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When Christians talk about “salvation” what do we really mean? What does God require of us to be united with Him for all eternity? What questions arise related to the nature of salvation? In this interview with Bill Arnold, J. Warner examines the issue and responds to questions. Be sure …

In this blast from the past, J. Warner reviews a Utah Missions Trip and talks about several important points of contrast between Christianity and Mormonism, including the distinct differences related to the nature of Jesus, God and Salvation. For more information about the reliability of the New Testament gospels and …

I was an atheist for the first thirty-five years of my life. While I was a committed (and often aggressive) non-believer, most people who knew me would probably have described me as a “nice guy”. My behavior wasn’t all that different than many of my Christian friends. I worked with …

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 …

Words matter. Ideas have consequences. In the years that I have been engaging Mormons about matters of faith, I’ve learned to define terms very carefully. Christians and Mormons use many of the same terms: “grace”, “heaven”, “Jesus”, “God”, “salvation” and many more. But when the definitions of these terms are …

Every theistic worldview eventually asks a series of important questions: “What are God’s plans for us, His created children? Does God have a plan to reunite us to Himself? Is there a way we could someday meet God and exist with Him?” All theistic systems describe the manner in which …

Our “Quick Shot” series offers brief answers to common objections to the Christian worldview. Each response is limited to one paragraph. These responses are designed to (1) answer the objection as concisely as possible, (2) challenge the objector to think more deeply about his or her claim, and (3) facilitate …

In this video, recorded at a Fearless Faith Seminar, J. Warner Wallace helps answer an audience question: Can My Friend Be Excited About Sin and Be a Christian? Why do we still struggle with sin, even though we have professed Christ as our savior? To see more training videos with …

Cold case detective, J. Warner Wallace, answers questions following a presentation at Ohio State University. In God’s Crime Scene, J. Warner describes how the evidence of an intruder turns a death scene into a crime scene and a sense of curiosity into a sense of urgency. A student asks, “How …

In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast, J. Warner offers a number of brief, rhetorically powerful responses to the objection: “There is No Such Thing as Sin.” Isn’t the concept of “sin” simply a matter of opinion? Why should I accept what Christianity says about “sin”? Isn’t “sin” just …