Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels

by J. Warner Wallace

faith is actually the opposite of unbelief, not reason.

Inerrancy does not require, however, that the biblical texts be free of any personal perspectives or idiosyncrasies. In fact, the existence of these distinctive features only helps us recognize the accounts as true eyewitness statements written by real people who revealed their human gifts (and limitations) along the way.

All four accounts are written from a different perspective and contain unique details that are specific to the eyewitnesses. There are, as a result, divergent (apparently contradictory) recollections that can be pieced together to get a complete picture of what occurred.

Tolerance is now the act of recognizing and embracing all views as equally valuable and true, even though they often make opposite truth claims.

According to this redefinition of tolerance, anything other than acceptance and approval is narrow-minded and bigoted.

If we are going to decide what’s true on the basis of how people behave, we’re in big trouble,

If they’re not offering a declaration that can be supported by evidence, they’re probably attempting to destroy or distract.

These councils did not create the canon or the current version of Jesus we know so well; they simply acknowledged the canon and description of Jesus that had been provided by the eyewitnesses.

In a similar way, the authors of the Gospels were not “Christian” believers until after they observed the life and ministry of Jesus.