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Defenders Podcast
by William Lane Craig
Defenders is Dr. William Lane Craig's Sunday school class on Christian doctrine and apologetics
Episodes
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Doctrine of the Last Things Part 12: Parables of the Delay of the Parousia
Did Jesus expect to return within his disciples’ lifetime? A pair of sayings in the Gospels can give that impression. But Dr. Craig points out that Jesus also told parable after parable anticipating a delay before his return: the faithful servant, the ten maidens, the talents, and the sheep and…
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Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 11): Delay of the Parousia Continued
Did Jesus predict he would return within the lifetime of his hearers? Dr. Craig takes a closer look at two of the most contested sayings in the Gospels, Mark 9:1 and Mark 13:30, and asks what "the kingdom of God come with power" and "all these things" may have referred to in their original...
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Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 10): Delay of the Parousia
Did Jesus predict he would return within the lifetime of his first hearers? Some of his sayings seem to say exactly that. Dr. Craig weighs two common answers to this "delay of the parousia" problem, explains why neither satisfies him, and offers his own solution, drawn from a surprising detail in...
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Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 9): The Time of the Second Coming
Did Jesus expect to return within the lifetime of his first hearers? Dr. Craig takes up one of the most debated questions in the doctrine of the last things: the timing of the Second Coming. In the Olivet Discourse of Mark 13, Jesus predicts false messiahs, wars, earthquakes, famines…
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Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 8): The Purpose of the Second Coming
Why does Christ need to come back at all? Dr. William Lane Craig lays out four purposes Scripture assigns to the Second Coming: it completes the work of redemption begun at the cross, triggers the resurrection of the dead, brings about the judgment of all people, and gathers the elect into the...
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Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 7): The Nature of the Second Coming
Having rejected both the Rapture view and the Preterist view in prior lessons, Dr. William Lane Craig lays out the classical Christian position: Christ's return will be a single, visible event. In this lecture he examines four characteristics of that return. It will be personal, a literal coming…
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Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 6): The Preterist Interpretation Continued
Dr. William Lane Craig continues his critique of the preterist view that Christ's "coming" as the Son of Man was fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. He argues, first, that the New Testament consistently describes this coming as visible and public: witnessed by everyone, not a…
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Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 5): The Preterist Interpretation
Continuing the series on the Second Coming, Dr. William Lane Craig examines the Preterist view, the position, defended by scholars including G. B. Caird, R. T. France, and N. T. Wright, that the coming of the Son of Man predicted in Jesus' Olivet Discourse already happened in AD 70 with the...
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Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 4): The Rapture Interpretation Concluded
Does the New Testament actually teach a secret "rapture" before Jesus' final return — or is that idea being read into the text rather than out of it? In this episode, Dr. William Lane Craig wraps up his case against the Rapture view by turning to the passage its defenders lean on most: 2...
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Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 3): The Rapture Interpretation Continued
Dr. William Lane Craig continues his examination of the "secret rapture" view, tracing Paul's language about the Lord's coming through 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 1 Corinthians 15, and Jesus' own words in John 5 and Mark 13. He argues that the "coming of the Lord" in 1 Thessalonians 4 and the...
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Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 2): The Rapture Interpretation
Continuing the study of the Second Coming, Dr. William Lane Craig examines the popular "rapture" view — the idea that Christ will secretly return to snatch believers away before a visible Second Coming and the Great Tribulation. Tracing the doctrine's origins to 19th-century dispensationalist…
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Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 1): The Second Coming of Christ
Dr. William Lane Craig opens the eschatology unit of Defenders 3 with a study of the Second Coming of Christ. He surveys Old Testament messianic prophecy (Isaiah 9:6-7, Isaiah 11:1-10, Daniel 7:13-14) as background, then turns to Jesus' Olivet Discourse in Mark 13, where Christ predicts wars,...
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Doctrine of the Church (Part 12): Assessment of Competing Views on the Lord’s Supper
Dr. William Lane Craig evaluates competing views of the Lord's Supper — transubstantiation, consubstantiation, and the Reformed spiritual-presence view — before defending his own position that the Lord's Supper is a memorial ordinance rather than a sacrament. He argues transubstantiation lacks...
