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The Cold-Case Christianity Podcast

Did the Story of Jesus Evolve Over Time?

The Cold-Case Christianity Podcast

ColdCaseChristianity.com

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.81.5K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Was the real Jesus different than the one Christians worship today? Were the gospels altered over time to distort the Jesus of history into the Christ of Christianity? J. Warner and Jimmy Wallace discuss the issue in this episode of the NRBtv Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast.

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0:00.0

Is Christiani just a myth, a story that grew over the centuries?

0:06.1

Some skeptics want you to believe so, we'll talk about it in this episode.

0:13.3

J. Warner Wallace is a cold-case homicide detective who's been investigating cold-case murders

0:17.3

in Los Angeles County for over a decade.

0:19.5

His work has been featured on Fox News, Dateline, and Core TV.

0:22.8

Now, we join him as he applies his investigative skills to making a case for Christiani.

0:30.0

Welcome to this edition of the cold-case Christiani broadcast, I'm Jimmy Wallace.

0:38.9

And I'm J. Warner Wallace.

0:40.5

Okay, so here's the question.

0:42.7

Has Christianity changed from its earliest version, the truth, to some myth that we now believe

0:49.4

is true?

0:50.4

Now that's the claim that some skeptics make, but what are they really talking about when

0:54.6

it comes to Jesus?

0:55.6

What are they really talking about when it comes to the story of Jesus?

0:58.4

I want to ask you that question, Jimmy.

1:00.6

Yeah, I think when I talk to people at least in my own personal life, I think that I see

1:05.2

a lot of people have this perception that maybe Jesus was a guy who lived, but if he did live,

1:11.3

he wasn't like the guy that we currently see.

1:13.8

If we go into a church today, they're talking about from the pulpit that he's God, that

1:17.5

he rose to the dead, that he can save you from your sins.

1:20.6

If Jesus really existed, maybe he was in some other form, he was just a wise teacher,

1:25.9

who did a couple nice things, then he's just the story of him, the legend grew over time,

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