The person who follows the pursuit of reason unflinchingly toward its end will be atheistic or, at best, agnostic.
William Lane CraigIt’s the combination of improbability with an independently given pattern that discredits chance.
William Lane CraigThe Gospels were written in such temporal and geographical proximity to the events they record that it would have been almost impossible to fabricate events. Anyone who cared to could have checked out the accuracy of what they reported. The fact that the disciples were able to proclaim the resurrection in Jerusalem in the face of their enemies a few weeks after the crucifixion shows that what they proclaimed was true, for they could never have proclaimed the resurrection under such circumstances had it not occurred.
William Lane CraigReason is a tool to help us better understand and defend our faith; as Anselm put it, ours is a faith that seeks understanding.
William Lane CraigThe Christian religion, [Pascal] claims, teaches two truths: that there is a God who men are capable of knowing, and that there is an element of corruption in men that renders them unworthy of God. Knowledge of God without knowledge of man's wretchedness begets pride, and knowledge of man's wretchedness without knowledge of God begets despair, but knowledge of Jesus Christ furnishes man knowledge of both simultaneously.
William Lane Craig