Ever since I read Cold Case Christianity, by J. Warner Wallace, I've been fascinated by his story. As a committed atheist and Los Angeles cold case homicide detective, Jim realized he had never examined the evidence for Christianity with the same techniques he used to solve his cold cases. So he set out to solve the most important cold case in history—the truth of the claims made by the disciples of Jesus of Nazareth. Do the gospel accounts of Jesus' life qualify as actual eye-witness testimony? Jim tells us all about it on today's podcast. Connect with Jim:
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9 Comments
Rachel
10/17/2017 08:48:06 am
Can you please post the name of the apologetics training academy you discussed in the podcast? Thank you!
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Alisa Childers
10/17/2017 11:50:04 am
Hi Rachel, here's the link! http://crossexamined.org/what-is-cia/
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Joe Sarr
10/20/2017 10:38:07 pm
I have listened to a number of interviews and podcast by Jim. This one is in particularly good. Thank you Alisa.
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J.W.Wallace seems genuine, and I guess he has a unique approach which some people find engaging. So, that's good.
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Alisa Childers
10/25/2017 01:10:32 pm
Thanks Ben. Just curious what you mean by "modern scholarship." The vast majority of scholars (even the most secular and liberal scholars) will grant that at least parts of the Gospels report historical events (even if they challenge who wrote them and that everything in them is true....)
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Sure, that's definitely true. You can probably count on one hand the number of credentialed scholars who reject altogether the Gospel narratives. But as should be equally clear, a large number of scholars reject the notion that the Gospels were written by eyewitnesses, or accurately report eyewitness testimony.
cks
5/26/2018 10:15:49 am
Alisa, you never responded to Ben's last comment specifically about eye witness testimony and I'm curious about that. Thanks
Alisa Childers
5/30/2018 02:52:19 pm
Hi there,
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Aaron
6/2/2019 09:49:20 am
Holly Ordway teaches apologetics at Houston Baptist University. She identifies as christian.
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