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Oct 2023
20m 47s

Apologetics and Academia Part One

WILLIAM LANE CRAIG
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What is the difference between popular apologetics and Christian scholarship?

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Eschatology and Yet-to-Evolve ETs (QoW #998)
A listener asks whether the eschatological renewal of creation might be delayed billions of years if God's redemptive purposes extend to alien civilizations that haven't yet evolved. Dr. Craig affirms that any extraterrestrial life would indeed be included in God's eschatological ... Show More
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Was the Destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 the Second Coming of Christ? (QoW #997)
A listener pushes back on Dr. Craig's claim that neither Jesus nor Paul expected the second coming within their own generation. Pointing to Matthew 24:36 and Jesus' words to the disciples about "this generation," and argues that Jesus was predicting a coming in judgment on Jerusa ... Show More
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Jul 27
Aboutness, Autonomy, and the Missing Option X: Dr. Craig Responds to Davies and Qureshi-Hurst
Can the universe have purpose without a purposive mind? Dr. William Lane Craig responds to physicist Paul Davies and philosopher Emily Qureshi-Hurst as they wrestle with whether purpose is something real or merely something we invent. Along the way he discusses intentionality ("a ... Show More
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