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There are four ways to die, and only one of them requires an intruder. Suicides, accidental, and natural deaths can occur without any evidence from outside the room. But murders typically involve suspects external to the crime scene. If there’s evidence of an outside intruder, homicide detectives have to prepare for a chase. Intruders turn death scenes into crime scenes.

Join J. Warner Wallace, former atheist, seasoned cold-case detective, and popular national speaker as he tackles his most important case ... with you on the jury!

With the expertise of a cold-case detective, J. Warner examines eight critical pieces of evidence in the “crime scene” of the universe to determine if they point to a Divine Intruder. If you have ever wondered if something (or someone) outside the natural realm created the universe and everything in it, this is the case for you.

J. Warner Wallace is a cold-case homicide detective, popular national speaker, and author of Cold-Case Christianity. He’s been featured repeatedly on Dateline, FOX News, and Court TV. He’s part of a three generation law enforcement family. J. Warner and his wife have four children and live in southern California.

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Overview	With the expertise of a cold-case detective, J. Warner examines eight critical pieces of evidence in the "crime scene" of the universe to determine if they point to a Divine Intruder.	Companion to the eight-part video series, participants will dive into one of the most meaningful and challenging questions: Does God exist?	Join renowned cold-case detective, author, and speaker J. Warner Wallace in this compelling eight-session video series with facilitator’s guide.	n this companion to Cold-Case Christianity for Kids, Jason uncovers a mystery in his grandmother’s attic. He and his friends, Hannah, Daniel and Jasmine, enlist the help of Detective Jeffries at the Jr. Detective’s Academy.

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"Around Dateline, we had a phrase to describe J Warner Wallace: 'The Evidence Whisperer.' He would come up with some unlikely bit of long neglected flotsam, realize it was key evidence, and work it until he'd wrung out every possible lead. Jim helped bring cases to court, and our stories to life. And when I discovered he enjoys debating religious questions with an inquisitive guy like me? Well that was true joy. Mind you, we agree about almost nothing. But in this book he makes his case as always with verve and charm ...just like my friend Jim."

Keith Morrison
News Correspondent, Dateline (NBC)

"With the tenacity of a homicide detective and the careful reasoning of a scholar, Jim Wallace uses the forensic method of scientific investigation to establish - beyond reasonable doubt - that God exists!"

Dr. Stephen C. Meyer
Author of the New York Times bestseller Darwin's Doubt: The Explosive Origin of Animal Life and the Case for Intelligent Design

"If I am ever in court, I want Jim Wallace on my side. As he did in Cold Case Christianity, Jim demonstrates that years of experience as a detective is excellent training for clear thinking on any subject matter. He patiently unfolds the evidence just as he must have done in countless courtrooms, educating the jury on the facts of the case and on proper reasoning from the facts. Drawing analogies from actual crime scenes in his files, he lends human drama to logical arguments. A delightful book."

Nancy Pearcey
Author of Total Truth and Finding Truth

"What if a brilliant prosecutor tried to prove the existence of God using real evidence and crystal clear arguments? Well, that's precisely what J. Warner does in this magnificent book -- and you get to be the jury. Don't blink. Thrilling and amazing."

Eric Metaxas
New York Times Best-selling author of Miracles and Bonhoeffer

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It's my hope that God's Crime Scene will help readers examine the nature of the universe as they sift through eight important characteristics of the cosmos, biological organisms and human experience, considering each as though it were a piece of evidence at a crime scene. Readers will be introduced to the "'inside the room' or 'outside the room'" methodology used by detectives to "determine the most reasonable inference from evidence". You'll be challenged to examine eight important pieces of evidence common to our human observations and experience. Which explanation (pure unguided naturalism or supernatural intervention) best accounts for the evidence at the "crime scene"?

God's Crime Scene is a unique apologetics overview, introducing a variety of arguments and lines of evidence for God's existence from the perspective of a Cold Case Homicide Detective. It's my goal to provide a satisfying examination of eight pieces of evidence in our universe, without wandering too deeply into esoteric scientific or philosophical detail. I wrote God's Crime Scene as an accessible survey of the evidence, directed toward both the layperson as well as those who are already familiar with the data. God's Crime Scene seeks to demonstrate the truth of Theism evidentially, just as my prior work, Cold Case Christianity, sought to demonstrate the reliability of the Christian Gospels.

