

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.
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Oct 4, 2023 • 45min
Why the Reliability of the Bible is Key to Navigating Culture
Detective and author J. Warner Wallace discusses the importance of grounding your worldview in an evidential Christian faith, investigating historical claims of Christianity, the role of apologetics in making a case for Christianity, distinguishing between subjective and objective truth claims, the significance of personal experiences and evidence, and the importance of critical thinking when examining the claims of the Bible.

Sep 27, 2023 • 1h 13min
Can Presuppositional and Evidential Christian Apologists Co-Exist?
In this episode J. Warner talks with Joel Settecase from the Think Institute about making the case for Christianity. Joel is a winsome presuppositional apologist and they talk about the role each approach might take in building a case. Be sure to subscribe to the Worldview Legacy Podcast to hear more from Joel's team.

Sep 20, 2023 • 35min
Why We Need to Develop a Reasonable Faith
Perry LaHaie and Shawna Beyer discuss the evidential nature of Christianity, emphasizing the importance of presenting it as reasonable. They explore the impact of evidential case for Christianity, the significance of a Christian worldview in promoting human flourishing, and offer advice for parents facing doubt. Additionally, they discuss the experiences of being a chaplain at a law enforcement marriage resiliency retreat and the challenges faced by police officers.

Sep 13, 2023 • 51min
Does Objective Truth Truly Exist?
In this episode of the podcast, J. Warner discusses the nature of truth with Bill Arnold from Faith Radio. Why is it so critical to defend the existence of objective truth? What are the consequences if we don't?

Sep 6, 2023 • 28min
Have You Been Misled Spiritually? Interview with Allen Parr
Today, many supposedly Christian teachers are spreading ideas that amount to what Paul called "another gospel." In this episode of the podcast, J. Warner interviews Allen Parr about his book, Misled: 7 Lies That Distort the Gospel (and How You Can Discern the Truth), offering clarity and hope for anyone who has felt discouraged or confused in their spiritual journey.

Aug 30, 2023 • 54min
Why the Case for the New Testament Is Still Strong Ten Years Later
In this episode J. Warner talks with the hosts of the Stream Roots Podcast and discuss the cummulative case for the reliability of the New Testament in anticipation of the Updated and Revised Edition of Cold-Case Christianity.

Aug 24, 2023 • 49min
A Brief Detective Course in the Reliability of New Testament
In this episode, J. Warner talks with Mikel Del Rosario (The Apologetics Guy) and discusses the positive case for the truth of Christianity, focusing on key lessons about the use of evidence and inference in police investigations. Discover how a real-life detective uses his investigative experience to contend for the faith.

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Aug 16, 2023 • 1h 44min
Am I Crazy to Believe in the Existence of God?
Guest Julio Rodriguez discusses the filming of 'God's Not Dead 2', the state of the Christian church, evidence from the impossibility of infinite regress, and the complexity of DNA as a case for the existence of God.

Aug 9, 2023 • 59min
Four Reasons We Can Be Confident the Gospel Accounts Are Eyewitness Accounts
In this episode of the podcast, J. Warner replays his guest appearance on the Stand to Reason Radio Show. J. Warner gives four reasons we can be confident the Gospel accounts are eyewitness accounts, answers a question about family planning, discusses how Christian principles cause people to thrive, then talks to callers about the Old Testament prophets and why God created Satan.

Aug 2, 2023 • 1h 4min
How Can You Believe in the Miraculous Bible Stories?
In this episode of the podcast, J. Warner talks with Janell Wood and shares his story of coming from a contentedly non-christian worldview and not feeling like Christianity was relevant to him to believing in Jesus. He explains how marriage and becoming a father started turned his head towards the need for a solidified worldview. They talk about J. Warner's work as a detective and how his experience thinking things through in an evidence based way led him to belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. They also talk about how the agnostic worldview can work for a time, but can eventually fall through, the six atheistic explanations for the resurrection and how the explanations do not work, how suffering fits into the Christian life, and more.


