What is the true definition of “faith” from a Christian perspective? Why does the definition matter, and how can it help us to better make the case for Christianity? In this clip from J. Warner’s class on the Resurrection (offered at Southern Evangelical Seminary), J. Warner provides several tools and …
Read More »Hebrews 11 and the Issue of Faith (Podcast)
In this podcast, J. Warner talks with Susie Larson (from Middays with Susie Larson) to discuss the issue of Biblical faith. Does the Bible say faith is “blind”? Does the author of Hebrews advance that notion? If not, how are we to define a Biblical notion of faith? List to …
Read More »There’s a Difference Between a Fact and an Inference (Video)
In this video, recorded as part of the Cold-Case Christianity Course at Southern Evangelical Seminary, J. Warner Wallace describes the difference between evidence and inferences from evidence. Why do two people, when evaluating the same set of facts, come to two different conclusions? For more information about Southern Evangelical Seminary, please …
Read More »A Common Seminary Complaint: How Academic Research Can Sometimes Steal Your Joy (Video)
Haden Clark from Help Me Believe interviews J. Warner Wallace for the Help Me Believe YouTube Channel. Haden comments that one common observation of seminary students is that rigorous theological study, especially when it aims at the creation of term papers and studies, can sometime make bible study feel like labor. How can …
Read More »How to Respond to the Claim: “We Don’t Have Free Will” (Video)
In this video, recorded at a Fearless Faith Seminar, J. Warner Wallace helps answer an audience question: If God is in control of everything, and if God knows the beginning from the end, how can we, as humans, have any free will? To see more training videos with J. Warner Wallace, …
Read More »Even If the New Testament is Reliable, Why Consider It Divine? (Video)
Haden Clark from Help Me Believe interviews J. Warner Wallace for the Help Me Believe YouTube Channel. Even if we can make an adequate case for the reliability of the New Testament (or the Bible in general), why should we consider the Bible to be Divine (in addition to reliable)? Is there any …
Read More »Do Christians Believe in An Afterlife Just Because the Bible Promises One? (Video)
Cold case detective, J. Warner Wallace, answers questions following a presentation at Ohio State University. Why do Christian believe in – and expect – an afterlife? Is our belief in Heaven and Hell based purely on the teaching of the Bible? Is there any other good reason to expect a …
Read More »If You’ve Served On A Jury, You’re Already A Good Epistemological Philosopher
Philosophy is an important academic discipline and there are many great, professional Christian Case Makers who work in the field. Alvin Plantinga, William Lane Craig, J. P. Moreland, Paul Copan; the list is large and growing. One area of examination for these philosophers is the topic of “epistemology”, the study …
Read More »Dumping the Term: “Christian Apologist”
Most of us who have taken the time to defend what we believe as Christians are familiar with the term, “apologetics”. It comes from a Greek word used by Christian authors: ἀπολογία (apologia). This word appears seventeen times in the New Testament, as either a noun or a verb. Most …
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