{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Most Dangerous Kind of Faith in the Church Today","description":"Faith is not supposed to be blind, reckless, or detached from reality. In this episode, J. Warner Wallace (cold-case detective and Christian apologist) takes a hard look at the way many Christians think about \u201cfaith\u201d and shows why some popular versions of faith are not just weak\u2014they\u2019re dangerous to the church. He explains the difference between unreasonable faith, blind faith, and reasonable (forensic) faith, and why only one of these is actually biblical. Drawing on years of courtroom experience, Jim unpacks how juries reach verdicts \u201cbeyond a reasonable doubt\u201d and why that same standard makes sense for the Christian worldview. He addresses why so many churches avoid apologetics, how \u201cjust have faith\u201d can become a license for intellectual laziness, and why that\u2019s leaving our kids vulnerable to every counterfeit worldview that comes along. He also tackles commonly misused passages like Hebrews 11 and the story of \u201cDoubting Thomas\u201d to show that Scripture consistently presents a thoughtful, evidential faith\u2014one that welcomes investigation rather than fleeing from it. If you\u2019ve ever felt like the only person in your church who cares about evidence, or you\u2019ve struggled with the idea that faith means shutting off your brain, this episode will help you reframe biblical faith as a reasoned trust grounded in what God has already revealed in history. If this conversation is helpful, please remember to subscribe to the podcast, leave a rating and review, and share it with a friend\u2014your reviews on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all the major platforms really do help more people discover the show and join us in making the case for the Christian worldview. ","author_name":"The Cold-Case Christianity Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/www.ColdCaseChristianity.com\/","html":"