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Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Investigating the Eyewitness Accounts of Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2)

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Relationships, Parenting

4.74.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Through his own faith journey and the context of his police-work analogies, J. Warner Wallace will provide a compelling evangelistic message that will challenge nonbelievers and inspire Christians to be bolder in their faith. (Part 2 of 2)


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0:00.0

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0:02.0

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0:07.3

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0:09.3

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0:15.9

So I just thought to myself as I'm reading, well can I just figure out what did Jesus say that was so smart?

0:21.3

That's really all I want to know.

0:23.3

But as I'm reading through there I realized these are people who want me to believe that these things happened

0:28.6

in a certain event order, a certain sequence, at a certain time in history, at a certain place on the planet.

0:34.2

These are our alleged eyewitness accounts and so I just decided to test them the way you would test any eyewitness account.

0:40.7

That's Jim Wallace describing how his background in law enforcement helped him uncover some amazing truths about the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

0:50.7

And best of all the story of his investigation will inspire and challenge your faith.

0:55.5

We'll hear more from Detective Wallace on this episode of focusonthefamily.

0:59.8

And thanks for joining us.

1:00.8

Your host is focuspresident and author Jim Dealy and I'm John Fuller.

1:05.5

John we heard an amazing conversation last time that I recorded with Jim and he has some fascinating perspectives about why our beliefs in Jesus and the Bible really do matter today.

1:16.7

As he described last time, Jim was an atheist who simply thought Christianity was another kind of mythology, probably like a crutch, or worse he was convinced it was an elaborate hoax that could easily be debunked by a careful examination of the facts.

1:33.7

I love this stuff because I think he's done such a great job of compiling a person to think a little bit outside the box about the life of Christ.

1:43.7

However, Jim's convictions were put to the test when he realized there might be more credibility to the gospels than he imagined. Think of that. That revelation.

1:53.7

So he began a comprehensive investigation using all of his skills as a police detective to discover the truth about Jesus.

2:02.7

And if you missed our conversation last time, man, I want to urge you to review the previous video episode or get the audio download from our website or get our broadcast app so you can listen that way.

2:13.7

This is a great message for you and for those you love that may not know the Lord.

2:19.7

And as we mentioned last time, Jim Wallace has written a book about his research and his personal faith journey. The title is Cold Case Christianity, a homicide detective investigates the claims of the gospels.

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