The Most Dangerous Kind of Faith in the Church Today
From The Cold-Case Christianity Podcast by J. Warner Wallace
May 6, 2026 · 1h 6m
About this episode
J. Warner Wallace discusses the dangers of blind faith in the church and advocates for a reasonable, evidential faith grounded in biblical principles.
Faith is not supposed to be blind, reckless, or detached from reality. In this episode, J. Warner Wallace (cold-case detective and Christian apologist) takes a hard look at the way many Christians think about "faith" and shows why some popular versions of faith are not just weak—they're dangerous to the church. He explains the difference between unreasonable faith, blind faith, and reasonable (forensic) faith, and why only one of these is actually biblical. Drawing on years of courtroom experience, Jim unpacks how juries reach verdicts "beyond a reasonable doubt" and why that same standard makes sense for the Christian worldview. He addresses why so many churches avoid apologetics, how "just have faith" can become a license for intellectual laziness, and why that's leaving our kids vulnerable to every counterfeit worldview that comes along. He also tackles commonly misused passages like Hebrews 11 and the story of "Doubting Thomas" to show that Scripture consistently presents a thoughtful, evidential faith—one that welcomes investigation rather than fleeing from it. If you've ever felt like the only person in your church who cares about evidence, or you've struggled with the idea…
People in this episode
Host: J. Warner Wallace
Topics covered
- faith
- apologetics
- Christian worldview
- evidence
- intellectual laziness
- scripture
Keywords
- faith
- Christianity
- apologetics
- evidence
- blind faith
- reasonable faith
- scripture
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Hebrews 11
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