In this rebroadcasted radio show from Stand to Reason’s weekly podcast, J. Warner Wallace gives tips for sharing and defending the Christian worldview, talks about changing your ministry by changing your calendar, and describes the difference between God speaking a message through someone and through Scripture. To listen to additional Stand to Reason podcasts, …
Read More »The Difference Between Presenting an Argument and Being Argumentative (Video)
How can we reflect the nature of Christ as we make the case for Christianity? How can we avoid becoming argumentative as we present arguments for the truth? Detective Jimmy Wallace (J. Warner’s son) tackles this important issue as part of his Incarnate Investigation Video Series. To see more training …
Read More »Am I Effectively Using Apologetics? (Video)
Are there times when your efforts to share the truth of Christianity seem to fall on deaf ears? What can we do when our attempt to talk about apologetics seems less than effective? Detective Jimmy Wallace (J. Warner’s son) tackles this important issue as part of his Incarnate Investigation Video …
Read More »How Christian Case Making Turns “Free Riders” Into “First Responders”
I’ve been part of a first responder family my entire life. I was born while my father was in the police academy and grew up during his law enforcement career. Prior to his retirement, I entered the academy and my son was born. He watched me serve as a first …
Read More »How the Burden of Proof Can Shape Our Interaction
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 »Why Would Anyone Get a Degree in Apologetics?
I feel honored to be a very small part of the faculty at Biola University (where I serve as an Adjunct Professor in the Master’s Degree program in Christian Apologetics). In a recent class I taught covering the material in Cold-Case Christianity, I began by asking the seventy-four students why …
Read More »Why Christians Must Continue to Guard the Truth of the Gospel
We planted a church from a youth group several years ago, and as a result, I pastored a congregation of college aged men and women for a number of years. During this time, one of our young women sent me an email telling me she was about to participate in …
Read More »Talking with Atheists: A Few Observations from Berkeley
Brett Kunkle, Sean McDowell and I took students to Berkeley for several years, creating and facilitating trips to challenge young Christians and expose them to the arguments they may eventually face in their university experience. We typically invited local atheists to join us on these trips to make the case …
Read More »Four Reasons You Should Attend the CrossExamined Instructor Academy
Frank Turek, has been a dear friend, co-laborer and mentor. He’s the author of I Don’t Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist, and Stealing from God, and a popular speaker on college campuses, churches and conferences around the country. Frank does more than train Christians, however. Frank trains trainers. …
Read More »Why Are You a Christian? Here’s Why Your Answer Matters (Video)
What do most people say when they are asked why they are Christians? What is the best answer we can give and why does this answer matter? In this clip from J. Warner’s class on the Resurrection (offered at Southern Evangelical Seminary), J. Warner provides several tools and strategies for …
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