Tag Archives: reliability of the Bible

In this video, recorded as part of the Cold-Case Christianity Course at Southern Evangelical Seminary, J. Warner Wallace describes the nature of eyewitness testimony. Given the reality of eyewitness testimony, why would anyone be surprised about the degree to which the gospels differ? For more information about Southern Evangelical Seminary, …

In this video, recorded as part of the Cold-Case Christianity Course at Southern Evangelical Seminary, J. Warner Wallace describes the Standard of Proof used in criminal trials and why this standard is sufficient when investigating Christianity. J. Warner also describes why we need to be able to communicate the standard …

In this video, recorded as part of the Cold-Case Christianity Course at Southern Evangelical Seminary, J. Warner Wallace describes the forms of evidence used in criminal trials and illustrates how an understanding of these forms can help us to communicate the truth of Christianity to others. For more information about …

In this clip from a Summit Worldview Conference session, cold-case detective, J. Warner Wallace, examines the objection that there are too many variants between the ancient New Testament manuscripts to trust any document we have today. Is there a process we could use to determine their reliability? In this thought …

In this clip from a Summit Worldview Conference session, cold-case detective, J. Warner Wallace, defines the notion of “inerrancy”. How can we call the New Testament the “inerrant word of God” when we don’t possess any original documents, and there are so many variations between the ancient manuscripts we do …

In this clip from a Summit Worldview Conference session, cold-case detective, J. Warner Wallace, describes how we can be certain we have reliable copies of the original New Testament documents, even though there are many variants in the oldest manuscripts. What process can we use to return to the original …

In this clip from a Summit Worldview Conference session, cold-case detective, J. Warner Wallace, describes why some suspects point to variations between ancient New Testament documents as evidence of their unreliability. Do manuscript variations disqualify the Gospels? What are the variations typically described by skeptics? To see more training videos …

In this clip from a Summit Worldview Conference session, cold-case detective, J. Warner Wallace, describes why some suspects distrust the New Testament. Are you aware of some of the common claims of skeptics? Do you know what young Christians typically face when encountering these objections for the first time? To …

I’ve written quite a bit about the reliability of the New Testament eyewitness accounts in Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels and at ColdCaseChristianity.com. I believe there are many good reasons to accept the Gospels as eyewitness accounts, and I’ve focused on four characteristics of …

Cold case detective, J. Warner Wallace discusses Cold-Case Christianity with Brady Blevins from the Atheist Christian Book Club. In this clip, J. Warner answers an objection leveled by an atheist in the group: We find many “contradictions” in the Bible, and we’ll give you an example. Why should we trust the New …