Partly reflects my own tastes in christian apologetics. It thus dates to within five years after jesus death. A reasonable response by william lane craig koorong. Sep 01, 20 reasonable faith features the work of philosopher and theologian dr. At age 16, while a junior in high school, he first heard the message of the christian gospel and yielded his life to christ. Oh yes, also participated in the greerheard forum, where i debated william lane craig, and then continued the discussion the next day along with alex rosenberg, tim maudlin, james sinclair, and robin collins. A reasonable response answers to tough questions on god.
Followers of jesus need not fear hard questions or objections against christian belief. William lane craig author william lane craig phd, university of birmingham, england. Buy a reasonable response by william lane craig in ebook format at koorong 9780802483843. He has authored or edited over forty books, including the kalam cosmological argument, divine foreknowle. Introduction brief biography debates books articles more information on bill craig. The whole event was recorded, and will be released on. Christian truth and apologetics 3rd edition perfect as a textbook yet excellent for lay readers, this updated edition builds a positive case for christianity by applying the latest thought to core theological themes. In a reasonable response, renowned christian philosopher and apologist william lane craig offers dozens of examples of how some of the most common challenges to christian thought can be addressed, including.
Reasonable faith aims to provide in the public arena an intelligent, articulate, and uncompromising yet gracious christian perspective on the most important issues concerning the truth of the christian faith today. Apologetics learning with and beyond william lane craig by joe. A brief introduction to the life, work, books and debates of apologist william lane craig. Dr william lane craig, a philosopher and theologian who debates and argues for the historical credibility of christianity, was in belfast this week. William lane craig in order to carry out its threefold mission. But because there is a beginning doesnt imply a god. Reasonable response william lane craig download bok.
March 3, 20 march 7, 2019 apologetics canada, william lane craig 19 comments more website features and content coming soon. Renowned scholar william lane craig offers a readable, rich training manual. That is the purpose of the multifaceted book of essays, god is good, god is great. William lane craig s reasonable faith is written as an apologetics textbook. Harris showed examples of immoral behavior under the belief of god, and moral behavior. Defending your faith with reason and precision by william lane. William lane craig it is hard to overstate the impact that william lane craig has had for the. William lane craig born august 23, 1949 is an american analytic philosopher and christian theologian, historian, apologist, and author. Available in australia at koorong books william lane craig is one of the premier evangelical apologists around. A reasonable response answers to tough questions on god christianity and the bible, moody publishers 20, p22. Other times they are redirections to what is the real question or the more important questions.
So says william lane craig in his seminal book reasonable faith, which at 352 pages doesnt slow down in its exegesis of some of the most difficult problems in theoretical physics and the philosophy of religion. Sep 01, 2017 reasonable faith features the work of philosopher and theologian dr. A reasonable response answers to tough questions on god christianity and the bible, moody publishers 20. He is amply qualified to write a book such as this. We are going to look at an article today on carm that matt wrote in response to molinism. William lane craig phd, university of birmingham, england. It also includes discussions of craigs views on faith, the meaning of life, miracles, history, and jesus view of himself, as well as an original chapter on the reliability of. Therefore morality is not arbitrarily based on gods whims as the second prong suggests. William lane craig has a doctorate in philosophy from the university of birmingham and a doctorate in theology from the university of munich. William lane craig, born in 1949 in peoria, illinois, is an american christian apologist, philosopher, and theologian. Craig s writing we have a section full of both popularlevel articles for a general audience as well as academic articles that cover. In a reasonable response, renowned christian philosopher and apologist william lane craig offers dozens of examples of how some of the most common challenges to.
But what i try to do with a reasonable response is to focus bills longtime and firsttime readers on a few dozen examples where bill is helping. This much, at least, is common property among almost all disputants in debates about the nature of time. I edited in a few of rosenbergs comments from correspondence, but craigs public reply, factchecking the factchecker, is more indepth, and deserves a. Im grateful to alex rosenberg and william lane craig for taking the time to respond to my post, factchecking the craigrosenberg debate. A reasonable response is a collection of letters from individuals asking william lane craig questions and his responses to those questions. William lane craig and christopher hitchens debated the question does god exist. Jerusalem around ad 36, when he spent two weeks with cephas and james gal.
Not that there isnt the usual blackandwhite dogmatism here. Is there historical evidence for the resurrection of jesus. William lane craigs reasonable faith is an apologetics textbook ranging over arguments for the existence of god to the alleged evidence for the resurrection of jesus. Reasonable faith provides a christian perspective on the most important issues. Feb 15, 2015 in his book, hard questions, real answers, william lane craig asserts, undoubtedly the greatest intellectual obstacle to belief in godfor both the christian and the nonchristianis the socalled problem of evil. William lane craig on facts, tracts, and things abstract. Do you worry that someone will ask you a question about your faith that you cant answer. In a reasonable response, renowned christian philosopher and apologist william lane craig offers dozens of examples of how some of the most common. The whole event was recorded, and will be released on the internet soon hopefully within a couple of days. Mar 01, 20 followers of jesus need not fear hard questions or objections against christian belief. Questions on knowing and believing what is real but one of the dignifying features of theism, and christian theism specifically. Pints with aquinas matt fradd of pints with aquinas interviews dr. It also includes discussions of craig s views on faith, the meaning of life, miracles, history, and jesus view of himself, as well as an original chapter on the reliability of.
