If you’ve ever been in a criminal trial, or seen one dramatized in a movie or TV show, you are doubtlessly familiar with the reading of the verdict at the culmination of the trial. After careful consideration of the evidence in the case, the jury will decide on a verdict: …
Read More »Atheists and Believers BOTH Shoulder a Burden of Proof (Video)
In this video, recorded as part of the Cold-Case Christianity Course at Southern Evangelical Seminary, J. Warner Wallace describes the reason why Christians are not alone in their duty to provide evidence for their worldview. Atheists who believe every feature of the universe can be explained from natural causes (physics and …
Read More »Why Christians Aren’t the Only People Who Shoulder a Burden of Proof (Video)
In this video from a message delivered at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, J. Warner Wallace addresses a common challenge for Christian believers: Since we are the ones who claim that God exists, are we the only ones who shoulder the burden of proof? If everyone who makes a claim must …
Read More »Are Theists the Only People Who Have the “Burden of Proof”? (Cold Case Christianity Broadcast #83)
In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner discusses a common claim of atheists: Theists are the only people who have a “burden of proof”. According to many non-believers, theists who believe in the existence of an invisible God hold the singular responsibility for defending what they believe. …
Read More »Can Naturalists Explain Where Life Originated?
In my new book, God’s Crime Scene: A Homicide Detective Examines the Evidence for a Divinely Created Universe, I make a comprehensive case for the existence of God from eight pieces of evidence in the universe. In Chapter Three (The Origin of Life: Does the Text Require an Author?), I …
Read More »Is A Divine “Intelligent Designer” Just a “God of the Gaps”?
In my book, God’s Crime Scene: A Homicide Detective Examines the Evidence for a Divinely Created Universe, I make a comprehensive case for the involvement of a Divine, Intelligent Designer based on eight attributes of design seen in biological organisms. Many skeptics believe intelligent design inferences are premature and impulsive, …
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