Laredo and discusses the plight of young Christians and the importance of being able to defend the existence of God. J. Warner describes the statistical data related to young believers (and ex-believers), and then provides a template for defending God’s existence. For more great episodes of the Bridge Laredo Podcast, please visit their podcast page ....
Apr 12, 2018•1 hr 2 min
In this podcast, J. Warner Wallace talks with Andy Wrasman on the Reconnect Podcast and discusses the variety of possible apologetics approaches we might take in defending the truth of Christianity. Rather than specializing in any one discipline of Christian apologetics, most of us will end up using something from all the varied disciplines as we master the art of “mixed martial apologetics.” For more great episodes of Andy’s podcast, please visit the Reconnect Podcast page ....
Apr 05, 2018•1 hr
In this podcast, J. Warner Wallace is interviewed by Dr. Frank Turek and discusses the evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus. Are there good reasons to believe the Resurrection really occurred? Why is the Resurrection of Jesus the most reasonable inference from the evidence? For more great episodes of Frank Turek’s CrossExamined Podcast, please visit the CrossExamined Podcast page .
Mar 29, 2018•48 min
In this blast from the past, J. Warner Wallace talks about the definition of tolerance as we try to understand why our culture often labels Christianity as an intolerant faith system. We also read listener email related to the eyewitness accounts of the Gospels.
Mar 22, 2018•49 min
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner answers listener email about the existence of variants in the earliest manuscripts we have for the New Testament. Does the fact that ancient copies of the Gospels don’t agree entirely mean that we can’t trust them? How does this impact our notion of Biblical inerrancy? To submit your own question about Christianity, please subscribe to the daily email on the homepage at ColdCaseChristianity.com and reply to any of the emails you ...
Mar 15, 2018•28 min
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner answers listener email about a reasonable Christian response to issues related to gun violence. To submit your own question about Christianity, please subscribe to the daily email on the homepage at ColdCaseChristianity.com and reply to any of the emails you receive, asking your question. J. Warner will do his best to answer some of these questions in upcoming episodes of the broadcast....
Mar 08, 2018•28 min
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner provides helpful tips for those who want to share the Gospel and the truth of Christianity. What important skills can we glean from those who make a “closing argument” for a living? J. Warner provides several insights to help you make the case. This approach is described in more detail in Forensic Faith: A Homicide Detective Makes the Case for a More Reasonable, Evidential Christian Faith . Be sure to check out Forensic Faith and...
Mar 01, 2018•28 min
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner provides helpful tips for those who want to share the evidence for God or Christianity. What can we glean from professional “evidence presenters” in criminal trials that might help us present the evidence fairly and convincingly? J. Warner provides several insights to help you make the case. This approach is described in more detail in Forensic Faith: A Homicide Detective Makes the Case for a More Reasonable, Evidential Christian...
Feb 22, 2018•28 min
In this previously recorded radio interview from The Ride Home with John and Kathy on WORDFM in Pittsburgh, J. Warner discusses the ancient non-canonical documents describing Jesus. Should the existence of these documents cause us to doubt what the Biblical account says about Jesus? If the non-canonical documents describe Jesus in a different way, how can we know what is true? For more information on WORDFM or The Ride Home with John and Kathy , please visit their website....
Feb 08, 2018•37 min
In this rebroadcasted Christian Worldview Thinking podcast with Aaron Atwood from Summit Worldview Ministries, J. Warner Wallace discusses his story, outreach, and what makes Christianity unique among theistic religions. What is the relationship between making the case for Christianity and presenting the Gospel? What makes Christianity so different from other worldviews? For more great podcasts from Summit Worldview Ministries , please visit their podcast archive ....
Feb 01, 2018•31 min
In this rebroadcasted radio show from Stand to Reason’s weekly podcast , J. Warner Wallace talks about how to effectively train your kids, then he answers a question about facts and discusses “choosing your jury” and how to study your Bible forensically. To listen to additional Stand to Reason podcasts, please visit their archive page .
Jan 25, 2018•58 min
In this rebroadcasted pair of interviews from Stand to Reason’s #STRask Podcast , J. Warner Wallace is on a timer and answers questions about free will, consistent pro-life views, Jesus dying for sin, the Black Lives Matter movement and the truth value of Christianity: If the ability to do otherwise is a requirement of love, then given our new natures, how will we love the Lord in the new earth? How would you reply to this: If pro-lifers were sincere about when life begins, wouldn’t they have fu...
Jan 18, 2018•46 min
In this blast from the past, J. Warner examines the historicity and nature of Jesus Christ. Before we can even look at who Jesus claimed to "be", we need to make sure He existed in the first place. Critics claim that Jesus is simply a re-telling of the Mithras mythology, copying Mithras' virgin birth, death and resurrection and many other similar details. But is Jesus truly similar to Mithras? Are there good reasons to expect ancient seekers to create a God that is similar to the true God of the...
Jan 11, 2018•1 hr 12 min
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner continues to discuss the practices and principles of good investigators and applies these techniques to the Christian worldview. When juries are asked to evaluate a case, they are instructed in the rules of evidence. In this episode, J. Warner discusses three important evidence instructions: 1. Possibilities are irrelevant, 2. The more cumulative the case, the more reasonable the conclusion, and 3. Witnesses are reliable unless d...
Jan 04, 2018•28 min
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner continues to discuss the practices and principles of good investigators and applies these techniques to the Christian worldview. When juries are asked to evaluate a case, they are instructed in the rules of evidence. In this episode, J. Warner discusses three important evidence instructions: 1. The fact the other side can make a case doesn’t mean it’s true, 2. Everything has the potential to be used as evidence, and 3. Whoever ma...
Dec 28, 2017•28 min
In this podcast, J. Warner Wallace is interviewed by Alisa Childers on the Alisa Childers Podcast . They discuss J. Warner’s personal story of conversion to Christianity and the role his wife, Susie, played in listening to God’s call. They also discuss the investigative process J. Warner used to examine the claims of the Gospels. For more information about Alisa’s podcast and to listen to other episodes, please visit her podcast homepage ....
Dec 21, 2017•36 min
In this podcast, J. Warner Wallace is interviewed by Scott Lane on his Tru-ID Podcast . They discuss the evidence for Christianity, the importance of developing a “forensic faith” and the growing racial tension in America . For more information about Scott’s weekly radio show and to listen to other episodes, please visit the Tru-ID Podcast homepage.
Dec 14, 2017•1 hr 3 min
In this podcast, J. Warner Wallace is interviewed by Frank Turek on his CrossExamined Radio Show . They discuss recent shootings and terrorist attacks and talk about possible responses that Christians can offer. How can we respond to the problem of moral evil in general and issues related to violence and gun control? For more information about Frank’s weekly radio show and to listen to other episodes, please visit the CrossExamined Radio Show homepage....
Dec 07, 2017•49 min
