How Do We Know that God Really Exists? Dr. J. P. Moreland
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🗓️ 16 March 2026
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Dr. J. P. Moreland is Distinguished Professor of philosophy at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. He received a B. S. in physical chemistry from the University of Missouri, a Th.M. in theology from Dallas Theological Seminary, an M.A. in philosophy from the University of California at Riverside, and a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Southern California. He has spoken and debated on over 200 college campuses and taught in 500 or so churches around the world. In addition, he has authored, edited, or contributed papers to ninety-five books, including Does God Exist? (Prometheus), Universals (McGill-Queen’s), Consciousness and the Existence of God (Routledge), and The Soul: How We Know It's Real and Why It Matters. Moreland was selected in August, 2016 by The Best Schools as one of the 50 most influential living philosophers in the world. Check out Talbot School of Theology's M.A. in Christian Apologetics.
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| 0:00.0 | And they'll say, well, why do you follow Jesus? |
| 0:02.3 | And the answer I say is, well, who else did you have in mind? |
| 0:08.7 | Jesus would be the very first one. |
| 0:10.7 | If there was someone greater than he that would say, follow him. |
| 0:14.2 | Fortunately, there isn't anybody else greater than he is. |
| 0:17.5 | And I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid. |
| 0:20.0 | And I'm not going to try to run my life |
| 0:22.1 | with my own finite little resources. I need all the help I can get. |
| 0:31.7 | Hey, friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology and the Rob. My guest today is the one |
| 0:36.7 | and only Dr. J.P. Morland, who is |
| 0:38.2 | distinguished professor of philosophy at Talbot School of theology at Bolly University. |
| 0:42.4 | He received his Ph.G. in Philosophy at USC, the University of Southern California. He has spoken |
| 0:49.8 | and debated on over 200 college campuses and taught in 500 or so churches around the world. |
| 0:54.8 | And he has authored, edited, or contributed papers to 95 books. |
| 1:00.9 | I just realized, not like 95 Theses. |
| 1:04.2 | Anyway, some of these titles include Does God Exist? |
| 1:07.9 | Universals, Consciousness, and the Exist existence of God and many others. Dr. Morland was |
| 1:12.9 | selected in August 2016 by the best schools as one of the 50 most influential living philosophers |
| 1:21.5 | in the world. I have only known about the J.P. Morland from a distance, as I say in the podcast, we knew about this dude Moreland from a distance. |
| 1:27.6 | As I say in the podcast, |
| 1:29.3 | we knew about this dude way back in |
| 1:31.3 | seminary and just he was just a legend. |
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