A Forensic Approach to the Gospels

About this episode

Shane interviews J. Warner Wallace about his forensic approach to studying the Gospels and the evidence that influenced his conversion to Christianity.

Throughout his various writing projects, J. Warner Wallace encourages his readers to study the Gospels forensically —that is, to always be on the lookout for evidence, either of deception on the one hand, or of authentic eyewitness testimony on the other. On this episode, Shane talks with him about some of the evidence he discovered when he read the Gospels for the first time and which ultimately led to his conversion to the Christian faith. They also discuss issues related to the dating of the four Gospels and some of the interpretive possibilities related to identifying Luke’s Theophilus. For more information about J. Warner Wallace, visit his website coldcasechristianity.com During this episode, Shane referenced his recent webinar on the prologue of Luke’s Gospel. A video recording of this presentation is available here for paid subscribers. To upgrade to a paid subscription, click here . SHOW NOTES Articles Why I Know The Gospels Were Written Early , J. Warner Wallace The Date of John’s Gospel, Revisited , Shane Rosenthal The Implications of 70 AD , Shane Rosenthal A Pre-70 Date for the Gospels & Acts , Shane Rosenthal Who is Theophilus? Notes to Ep. #79 , Peter Bolt and…

People in this episode

Hosts: Shane, Shane Rosenthal

Guest: J. Warner Wallace

Topics covered

• forensic analysis
• Gospels
• eyewitness testimony
• Christian faith
• dating of Gospels
• Theophilus

Keywords

• Gospels
• forensic approach
• eyewitness testimony
• Christian conversion
• Theophilus
• dating of Gospels

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: coldcasechristianity.com

Books & works: Luke’s Gospel

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