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Reasonable Faith Podcast

Questions from Facebook on Salvation, Mormonism, and The Grim Reaper Paradox

Reasonable Faith Podcast

William Lane Craig

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Christianity

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Craig replies to questions he's received on Facebook as well as from the Reasonable Faith website.

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0:00.0

Bill a lot of people are asking you questions on Facebook. We have a sampling of those. This one says,

0:12.4

dear Dr Craig, I walk the We have a sampling of those. This one says,

0:12.6

Dear Dr Craig, I walked the aisle and made a profession of faith

0:17.8

at my home church when I was seven years old.

0:20.2

I was baptized soon after.

0:21.8

But it wasn't until my teen years that began to understand

0:24.9

important biblical truths like the atonement the Trinity and the lordship of Christ.

0:31.1

My question is do you think I was really saved when I was seven, or did

0:36.7

God perhaps put my attempt at commitment on hold until I became more fully, until I more fully understood it.

0:45.6

That's from Samuel.

0:46.6

Well I want to say to Samuel what I think he was saved, born again to new life at the age of seven when he made that commitment.

0:57.0

And it's not at all unusual that one will make a commitment to Christ early on, and then as one grows and experiences discipleship in the Christian life,

1:08.6

one comes to deeper understanding of the

1:15.0

understanding of the Christian doctrine. And I think evidence of the fact that it was genuine

1:18.0

is that during those teen years he did not walk away from that youthful Christian commitment but instead

1:27.3

kept going deeper and deeper into it and that suggested indeed he was a regenerate Christian who was growing in his faith.

1:37.0

Next question, dear Dr Craig, I've always considered Joseph Smith's most fatal flaw to be his use of peep stones in a hat,

1:47.0

treasure digging, and actually being convicted of fraud in a treasure digging case.

1:52.8

How could such a man be the founder of a religion, a Mormonism?

1:57.3

And yet a Mormon apologist online told me that God may have used Joseph Smith's background and interest in treasure hunting and seer stones

2:06.7

in order to reveal the Book of Mormon and the LDS Church.

2:11.4

Other than the fact that it stretches my credulity to the breaking point I have

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