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Are Near-Death Experiences Evidence for Christianity? (Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast S8E12)

Are Near-Death Experiences Evidence for Christianity
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What are “near death” experiences and what do they tell us about the nature of reality and the world in which we live? Are they actually evidence of theism or Christianity? J. Warner and Jimmy Wallace discuss recent news articles in this episode of the NRBtv Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast.

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J. Warner Wallace is a Dateline featured cold-case homicide detective, popular national speaker and best-selling author. He continues to consult on cold-case investigations while serving as a Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He is also an Adj. Professor of Christian Apologetics at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, and a faculty member at Summit Ministries. He holds a BA in Design (from CSULB), an MA in Architecture (from UCLA), and an MA in Theological Studies (from Gateway Seminary).

4 Comments

4 Comments

  1. Carter Keller

    April 13, 2022 at 2:35 pm

    Very interesting discussion. I have one question though for J&J: are you falling into the trap of adding evidence vs weighing evidence? For example, it doesn’t matter how many people die and don’t rise from the dead. What matters is that there is one instance where the evidence is overwhelming that someone did rise from the dead. I wonder if some of the discussion shifted to adding NDE experiences vs weighing specific NDE instances on a case by case basis. I do however appreciate that at minimum NDEs can be a tool to confirm immaterial aspects of us as human beings.

  2. Cindy Martin

    April 14, 2022 at 9:49 am

    Jim,
    I just recently discovered your podcast and appreciate your work. In listening to the NDE podcast I have a thought that you didn’t bring up. Most of the stories that we hear regarding NDE’s are people who experience light, God, peace, etc. It is notable that they are not all Christian and, since the way is narrow to God, the majority should not be (sadly). Those who do not profess Christ as Lord and die will not go to meet him. If the phenomena was real, should we not expect for the majority of the stories to be those of experiences of hell and subsequent salvation after returning to life here on earth?

    • Sally Lane

      June 8, 2022 at 4:13 pm

      That was similar to my question. You hear of NDE and they see light or Jesus, etc. Are you there stories of NDE where the person sees hell?

  3. Marilyn

    April 18, 2022 at 12:13 pm

    Understand where your coming from . This has happened many times. I have the book heaven is for real. In it he meets his grandad who he does not know his sister who miscarried,.he’s shown photos of grandad and he only recognises a young picture

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