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"Imagine a crime scene as big as . . . the entire universe! That's what cold-case homicide detective J. Warner Wallace does in this compelling and creative book as he shows how the evidence points powerfully toward a Creator."

Lee Strobel
New York Times best-selling author and professor at Houston Baptist University

"NBC's Dateline keeps calling J. Warner Wallace because he brilliantly solves murder cases that are decades old. Now Jim uses his proven detective skills to solve the greatest case of all: who or what best explains all of reality? Detective Wallace whisks you along from investigating real-world homicides with one penetrating question into eight of the most marvelous aspects of reality that every thinking person must explain. The result is a relentless pursuit of evidence that ends at the feet of a Divine intruder. It's hard to find a more compelling and concise treatment of these issues anywhere!"

Dr. Frank Turek
President of CrossExamined.org and author of Stealing from God: Why Atheists Need God to make their Case

"Sherlock Holmes has nothing on J. Warner Wallace. In God's Crime Scene, Wallace uses the tools of a world-class homicide detective to discern whether or not clues point in the direction of a Divine Intruder. The reader can almost hear the words, 'Elementary...my dear Watson,' as Wallace evaluates the evidence for cosmic design. A highly readable resource by which seekers and skeptics can follow truth toward its origins."

Hank Hanegraaff
Bestselling Author and President of the Christian Research Institute

"I have had the distinct pleasure of working a number of difficult and multifaceted homicide cases with Jim Wallace. In a complex homicide, using analytical logic serves to make the story of the crime and crime scene understandable to the jury. Jim utilizes the same methodology to apply his carefully constructed and well thought out arguments explaining the existence of God through the creation of the universe. His simple yet superb analysis and analogies to crime scene investigations is a must-read for those of faith and more importantly for those with questions and doubts."

Mark Safarik
FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit Criminal Profiler (Ret.), Forensic Behavioral Services International, Director

"J. Warner Wallace continues building a fascinating, well-rounded, even-handed case for the Christian faith. For those interested in the available evidence for God, his book points the way."

Paul Copan
Professor and Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Florida; and coauthor of Did God Really Command Genocide? and An Introduction to Biblical Ethics

"One of the great pleasures in life is watching a skilled detective unravel a mystery. The existence of the universe, and the life within it, is arguably the greatest mystery of all. Wallace unravels it carefully and meticulously using an impressive synthesis of current scientific evidence, rock-solid reasoning, and his own experience as a cold-case detective. All of this is presented in a whodunnit narrative that is both engaging and convincing. If I hadn't already been a believer before reading God's Crime Scene, I almost certainly would be now."

Sarah Salviander, Ph.D.
Astrophysicist, Research Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, and Christian apologist at SixDay Science

"J. Warner Wallace has done something rare in God's Crime Scene. He has managed to wrestle complex issues in science and philosophy into a coherent, accessible, and wickedly fun defense of the theistic view of the world that readers will thoroughly enjoy. Others have tried and, in my view, have fallen far short. Wallace succeeds and with tremendous flair. I encourage every church and small group on the planet to gather together and study this book. Christendom will be much better off for doing so."

Craig J. Hazen, Ph.D.
Founder and Director of the Graduate Program in Christian Apologetics at Biola University and author of Five Sacred Crossings.

"Serving as a pastor in a local church with youth and college-aged Christians for over 20 years, one of the main questions I get is about our origins and creation. I've always had a dilemma in sending someone to a resource to answer these questions. Not that there aren't great books out there, but I find they are either (1) far too technical or philosophical, (2) too simplistic in their answers, or (3) unintentionally demeaning to non-believers who are still searching. In God's Crime Scene, J. Warner Wallace addresses the frequently asked questions about origins and does so in a way that communicates to thinking college-students, Christians, and non-Christians alike. I am very thankful for this book as it is unlike most others. I am thrilled to think of the impact it will have on all those reading it."