Reasonable faith includes, in concise and accessible form, some of the best of the. Frank zindler, willow creek community church, south barrington, illinois, 1993 dr. Christian truth and apologetics william lane craig. Reasonable faith christian truth and apologetics third edition william lane craig it is hard to overstate the impact that william lane craig has had for the cause of christ. Christian truth and apologetics, revised edition, crossway books, 1994. It is said that an argument is what convinces reasonable men and a proof is. Douglas groothuis, professor of philosophy, denver seminary william lane craig is not only a worldclass philosopher widely recognized as such in the philosophical community but he has been a leading defender of the christian faith for over a quarter of a century. Offer a prayer of commitment is another therefore if im not mistaken those are works and according to my god in his holy book ephesians 2. But also as william lane craig says we can reject both options and say god wills something because he is good. He is professor of philosophy at houston baptist university and research professor of philosophy at talbot school of theology biola university, and is considered by to be one of the 50 most influential living philosophers in the world. Shop amongst our popular books, including 44, on guard, a reasonable response and more from william lane craig. Many apologetic works deal with only one facet of the arguments for christianity. Reasonable faith by william lane craig i am planning a preaching series on christian apologetics in the fall so i have started collecting several books on the subject, including dr.
Reasonable faith includes, in concise and accessible form, some of the best of the best of his thinking on vital areas of apologetics. Jul 02, 2014 but also as william lane craig says we can reject both options and say god wills something because he is good. Answers to tough questions on god, christianity, and the bible craig, william lane, gorra, joseph e. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. That is to say it is gods own nature which determines what is the good. Ebook william lane craig libro electronico descargar pdf serie. Robert stewart of the new orleans baptist theological seminary, februray 15, 2014. A great place to begin is our short animated video series below. Euthyphro dilemma and william lane craigs response true. Glenn peoples responds to some recent comments from prof.
In his book, hard questions, real answers, william lane craig asserts, undoubtedly the greatest intellectual obstacle to belief in godfor both the christian and the nonchristianis the socalled problem of evil. My dear friend matt slick of carm christian apologetics research ministry doesnt think that molinism is biblical. William lane craig and aims to provide in the public arena an intelligent, articulate, and uncompromising yet gracious. He has been research professor of philosophy at talbot school of theology for the past ten years. He studied at the catholic university of louvain for seven years. He received a bachelor of arts in communications from the evangelical protestant wheaton college in wheaton, illinois, a summa cum laude master of divinity from trinity evangelical divinity school in deerfield, illinois, a ph. Reasonable faith reasonable faith one of the finest christian philosophers of our day is william lane craig. This is the story of the working relationship and friendship of two unique characters. Time is that dimension of reality whose constituent elements are ordered by relations of earlier than, simultaneous with, and later than and are experienced by us as past, present, and future. Although hes become very well known for his debates with atheists and skeptics, hes also a prolific writer. Answers to tough questions on god, christianity, and. The names of john huston and humphrey bogart are known throughout the world, and recognised as two of the most important men to ever work within the motion picture industry. Faith and reason implications of atheism theistic arguments faith efc, fall07 4 text and prerequisites william lane craig, reasonable faith. William lane craig a reasonable response january 14, 2014.
Mackie, in refuting the kalam cosmological argument, turns his main guns on this. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Reasonable faith features the work of philosopher and theologian dr. Your post shows us all that not even william lane craig can defend against criticism of his religion, and that he must fall back to deism in order to make some resemblance of a reasonable argument. Here you will find a deep library of writings, videos, podcasts, and more that feature the work of dr. William lane craig is research professor of philosophy at talbot school of theology and professor of philosophy at houston baptist university. To provide an articulate, intelligent voice for biblical christianity in the public arena. Nick norelli rightly dividing the word of truth new jersey william lane craig is a man who needs no introduction in the evangelical community. William lane craig s reasonable faith is an apologetics textbook ranging over arguments for the existence of god to the alleged evidence for the resurrection of jesus. Craigs writing we have a section full of both popularlevel articles for a general audience as well as academic articles that cover. The problem here is that salvation and the discipleship are being confounded. Find a deep library of resources featuring the work of dr.
He has authored or edited over thirty books and is the founder of reasonablefaith. William lane craigs reasonable faith is written as an apologetics textbook. Examining the broad topics of faith, man, god, creation and christ, craig. Time, eternity, and eschatology william lane craig. To date, he has authored or edited over thirty books and more than a hundred scholarly articles.