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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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Lost in Space
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William Lane Craig — June 15, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question Dear Dr. Craig, I am having...
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God’s Self-Existence Concocted?
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William Lane Craig — June 08, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question Dr Craig. Thank you for your...
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Could the Universe, not God, Be the Necessary Being?
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William Lane Craig — June 01, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question Hey Dr. Craig, Firstly, I would...
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Calvinism and the Unliveability of Determinism
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William Lane Craig — May 25, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question Dr. Craig, I wanted to thank you...
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I, a Compatibilist?
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William Lane Craig — May 18, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question Greetings Dr Craig While reading...
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Where are God and the Departed?
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William Lane Craig — May 11, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question #1: Dear Dr Craig, Let me echo...
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Does God Know How a Pineapple Tastes?
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William Lane Craig — May 04, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question Dr. Craig, I have recently been...
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Original Sin Once More
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William Lane Craig — April 27, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question Dear Dr Craig I have recently...
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What Interested You in the Kalām Cosmological Argument?
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William Lane Craig — April 20, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question Dr. Craig, I have finished...
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Does the Bible Teach a Flat Earth?
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William Lane Craig — April 06, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question Dr. Craig I have been listening...
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The Arrow of Time
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William Lane Craig — March 30, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question People talk about time having a...
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Dating the Gospels
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William Lane Craig — March 23, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question Hey, Dr. Craig, I am a Marine on...
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Does God Have both Necessary and Contingent Properties?
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William Lane Craig — March 16, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question Dr. Craig, On behalf of sincere...
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Stuck with the Moral Argument
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William Lane Craig — March 09, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Question Hello Dr Craig, I am a 16 Year...
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Does Divine Creation Imply a Beginning?
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William Lane Craig — March 02, 2018
This is the weekly Q and A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Dear Dr. Craig: I am a lay argentine theologian with a PhD from the “Universidad Católica Argentina” (with a thesis on the interaction between scientific cosmology and eschatology), as well as a scientific programmer at the National Atomic Energy Commission. Besides, I have recently created an apology web page “Razonesparalafe.org” ...
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Are Institutional Doctrinal Statements Counter-Productive?
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William Lane Craig — February 23, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Dear Dr. Craig: I’m an atheist, and I’m concerned about faith statements. Their downside seems to be ignored, and I’d like to at least see any paper, book, or lecture from a scholar bound by a faith statement to have that statement made clear ...
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Christus Victor Theory of the Atonement
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William Lane Craig — February 16, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Mr. Craig, Thank you very much for your ministry. It has helped me very much in deepening my understanding why we, as Christians, believe what we believe. I am an Orthodox Christian and although in our tradition, reason is secondary to the experience of the Divine through good works of unconditional love, I have benefited immensely from your work when talking to anyone who may not necessarily be open to claims of experience ...
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Original Sin
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William Lane Craig — February 09, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Salaam Dr. Craig. A Muslim reader here. Your public and private work in natural theology has, I think, saved a generation of believers from superstition and error. I thank you sincerely for your sacrifice and labor. My question regards the confusing connection between original sin and Christ's sacrifice.
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Fine Tuning and Different Laws of Nature
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William Lane Craig — February 02, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Hi Dr Craig, I have been watching your excursus on natural theology and am upto the part about teleology. You mention an objection to the argument, that we could have other natural laws and it could be more probable than not, with other sets of laws, that life permitting universes do exist just by chance. You say we just don't know the answer here ...
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How Will We Be Different in Heaven?
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William Lane Craig — January 26, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. I have been asking questons about my next life in heaven with the Lord and have yet to find a pastor or sunday shool teacher willing to discuss the issues I want to tallk about. Take for instance the question of "will heaven be an extension of our earthly life? Will we have interactions with our family members and earthly friends? Do you believe we will be walking on "street of gold"? If so why will that be such a big deal? ...
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Intriguing Questions about Middle Knowledge
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William Lane Craig — January 19, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Dr. Craig, First, thank you very much for your monumental service to the cause of the Christ! I have some very troubled, agnostic family members and friends that I have either directed to your site or confronted with some of the arguments you present, and they have expressed some very positive feedback. My agnostic family member, for example, wrote me some time ago and said he is now a huge fan and enjoys listening to your input about "almost anything." It means a lot to me and to his immediate family to know that he is seeking truth and has found your ministry helpful. So I send my personal thanks! ...
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Atheistic Quagmire
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William Lane Craig — January 12, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Dear Dr. Craig I am a recent convert to Christianity, up until about 2 months ago I was a nihilistic atheist. Because of being an atheist most of my life, the majority of my friends are also atheist and are very eager to tell me how wrong I am about God using the writings of Hitchens, Dawkins, etc. It's because of you, Alvin Plantinga, Frank Turek, John Lennox, Ravi Zecharias and some C S Lewis that I've started to realize that Christianity might be true ...
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Middle Knowledge and Scriptural Inspiration Once More
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William Lane Craig — January 05, 2018
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. ]Dear Dr. Craig: Your reply to last week's QOTW regarding the inspiration of the Epistles raised a very interesting metaphysical/modality question that I would love to hear you address ...
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Why Didn’t God Create Only Those who He Knew Would Believe in Him?
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William Lane Craig — December 29, 2017
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Dr. Craig, Thank you for taking the time to review my question and your tireless effort addressing many of the questions from Christians, Muslims, skeptics, etc. throughout the years. I realize your time is precious, so I'll try to keep my question brief and to the point ...
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Where Have Christian Academics Been Hiding?
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William Lane Craig — December 22, 2017
This is the weekly Q & A blog post by our Research Professor in Philosophy, Dr. William Lane Craig. Dear Dr. Craig, About two years ago I watched your debate with Michael Payton in which you made the startling remark that in the past half century a revolution had taken place regarding Christian philosophy in the Anglo-Saxon realm ...