Dan Kimball
Pastor of Vintage Faith Church, and author of Adventures in Churchland: Finding Jesus in the Mess of Organized Religion

"In God's Crime Scene, retired homicide investigator and Christian speaker, apologist and author Jim Wallace examines the question: Did God create the universe (and intelligent life) or did everything evolve without divine intervention. Employing the same logic that enabled him to solve difficult cold-cases during his career, Wallace methodically refutes the arguments of evolution oriented philosophers and scientists. Citing compelling and cumulative cosmological, biological, mental and moral evidence, as well as interesting details from some of his homicide cases, Wallace builds a solid case that our universe was purposefully created and fine-tuned by a benevolent loving Creator God who is interested and intimately involved in our daily lives. This indispensable volume will enlighten skeptics and believers. I highly recommend it."

Sharon S. Smith, Ph.D.
FBI Agent (Retired), Forensic Psychologist and President of Forensic Psycholinguistics, LLC.

"J. Warner Wallace presents the intelligent design argument for the machinery of the cell in crystal-clear, straightforward prose. Why do sophisticated, information-rich systems in life point insistently to the conscious intentions of a designer? Let a former homicide detective who spent a career sifting clues for signs of intention explain it to you."

Michael Behe, Ph.D.
Biochemist, Professor at Lehigh University, and Author of Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution

"Can we stay within the universe to explain our existence or does the evidence point to something "outside the room"? J. Werner Wallace applies his well-known detective skills to survey fields ranging from cosmology to biology to consciousness to ethics and faithfully follows where the evidence leads. While one could object to parts of his analysis, the breadth of material Wallace brings to the table argues convincingly that a supernatural being (God), provides the best explanation of all the data."

Dr. Jeffrey Zweerink
Astrophysicist with Reasons to Believe and Author of Who's Afraid of the Multiverse?

"With all the expertise and finesse of a life devoted to methodical investigation, Wallace leads the cautious examiner through the evidence in our world, concluding that the universe is not a closed system: Someone has been in the room. God's Crime Scene is an excellent overview of the arguments and evidence for God's existence from a fresh perspective. I highly recommend it for all who seek a better grasp or are grappling with the truth about God."

Nabeel Qureshi, M.D.
Speaker at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries and Author of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus

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"There's a lot of reasons J. Warner Wallace has become one of the most popular apologists in America. One of those reasons is that he's one of the most fascinating and fun to read - for believers and skeptics alike. And, God's Crime Scene is Jim at his best. Solid, thoughtful, unique!"

John Stonestreet
Co-Host of BreakPoint and Co-Author of Restoring All Things

"The apologetics movement needs more translators. We need to communicate the defense of the faith in ways that are accessible and compelling--but not dumbed down--to everyday people. Right now there is no one better at this than J. Warner Wallace. In this latest offering, Wallace lays out eight powerful yet understandable arguments that God is real and that it is rational to affirm His existence. Indeed, after reading this book you can't help but agree 'the heavens declare the glory of God.'"

Brett Kunkle
Student Impact Director, Stand to Reason

"J Warner Wallace's willingness to investigate possible theories regarding God's existence in multiple fields of study is refreshing. We live in a time when so many new atheists herald 'evidence and reason,' yet quickly dismiss evidence and theories contrary to the validity of their own worldview. As a veteran homicide detective, Wallace surveys the 'crime scene'--in this case, our known universe--and subjects the evidence he finds to rigorous questioning, mirroring his work on murder cases. The result is a cumulative case for God's existence weaved through detective stories that keep the reader engaged from beginning to end."

Mary Jo Sharp
Assistant Professor of Apologetics at Houston Baptist University, Director of Confident Christianity Apologetics Ministry and Author of Why Do You Believe That? A Faith Conversation.

"As a police detective and ministry leader, I understand that evidence is key both in solving crimes and understanding the truth of God's inerrant word (the Bible). With that foundation in mind, Detective J. Warner Wallace's latest work, God's Crime Scene, brilliantly reveals the overwhelming and irrefutable evidence for a God-created universe from a cold-case detective's perspective. This thorough and imminently understandable work should be mandatory reading for anyone seeking evidentiary proof of God's orchestration of creation or for those seeking a powerful and tool with which to defend their faith based on actual evidence versus emotional rhetoric. An enjoyable read to boot -- outstanding!

