Defenders LIVE! // Doctrine of Creation pt 14: Arguments Against Miracles
July 14, 2024 • William Lane Craig
📺 Doctrine of Creation pt 14: Arguments Against Miracles // 🤺
The roots of the 19th century collapse in the belief in miracles among biblical theologians lay in the 18th century and even earlier. The skepticism of modern man with regard to miracles arose during the Enlightenment, or the so-called Age of Reason, which dawned in Europe in the 17th century.
Defenders LIVE! // Doctrine of Creation pt 13: Miracles
July 7, 2024 • William Lane Craig
Defenders LIVE! // Doctrine of Creation pt: 13: The Collapse of the Belief in Miracles //
There's another aspect of the doctrine of divine providence which is classically known as providentia extraordinaria – or God's extraordinary providence. Typically God's extraordinary providence is understood as miracles – his special supernatural acts in the world.
Defenders LIVE! // Doctrine of Creation pt 12: Arminianism and God's Sovereignty & Human Freedom
June 30, 2024 • William Lane Craig
// Arminian & Molinist Accounts of Divine Sovereignty and Human Freedom //
In our study of divine providence we've looked critically at the Calvinist view of providence, and I offered a five-point critique last Sunday of that reconciliation of divine sovereignty and human freedom. Today we want to turn our attention to the Arminian account of divine sovereignty and human freedom on the basis of God's foreknowledge of the future.
Defenders LIVE! // Doctrine of Creation pt 11: Calvinism vs Arminianism vs Molinism
June 23, 2024 • William Lane Craig
📺 Defenders LIVE! 🤺 // Doctrine of Creation pt 11: A Critical Assessment of Three Views of Divine Providence //
Last time we discussed three competing accounts of divine providence: Calvinism, Arminianism, & Molinist views of providence...
Defenders LIVE! // Doctrine of Creation pt 10: What Is God's Role In All That Happens In The World?
June 16, 2024 • William Lane Craig
Defenders LIVE! // Doctrine of Creation pt 10: Different Views of Divine Providence - What Is God's Role In Everything That Happens In The World? //
Divine providence concerns God's governance or supervision of the world – all that happens. The Biblical worldview has a very strong conception of divine sovereignty over the world and human affairs, but at the same time it also presupposes human freedom and responsibility...
Defenders LIVE! // Doctrine of Creation pt 9: Does God Cause Everything That Happens In The World?
June 9, 2024 • William Lane Craig
Defenders LIVE! // Doctrine of Creation pt: 9: Does God Cause Everything That Happens In Our World? //
In our last lesson we differentiated carefully between creation and conservation. Creation is the act of God whereby he first brings something into existence. Conservation is the act of God whereby he keeps something in existence from moment to moment...
There's also is what is called divine concurrence. According to the doctrine of concurrence, God is the cause of everything that happens in the world...
Defenders LIVE! // Creation Part 8: Conservation Of The World In Being
June 2, 2024 • William Lane Craig
Defenders Live | The Doctrine of Creation pt: 8: God's Continuing Conservation of the World //
God is conceived in traditional Christian theology to be the cause of the world not only in his initial act of bringing the world into existence or creating the world but also in his ongoing conservation of the world in being. So today we want to turn to the subject of continuing creation, as it's sometimes called.
Defenders LIVE! // Creation pt 7: New Physics & Something Coming From Nothing?
May 26, 2024 • William Lane Craig
Lawrence Krauss, Physics, & More Objections To creatio ex nihilo...
We ended our time in our last lesson by looking at the objection that quantum physics can show that things can come into being from nothing and therefore no creation is needed in order for the universe to come into existence out of nothing. You'll recall I quoted Lawrence Krauss, a physicist, to this effect. He writes,
Defenders LIVE! // Doctrine of Creation Part 6: Objections To Creation Out Of Nothing
May 19, 2024 • William Lane Craig
Defenders LIVE! // Doctrine of Creation pt: 6: Objections to creatio ex nihilo //
Today we want to consider objections to the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo. Objections to this doctrine may take the form of either objections to the ex nihilo part of the formula or to the creatio part of the formula. Objections to the ex nihilo part say that creation cannot be ex nihilo. It is impossible to create something ex nihilo. While objections to the creatio part of the formula contend that coming into being ex nihilo is easy and therefore there's no need for creatio. So these objections are polar opposites, and yet you find both of them pressed against creatio ex nihilo.
📺🤺 Defenders LIVE! // 🌎 Doctrine of Creation pt 4: "Bringing Something Into Being"
May 5, 2024 • William Lane Craig
📺 Defenders LIVE! 🤺 // 🌎 The Christian Doctrine of Creation pt: 4: The Notion Of "Bringing Something Into Being" //
We’ve been talking about the biblical data concerning the doctrine of creation and in particular creation "ex nihilo."
Now let's look at what it means to say that God brought something "into being..."
📺🤺 Defenders LIVE! 📺🤺 // 🌎 Doctrine of Creation pt 5: Creation Out Of Nothing
May 12, 2024 • William Lane Craig
📺🤺 Defenders LIVE! // 🌎 Doctrine of Creation pt 5: Arguments for Creation Out Of Nothing
We've been talking about the definition of creatio ex nihilo, and I offered three conditions that are necessary and sufficient for something beginning to exist...
📺 Watch Defenders LIVE! 🤺 // Doctrine of Creation pt 3: Creation Out Of Nothing?
April 21, 2024 • William Lane Craig • Romans 11:36, Isaiah 40:13–14, Romans 4:17, Hebrews 11:3
📺 Defenders LIVE! 🤺 // Doctrine of Creation pt: 3: Creation Out Of Nothing In The New Testament //
📺 Watch Defenders LIVE! 🤺 // Doctrine of Creation pt: 02: Genesis & Science of Creation //
April 14, 2024 • William Lane Craig
📺 Defenders LIVE! 🤺 // Doctrine of Creation pt: 02: Genesis & Science of Creation //
Last time we began our study of the doctrine of creation by looking at biblical data in support of the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo or creation out of nothing.
📺 New Section: Doctrine of Creation pt 1: Creation Out Of Nothing // Defenders LIVE! 🤺
April 7, 2024 • William Lane Craig • Genesis 2:5–7, Hosea 1:2, Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1
📺 Defenders LIVE! 🤺 // Doctrine of Creation pt: 1: Creation Out Of Nothing //
Having completed the section on the doctrine of Christ, we turn today to a new section in our class. The bulk of our time has been spent talking about the doctrine of God, quite appropriately so. After an initial section on the doctrine of revelation, we plunged into a discussion of the attributes and existence of God. We looked at the Trinity. We looked at the person of the Holy Spirit. We looked at the person and work of Christ. And today we want to shift our attention from God to the world that he has made. This is the subject of the doctrine of creation.
✝ 🙌 | Defenders Easter Special: Is There Evidence That Jesus Rose From The Dead?
March 31, 2024 • William Lane Craig
✝️ If the resurrection of Jesus is an actual event of history, it's the most important event of history. So how much do you know about it? Watch this talk on evidence for the resurrection of Jesus.
Happy Resurrection Sunday to you all! Christ really is risen indeed! 🙌🏼 ✝️ 🙌🏼
