True Crime: Learning About Life Through Studying Death (Part 1 of 2)
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.8 • 4.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Former cold-case detective J. Warner Wallace has seen a lot of misery in his police work, and he’s gained a lot of insight into human nature as a result. A former atheist, he shares how he came to believe in Christ and how his faith changed his understanding of crime – and the criminals involved. Hear this fascinating conversation to better understand your own identity and the identity of your Creator.
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| 0:00.0 | Becky was miserable in her marriage. She was ready to give up, but God pricked her heart. |
| 0:06.6 | I got down on my knees and I said, Lord, I can't do this. I said, God, if I'm going to stay, I cannot leave, |
| 0:13.4 | but God, you've got to take over because I can't do this anymore. God answered Becky's prayer |
| 0:18.6 | in an unexpected way, and it transformed her family. |
| 0:23.4 | I went to the mailbox one day and got my mail, and there on the top of the stack of mail was a magazine |
| 0:29.4 | from Focus on the Family, and every article in the magazine was about marriage. |
| 0:34.8 | Talk about amazing. That was a miracle Like that, that was a miracle. |
| 0:38.5 | I knew it was a miracle. |
| 0:40.1 | I'm Jim Daly. |
| 0:42.1 | Through our magazine and podcast, |
| 0:43.6 | Becky was able to restore and rebuild the relationship |
| 0:45.0 | with her husband. |
| 0:46.3 | And today, you can help us |
| 0:47.9 | give families hope. |
| 0:49.3 | Like Becky's, |
| 0:50.5 | donate and your gift will be doubled. |
| 0:52.9 | Call 800 the letter A in the word family or visit |
| 0:56.3 | focus on the family.com slash gift. What does God do with suffering? What is the place of suffering |
| 1:04.4 | in a larger story? What chapter does it fill? And after she was able to kind of renavigate that, |
| 1:13.7 | she found herself thriving on the backside of it. |
| 1:17.1 | Well, that's former cold case detective Jay Warner Wallace. |
| 1:24.3 | And today, you'll hear about what we can learn about human nature and how to thrive in life through studying crime. |
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