Lt. M.C. Williams
Investigator, Chaplain, and Director of the Centurion Law Enforcement Ministry

"Jim Wallace is one of the most unique defenders of the Christian faith you will ever hear. His approach to searching for evidence for God as you would for clues at the scene of a crime is as brilliant as it is understandable. You will be challenged to answer the question: Is life an accident or is an outside 'Agent' to blame?"

Rice Broocks
Co-Founder of Every Nation Ministries, Senior Pastor of Bethel World Outreach Church and Author of God's Not Dead

"Detective Wallace has done it again. God's Crime Scene is one of the most insightful, interesting, and enjoyable apologetics books I have read in a long time. Whether you are a skeptic or a believer, you will walk away challenged by this book."

Sean McDowell, Ph.D.
Biola University Professor, speaker, and co-author of Is God Just a Human Invention?

"J. Warner Wallace knows evidence--how to gather it, how to evaluate it, and how to come to reasonable conclusions. These are the invaluable tools he passes on to us in God's Crime Scene as he weaves together a clear, systematic, cumulative case for the existence of God with stories from his career as a detective. The result is a fascinating read that will train you in the art of uncovering truth."

Amy K. Hall
Apologist at Stand to Reason

"With my background as a trial lawyer, I deeply appreciate Jim Wallace's ability to gather all of the complex evidence and present it in an easy to understand, yet fair case. Jim has done that in God's Crime Scene. His integrity and determination in investigating human crime scenes bleeds through the pages of this book. As you read it, you'll not only feel what it's like to be a detective doggedly hunting for the truth, but you'll also know how credible the case for Christianity really is. Wallace has done all of us a tremendous service with God's Crime Scene."

Abdu Murray
Lawyer, Speaker and Author of Grand Central Question: Answering the Critical Concerns of the Major Worldviews.

"J. Warner Wallace has done it again. Turning his keen analytical skills and extensive detective experience to the question of God, Jim Wallace's God's Crime Scene shows the utter bankruptcy of the contemporary materialist view of reality to which many atheists appeal in their attempts to challenge Christian theism. God's Crime Scene has the best of an exciting crime novel and a thoroughly researched and informative apologetic work. Appealing to facts about our world that no sane person could deny, Wallace shows how the atheistic scientific worldview repeatedly fails to account for these facts and that a robust Christian theism can provide a better accounting for why the universe is the way it is."

Richard Howe, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Apologetics at Southern Evangelical Seminary

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J. Warner Wallace is a cold-case homicide detective, popular national speaker, and author of Cold-Case Christianity. He’s been featured repeatedly on Dateline, FOX News, and Court TV. He’s part of a three generation law enforcement family. J. Warner and his wife have four children and live in southern California.

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J. Warner Wallace is a cold-case homicide detective, popular national speaker and best-selling author. He continues to consult on cold-case investigations while serving as a Senior Fellow at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. He is also an adjunct professor of apologetics at Biola University and a faculty member at Summit Ministries. J. Warner was a conscientious and vocal atheist until the age of thirty-five, when he took a serious and expansive look at the evidence for the Christian Worldview and determined that Christianity was demonstrably true. After becoming a Christ follower in 1996, Jim continued to take an evidential approach to truth as he examined the Christian worldview. He eventually earned a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary.

J. Warner’s professional investigative work has received national recognition; his cases have been featured more than any other detective on NBC’s Dateline, and his work has also appeared on CourtTV and Fox News. He also appears on television as an investigative consultant (most recently on truTV) and had a role in God’s Not Dead 2, making the case for the historicity of Jesus. J. Warner was awarded the Police and Fire Medal of Valor “Sustained Superiority” Award for his continuing work on cold-case homicides, and the CopsWest Award after solving a 1979 murder. Relying on over two decades of investigative experience, J. Warner provides his readers and audiences with the tools they will need to investigate the claims of Christianity and make a convincing case for the truth of the Christian worldview.

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Alexandru G. Lasco

It is very easy to believe in God's existence. It is very difficult to follow in His ways!

