Dr. John Lennox has lived one of the most remarkable lives in modern Christian thought. From sitting in on CS Lewis's final lectures at Cambridge in 1962, earning his PhD and teaching at Oxford as Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, debating Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, and authoring best-selling books on faith, science, suffering, AI, and Revelation. In this conversation, Dr. Lennox joins me to discuss his new autobiography, My Story. We talk about his encounter with CS Lewis, what he considers the hardest objection to Christianity (suffering and evil), and how his mind is increasingly filled with the hope of heaven.

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Dr. John Lennox has lived one of the most remarkable lives in modern Christian thought. From sitting in on CS Lewis's final lectures at Cambridge in 1962, earning his PhD and teaching at Oxford as Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, debating Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, and authoring best-selling books on faith, science, suffering, AI, and Revelation. In this conversation, Dr. Lennox joins me to discuss his new autobiography, My Story. We talk about his encounter with CS Lewis, what he considers the hardest objection to Christianity (suffering and evil), and how his mind is increasingly filled with the hope of heaven.
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Dr. Sean McDowell is a gifted communicator with a passion for equipping the church, and in particular young people, to make the case for the Christian faith. Sean is an Associate Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. On this channel he tackles some of the biggest questions about God, morality, and contemporary culture. Visit www.seanmcdowell.org for more posts and info.

The Sean McDowell Show

Dr. Sean McDowell is a gifted communicator with a passion for equipping the church, and in particular young people, to make the case for the Christian faith. Sean is an Associate Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. On this channel he tackles some of the biggest questions about God, morality, and contemporary culture. Visit www.seanmcdowell.org for more posts and info.

The Extraordinary Life of John Lennox: His Story

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"If God is good, why is there pain and suffering?". Today, we have a video of atheist professor Paul Rinzler and I to discuss evil. This is our return to the Cal Poly Veritas Forum for a second year this time on the hardest question in apologetics. Not a debate to be won. A real conversation between two people who disagree deeply and like each other anyway. CHECK OUT:Paul Rinzler - Professor Emeritus at Cal Poly State University https://music.calpoly.edu/faculty/rinzler/index.html WATCH: Are Miracles Real? A Christian & Atheist Explore (Veritas Forum) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cWui4CRfZc CHECK OUT: Logos Bible 60 Day Free Trial (https://logos.com/mcdowell)

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CHAPTERS 00:00 – Welcome and framing 00:28 – Sean's opening: four points on evil and suffering 08:19 – Paul's opening: the case from natural suffering 15:43 – A time you experienced pain 21:23 – Is pain part of God's plan? 22:47 – Would a "bad God" explain the world better? 24:04 – Does evil actually exist? 25:47 – Moral evil, free will, and determinism 33:46 – Does the moral project require agency? 36:23 – Making sense of randomness in natural disasters 42:25 – When suffering seems cruel and unnecessary 47:20 – Where do you find hope? 51:21 – What's more powerful: death or love? 54:01 – Advice for students in hard seasons 59:00 – What's the purpose of life for an atheist? 1:02:30 – Can objective morality exist without God? 1:04:46 – Why pursue justice if suffering is endless? 1:08:08 – The biggest doubt about your own worldview 1:10:18 – The question of hell 1:15:02 – Morality, evolution, and caring beyond your tribe 1:20:05 – How do you define love? 1:24:42 – Closing thoughts

