Lecture: “Neuroscience and Human Identity: Are We Just Our Brains” from Sharon Dirckx

A LECTURE_LABEL from the series "LTL Lecture Series Academic Year 2022-2023." What exactly are human beings? Are we advanced apes? Are we machines? Are we souls confined to a body? Questions of core human identity are central to many contemporary discussions. One often expressed view is that human beings are

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Lecture: “Atheism on Trial” from Mark Lanier

A LECTURE_LABEL from the series "LTL Lecture Series Academic Year 2022-2023." In the courtroom, lawyers depend on rules of evidence to make their arguments. A case is made by establishing certain facts from which proof can be determined. But what happens when the truth seems to be a matter of

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Lecture: “The Romans Road: Through the Dark Valley” from N.T. Wright

A LECTURE_LABEL from the series "LTL Lecture Series Academic Year 2021-2022." Preachers have often expounded Paul’s Letter to the Romans in terms of a “road” to salvation in which we acknowledge our sin, recognize the death of Jesus as God’s remedy, and then “believe” – and that’s about it! But

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Lecture: “The Second Coming and Paul: Did He Expect to Survive to the End” from Simon Gathercole

A LECTURE_LABEL from the series "LTL Lecture Series Academic Year 2021-2022." The general view among scholars is that Paul expected to survive until the return of Christ, and that he also expected many of those in his churches to survive to the end. The implication of this view is that

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