Cold Case Christianity

Identity, meaning, and suffering are not abstract philosophical ideas; they are lived realities that shape every choice we make. We build our sense of self from the stories we accept about who we are, where we came from, and the nature of our purpose. When suffering crashes into those stories—through betrayal, loss, injustice, or failure—it exposes whether our identity rests ...

Was the Gospel of Mark built on real eyewitness testimony—or is it just another religious legend? In this episode, cold‑case detective and Christian apologist J. Warner Wallace (you) walks through the historical and forensic evidence that Mark’s Gospel is rooted in the firsthand experiences of the apostle Peter. You’ll discover why early Christian writ...

When it comes to passing on the faith, good intentions are not enough. In this conversation on Pastors Perspective, J. Warner Wallace shares how parents, grandparents, and church leaders can intentionally disciple Gen Z so they know not only what Christianity teaches, but why it is true. Drawing from years as a cold-case detective and coauthor of So the Next Generation Will K...

Detectives think about eyewitnesses very differently than most people. In a criminal case, a conviction can hinge on whether a jury finds a witness believable, so investigators learn to probe, test, and corroborate testimony instead of accepting it at face value. That same mindset can be applied to the New Testament accounts of Jesus. Rather than treating the Gospels as a col...

In this episode, cold-case detective and Christian apologist J. Warner Wallace reopens “the Judas file” and asks a blunt question: Was Judas ever truly saved, or was he an unsaved insider from the start? Drawing on a detective’s methodology, J. Warner walks verse by verse through every major Judas passage, examines Judass remorse in Matthew 27, and weighs historic voices—from...