"If God is good, why is there pain and suffering?". Today, we have a video of atheist professor Paul Rinzler and I to discuss evil. This is our return to the Cal Poly Veritas Forum for a second year this time on the hardest question in apologetics. Not a debate to be won. A real conversation between two people who disagree deeply and like each other anyway. CHECK OUT:Paul Rinzler - Professor Emeritus at Cal Poly State University https://music.calpoly.edu/faculty/rinzler/index.html WATCH: Are Miracles Real? A Christian &amp; Atheist Explore (Veritas Forum) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cWui4CRfZc CHECK OUT: Logos Bible 60 Day Free Trial (<a href="https://logos.com/mcdowell)">https://logos.com/mcdowell)</a>
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CHAPTERS 00:00 &ndash; Welcome and framing 00:28 &ndash; Sean's opening: four points on evil and suffering 08:19 &ndash; Paul's opening: the case from natural suffering 15:43 &ndash; A time you experienced pain 21:23 &ndash; Is pain part of God's plan? 22:47 &ndash; Would a "bad God" explain the world better? 24:04 &ndash; Does evil actually exist? 25:47 &ndash; Moral evil, free will, and determinism 33:46 &ndash; Does the moral project require agency? 36:23 &ndash; Making sense of randomness in natural disasters 42:25 &ndash; When suffering seems cruel and unnecessary 47:20 &ndash; Where do you find hope? 51:21 &ndash; What's more powerful: death or love? 54:01 &ndash; Advice for students in hard seasons 59:00 &ndash; What's the purpose of life for an atheist? 1:02:30 &ndash; Can objective morality exist without God? 1:04:46 &ndash; Why pursue justice if suffering is endless? 1:08:08 &ndash; The biggest doubt about your own worldview 1:10:18 &ndash; The question of hell 1:15:02 &ndash; Morality, evolution, and caring beyond your tribe 1:20:05 &ndash; How do you define love? 1:24:42 &ndash; Closing thoughts

Does Evil Actually Prove God Exists? | Christian vs. Atheist Dialogue

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Randy Kay was a biotech CEO and a self-described skeptic who didn't believe in near-death experiences until he flatlined for 30 minutes in 2005 and, in his telling, found himself face to face with Jesus. Now he's collected 140 NDE accounts he says he's vetted more rigorously than any single volume before. Today, I asked the obvious question: does the evidence actually stack up?

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CHAPTERS 00:00 – "I was cheek to cheek with Jesus" 00:36 – Is heaven real? Meet Randy Kay 01:50 – The near-death experience: septic shock and seven blood clots 03:15 – What Kay says he saw and heard 05:22 – "How do you know it wasn't a dream?" 07:47 – The cost of going public after 14 years of silence 11:49 – Why Christians can be the hardest audience 14:11 – How the book vets 140 accounts 19:32 – What "verifying" an account does and doesn't mean 22:43 – What would signal a story is fabricated 27:05 – Reincarnation, universalism, and hellish NDEs 31:06 – The "core" features of a near-death experience 34:46 – Case: Mike Olson and the lung donor 42:19 – Case: Dean Braxton's 1 hour 45 minutes 45:14 – Case: Jeffrey Porter, the atheist 53:08 – Case: Lisa — a hellish NDE and a rescue 56:38 – The life review and what it implies 59:17 – Randy's own life review: a dying boy's prayer 1:04:23 – NDEs as a second chance 1:04:50 – Answering the skeptic 1:13:49 – Where to find Randy's work

Randy Kay was a biotech CEO and a self-described skeptic who didn't believe in near-death experiences until he flatlined for 30 minutes in 2005 and, in his telling, found himself face to face with Jesus. Now he's collected 140 NDE accounts he says he's vetted more rigorously than any single volume before. Today, I asked the obvious question: does the evidence actually stack up?
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CHAPTERS 00:00 &ndash; "I was cheek to cheek with Jesus" 00:36 &ndash; Is heaven real? Meet Randy Kay 01:50 &ndash; The near-death experience: septic shock and seven blood clots 03:15 &ndash; What Kay says he saw and heard 05:22 &ndash; "How do you know it wasn't a dream?" 07:47 &ndash; The cost of going public after 14 years of silence 11:49 &ndash; Why Christians can be the hardest audience 14:11 &ndash; How the book vets 140 accounts 19:32 &ndash; What "verifying" an account does and doesn't mean 22:43 &ndash; What would signal a story is fabricated 27:05 &ndash; Reincarnation, universalism, and hellish NDEs 31:06 &ndash; The "core" features of a near-death experience 34:46 &ndash; Case: Mike Olson and the lung donor 42:19 &ndash; Case: Dean Braxton's 1 hour 45 minutes 45:14 &ndash; Case: Jeffrey Porter, the atheist 53:08 &ndash; Case: Lisa &mdash; a hellish NDE and a rescue 56:38 &ndash; The life review and what it implies 59:17 &ndash; Randy's own life review: a dying boy's prayer 1:04:23 &ndash; NDEs as a second chance 1:04:50 &ndash; Answering the skeptic 1:13:49 &ndash; Where to find Randy's work

The Most Compelling Heaven Testimonies Ever Collected? | Skeptic Investigates 140 NDEs

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Giants. A divine council. Demons and the Nephilim. Michael Heiser made the Bible's strangest passages impossible to ignore and sold hundreds of thousands of books doing it. So what does one of the world's leading spiritual-warfare scholars actually think of his work? Dr. Clint Arnold joins me today to say where Heiser gets it right, and where he pushes back.

