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Sep 2024
27m 59s

Why Do People Deny a Truth Claim?

J. Warner Wallace
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In this episode of the Cold-Case Christianity Podcast, J. Warner talks about the importance of presuppositions when considering a truth claim. Using analogies from cold-case trials, J. Warner compares the lives of two well-known Biblical scholars as he describes the power of presuppositional bias.

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