Sceptics who changed their minds
J. Warner Wallace: a detective tests the Gospels
A Los Angeles County cold-case homicide detective and atheist who applied his methods for testing eyewitness statements to the Gospels and became a Christian in 1996. He describes it in Cold-Case Christianity (2013).
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His account
Wallace says he read the Gospel of Mark as he would a witness statement and found the marks of real eyewitness testimony. Investigating further, he concluded that the Gospels are reliable and that Jesus rose from the dead.
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35He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.
John 19:35 (WEB) · context
Sources
- J. Warner Wallace, Cold-Case Christianity (David C Cook, 2013)
Why the evidence matters
If Jesus rose, His offer is real
God loves you and gave His Son so that whoever believes in Him should not perish.