Can We Argue for God from the Existence of Beauty?

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

Greg Koukl

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Greg answers questions about arguing for the existence of God based on the beauty we see in the world, what Paul means when he says we are “fellow heirs with Christ,” whether the Father poured out his wrath on Jesus at the cross, and a response to a neighbor’s Halloween decorations.

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0:00.0	Thank you very much.
0:29.0	Hello friends!
0:30.0	It's Greg Kogel here on Standard Reason and I am your host and that is the show.
0:35.0	So I'm glad you're part of what we're doing here.
0:38.0	And I, in the last segment, talked a lot on my own.
0:43.0	We have some people that are really patient waiting for me to get on board.
0:48.0	And so I'm just going to jump into calls right now and let's go to Reno.
0:53.0	I presume that's Reno, Nevada and that's Jane.
0:57.0	Hello, Jane.
0:58.0	Hi, Greg.
0:59.0	Welcome to the show.
1:01.0	Thank you.
1:02.0	Sure.
1:03.0	Welcome.
1:04.0	I have a question for you.
1:06.0	I've listened to your show for a couple of years now, both you and the show you have with Amy.
1:11.0	Oh, yeah, that's great.
1:12.0	Yeah, I don't recall ever having heard an argument made for the existence of God based on beauty.
1:22.0	And I wondered if there is such a thing.
1:24.0	I think of the Psalms where it says the heavens declare the glory of God.
1:28.0	And I wonder if there's a branch of apologetics that makes an argument based on that.
1:33.0	Well, I think there is.
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