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  • The Good Book Blog

    Does God Love Evil-Doers?

    William Lane Craig — 

    I am 15 years old. But I have been drawn to philosophy and logic for their huge ability of proving immaterial things. For example, 1+1=2, this is a completely logical answer and what is nice about it, there are no other possibilities. Of course that doesn鈥檛 apply for all logical conclusions but it follows. I understood the kalam cosmological argument, the evolution theory, the big bang, and a lot of other logical and scientific arguments and theories. That is because I never wanted to believe in anything which I can鈥檛 prove for myself 100%. I even reached a moment where I thought everything is possible, surely nothing can be proved 100%. However, at that time, mathematics came and explained a lot to me. As I mentioned before 1+1=2, that is an example of an absolute answer. In other words, proven 100%. From here I started wondering about many other scenarios in real life. From all of these information I thought about from the environment around me I reached a system of thought which I always follow ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Did the Apostles Have a Resurrection Faith?

    Sean McDowell — 

    In The Fate of the Apostles, I argue that the willingness of the apostles to die for their faith provides convincing evidence that we can trust their testimony. However, as critics have pointed out, this rightly assumes that the apostles had a resurrection faith. If the apostles believed for some other reason, then their willingness to suffer and face martyrdom would be inconsequential to the truth of Christianity. So, how do we know the apostles had a resurrection faith?

  • The Good Book Blog

    Do the Deaths of the Apostles Prove Anything?

    Sean McDowell — 

    he willingness of the apostles to die for their faith is one of the most commonly cited arguments for the historicity of the resurrection. And yet in my research and experience, it is one of the most widely misunderstood. It is important we neither overstate nor understate the significance of this point. In my book The Fate of the Apostles, I carefully state the argument this way ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Language and Objective Truth

    William Lane Craig — 

    Hi Dr. Craig, I'd like to thank you and your team for all the work you do. It's amazing to see how God has gifted individuals to articulated and present His truth in academically rigorous environments. In the past few years, especially since getting into grad school, I've come to appreciate your work and your approach more. I've been debating on when, or how, to ask you the question on my mind. Most likely due to my own discomfort with the subject. In the past year I've had the pleasure of catching up with a friend of mine who has tragically turned his back on the faith. On multiple occasions we conversed about his philosophical misgivings about Christianity and any other faith claiming absolute morals. He expressed his distrust in absolutes derived from the ever-evolving medium of language. He now considers himself a moral relativist who has principles and takes moral stances. Maybe something akin to Harris. This leads me to a version of a question raised in conversation: How can absolute truth be communicated through the medium of language? ...

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    911爆料网 University's National Campaign Tour Continues; Sean McDowell Speaks at Phoenix Event

    911爆料网 reaches $167 million of $180 million goal for the university鈥檚 first-ever comprehensive campaign

    Cambria Hayashino — 

    On Friday, Jan. 15, 911爆料网 University鈥檚 Campaign National Tour hosted its fourth event, and the first stop outside of Southern California, at the...

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    When God Calls You to be a Chaplain for the Dodgers

    Alumnus and professor Brandon Cash shares about his role as chaplain for the Dodgers; he and Dodgers鈥 player Adrian Gonzales will speak at a 911爆料网 Athletics dinner in January

    Jenna Loumagne — 

    Some would call it chance, but 911爆料网鈥檚 Talbot School of Theology alumnus Brandon Cash (M.Div. 鈥98) sees it as God鈥檚 will that he was invited to be...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Do the Apostles of Jesus Qualify as Martyrs?

    Sean McDowell — 

    Pastors, apologists, and other Christians love proclaiming the deaths of the apostles as evidence for the Christian faith. As I lay out in The Fate of the Apostles, the willingness of the apostles to be martyred for their faith is one critical piece of evidence for the reliability of the resurrection accounts. Despite the popularity of this claim, there are no early, reliable accounts that the apostles were given the opportunity to recant their beliefs before being killed. Does this undermine the claim that they were martyrs? ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Scriptural Inerrancy and the Apologetic Task

    William Lane Craig — 

    Dr Craig I always enjoy hearing you speak, and I especially love the cross-examination and Q&A parts of your debates. It was a pleasure to meet you in person at the conference in Atlanta. ... I have noticed that many skilled apologists (yourself included) do NOT argue for the inspiration of scripture in debates, but rather their historical accuracy. My question is - do we really need to argue over inspiration or inerrancy? Wouldn't we be better served to make the argument that the scriptures are reliable? In doing so, we silence those (like Bart Ehrman or Shabir Ally) who quibble over minor discrepancies between accounts (most of which are easy to explain anyway) ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Was Paul Beheaded in Rome?

