The person who follows the pursuit of reason unflinchingly toward its end will be atheistic or, at best, agnostic.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGThe person who follows the pursuit of reason unflinchingly toward its end will be atheistic or, at best, agnostic.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGI do plan my study day. I think that prioritizing is absolutely critical. It is so critical that you understand what is important and what can be left undone. Then you will base your schedule on your priorities. You’ve got to be single-minded about your priorities.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGIt’s no longer enough to teach our children Bible stories; they need doctrine and apologetics.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGNo one in the final analysis really fails to become a Christian because of lack of arguments; he fails to become a Christian because he loves darkness rather than light and wants nothing to do with God.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGPart of the broader task of Christian scholarship is to help create and sustain a cultural milieu in which the gospel can be heard as an intellectually viable option for thinking men and women.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGThe renaissance of Christian philosophy has been accompanied by a resurgence of interest in natural theology, that branch of theology that seeks to prove God’s existence apart from divine revelation.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGFaith is trust or commitment to what you think is true.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGThe mere possibility provides no warrant for denying what I clearly grasp.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGIn the 20th century philosophy of time for a great many theorists became part of science because it was time as is studied in physics that became the object of philosophical speculation. That’s very different from the way time has normally been understood.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGIf you’re sincerely seeking God, God will make His existence evident to you.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGThe simple fact that the Christian fellowship, founded on belief in Jesus’ resurrection, came into existence and flourished in the very city where he was executed and buried is powerful evidence for the historicity of the empty tomb.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGThe point is that if there is no God, then objective right and wrong do not exist. As Dostoyevsky said, “All things are permitted.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGFor the assertion that “There is no God” is just as much a claim to knowledge as is the assertion that “There is a God.” Therefore, the former assertion requires justification just as the latter does.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGCatching the apple doesn’t overturn the law of gravity or the formulation of a new law. It’s merely an intervention of a person with freewill who overrides the natural causes operative in that particular circumstance. And that is, essentially, is what God does when he causes a miracle to occur.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGIt’s the combination of improbability with an independently given pattern that discredits chance.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIGThe Christian faith does not call for us to put our minds on the shelf, to fly in the face of common sense and history, or to make a leap of faith into the dark. The rational person, fully apprised of the evidence, can confidently believe.
WILLIAM LANE CRAIG