They Invented the Resurrection Story… So Why Choose Women as the First Witnesses?
Why would the Gospel writers place women at the center of the Resurrection story if they were inventing the account? In this episode of the...
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The Cold-Case Christianity Podcast
The Cold-Case Christianity Podcast is hosted by J. Warner Wallace, cold-case detective, Adjunct Professor of Apologetics at Biola University and author of Cold-Case Christianity (A Homicide...
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Pontius Pilate Was Real—And the Evidence Makes the Gospels Harder to Dismiss
Was Pontius Pilate real? And if the Gospels accurately describe Pilate, his Roman authority, and the execution of Jesus, what does that tell...
Why Jesus Changed the Way We Pray
Prayer is often treated as a spiritual reflex — something we do before meals, during emergencies, or in public moments where religious langu...
The Cross as a Crime Scene: Building the Penal Substitution Case from the Gospels (Podcast)
Is penal substitution a later theological invention — or does the Gospel testimony itself reveal that Jesus died in the place of guilty peop...
The Hidden Family Tree of Jesus' Disciples: Were More of the Twelve Brothers Than We Realize?
Were more of Jesus' twelve disciples connected than we realize? In Matthew 10:2–4, the Gospel writer does more than list the names of the ap...
Were Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea Actually Saved? The Shocking Truth Behind Jesus' Burial
When Jesus was arrested, condemned, crucified, and buried, His most visible followers had scattered. Yet two unexpected men stepped forward...
The Hidden Moses Code in the Gospels: What Most Readers Miss About Jesus
Jesus is repeatedly portrayed in the Gospels through the lens of Moses and the Exodus—but the comparison is easy to miss if you are reading...
Did Mary Really Remain a Virgin? The Evidence Nobody Wants to Discuss
Did Mary remain a perpetual virgin after Jesus was born? Or does the cumulative evidence of the New Testament indicate that Mary and Joseph...
Who Wrote Hebrews? The Bible's Greatest Cold Case
Who wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews? The author never identifies himself—yet the letter leaves behind a compelling trail of internal clues,...
Who Decided What's In Your Bible? (And Were They Right?)
How did 27 specific books end up in your New Testament out of hundreds of early Christian writings—and how can you be confident the church d...
The Overlooked Factor That Shaped All of Christianity
What if one overlooked factor quietly shaped all of Christian history—and still shapes the way you see Jesus today? 🤔 In this episode of th...
This Is NOT How Lambs Work: The Shocking Old Testament Clue Everyone Misses About Jesus
In this episode, J. Warner Wallace takes you into the forensic details of the Bible's sacrificial system to examine a stunning claim: when J...
Unmasking the Gospels: Is Mark the Original Jesus Report?
If Mark really preserves Peter's eyewitness testimony, what does that mean for the other Gospels—and for skeptical claims that the New Testa...
Eyewitness or Legend? The Truth About Mark's Gospel
Was the Gospel of Mark built on real eyewitness testimony—or is it just another religious legend? In this episode, cold‑case detective and C...
Deconstructing Judas: Saved, Lost, or Something Far Worse?
In this episode, cold-case detective and Christian apologist J. Warner Wallace reopens "the Judas file" and asks a blunt question: Was Judas...
Can ANYONE Close the Missing Centuries of the Shroud of Turin?
How do you investigate the "missing centuries" of the Shroud of Turin like a real cold-case detective? In this third episode on the Shroud o...
Why Jesus Kept 'Poking the Bear' on the Sabbath—and What It Proves
In this extended episode, cold-case detective and Christian apologist J. Warner Wallace investigates every one of Jesus' Sabbath miracles an...
21 Clues Everyone Misses About Jesus' Deity in John's Gospel
Is Jesus really God, or did the church just make that up later? In this episode of Cold-Case Christianity, homicide detective and Christian...
How Should Christians Respond When The World Is On Fire?
In this episode, J. Warner Wallace joins The Bill Arnold Show to discuss how followers of Jesus can thoughtfully respond to the recent event...
What 1,300 Years of SILENCE Says About the Shroud of Turin
Is the Shroud of Turin a genuine relic of Jesus, a medieval hoax, or something else entirely? In this second episode on the Shroud of Turin,...