J. Warner Wallace - Forensic Faith: A Homicide Detective Makes the Case for a More Reasonable, Evidential Christian Faith

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Now more than ever its important to know what you believe and why you believe it. As a Christian in an increasingly skeptical world, we must do more than tell people what the Bible teaches; we must help them understand why they can trust what it says about Jesus. Are you ready to make the case? Forensic Faith will help you develop a faith thats dedicated, inquisitive, and prepared to answer the tough questions.

Andy Stanley, senior pastor of North Point Community Church, Alpharetta, Georgia

Today, too many evangelical Christians would rather feel their faith than actually understand and defend it. With biblical precision, solid evidence and masterful reasoning, J. Warner Wallace challenges believers to both embrace and make a thoughtful and intellectually robust case for historic Christianity. Forensic Faith is exactly what the church needs today!

Janet Mefferd, nationally syndicated Christian radio personality and host of Janet Mefferd Today

Charles Malik, famed ambassador to the US, rightly quipped, If you win the whole world and lose the mind of the world, you will soon discover that you have not won the world. Indeed, it may turn out that you have actually lost the world. In Forensic Faith , Christian apologist J. Warner Wallace underscores the danger of anti-intellectualism and equips you to do something about it.

Hank Hanegraaff, host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, bestselling author, and president of the Christian Research Institute

J. Warner Wallaces Forensic Faith completes the trilogy of wonderful books making the evidentiary case for the historicity and veracity of the Christian faith in language that twenty-first-century Americans can clearly and readily understand. I have seldom seen an approach to verifying the truth claims of the Christian faith that is more effective than the one taken by Gods police detective, J. Warner Wallace. Buy two copies of this book. Read one and keep it, and share one with a lost friend.

Dr. Richard Land, president of Southern Evangelical Seminary

Few professions better prepare a person to follow the evidence than being a detective. And few detectives are better prepared Christians to be apologists than J. Warner Wallace. This book is a classic in how to be a more effective defender of the Christian faith. I highly recommend it for every Christian, even for those who have given no thought to being an apologist.

Dr. Norm Geisler, chancellor of Veritas Evangelical Seminary and author of over one hundred books, including Conversational Evangelism

Unless youre one of the three people in America who believe the church is successfully making disciples and winning over the culture, Forensic Faith is a book that you must read and heed NOW! Detective Wallace shows you how to make a persuasive case for Christianity and why its absolutely necessary to do so. The third book in a brilliant series ( Cold-Case Christianity, Gods Crime Scene ), Forensic Faith is not only insightful and practical, it is beautifully illustrated. So join the growing movement of case makers to help advance Gods kingdom by putting this book into practice NOW!

Dr. Frank Turek, Christian apologist, president of CrossExamined Ministries, and author of I Dont Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist and Stealing from God

J. Warner Wallace has done us all a service with Forensic Faith . In these pages, Jim not only makes a great case for the importance of apologetics but also gives us a thorough and thoughtful method for how to use apologetics in discussing the credibility of the Christian faith. As a trained trial attorney and evangelist, I highly recommend Forensic Faith .

Abdu Murray, North American director of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries and author of Grand Central Question

Perhaps, more today than ever, Christians need to be able to defend what they believe and why they believe it, and to do so with passion and proof. In this book, J. Warner Wallace reminds us that the truth is fearless and so should be every true believer.

Jack Hibbs, senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills and host of Real Life with Jack Hibbs

Whether you are an individual looking for where to start answering doubts about Christianity or you are a church community looking to better train and equip your people, Forensic Faith is the practical guide you need. J. Warner Wallace has brought together his intriguing detective stories with practical help for the beginning case maker. Its like a reader ride-along in a police cruiser, learning the ropes on how to thoughtfully investigate the truth.

Mary Jo Sharp, assistant professor of apologetics, Houston Baptist University, and author of Resilient Faith and Why Do You Believe That? A Faith Conversation

What is truth? Pontius Pilates question reverberates through the ages to our own skeptical day. J. Warner Wallace challenges you to answer the Pilates of your day with Jesuss words I have come into the world to bear witness to the truth, and then he equips you to make the case for that truth. More than anyone I have read, Jim trains you to think, prepares you to practice, and encourages you to step out with Forensic Faith .

Bill Parkinson, founding and Sageworks pastor of Fellowship Bible Church, Little Rock, Arkansas

This book connects. It is one of the most accessible books addressing the foundational issues in apologetics I have ever seen. Superb materialthat every Christian student and leader needs to masterpresented in a way that is enormously thoughtful and engaging. My hope is that churches around the globe read it, study it, and apply it. It will turn the church, and then the world, upside down.

Craig J. Hazen, PhD, founder and director of the Graduate Program in Christian apologetics and author of Five Sacred Crossings

Most apologetics texts introduce the major evidences favoring Christianity. Having completed that task already in two previous volumes, J. Warner Wallaces third book in his trilogy, Forensic Faith , is one of only a handful of books that wades into the turbulent waters among the sharks and shows readers how actually to apply the evidences. And why not? As a cold-case homicide detective in Los Angeles for many years and a passionate atheist as well, Jims job was to emphasize real-life applications of evidence in the toughest situations. But while applying the same rules used in solving murders, he realized after a long search that Christianity was absolutely true! Who better to learn apologetic strategies from than one who has spent decades in the trenches? This volume comes highly recommended!

Gary R. Habermas, distinguished research professor and chair, Philosophy Dept., Liberty University & Theological Seminary, and author of The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus

Forensic Faith has the kind of unique insight we have come to expect from cold-case detective J. Warner Wallace. Drawing from skills learned from decades of successfully investigating cold-case homicides, Wallace shows exactly how to go about making a compelling case to Christianitys critics. This isnt the what, but the howthe part most Christians are missing. If you want a practical guide to being a more effective Christian case maker, Forensic Faith is the book youre looking for.

Melinda Penner, Executive Director of Stand to Reason and STRs senior blogger

I didnt think J. Warner Wallace could top his masterpiece Cold-Case Christianity . I was wrong. In Forensic Faith , Wallace gets right to the point. Its not enough for Christians to believe accidentally; they must know their faith evidentially. But theres a problem: Many Christians dont know how to defend the faith. Worse still, many dont want to know. Their ignorance is sustained by denial. Wallace graciously, but firmly, says we must do better. Then he masterfully shows us how. Whether you work at Starbucks, drive a truck, or attend school, we are all apologists now. You may be a prosecutor or a defender, but either way, you have a case to make. There is no finer book for getting started.