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2017

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I am really enjoying the book. And yes, I do believe in God :) The very evidence about the astronomical size and fine-tuning of the universe and the flagellum amazing motor has truly given me yet again a magnified appreciation of the Creator of the universe.
I have read the 1st eight chapters and some of the secondary investigation chapters so far. One important conclusion: the case for God's existence is very robust and rather easily convincing, yet in my opinion, the acceptance of God as a reality is only a kindergarten step, because the Bible teaches that even demons believe and tremble, yet remain demons, who hate God and His Laws. As a Christian, I have made a lifetime observation: believing that God exists and walking in His ways are two very different things. It is rather easy to believe in God's existence because of the cumulative evidence for a Super Mind behind the universe. It is the moral aspect and submission to God's authority that bothers many and prevents them from accepting God. It truly takes a lot "BLIND" faith to believe that the world has all its properties be mere chance. The very thought of a deterministic and naturalistic world in which every action is determined demands a common sense explanation. How can mere chance and natural law create iPads, iPhones, write books, compose songs, invent planes and rockets, investigate crime scenes etc? The problem is really simple: I don't want God to exist, therefore I will use any and all means to deny Him!
Jesus left humanity the highest possible ethic on earth in the sermon on the mount and other passages. The most difficult part and the most important is what Jesus said "IF anyone wants/wills to follow Me, let him Deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow Me". The words IF and Wants/Wills are conditional and volitional. The problem with many atheists, non-christians, and of course those who claim to be Christians is that volitional part. If you do a search of the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, you will find a repeating idea "you wouldn't obey/refused to obey God's ways/Word, that is why you did not obey/submit to God's ways/Word". Without the 1st "IF anyone wills" there is no and there can be no possible conversation of following Jesus, the resurrected Christ from the dead, the Owner of the universe and also of our breath. God bless you richly.

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Many are excellent as to a particular subject

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2017

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I'm a Constitutional Lawyer and have been studying how origins science should be taught in K-12 Public Education for about 18 years.

As a consequence I have read zillions of books and articles about the science of the origin and nature of the cosmos, of life and the diversity of life. Many are excellent as to a particular subject, but often not written for a non-scientist. None of those extend the inquiry to the softer sciences that relate to the origin of free will, consciousness and morality. Few are both concise and cogent.

They also fail to explain the special logic used by historical scientists. The forensic science practiced by Wallace in his work as a cold case detective is an historical science. The logic for determining the cause of an unobserved past event is called abductive reasoning. In abduction one postulates multiple competing hypotheses for the cause of an event and then seeks an inference to the best explanation by seeking evidence that rules in one of the possibilities while ruling out the others.

Since forensic science and origins science use the same logic, Wallace is able to use a variety of actual crime scene investigations that sought the cause of a death as a model to explain the logic of an objective investigation of the cause of life.

The key problem with modern origins science is that instead of using abduction to seek the best of competing alternatives, it uses the tunnel vision. The vision of the investigation is tunneled due to a concealed doctrine called methodological naturalism. That doctrine requires that only a materialistic/atheistic hypothesis may be considered when seeking to explain the cause of an origin event. This tunnel vision closes the case before it even starts. Wallace rejects tunnel vision in both investigations of the cause of death and the cause of life.

Wallace clearly has a bias. However, he explains it at the outset as a switch from atheism to theism. He also manages the bias by addressing all of the competing arguments and explaining why he believes them to be inadequate.

He does all of this logically, cogently, concisely and graphically in way that any careful reader can grasp without PhDs in cosmology or biology in about 270 pages.

I think this may be the best book I've read on the subject. It also works for high school students and any adult who watches CSI on Netflix.

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Cumulative Case for the Transcendent Creator

Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2023

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“God’s Crime Scene” by JWWallace is a clever application of this cold-case detective’s methodology for seeking answers to important questions. In this book, the question of origins is the focus so that reality can be better understood using the known evidence and asking the right questions. Not surprisingly, just answering the what, where, when, why, how and who questions often keeps it simple. Possible answers for questions of origin (8) are succinctly described. Jim presents answers that are proposed by both the naturalist and the theist, and he is careful to point out strengths and weaknesses of these worldviews.
If you want to go deeper for any of the eight origins, ample supplemental information is cited and discussed in the following and ending sections: ‘Case Files-Secondary Investigation (p205-279)’ and ‘Investigative Notes (280-320)p.’ One does not have to be a trained detective or philosopher but just be open to the evidence and be able to derive the ‘most reasonable’ explanation for the origin in question. Finally, If you want to lead a study using this book, additional instruction material can be easily obtained by posting a review, hopefully better than this one. It is an awesome book and i think the origins discussed provide such a breadth of topics that surely everyone will find at least one to go deeper in study so that you will be ready for questions in that area.

