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I was in the studio a few years ago with Frank Sontag for his KKLA radio program in Los Angeles. We were talking about Cold Case Christianity and the transformation I experienced when I first became a Christian. As an atheist, I embraced a moral code very similar to the …

In the first chapter of Cold Case Christianity I illustrate the difference between “belief in” and “belief that”. It’s one thing to “believe that” your bullet proof vest can stop a ballistic round, but I’ve known officers who trusted their vests to stop a bullet when they were powerless to …

I have several believing friends that are “perfectionists”. They believe that Christians, filled and empowered by the Holy Spirit, can eventually attain a level of sanctification in this life that results in perfect Christian character. John Wesley (the founder of Methodism) believed the sanctifying grace of God could accomplish such …

In this podcast, J. Warner discusses the nature of objective, transcendent moral truth claims and the insufficiency of moral grounding from an atheistic, naturalistic perspective. Jim also discusses the nature of forgiveness and the relationship between our ability to forgive and our view of our own need for forgiveness. Subscribe …

I’ve taken many Utah Missions trips with high school students over the years. Each time, we spend 7-8 days talking with Mormons about what they believe related to the nature of salvation, Jesus, God and the Bible. Our students engage LDS believers in great conversations; they definitely have to step …