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

I highly recommend this book! I could not put it down! Not only is it riveting and from view point of a seasoned homicide detective using same techniques on the gospels, but will aid Christians in reaching skeptics and non-believers.

Cold-Case Christianity is a fantastic book. The fact that many readers are familiar with detective work either through their own experience in their jobs or through watching the latest episodes of CSI on TV, makes his way of presenting very understandable but not shallow. J. Warner Wallace places the reader in the courtroom as the juror and himself as the attorney defending the truth of Christianity using expert witnesses that are cross-examined for reliability. The fact that he begins with the importance of jurors leaving presuppositions at the door in cases and ends with valid reasons to maintain a bias (often mistaken as presuppositions), he urges the reader to take an objective look at the evidence and come to a conclusion based upon reason and not emotion. This book is highly recommended for anyone who is even remotely concerned with the reliability of the New Testament. It is not a dry presentation of just facts, rather it brings a real-life homicide detective's investigation for the truth to life for the reader. However, a specific recommendation would be for anyone who is a detective, has aspirations of becoming a detective, or is a fan of crime-dramas on TV. This book was written from that specific perspective and will not disappoint. If one is a pastor or small-group leader, this book needs to be on your shelf, not only for yourself, but for those you come across who may appreciate the unique perspective that a detective of 30 years will bring to the worldview courtroom. For more on this book, I wrote a chapter-by-chapter review that can be found here: http://lukenixblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/book-review-cold-case-christianity.html