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How will thinking carefully about the relationship of faith and knowledge influence the way you think about and live out your Christian commitments? “The Great Tradition of Christian Thinking” by David Dockery and Timothy George gives an understanding of how the Christian faith has related to knowledge throughout the centuries. It then shows how we can apply and advance the tradition today.

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Content Discussed

  • 0:00 Intro
  • 2:33 A look at future shows
  • 5:30 An into to the series on Reclaiming the Christian Intellectual Tradition
  • 6:52 Have Christians given up on the cognitive focus? Knowledge & Faith
  • 14:57 The role of Scripture in the Christian intellectual tradition
  • 16:28 How challenges throughout church history led to intellectual growth
  • 24:05 How everything fits into the Christian story
  • 27:34 Necessary distinction between “the faith” and “my faith”
  • 34:25 How do we practically apply the Christian intellectual tradition today?
  • 41:08 Why don’t Christians assert religious claims as facts?
  • 42:37 Wasn’t it Christians, not atheists, who separated faith from evidence?
  • 44:35 Why didn’t Jesus clearly write down Christian theology?
  • 47:43 Caller: Panpsychism and why God allows suffering and pain, and how we know God is good
  • 1:09:31 Caller: Does science look at evidence to find a conclusion, and religion starts with conclusions and looks for evidence?
  • 1:14:49 Caller: Do atheists have faith? Do we have to have answers for everything?
  • 1:22:31 Two reasons why you shouldn’t say “Think for yourself!”

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