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Doctrine of the Church (Part 11): Consubstantiation and Other Views
Having examined the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation in previous episodes, Dr. Craig now turns to three more views of the Lord's Supper. He explains the Lutheran doctrine of consubstantiation — where Christ's body and blood are present alongside the bread and wine, grounded in Luther's...
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Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 10): The Lord’s Supper - Roman Catholic Interpretation
Dr. William Lane Craig continues his examination of the Lord's Supper with a deep dive into the Roman Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist as a sacrifice. Beyond transubstantiation, Catholics hold that the Mass is a propitiatory offering to God for the sins of both the living and the dead. Dr.…
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Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 9): Transubstantiation
Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 9): Transubstantiation
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Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 8): The Lord’s Supper
Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 8): The Lord’s Supper
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Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 7): Believer’s Baptism
Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 7): Believer’s Baptism
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Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 6): Infant Baptism
Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 6): Infant Baptism
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Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 5): Baptism as an Ordinance - Continued
Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 5): Baptism as an Ordinance - Continued
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Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 4): Baptism as an Ordinance
Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 4): Baptism as an Ordinance
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Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 3): Baptism as a Sacrament
Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 3): Baptism as a Sacrament
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Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 2): Baptism
Defenders: Doctrine of the Church (Part 2): Baptism
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Doctrine of the Church (Part 1): Introduction
Doctrine of the Church (Part 1): Introduction
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 21)
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 21)
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 20): Warnings Against Apostasy
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 20): Warnings Against Apostasy
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 19): Perseverance of the Saints - Arminianism
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 19): Perseverance of the Saints - Arminianism
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 18): Perseverance of the Saints - Calvinism
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 18): Perseverance of the Saints - Calvinism
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 17): The Grounds, Means, and Results of Justification
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 17): The Grounds, Means, and Results of Justification
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 16): Imputed Righteousness
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 16): Imputed Righteousness
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 15): New Perspective on Paul Continued
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 15): New Perspective on Paul Continued
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 14): The New Perspective on Paul
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 14): The New Perspective on Paul
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 13): Assessment of Competing Views of Justification
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 13): Assessment of Competing Views of Justification
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 12): Different Views of Justification
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 12): Different Views of Justification
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 11): How Regeneration Occurs
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 11): How Regeneration Occurs
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 10): Regeneration / New Birth
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 10): Regeneration / New Birth
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 9): Application of Mystical Union to Our Lives
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 9): Application of Mystical Union to Our Lives
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 8): Metaphors for Mystical Union
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 8): Metaphors for Mystical Union
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 7): The Mystical Union with Christ - Continued
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 7): The Mystical Union with Christ - Continued
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 6): The Mystical Union of the Believer with Christ
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 6): The Mystical Union of the Believer with Christ
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 5): Evaluation of Calvinism and Arminianism
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 5): Evaluation of Calvinism and Arminianism
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 4): Arminianism Continued
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 4): Arminianism Continued
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 3): Regeneration and Arminianism
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 3): Regeneration and Arminianism
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 2): Election and Calvinism Continued
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 2): Election and Calvinism Continued
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Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 1): The Doctrine of Election
Defenders: Doctrine of Salvation (Part 1): The Doctrine of Election
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Defenders: Doctrine of Man (Part 28): Freedom of the Will and Romans 10
Defenders: Doctrine of Man (Part 28): Freedom of the Will and Romans 10
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Defenders: Doctrine of Man (Part 27): The Catholic View of Freedom of the Will
Defenders: Doctrine of Man (Part 27): The Catholic View of Freedom of the Will
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Defenders: Doctrine of Man (Part 26): Freedom of the Will
Defenders: Doctrine of Man (Part 26): Freedom of the Will
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Defenders: Doctrine of Man (Part 25): A Continued Evaluation of Original Sin
Defenders: Doctrine of Man (Part 25): A Continued Evaluation of Original Sin
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Defenders: Doctrine of Man (Part 24): Evaluating the Doctrine of Original Sin
Defenders: Doctrine of Man (Part 24): Evaluating the Doctrine of Original Sin
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