The Truth in True Crime (J. Warner Wallace)
For decades, cold-case homicide detective J. Warner Wallace investigated the causes behind deaths and murders, chasing one lead after another as he attempted to solve the case. In The Truth in True Crime, Wallace explores the clues lying behind our human nature as he uncovers fifteen life-truths gleaned from both contemporary murder investigations and ancient Biblical wisdom.
Every lesson introduces you to an investigation of a death as Wallace and his partner Rick chase down leads and along the way learn guiding principles to help us to thrive and flourish as human beings created in the image of God. These fifteen attributes of human beings have been confirmed by modern sociological studies, but were first described on the pages of Scripture. Even if you don't believe in God, these are valuable insights into our human condition, helping you better understand your own identity and the identity of your Creator.
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S1: A Pool of Blood (Under My Feet) (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Make "Age Appropriate" Mistakes
Topic: Wisdom, using mistakes to make better future decisions. -
S2: Fake IDs and a Stolen Identity (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Make a Better Bio
Topic: Identity, how our identity is formed, the challenges we face when we build our identity on cultural moral values rather than objective moral truths. -
S3: A Target, a Bull's-Eye, and a Circle of Concern (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Protect Yourself from Stupid and Surround Yourself with Sensational
Topic: Relationships, how to develop better, more intimate friendships, and become the right kind of friend to others. -
S4: Trajectory Decisions (For Better or Worse) (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Choose Like a Champion
Topic: Marriage, and how traditional marriage contributes to human flourishing. -
S5: Santa Claus and Misplaced Devotion (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Be More Careful About Your Object(s) of Worship
Topic: Worship, our misguided obsessions, objects of misplaced worship, and how to worship the greatest thing over the good things. -
S6: Legends, Liars, and Liabilities (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Moderate Your Celebrity
Topic: Humility, the temptation of celebrity culture, how understanding our need for forgiveness leads to our flourishing. -
S7: Felons, Fugitives, and Financial Freedom (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Get Everything You Want and Get It Today
Topic: Work, finding meaningful work, living in contentment, and resisting envy. -
S8: Sense and Suffering (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Surprise Yourself by Flourishing After a Trauma
Topic: Finding meaning, locating trauma in the story of our lives so we can recognize it as the catalyst for endurance, character, and hope. -
S9: Prejudice, Injustice, and the Father of All "Isms" (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Identify What's Separating Us
Topic: Prejudice, how to detect our areas of pre-judgment, our mistreatment of people who are different than us, the role of pride in "otherism" -
S10: Tough Love and a Tale of Two Brothers (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Balance Your Two Polar Inclinations
Topic: Justice and mercy, and how the two are interdependent and must be exercised in balance -
S11: The Killer Inside (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Be Honest About You, So You Can Give and Receive Forgiveness
Topic: Dualistic nature of humans, with both a propensity toward evil and a capacity toward altruism. -
S12: A Good Guilt Trip (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Embrace the Remedy for Remorse
Topic: Guilt vs. shame: guilt can be used to remind of God's grace, shame reveals where we need to reset our identity in Christ. -
S13: What Gangsters Have in Common (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Know Your Father, Even If You Don't Know Your Father
Topic: Fathers, their unique importance to raising healthy children, and the negative impact of their absence. -
S14: Death Sentences and Life Without Parole (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Rethink the Nature of Death So You Can Live a Better Life
Topic: Death, and how the fear of it is the central driving force behind the actions of humans. Theism helps us overcome our fear death. -
S15: Every Kind of Stupid (Truth in True Crime)
Subtitle: How to Employ the Ultimate Solution to Every Situation
Topic: Hopelessness, its negative consequences, and how hopelessness guides us to the eternal remedy from the author of salvation. -
BONUS S16: The Bible Describes You the Way You Really Are (Truth in True Crime)
Bonus Session Subtitle: Why Christianity is Both True and Good
Topic: Review of the ancient attributes of human nature and evaluate them as part of the evidential case for Christianity.