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Reasonable Faith Podcast

20 Years of Reasonable Faith: How It Started and How It’s Going

Reasonable Faith Podcast

William Lane Craig

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Christianity

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Craig reflects on the 20th anniversary of Reasonable Faith with Kevin Harris and Executive Director Michael Lepien, including memorable excerpts from the podcasts.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Bill, I'm trying to think of a non-clay way to say time flies when you having fun,

0:10.6

but I guess that's going to have to do. This year, we're celebrating 20 years of producing

0:16.5

the Reasonable Faith podcast. And today we'll talk about how it all started,

0:21.6

changes and challenges through the years.

0:24.3

And we'll bring in our executive director, Michael Lepin,

0:27.7

and get his thoughts here in just a moment.

0:29.6

So stand by for that.

0:31.1

And, you know, I'm glad we're still here, Bill.

0:33.3

We've been together longer than most Hollywood celebrity marriages.

0:38.0

Let me ask you, did you ever think that you'd be doing something like this?

0:41.9

Had you thought about producing something like a television show,

0:46.6

or did you think your platform would be just teaching in public lecture and debate,

0:52.5

restricted to that?

0:54.0

I must say, Kevin, 20 years ago, I had no idea what would become of reasonable faith.

1:01.7

Our initial idea, as you remember, was to have a Christian radio show together,

1:06.6

where you and I would chat about issues of the day, much as we do on this podcast.

1:12.4

But the idea soon morphed into developing the website and the online ministry of reasonable faith,

1:22.3

and since then it has just grown and grown until it is really beyond my wildest dreams the outreach that

1:33.9

reasonable faith is having all around the world.

1:37.4

And by the way, if anybody wants to get a quick sketch of how it all started, you spelled it

1:42.6

out in question of the week number 840 a couple of years ago, so it's available on the website. But let me reminisce a little bit here, Bill, and go back to the beginning. In fact, let me go way back to the very beginning. The Internet had just established, and I found an article by an atheist relating how he decided to go after the arguments

2:03.6

of who he thought was the best Christian philosopher and debater,

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