In 2008, Tim Keller released a book called The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism in order to show how Christian belief is not only reasonable but also makes the best sense of the world around us. Martin Bashir interviewed him that same year at Columbia University as a part of the Veritas Forum. You can watch the whole interview below along with an hour long Q&A session with Dr. David Eisenbach.
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I am constantly listening to podcasts at work since I sit in an office all day. As a result, I do a lot of searching for new sites with audio resources. Recently I have come across The Veritas Forum. As the Veritas Team describes it, “Veritas Forums are university events that engage students and faculty in discussions about life’s hardest questions and the relevance of Jesus Christ to all of life.” Their website is loaded with all types of lectures and debates that can be downloaded or streamed at no cost. For example, I just finished a discussion between John Lennox and Richard Dawkins today. I commend the entire site to you and trust it will be as stimulating for you as it has been for me.
If you haven’t caught wind of this new independent documentary then here’s a taste of what you can expect. Collision documents the debate, discussion, and tour over this question: Is Christianity Good for the World? The main players are Christopher Hitchens (journalist, author, atheist) and Douglas Wilson (pastor, professor, author, Christian). As Wilson puts it in the documentary, the whole tour and interaction between then two of them is really more a collision of lives than a simple debate over a specific topic. There is no official release date for this documentary. However, you can read the correspondences between Hitchens and Wilson in their book: Is Christianity Good for the World?
COLLISION – 13 min VIMEO Exclusive Sneak Peek from Collision Movie on Vimeo.
On Beliefnet.com, Al Mohler and Orson Scott Card are debating whether Mormans are Christians. This is an intriguing written debate for people who do not know the difference between a Mormon and a Christian. Al Mohler is the President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Orson Scott Card is a well-known LDS author.
Here is a little peek at the discussion so far:
In any event, the question was framed theologically, and it was framed by Beliefnet in terms of “traditional Christian orthodoxy.” With the question structured that way, the answer is clear and unassailable – Mormonism is not Christianity. When the question is framed this way, Mr. Card and I actually agree, as his essay makes clear.
In his words, “I am also happy to agree with him that when one compares our understanding of the nature of God and Christ, we categorically disagree with almost every statement in the “historic creeds and doctrinal affirmations” he refers to.”
Stay tuned for more to come…
I have been meaning to post this debate for a few weeks now. I listened to it some time ago and found it quite interesting. Though I was familiar with both Dawkins and McGrath, I had not heard either of them lecture before this debate. I have since listened to both of them several times on radio shows and in public lectures. Alister McGrath is Professor of Historical Theology at Oxford University. He holds doctorates in historical theology and molecular biophysics. McGrath’s background as a former atheist is certainly helpful in this debate. Richard Dawkins is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. Dawkins is one of the world’s most well known atheists.
McGrath vs. Dawkins Part 1
McGrath vs. Dawkins Part 2
A documentary called “Root of All Evil?” was also filmed recently. In a portion cut from the documentary, Dawkins interviews McGrath and poses many questions concerning religion and science.
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