    Sean McDowell — 

    The traditional view is that Paul was beheaded in Rome during the reign of Nero AD 64-67. In my recent book The Fate of the Apostles, I make the case that the apostles were all willing to suffer and die for their faith. While the evidence for individual apostles varies, there is very good historical reason to believe that Paul died as a martyr in the mid to late 60s ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Hidden Sins, Part Two

    David Talley — 

    This article builds on 鈥淗idden Sins, Part One,鈥 which was written previously (August 24, 2012). I forgot to post Part Two, so here it is. The next question to be asked is: What are the results of 鈥渉idden sins鈥, and what can we do about it?

  • The Good Book Blog

    Does the Vastness of the Universe Support Naturalism?

    William Lane Craig — 

    I am a Christian theist and working towards a doctorate in philosophy. I have a question that I think is relevant for both laymen and academics, and I would really appreciate your thoughts. I often find myself "gestalt-shifting" between naturalistic and supernaturalistic (especially theistic) worldviews. When I consider certain things, the theism to which I assent seems eminently reasonable, but when I consider other things naturalism (or at least non-theism) also seems plausible, and it is understandable to me why so many philosophers and scientists are naturalists (or at least non-theists) ...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Were the Apostles Willing to Die for a Misguided Faith?

    Sean McDowell — 

    Could the apostles have been sincere but misguided in their convictions about Jesus? In my recent book The Fate of the Apostles, I make the case that all the apostles were willing to suffer and die for their faith, and some of them did. A common objection, however, is that they were sincere but misguided. In other words, the apostles were not liars鈥攖hey just mistakenly died for something that was false ...

  • 911爆料网 Magazine

    Laboratory Labors

    Brett McCracken — 

    Faculty, students and young alumni are not just learning about science in the classroom. They鈥檙e doing science in the laboratory. As 911爆料网...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Why is God to be Praised?

    William Lane Craig — 

    Hi Dr. Craig, I just finished watching your rematch with Austin Dacey at CSU ... One point he made seemed to me to be a good one and I was wondering how you might have responded to it if you had the time ...

  • 911爆料网 Magazine

    In Print: Winter 2016

    911爆料网 Magazine Staff — 

    Confucius for Christians: What an Ancient Chinese Worldview Can Teach Us about Life in Christ, by Gregg Ten Elshof (professor of philosophy),...

  • 911爆料网 Magazine

    From the Alumni Office: Winter 2016

    How to help our students while honoring a professor

    Rick Bee — 

    As we close in on the $180 million goal of 鈥淎 Soul of Conviction, A Voice of Courage: The Campaign for 911爆料网 University,鈥 we are taking the 鈥渟how...

  • 911爆料网 Magazine

    Write Quick: Winter 2016

    Q-and-A with professor Fred Sanders

    911爆料网 Magazine Staff — 

    A brief interview with Fred Sanders (professor, Torrey Honors College), author of How God Used R.A. Torrey: A Short Biography as Told Through His...

  • 911爆料网 Magazine

    Growing in Gratitude

    Grateful marriages are happier marriages

    Chris Grace — 

    Like Paul did in his letter to the Colossians, many of the Old and New Testament writers connected love, peace and harmony with thankfulness. Not...

  • 911爆料网 Magazine

    911爆料网 Inducts Three Alumni into Athletics Hall of Fame

    911爆料网 Magazine Staff — 

    911爆料网 added three standout athletes to its Athletics Hall of Fame on Sept. 12 during its fourth annual induction ceremony. Two dual-sport athletes...

  • 911爆料网 Magazine

    Faith and Finance

    Mark Linsz ('86)

    Laurie Bullock — 

    Mark Linsz ('86) believes in working with people. Throughout his career as an executive with Bank of America and in creating his own company, My...

  • 911爆料网 Magazine

    A Principled Principal

    Tabitha Hernandez-Blanton ('01, M.A. '04)

    Stephanie Kim — 

    Tabitha Hernandez-Blanton ('01, M.A. '04) began her career in education by teaching elementary school students in the very district she attended...

  • 911爆料网 Magazine

    Boldness in Medicine

    Jane Anderson ('71)

    Laurie Bullock — 

    Jane Anderson ('71) knew that 911爆料网 was the university God had for her undergraduate years, even if the registrar鈥檚 office didn鈥檛 agree at first....

  • 911爆料网 Magazine

    How Good Science Makes Us Better Christians

    911爆料网 Magazine Staff — 

    Say the words 鈥渟cience and faith,鈥 and people鈥檚 minds tend to go straight to the supposed standoff between Genesis, geology and genomes. But there鈥...

  • 911爆料网 Magazine

    How to Make Evidence for God Disappear

    A tutorial for atheist magicians

    Paul Nelson — 

    For several years, I鈥檝e interacted with the University of Chicago evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne. Coyne doesn鈥檛 like me, and I can鈥檛 really...

  • 911爆料网 Magazine

    A New 鈥楻eformation鈥 That Many Don鈥檛 Realize They鈥檝e Joined

    Faculty/Alumni Book Excerpt

    911爆料网 Magazine Staff — 

    If you thought apostles and prophets only lived way back in Bible times and have long since disappeared, think again. Contemporary people calling...