Chasing Proof, Finding Faith

Mortification of Spin

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals

Religion & Spirituality

4.4 • 853 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Tom Rudelius had science and an Ivy League pedigree—why did he need God? Immersed in his physics studies at Cornell, he never thought much about God until his brother, a new convert to Christianity, challenged him to explore faith. Tom joins Carl and Todd to discuss his new book, Chasing Proof, Finding Faith, where he traces his journey to unexpected faith, through subsequent doubt and anxiety. “I think that what God really wants from us is that we would give him our allegiance, even in the midst of our doubts. And I think that’s the sort of faith that God really calls us to – the sort of faith that says, ‘God, I will take your side, even amidst the doubts. I will choose to give you my life and to follow you, even if I’m questioning.’” Though he never found absolute proof of God or Christianity, he ultimately concluded that the existing evidence for both is compelling and compatible with science. Tune in to this fascinating conversation, and find out why Carl compared him to Martin Luther! Thank you to Tyndale Press for providing a few giveaway copies of Chasing Proof, Finding Faith for our listeners. Congratulations to our winners: Joseph S. from West Chester, PA, Barbara S. from Lancaster, PA, and Michael C. from Evansville, IN! Show Notes: Tom recommends this book for those who are interested in investigating Christianity: Letters from a Skeptic: A Son Wrestles with His Father's Questions about Christianity

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mortification of Spin, a casual conversation about things that count with Carl Truman and Todd Pruitt, a podcast of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals.
0:29.2	Let's join this week's conversation.
0:31.6	Thank you. Welcome to Mortification of Spin. My name's Carl Truman, and I'm here with my usual co-host, the Reverend Todd Pruitt.
0:52.7	I'm a professor of biblical and religious studies at Grove City College in beautiful
0:57.1	Weston, Pennsylvania.
0:58.6	And Todd is pastor of a PC congregation, Covenant Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
1:06.6	Todd, you're wrapped up a little bit warmer than usual.
1:10.0	Yeah, I'm indoors with a hoodie on.
1:13.4	It is very cold here in the, in the Shenandoah Valley.
1:17.8	One of the things I love about living here is our weather is relatively mild compared to other places I've lived in.
1:24.9	But we can get a little chilly.
1:26.3	When I left my house this morning, Wednesday mornings are always really early because I meet
1:29.5	with a group of guys from my church for study and walked outside, and it was five degrees,
1:38.4	and it was windy.
1:39.6	And so that was pretty brutal.
1:41.3	And I still haven't gotten over it.
1:43.2	So unfortunately, you're not going to see my bare arms.
1:46.7	And for European listeners, we should specify that's five degrees Fahrenheit, not five degrees Celsius.
1:52.7	Exactly.
1:53.5	That's around about minus 14, minus 15 Celsius.
1:56.8	Now, if we did this over YouTube so that our listeners could actually be viewers, then I would
2:03.7	oblige, take off the hoodie and let people see me in a sleeveless t-shirt because I know that
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