Become a Detective: Learn to Discern!

It’s important to learn to think and discern for yourself, especially for young people. Jim Wallace, Cold Case Detective does that.

I grew up in the church. My family attended several times a week plus we attended all the special services which our congregation offered throughout the year.

By the time I got in my teens, I had questions. I’d seen the imperfections in the people around me and naturally, I became skeptical

How can we know for sure what we believe is true? What if someone has just tricked us? I believe those sorts of doubts are normal.

About that time, the Francis Shaffer movies came out. He compared Ch to the little stone bridges the Romans built. He said those bridges could handle the weight of the horse and buggies of their day, and even the wagons, but they couldn’t hold the weight of the semi. Well, unlike those bridges, Christianity is strong. It can withstand our doubts because it’s true.

I became interested in apologetics.

Of course, I read Josh McDowell, Gary Habermas, C.S. Lewis, Lee Strobel. And my husband and I are particularly fond of William Lane Craig. But I still had a few questions about the gospels. Until one day I came across a book called Cold Case Christianity. I loved it. I understand that a book is coming out for kids also. Author Jim Wallace will soon even be offering an online course for kids to earn badges as a detective.

Today I have the author, J Warner Wallace.

1:55 How did you come to faith in Christ?

3:30 How does a detective look at eyewitness testimony?

4:20 The book of John was different because he came later. Can you explain how that works?

6:25 The three synoptic gospels are similar yet they have differences. Can you explain how you reconcile that?

8:20 Reconciling different stories about the same event.

13:05 What did you see in the Gospels that made you come to faith in Christ?

Learn more here about the book for adults. Click here for the book for kids.