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Evidence with Explanation

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2024

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Extremely thoughtful and evidentiary explanation for God and how He interacts with His creation. J. Warner Wallace has again proved that he not only found the Creator but James has been successfully His voice by amplifying the scriptures.

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Daniel Borrego

Excelente libro para defender la existencia de Dios

Reviewed in Mexico on April 21, 2022

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El detective Wallace hace un gran trabajo al resumir, de una manera entendible para cualquier persona, los diferentes argumentos sobre la existencia de Dios, organizándolos y contándolo de manera análoga con casos que ayudo a resolver aplicando las diferentes técnicas forenses que domina. Aporta argumentos contundentes contra las principales objeciones que los escépticos presentan ante el argumento de la existencia de Dios.

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J. Jacob

Great Study

Reviewed in India on October 1, 2019

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This is a very detailed and thorough study and an beautiful approach to prove the existence of God. We had seen some of Wallace's videos online, but the book has so much more. He takes a philosophical and scientific approach to prove a biblical truth. Amazing.

My husband and I are beginning a small-group youth bible study based on this book this week. We are looking forward to using this book and the Participant's guide.

The book is easy to follow and quite interestingly written. The images help a lot. I highly recommend this book to any one who is wanting to learn on how to defend their faith.

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Robert Eby

Fantastic book that every apologist must read

Reviewed in Canada on November 13, 2017

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I really enjoyed this book, finishing off his trio of books was a great journey where I was taught the evidence for God in such straight forward and easy manner. It felt more like a conversation, with it's easy flow. It was fascinating, and educational. I like the illustrations to assist me in learning. This one is deep, in that it goes into quite detail about just what there is to inferr given the evidence about God. My life, as an $1 apologist is much better from reading this material. His two others were just as helpful and rewarding to read. When I doubt, I go back to the evidence, and am strengthened. This book helps me do that. From fine tuning to design, from Morality to the problem of evil, it is a very insight book whose writer I now have his whole collection. I am thankful to have read this.

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Regina

Great investigation to prove God is not dead!

Reviewed in Australia on August 13, 2021

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I will use this book as a Bible study tool.

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Chris Abels

The evidence points to someone outside the room.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 6, 2015

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J. Warner Wallace’s book, God’s Crime Scene, is a refreshingly new approach in apologetics. Drawing on his years of experience as a cold case investigator Wallace brings a detective’s perspective to evidence evaluation and case construction.
In cold cases the witnesses may have died and the investigators who originally recorded the crime may also have died. Yet, even in such cases, the cold case investigator can reconstruct the case such that in a court of law enough evidence can be produced so that the accused can be found guilty beyond all reasonable doubt.
According to Wallace there are four reasons for any death. These are natural causes, accidental death, suicide and homicide. When the investigator approaches a death scene, he assesses the evidence. In the case of natural death, accidental death and suicide, he can account for the event by evidence inside the room. In the case of homicide, the evidence points to someone outside the room. A homicide turns a death scene into a crime scene.
Wallace depicts the universe as a crime scene and using the methodology of a cold case investigator and the dichotomy of inside the room and outside the room, he shows that by using four categories of evidence; viz, cosmological evidence, biological evidence, mental evidence and moral evidence, the most reasonable explanation is that the evidence depicted indicates that some agent “outside the room” is responsible for the creation of the universe. Thus the creation of the universe cannot be accounted for on naturalistic grounds.
Wallace’s style of writing and his frequent references to other cases of homicide makes this account accessible to both the general and the more serious reader. His attention to detail and his abductive reasoning skills shows in the way he weighs up the evidence to provide the best and most reasonable explanation for the evidence at hand. He provides enough resources so that the serious reader can further investigate the evidence.
I have no hesitation in recommending this book to anyone interested in the subject.

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