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What Must I Do to be Saved?

Hello Dr. Craig, Until the past few months I had abandoned my inherited faith in Christianity in favor of atheism. This was primarily due to a lack of serious engagement with Christianity. Recently though I slowly became overwhelmed by a feeling that the athe...

belief, calvinism, cardinal doctrines, christian theism, faith, gospel

Bridging the Gap from Theism to Christian Belief

Hello Dr. Craig I have a question about the epistemology of Christian belief. To me Christianity seems the most coherent and plausible worldview available, but it also has an air of unreality about it. The arguments for basic theism I find compelling but gett...

delusion, doubt, epistemology, faith, objective truth, rationality

How to Find Christ

Hi Dr. Craig. I'll try and make this brief. In my own search for truth, I find that the evidence for God and Christianity that you (and other apologists) present seems very cogent, well-structured, and intelligent. After many months of watching your debat...

christian faith, christian living, faith, forgiveness, jesus christ, salvation

Loving Christ

Dear Dr. Craig, I know you hear this from a lot of people, but you have had a tremendous impact on my life. Thank you for the work you have done on the rational defense of the Christian Faith and for the many resources you have produced. You've turned me ...

discipleship, faith, personal development, personal experience

Is Blind Faith Better Than Belief Based on Evidence?

In April 2016, Dr. William Lane Craig was invited to Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, IL to speak at their annual missions conference. In this short excerpt, Dr. Craig answers a question concerning Jesus’ words to "Doubting Thomas" in regard to belie...

blind faith, evidence for god, faith

Questions From All Over the World, Part 3

atonement, christian worldview, darwinian evolution, doubt, evolution, faith

Questions From All Over the World, Part 2

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Questions From All Over the World, Part 1

atonement, christian worldview, darwinian evolution, doubt, evolution, faith

Finding a Confident Christian Faith

You make a distinction, which I accept, between “knowing” and “showing” that something is true. But the thing is that I don’t know that the Resurrection is true, therefore, assuming it is, I need to be shown this. The problem is that, from the standp...

christian living, faith, fine tuning argument, pascal's wager, resurrection

Millenial Scepticism and Despair

Dear Dr. Craig, I am writing to you not as one academic to another, like most of the posters on Reasonable Faith, but as a concerned parent and Christ-follower seeking ways to reach disillusioned and disheartened millennials; my young adult son, in particular...

doubt, epistemology, faith, parenting, religious belief, skepticism