All Rise with Abdu Murray

J Warner Wallace talks to us about the many lessons learned from his life as a homicide detective.

J. Warner Wallace is a Dateline featured cold-case homicide detective and a best-selling author and national speaker in the field of apologetics. He also serves as a Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview and an adjunct professor at several universities, including Talbot School of Theology, Gateway Seminary, and Southern Evangelical Seminary. His newest book is The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life (Zondervan, 2024). 

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One approach to testing the reliability, or lack thereof, of the Gospel accounts of the Resurrection is the "minimal facts" approach by which we look at only those facts that are undisputed among even the most critical scholars. But are there good reasons to move beyond the "minimal facts" to "maximal data"?     

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

Minimal Facts vs. Maximal Data playlist on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIp6_r9Vga4&list=PLe1tMOs8ARn0sWTtdaXPg8oMRqmYnhU6M  

Lydia McGrew on facebook https://www.facebook.com/lydiamcgrewauthor/ 

Lydia McGrew Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@LydiaMcGrewChannel 

Lydia McGrew on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MVo3rKGvGTKGRT2HztvQE 

Lydia McGrew on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B073V1ZP1Y  

Lydia McGrew website https://lydiamcgrew.com/  

Were the Gospels Anonymous? Anonymous gospels episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auJbD0IN6qk  

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Abdu is joined by the John Stonestreet, president of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview, and a sought after author and speaker on the intersection of Christianity and culture.  

You can check out the Colson Center at https://colsoncenter.org/. Find John's socials at https://breakpoint.org/john-stonestreet/.  

The articles mention in this episode can be found at: 

https://www.breakpoint.org/lesser-of-two-evils-vs-lessening-evil/ 

https://www.breakpoint.org/the-gop-caves-on-life-and-marriage/ 

https://www.breakpoint.org/directions-for-dystopia/ 

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Analytic philosopher Dr. Lydia McGrew uses her specialty to answer the perennial question: Is the Gospel of John an eyewitness account or merely a theological fiction? 

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Lydia McGrew on facebook https://www.facebook.com/lydiamcgrewauthor/ 

Lydia McGrew Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@LydiaMcGrewChannel 

Lydia McGrew on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1MVo3rKGvGTKGRT2HztvQE 

Lydia McGrew on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B073V1ZP1Y  

Lydia McGrew website with endorsements https://lydiamcgrew.com/  

Were the Gospels Anonymous? Anonymous gospels episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auJbD0IN6qk  

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Has life been created inside of the laboratory? Some scientists say YES, making some believe that God is an unnecessary hypothesis for the existence of life. What does the science actually say? Join us as we discuss WHAT scientists are saying, WHY they're saying it, and WHAT the acual science says with one of our finest living scientific minds, Dr. James Tour.  

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Abdu and Derek get asked a lot about what they read to stay informed about the world and grounded in their faith. Today, they answer those questions in detail, highlighting a series of books that explore many relevant topics in our society today, including what atheism really is, the historical battles between science and religion, how to read the Bible, and so much more.  

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

Did Jesus only sacrifice his weekend? S2E24 | "Twisted Logic"? Is Michael Shermer Right about the Cross!? 

Morality without God? S2E12 | Objection, Matt Dillahunty! Asked and Answered! and https://embracethetruth.org/blog/is-morality-based-on-evolutionary-ethics/  

Is Jesus God? https://embracethetruth.org/blog/is-jesus-god/  

Science DESTROYED Faith? The Curious Case of Nicholas Copernicus https://embracethetruth.org/blog/science-destroyed-faith-the-truth-about-nicolaus-copernicus/  

Did Curiosity Kill the Christian? https://embracethetruth.org/blog/did-curiosity-kill-the-christian/  

Rob Bowman responds to Bart Ehrman S2E27 | Rob Bowman Refutes Bart Ehrman’s Arguments Against Jesus’ Divinity, Part 1 and S2E28 | Rob Bowman Refutes Bart Ehrman’s Arguments Against Jesus’ Divinity, Part 2  

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We are hard at work on season 3 and new episodes will be dropping SOON. But today we felt it necessary to bring you an important episode where we discuss the recent Trump assassination attempt and what it seems to be revealing about the soul of America during these precarious times. 

Abdu visits the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to answer questions from some of the brightest young minds in America. Listen in as Abdu fields questions on sexuality, Islam, and the reliability of the Bible. Do you have questions for Abdu? Send them to [email protected]. You never know when we might answer one live on the show!

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The world is full of wonders both mysterious and beautiful. Do we have reasons to believe that this beauty points to anything beyond itself? Our special guest, Xandra Grieme, says that when it comes to beauty, there may be more than meets the eye. Xandra Grieme is an apologist, speaker, and curator for the Museum of Created Beauty. She earned her bachelor of science degree from Colorado State University, studied apologetics at the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, and completed an MA in Conservation Biology from Victoria University of Wellington. Her scientific research includes work in parasitology, flow cytometry, and ecological restoration. You can keep up with Xandra and the Museum of Created Beauty by visiting them online at https://www.museumofcreatedbeauty.org/ and following their socials: INSTAGRAM @museum_of_created_beauty FACEBOOK @museum_of_created_beauty TWITTER @MuseumofCBeauty YOUTUBE @MuseumofCreatedBeauty A few resources mentioned in this podcast include Benjamin Wiker and Jonathan Witt's A Meaningful World (IVP Academic, 2006), Thomas Dubay's The Evidential Power of Beauty (Ignatius Press, 1999), Elaine Scarry's On Beauty and Being Just (Princeton University Press, 2001), and Edward T. Oakes' essay "The Apologetics of Beauty" in The Beauty of God (IVP, 2007), edited by Daniel Treier, Mark Husbands, and Roger Lundin. All Rise is a listener and donor-supported presentation from Embrace the Truth. If you would like to see more content like this, prayerfully consider supporting us by visiting https://embracethetruth.org/ and clicking on the "Donate" button.

After Abdu's message at the University of Central Florida, several students came forward to ask their most pressing questions in a live Q&A. Listen in as Abdu fields questions on sexuality, slavery, and gender in the Bible, the toughest question he's ever received, and what it means to be a disciple. Do you have questions for Abdu? Send them to [email protected]. You never know when we might answer one live on the show! All Rise is a listener and donor-supported presentation from Embrace the Truth. If you would like to see more content like this, prayerfully consider supporting us by visiting https://embracethetruth.org/ and clicking the "Donate" button.