APOLOGETICS: Why Christianity Is A ‘Forensic Faith’

There are folks who think that having both Christian faith and a logical mind capable of critically evaluating competing truth claims is impossible, but not so, contends NBC “Dateline” Cold-Case Detective  J. Warner Wallace.

After all, Jesus said “you should love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and all your mind” (Matthew 22:37), so those who say becoming a Christian requires leaving your brain at the door aren’t considering all of the evidence.

Wallace, author of “Cold-Case Christianity: A homicide detect investigates the claims of the Gospel,” points to three kinds of faith, including blind faith, faith held despite the evidence, and faith based on evidence, aka “forensic faith.”

Check out the three-minute video in which Wallace explains why “the Christian tradition calls us not to hold to its truth claims blindly …”

 

Author: Mark Tapscott

Follower of Christ, devoted husband of Claudia, doting father and grandfather, conservative lover of liberty, journalist and First Amendment fanatic, former Hill and Reagan aide, vintage Formula Ford racer, Okie by birth/Texan by blood/proud of both, resident of Maryland. Go here: https://hillfaith.blog/about-hillfaith-2/

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  1. I was a police chaplain for many years in California. I use to ask officers when they questioned Christianity if they could put Jesus on a polygraph what one question would they ask. Everyone of them said “Did you rise from the dead?” I said if that was a positive for truth on the test would you believe it? Most of them said they would want more. So I would give them a Bible.

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