What If Jesus Is Just One More Myth? Inside a Homicide Detective's Spiritual Crime Scene

About this episode

J. Warner Wallace explores his journey from skepticism to faith, examining the evidence for Jesus and the Gospels.

In this episode, cold-case homicide detective and Christian apologist J. Warner Wallace walks through the "spiritual crime scene" of his own journey from skeptical naturalist to follower of Jesus. Drawing on decades of investigative experience, he explains why the usual reasons people give for being Christians ("I was raised this way" or "I had an experience") are not uniquely Christian, and why the real question is whether the Gospels record what actually happened in the first century. You'll hear how eyewitness variation in the Gospel accounts first caught his attention, how the standard jury instructions for testing witnesses can be applied to the New Testament, and why abductive reasoning from four key facts about Jesus points most reasonably to the resurrection. J. Warner also unpacks his memorable distinction between "belief that" and "belief in," using a bulletproof vest story from an officer-involved shooting to show what genuine, evidence-based trust in Christ looks like when the stakes are life and death. Along the way, he addresses miracles in other world religions, the rising generational question "Is Christianity good and worth caring about?", and the power of…

People in this episode

Host: J. Warner Wallace

Topics covered

• Christian apologetics
• skepticism
• eyewitness accounts
• resurrection
• cultural impact of Christianity
• belief systems

Keywords

• cold-case detective
• spiritual crime scene
• eyewitness variation
• abductive reasoning
• belief in Christ
• miracles
• Christianity's relevance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gospels, Christianity, New Testament

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