Four Possibilities
6/5/202626 min
There are only four possible reasons to account for the world's existence. And only one of them is logically compelling. Today, R.C. Sproul sets forth classical arguments for the existence of God.
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R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
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First 90 secondsR.C. Sproul· Soundbite0:00
The questions of the existence of God is not an issue that is played out on a neutral playing field. There is an enormous amount at stake here, because if we can prove that God exists, the eternal God of the universe without a doubt exists, that means I'm going to be held accountable for how I behave and how I live.
Lee Webb· Host0:28
[music] That's a sobering thought, isn't it? And as R.C. Sproul will go on to say, it is the moral implications of God's existence that result in the unbeliever denying His existence. Welcome to the Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind. I'm glad you're with us. Ultimately, there are four possible reasons to account for the world's existence, and only one of them is logically compelling. Here's Dr. Sproul.
R.C. Sproul· Soundbite1:00
We've been looking at various ways in which Christian theologians and apologists have sought to defend the truth claims of Christianity, and we've looked at the crisis that ensued from the critique of Immanuel Kant and how some have gone to a historical evidential means of trying to prove the existence of God. Others have tried to establish belief in the existence