The Cold-Case Christianity Podcast
J. Warner Wallace
The Cold-Case Christianity Podcast is hosted by J. Warner Wallace. J. Warner is a Dateline featured cold-case homicide detective, Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, adjunct professor of apologetics at Biola University and a faculty member at Summit Ministries.
The Cold-Case Christianity podcast explores the evidence for God's existence, the reliability of the Bible and the truth of the Christian worldview. Please visit our website at www.ColdCaseChristianity.com.
The Cold-Case Christianity podcast explores the evidence for God's existence, the reliability of the Bible and the truth of the Christian worldview. Please visit our website at www.ColdCaseChristianity.com.
Episodes
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Feb 15, 2023 • 1h 19min
Can the Gospels Be Defended As Eyewitness Accounts?
In this blast from the past, J. Warner talks about the case for the eyewitness status of the Gospels. Are these ancient accounts really an eyewitness record of the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus? Why should we believe this to be true? Jim also talks about the role each of us plays as Christian Case Makers and provides four tips to help you reach those who are disinterested in Christian Case Making.
Feb 8, 2023 • 49min
Why Didn’t Jesus Reveal Scientific Facts to Demonstrate His Deity?
Why didn’t Jesus describe something beyond the knowledge of His contemporaries (i.e. the role of DNA or the nature of the Solar System) as a prophetic proof? Why didn’t God provide us with more scientific evidence in the Scripture? In this blast from the past, J. Warner examines these questions in an interview with Dave Waggoner and Jeff Piepho from the Truth Revolution Radio Show.
Feb 1, 2023 • 60min
Why You Need to Become a Good Christian Translator
In this blast from the past, J. Warner reflects on his attendance at the Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting and makes several observations related to Christian Case Making. Ever think you don’t know enough to be a good “One Dollar Apologist"? You are more important to the Christian community than you might think. J. Warner will tell you why in this podcast.
Jan 25, 2023 • 51min
Observations from the Bible Belt
In this blast from the past, J. Warner makes a few observations about the state of Christianity in the Bible Belt based on his own personal experience with family in that area.
Jan 18, 2023 • 1h 11min
The Path to Becoming a ?One Dollar? Apologist (Podcast)
In this blast from the past, J. Warner examines the Christian life in light of God’s desire for all of us to become Christian Case Makers. Jim reads listener email highlighting some of the typical frustrations involved in starting an apologetics ministry and then provides a template to help you become the Case Maker you’ve always wanted to be. Jim also answers the question: Why Didn’t Jesus Reveal Scientific Facts to Demonstrate His Deity?
Jan 11, 2023 • 52min
Strategies for Becoming a Better Christian Case Maker
In this blast from the past, J. Warner talks with Frank Turek about several strategies to become a better “one dollar apologist”. Jim teaches at Frank’s CrossExamined Instructor’s Academy (CIA) and has learned several important principles related to becoming a better Christian Case Maker.
Jan 4, 2023 • 1h 10min
Don?t Get Excited About the Latest Version of Jesus Based on Some ?Lost? Gospel
In this blast from the past, J. Warner examines three efforts to recreate Jesus and talks about the historic effort to co-opt Jesus for a variety of reasons. J. Warner focuses on the use of alleged “lost” gospels and provides a number of reasons to reject these efforts. He also talks specifically about the claims of Joseph Atwill who claims “the New Testament was written by first-century Roman aristocrats” who “fabricated the entire story of Jesus Christ.”
Dec 28, 2022 • 1h 4min
What Does Mormonism Teach About Salvation?
In this blast from the past, Bill McKeever, from the Mormon Research Ministry, teaches one of J. Warner’s mission teams about the nature of salvation from an LDS perspective.
Dec 21, 2022 • 1h 10min
Why are Christian 'Celebrities' Abandoning the Faith? An Interview with Alisa Childers, John Cooper, and Dave Stovall
J. Warner hosts a panel at the NCCA Conference in 2022, seeking to answer the question: Why do so may famous, celebrity Christians walk away from the faith?
Dec 14, 2022 • 49min
The Problem of Evil and the Genesis Account - Q and A with J. Warner Wallace and Sean McDowell
J. Warner and Sean answer Jim Putnam's questions, including: 1. If there is a God why do bad things happen? 2. What caused bopth of you to become Christians? 3. God created everything, who or what created God? 4. What do you make of the Shroud of Turin? 5. How should we reconcile the first pages of the Genesis story? Plus much more...
