Posts by William Lane Craig

William Lane Craig

William Lane Craig is a visiting scholar in philosophy at Talbot School of Theology. He lives in Atlanta, Ga., with his wife Jan and their two teenage children Charity and John. At age 16, while a junior in high school, he first heard the message of the Christian gospel and yielded his life to Christ. He has authored or edited over thirty books, including The Kalam Cosmological Argument; Assessing the New Testament Evidence for the Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus; Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom; Theism, Atheism and Big Bang Cosmology; and God, Time and Eternity, as well as over a hundred articles in professional journals of philosophy and theology. In 2016, Craig was named by The Best Schools as one of the fifty most influential living philosophers.

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  How can life be meaningful if there's an eternal afterlife?

  William Lane Craig — September 16, 2024

  If there is an infinite amount of seconds after this, how can this current second matter or be special?

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  Why Wasn’t Saul of Tarsus Convinced?

  William Lane Craig — August 23, 2024

  Why didn't Saul of Tarsus find the evidence for the Resurrection convincing?

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  I Am Who I Am

  William Lane Craig — August 12, 2024

  How do you understand the I AM name for God in relation to your views on time and eternity?

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  The Incarnate Christ's Knowledge

  William Lane Craig — July 10, 2024

  Your question is not about Jesus’ ability to sin, but about his conscious knowledge: “Was Jesus aware that he could not sin?” Your answer, “Yes, he knows that he could not sin,” does not actually address the question. The question was not whether Jesus knew that he could not sin, but whether he was aware that he could not sin.

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  Christ's Passion and Atonement

  William Lane Craig — April 17, 2024

  When coming at the atonement from a perspective of eternal conscious torment, how do you understand the reasoning behind the necessity of Christ's death as a payment, and why the damned's payment seems so different from what Christ did?

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  Does God Specially Create Every Human Being?

  William Lane Craig — April 08, 2024

  I’m curious if we sometimes press this concept too hard: ‘God actively creates every human being.’ So many of the intellectual struggles with God’s sovereignty and human free will (or lack of free will) seem to be based on the concept that God is choosing to create every human being, one by one, knowing many will ultimately be condemned.

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  The Pursuit of Happiness

  William Lane Craig — November 20, 2023

  This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question Hello Dr. Craig, My question is: how pragmatic...

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  Does the Afterlife Make Our Earthly Life Meaningless?

  William Lane Craig — November 17, 2023

  Question Dear Dr. Craig, I was born Muslim and throughout my childhood, faith in God was extremely important for me especially because I lost my...

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  Does God Reward Ignorance?

  William Lane Craig — November 03, 2023

  In answering your question, it is important to understand that your parents’ eternal salvation is not a reward given to them for their faith. Salvation is not in any sense a reward.

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  Body/Soul Dualism and Intrinsic Change

  William Lane Craig — October 09, 2023

  Anthropological body/soul dualism certainly seems to be an implication of the teaching of Scripture, particularly concerning the intermediate state between the death of the body and the resurrection at the return of Christ. So we need to consider whether or not there are insuperable objections to such a view.

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  Creator, Mathematics and the Physical Universe

  William Lane Craig — September 20, 2023

  It is a contingent matter whether or not mathematics is applied to the physical universe! The easiest way to see this is to realize that it is contingent whether there is a physical universe at all.

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  Jewish Reservations about Jesus

  William Lane Craig — September 06, 2023

  How should we interpret Jewish rejection of Christ's messiahship as it relates to the historical case for Christ's resurrection?

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  Probability and Faith

  William Lane Craig — August 23, 2023

  You can’t determine the probability of the conclusion of a deductive argument by computing the probability of the conjunction of its premisses. Join Charles and William Lane Craig as they consider probability and faith.

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  Why Does My Soul Act on My Particular Body?

  William Lane Craig — August 14, 2023

  What specifically ties the soul to the physical mind of a person? Dr. Craig addresses the "causal pairing problem."

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  Being Converted and Being Convinced

  William Lane Craig — July 11, 2023

  Since I was a Christian theist when I commenced my doctoral studies in England, my study of the kalām cosmological argument did not convert me; but the argument did convince me.

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  Couldn’t God Have Just Pardoned Us?

  William Lane Craig — June 07, 2023

  So if God chooses to gift humanity with salvation and reconciliation, why would there need to be a third party to receive the punishment due to mankind, and why would such a pardon be anything less than a fully just outcome?

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  Speaking to an Intimidating Audience

  William Lane Craig — May 24, 2023

  Just this month I spoke to the scientists and engineers at Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, reputed to be “the smartest square mile on Earth,” on arguments for the existence of God, the premises of which enjoy considerable scientific support. It can be intimidating!

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  Is God an Accountant or a Judge?

  William Lane Craig — May 10, 2023

  This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question I recently came across your website and your...

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  God, Time, and Creation Once More

  William Lane Craig — April 28, 2023

  This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question I recently read a paper titled 'Is the Cause...

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  Explaining the Impossibility of an Infinite Regress to High School Students

  William Lane Craig — April 17, 2023

  This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question How can I explain the law of infinite...

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  Do the Damned Receive their Just Desert?

  William Lane Craig — April 03, 2023

  This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question I have some questions about your 12 Dec 2022...

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  Rich Christians

  William Lane Craig — March 13, 2023

  This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question My question concerns Christian wealth. In a...

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  Give the Arguments a Fighting Chance

  William Lane Craig — February 15, 2023

  This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question Despite my skepticism I continue to listen to...

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  Forensic Justification

  William Lane Craig — February 06, 2023

  This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question My question concerns the efficacy of the blood...

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  Empathy and Divine Omniscience

  William Lane Craig — November 16, 2022

  This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question Your ministry has been a real source of...