Forensic Faith

Cold Case Detective J. Warner Wallace has written his third book using his skills as a cold case detective to examine the truth of the Scriptures. In the current book, rather than using his skills to defend his/our faith, the author introduces us to the skills he uses to defend his faith. I have not read the two previous books where he examines the evidence of the Gospel and the existence of God, but found his writing believable.

I have no training in forensic science, and, thus, have no way of judging the material presented - but I did find it interesting. The author takes the reader step by step as the authors and participants in scripture make their own cases for faith.

The book is readable and understandable to the average reader. I recommend it for the inquisitive reader that want to strengthen his or her knowledge and understanding of apologetics. It may not belong on the shelf of every pastor, but there should be room for it in every church library collection.
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This review is based on a free electronic copy provided by the publisher for the purpose of creating this review. The opinions expressed are my own.

"Forensic Faith" explains why Christians need to learn the evidence supporting the Christian faith and teaches some basic apologetics skills. The first part of the book made the case for why it's important not to just have blind faith that Christianity is true but to understand the evidence that confirms it's true and to build your skill at sharing this information.

Many Christian kids are losing their faith due to unanswered questions, yet the answers are out there. We need to train our kids (and adults) with the answers. Training involves practice, and the author described how he's done this with youth groups. I totally agree that kids should be taught the evidence and the skill to share it. I taught myself some of this way back when I first went to college, and it made a huge difference.

The author was a cold-case detective. In the second part of the book, he explained how skills he used as a detective can be applied to spotting evidence for Christianity and using this evidence to make a case for it. A lot of this information was from (and covered in greater detail in) his previous two books. If you've read those books, you're probably already convinced that it's important to learn and share the evidence for Christianity, but you might still be interested in his suggestions on how to train youth groups or on using the evidence to "make a case" when asked why you believe. However, I'd mainly recommend this book to Christians who aren't very familiar with the evidence supporting their faith.

It was an interesting book. I know that what I believe is true but when I took a philosophy class last semester (as I get older I want to keep the mind going), I realized that I could not talk intelligently about it. Many of the arguments that were given me to question my faith in that class were used in the book (like the typical 'Flying Spaghetti Monster' one). I am not sure that I could ever make it to the Christian Case Maker that he talks about in this book. At this point I can talk a little more intelligently about the questions that could come at me.
The book follows a natural progression from barely understanding the topic to being well versed in and what to do. He seems to rely a lot on the fact that you have read the other books in his series but when he mentions them, he does bring forth the relevant points from them so you do not miss anything in the referrals to them.
I would recommend to any who are being questioned about their faith and as a tool for a parent to sit with their pre-teen and teenage children so that when they go off to college, their faith will be there own, not the faith of their parents. They will be able to talk intelligently about why they believe what they believe when they are questioned in class.