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CHAPTERS 00:00 – Why Heiser captivated so many 00:35 – Who is Michael Heiser? Who is Clint Arnold? 02:45 – What makes Heiser's work unique 05:59 – Where Arnold agrees with Heiser 09:35 – The premise of The Unseen Realm: recovering a supernatural worldview 11:12 – Psalm 82, Job 38, and the divine council 14:01 – What "Elohim" actually means 15:21 – Isn't this just polytheism? 18:33 – Genesis 1:26 — "Let us make man" 21:47 – The Deuteronomy 32 worldview and cosmic geography 24:01 – David, Goliath, and the gods behind the idols 26:24 – Bashan, Caesarea Philippi, and "portals" 28:58 – Paul's theology of the unseen world (Ephesians 6) 32:14 – Does this change our spiritual warfare today? 32:32 – Peter Wagner and "strategic-level" spiritual warfare 34:12 – Why Arnold rejects targeting territorial spirits 38:24 – Command vs. prayer — and reprisal in the spirit realm 40:53 – The big disagreement: where do demons come from? 42:46 – The traditional view: a primordial angelic fall 45:59 – Genesis 6 and the sons of God 48:05 – How much weight should 1 Enoch carry? 50:53 – No exorcism in the Old Testament? 53:33 – Luke 10 and "I saw Satan fall like lightning" 56:14 – Arnold's one big addition to Heiser 58:16 – Should you read Heiser? 59:04 – Spiritual warfare at Talbot

Giants. A divine council. Demons and the Nephilim. Michael Heiser made the Bible's strangest passages impossible to ignore and sold hundreds of thousands of books doing it. So what does one of the world's leading spiritual-warfare scholars actually think of his work? Dr. Clint Arnold joins me today to say where Heiser gets it right, and where he pushes back.
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CHAPTERS 00:00 &ndash; Why Heiser captivated so many 00:35 &ndash; Who is Michael Heiser? Who is Clint Arnold? 02:45 &ndash; What makes Heiser's work unique 05:59 &ndash; Where Arnold agrees with Heiser 09:35 &ndash; The premise of The Unseen Realm: recovering a supernatural worldview 11:12 &ndash; Psalm 82, Job 38, and the divine council 14:01 &ndash; What "Elohim" actually means 15:21 &ndash; Isn't this just polytheism? 18:33 &ndash; Genesis 1:26 &mdash; "Let us make man" 21:47 &ndash; The Deuteronomy 32 worldview and cosmic geography 24:01 &ndash; David, Goliath, and the gods behind the idols 26:24 &ndash; Bashan, Caesarea Philippi, and "portals" 28:58 &ndash; Paul's theology of the unseen world (Ephesians 6) 32:14 &ndash; Does this change our spiritual warfare today? 32:32 &ndash; Peter Wagner and "strategic-level" spiritual warfare 34:12 &ndash; Why Arnold rejects targeting territorial spirits 38:24 &ndash; Command vs. prayer &mdash; and reprisal in the spirit realm 40:53 &ndash; The big disagreement: where do demons come from? 42:46 &ndash; The traditional view: a primordial angelic fall 45:59 &ndash; Genesis 6 and the sons of God 48:05 &ndash; How much weight should 1 Enoch carry? 50:53 &ndash; No exorcism in the Old Testament? 53:33 &ndash; Luke 10 and "I saw Satan fall like lightning" 56:14 &ndash; Arnold's one big addition to Heiser 58:16 &ndash; Should you read Heiser? 59:04 &ndash; Spiritual warfare at Talbot

Is Michael Heiser's Unseen Realm the Best Way to Read the Bible?

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The Extraordinary Life of John Lennox: His Story

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