William Lane Craig explains why he is not a Catholic
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- Bishop Robert Barron and William Lane Craig discuss evangelism, faith and science, secularism, and more. Moderated by Professor Stephen Davis and Professor Edward Feser. Venue: The Claremont Center for Reason, Religion, and Public Affairs.
William Lane Craig is Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology and Professor of Philosophy at Houston Baptist University. He and his wife Jan have two grown children. At the age of sixteen as a junior in high school, he first heard the message of the Christian gospel and yielded his life to Christ. Dr. Craig pursued his undergraduate studies at Wheaton College (B.A. 1971) and graduate studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.A. 1974; M.A. 1975), the University of Birmingham (England) (Ph.D. 1977), and the University of Munich (Germany) (D.Theol. 1984). From 1980-86 he taught Philosophy of Religion at Trinity, during which time he and Jan started their family. In 1987 they moved to Brussels, Belgium, where Dr. Craig pursued research at the University of Louvain until assuming his position at Talbot in 1994. 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, including The Journal of Philosophy, New Testament Studies, Journal for the Study of the New Testament, American Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies, Philosophy, and British Journal for Philosophy of Science. In 2016 Dr. Craig was named by The Best Schools as one of the fifty most influential living philosophers.
Bishop Robert Barron is an acclaimed author, speaker, and theologian. He is also the founder of the global media ministry Word on Fire, which reaches millions of people by utilizing the tools of new media to draw people into or back to the Catholic Faith. Francis Cardinal George has described him as “one of the Church's best messengers." Bishop Barron received a Master's Degree in Philosophy from the Catholic University of America in 1982 and a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Institut Catholique de Paris in 1992. He was ordained a priest in 1986 in the Archdiocese of Chicago, and then appointed to the theological faculty of Mundelein Seminary in 1992. He has also served as a visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame and at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. He was twice scholar in residence at the Pontifical North American College at the Vatican. He served as the Rector/President of Mundelein Seminary University of St. Mary of the Lake from 2012 until 2015. On July 21, 2015, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Barron to be Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. He was ordained bishop on September 8, 2015.
As a Catholic, William Lane Craig is such a gift to the Christian faith. I'm so happy whenever I see lively dialogues like this.
One thing is very clear: William Lane Craig is not a ”political corectness” man. Thank God we have such people like him.
it's great to see that Protestants and Catholics can be civil to each other! One of the main reasons why people turn their backs on Jesus Christ, because they look at the followers of Christ and say we don't want to be as hateful as those people! Christ's command is to love each other, not viciously mock each other. I once saw a bumper sticker , which said: "Jesus Save Us from Your Followers"! Whether you are Evangelical or Catholic discuss your differences in humility, and remember there is only one Lord and that is Jesus Christ!
I won’t lie, I was not at all sympathetic to Catholics after the scandals, but Bishop Barron has really brought me back under the fold of general Christianity, and for that I couldn’t be more thankful
I really like both these guys. I am an evangelical and I recently started listen to Bishop Barron. His insights are really great.
I've been following William Craig for quite some time now. As a Catholic, I am thrilled to state that I've not heard anything he's said that I have disagreed with. He's articulate, well-researched, unwavering in his beliefs, consistent, and delivers information with such ferocity that any Christian should be proud that we have him on our side. Please keep doing what you're doing, Professor Craig, and as you continue teaching and defending the faith, I'll keep listening, appreciating and promoting your videos whenever and wherever I can.
Salvation is not about the right religion. It’s about a relationship with my Savior. What He did for me on the cross and as an attitude of gratitude to trust and rely on Him. Jesus Himself said, “no one comes to the Father except through Me”. Believe Him friends 🙂
As long as we all believe and accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, we are together!
I’m a Protestant, but Barron is my favorite Catholic and is one of the primary reasons I can’t paint them all with a broad brush.
Two very respectable thinkers without question. Bishop Barron's question was very fair and should be expected. That said, Dr. Craig's response was very fair (albeit restrained) and there should be no problem with that either. The "Mere Christianity" approach is what will be needed at this juncture of history in order to harness the intellectual and spiritual forces of fellow believers to turn the tide of our culture (if that is even possible any longer.) The bottom line is that the entire debate between Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox comes down to the question of "authority" and where it ultimately rests? The Orthodox and Protestant traditions reject the preeminence of Rome and find no support for it in Scripture or in history. Catholics disagree and strive to find it in Peter's priority as an apostle and in the growing authority of Rome in the early centuries of the Church. Regardless, it is Christ and Christ alone that binds us all together as fellow believers on this journey of life.
Mere Christianity - let's focus on the strengths...I love it.
I'm a Catholic, I like both of these guys.
Man! WLC and Bishop Barron. How have I not seen this before? Thanks!
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Thank you guys for this video. ❤️
I love both of these guys. What an interesting subject of discussion!
Great discussion. I'm a fan of both apologists, and love both of their personal approaches to evangelism as well.
Ya see, instead of arguing and accusing one another, people can have nice conversations about the Lord and our faith.
Well at least it was a civil discussion and very respectful.Much respect for both speakers
Nothing wrong with that. I was raised an Arminian(Baptist/Methodist) but joined the Catholic Church almost 10 years ago. But I am a mere Christian in the CS Lewis sense and I love Dr. Craig. He is a Brother in Christ to me.