Episode 98, The William Lane Craig Interview (Part I - Reasonable Faith)
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Jack Symes | Andrew Horton, Oliver Marley, and Rose de Castellane
4.8 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2021
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Introduction
Christianity is the largest religion in the world: with almost 2.5 billion followers across the globe, nearly one in three people have faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Essential to the Christian worldview is the belief that the universe was created by a maximally great God: a being who is invested in the moral lives of his people and offers salvation to all who embrace his teachings. He is a God of three persons, a God of maximal power and intelligence, and a God who loves us all unconditionally. For many Christians, this belief is a matter of faith, but is this faith reasonable?
Joining us this episode to discuss the nature and existence of God is Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and Professor of Philosophy at Houston Baptist University, Dr William Lane Craig. With over thirty books and two hundred publications, Dr Craig has had a profound and lasting impact on academic debates within philosophy and theology. As well as being one of the leading philosophers of our time, Dr Craig's work extends beyond the dusty chalkboards of university campuses. As the founder of the hugely popular non-profit organisation Reasonable Faith, Dr Craig is best known for his online lectures and for taking on the world's most prominent philosophers and scientists in defence of Christianity. In the words of James Porter Moreland, 'It is hard to overstate the impact that William Lane Craig has had for the cause of Christ. He is simply the finest Christian apologist of the last half century.'
Without God, says Craig, morality is groundless, metaphysics is hopeless, and life is meaningless. The God of Christianity is the wellspring from which all life and values come into being. It is God who made us without dust, and it is to God to whom we shall return.
Global Philosophy of Religion
This episode is produced in partnership with The Global Philosophy of Religion Project at University of Birmingham, led by Yujin Nagasawa and funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
Contents
Part I. Reasonable Faith
Part II. Further Analysis and Discussion
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Awesome. And just to make sure that your microphone's working properly, could you say, hello, my name is Dr. Craig for me? |
| 0:06.7 | Hello, my name is Dr. Craig for me. |
| 0:24.6 | Christianity is the largest religion in the world. With almost 2.5 billion followers across the globe, |
| 0:28.6 | nearly one in three people have faith in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. |
| 0:32.6 | Essential to the Christian worldview is the belief that the universe was created by a maximally great God, |
| 0:38.3 | a being who is invested in the moral lives of his people, and offers salvation to all who embrace his teachings. |
| 0:44.3 | He is a god of three persons, a god of maximal power and intelligence, and a God who loves us all unconditionally. |
| 0:52.3 | For many Christians, this belief is a matter of faith, |
| 0:56.1 | but is this faith reasonable? |
| 0:58.4 | Joining us this episode to discuss the nature and existence of God |
| 1:01.9 | is visiting Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology |
| 1:05.6 | and Professor of Philosophy at Houston Baptist University, |
| 1:08.9 | Dr William Lane Craig. With over 30 books and 200 publications, |
| 1:14.3 | Dr. Craig has had a profound and lasting impact on academic debates within philosophy and theology. |
| 1:20.6 | As well as being one of the leading philosophers of our time, Dr. Craig's work extends beyond the dusty chalkboards of university campuses. |
| 1:28.5 | As a founder of the hugely popular non-profit organization, Reasonable Faith, |
| 1:33.2 | Dr. Craig is best known for his online lectures and for taking on the world's most |
| 1:37.1 | prominent philosophers and scientists in defense of Christianity. |
| 1:41.5 | In the words of James Porter-Morland, it is hard to overstate the impact that William Lane Craig has had for the cause of Christianity. In the words of James Porter-Morland, it is hard to overstate the impact that |
| 1:45.9 | William Lane Craig has had for the cause of Christ. He is simply the finest Christian apologist |
| 1:50.8 | of the last half century. Without God, says Craig, morality is groundless. Metaphysics is hopeless |
| 1:57.2 | and life is meaningless. The God of Christianity is the wellspring from which all life |
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