[Bonus] Our Deepest Desires (with Greg Ganssle)

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Talbot, Church, Christianity, Christian, Culture, Biola, Sean Mcdowell, Religion & Spirituality, Scott Rae, Think Biblically

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🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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As human beings, we have deep desires for freedom, beauty, goodness and truth. According to Biola professor Greg Ganssle, these desires point to the reality of the Christian faith. In this BONUS episode, Sean interviews Dr. Ganssle about his book "Our Deepest Desires: How the Christian Story Fulfills Human Aspirations." Dr. Ganssle argues not that Christianity is true, although he believes that, but that it is good and fulfills our deepest longings as human beings. We hope you will enjoy this...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the podcast Think Bibbically, Conversations on Faith and Culture.
0:06.0	I'm your host Sean McDow, Professor of Apologetics at Towell School of Theology,
0:10.3	Biola University.
0:11.8	Today we bring a bonus episode to you from one of my favorite
0:15.0	books over the past few years. It's from a Biola professor named Greg
0:19.7	Ganssel and the book is called Our Deepest Desires.
0:23.0	Now if you've been listening to Think Bibblici Podcast for sometime,
0:26.0	you probably recognize this title because we interviewed Professor Gansol a couple years ago.
0:31.0	But this interview was actually from my YouTube channel
0:34.5	which is in partnership with the Talbot apologetics program and we got to go in
0:39.2	a lot more depth and kind of update where he's at with his thinking on this topic.
0:44.1	And it's basic argument is that we have deep desires for things like freedom, truth,
0:49.6	beauty, and we have these human longings for relationships that are uniquely fulfilled in the
0:56.0	Christian faith. I love this idea and it's one of the books that was really game-changing
1:00.9	for me so I think you're really going to enjoy this podcast. So again,
1:05.1	enjoy this bonus episode with Greg Gansle and if you do enjoy it, we hope
1:10.0	you'll consider sharing it with a friend.
1:16.7	Hey friends, we are glad that you are joining us. I'm here with a colleague with a friend of mine.
1:18.8	His name is Greg Gansle and he's written one of the books
1:21.6	that I would consider one of the most game-changing evangelism
1:24.8	and apologetics books that I've read in some time.
1:28.8	It's called Our Deepest Desires.
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