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MIT Professors on Success and What Really Matters | Cullen Buie & Desireé Plata

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What Science Can (And Can't) Tell Us | David Lahti & Michael Weisberg

3

Are We Living in the Best of All Possible Worlds? | Lennox & Lowenstein

4

Questioning Christianity: A Professor's Journey from Skepticism to Faith | Molly Worthen

5

Why the Resurrection Changes Everything (If It's True) | N. T. Wright & Shelly Kagan

6

The Messiness of Meaning | Satyan Devadoss & Stuart Firestein

7

Do Christians Have a Stronger Claim on Morality than Atheists? | John Hare & Peter Singer

8

Lewis, Tolkien, & Friendship | John Hendrix

9

Can Faith Make Sense of Suffering? | Meghan Sullivan & John Stuhr

10

Becoming Alive in a Dehumanizing World | Rowan Williams & Chigozie Obioma

11

Is Religion for Everyone? | Ross Douthat & Damon Linker

12

God Might Be Real—But Is He Personal? | Tim Keller & Anthony Kronman

13

That's a Wrap! Best Episodes from 2025 + Sneak Peek at 2026

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Beyond Prescriptions: How Physicians Can Help Suffering Patients | Lydia Dugdale & Michael Menchine

15

Success, Silicon Valley, & Fulfillment | Pat Gelsinger & John Hennessy

16

Miracles: How Skeptical Should We Be? | Sean McDowell & Paul Rinzler

17

Why Education is About More Than Grades | Angel Adams Parham & Roosevelt Montás

18

What Makes Humans Unique? | Praveen Sethupathy & Scott Aikin

19

How a Philosopher Found Christianity, and Why She Still Believes | Meghan Sullivan

20

Christianity and the Basic Assumptions All Scientists Make | John Lennox

21

Politics, Faith, & Hope: Two Perspectives | Michael Wear & Hahrie Han

22

Is Hope Naïve in a World Like Ours? | Esau McCaulley & Gary Saul Morson

23

Suffering, Belief, & the Search for Meaning | Ross Douthat & Frank Bruni

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An MIT Professor's Unconventional View of Success | Cullen Buie

25

Identity, Evil, and Hope: Two Perspectives on Big Questions | Wright & Maibom

26

Is Justice Possible in a World Like Ours? | David Skeel

27

Beethoven, Faith, & Suffering: A Musical Journey | Mia Chung-Yee

28

Two Scientists Share Stories of Awe & Wonder | Sethupathy & Hecht

29

Can We Pick and Choose Our Beliefs? | Muehlhoff & Barrett

30

What to Do With Limited Time | Lydia Dugdale & Timothy Bono

31

Looking for More: Two Professors on Religion & Transcendence | Smith & Fischer

32

Christian & Atheist Views on Human Uniqueness | Swamidass & Langland-Hassan

33

That's a Wrap! Best Episodes of 2024

34

A Case for Believing in Miracles | John Lennox

35

Literature, Meaning, & Faith | Lori Branch

36

Why You Should Embrace Being Wrong | Buie & Gleiser

37

Hey Siri, How Do I Find Myself? A Conversation on Spirituality & Technology | Haidt & Crouch

38

What's the Point of Pluralism? | Tim Keller

39

Physics, Beauty, and God | Ard Louis

40

Changing My Mind: A Skeptical Professor Meets a Surprising God | Molly Worthen

41

How Your Worldview Affects Your Life | Dallas Willard

42

Is Science the Only or Best Path to Knowledge? | Sethupathy & Rudge

43

What Technology Can (And Can't) Do | Rosalind Picard & Joshua Knobe

44

More Than Just Okay? Religion, Purpose & Human Flourishing | Thompson & Strecher

45

Can Truth and Tolerance Coexist? | Volf & Pendakur

46

Is the Grindset Mindset Working? | Dugdale & Fontaine

47

The Opposite of Depression Is More Than Just Mental Health w/ David Carreon | Beyond the Forum

48

Three Skills for Disagreeing Better in 2024 w/John Inazu | Beyond the Forum

49

What Mother Teresa Taught Me | Mary Poplin

50

Happier Doctor—Healthier Patient? | Arthur Brooks & Bernard Chang

51

Are We Living in the Best of All Possible Worlds? | Lennox & Lowenstein

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The Messiness of Meaning | Devadoss & Firestein

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Mental Health Takes a Village | Curt Thompson & Jill Stratton

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Has Science Made Spirituality Irrelevant? An Interfaith Discussion | Sethupathy & Shamoo

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That's A Wrap! Top Episodes of 2023

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Can Truth Be Found Through Fantasy? | Madeleine L'Engle

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Does Belief Need a Reality Check? | Sean McDowell & Matthew Vess

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Is Faith More Than Fiction? | Meghan Sullivan & Sam Mitchell

59

Can we engineer a perfect world? | Tyler VanderWeele & Steven Pinker

60

What Gods Do We Believe in Now? | N.T. Wright

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Should You Be a Know-It-All? | Jonathan Feng

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I Could Be Happy, If Only... w/ Arthur Brooks | Beyond the Forum

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Do You Ever Think About Dying? | Lydia Dugale & Susanna Siegel

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Where Is God in Places of Pain? | John Lennox

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Searching for Proof, Finding Faith w/ Tom Rudelius | Beyond the Forum

66

What Our Genes Can (and Can't) Tell Us | Praveen Sethupathy

67

What Can We Know about the Soul? | Miller & Byrne

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It's Brain Science: Ethics, Purpose, and Our Complex Minds | Picard & Khosbin

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It's Time to Think More Deeply about A.I. | Swamidass & Wolf

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Everything Sad Is Untrue w/ Daniel Nayeri | Beyond the Forum

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Where Is God in Suffering? | John Lennox

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How Much Faith Is Enough? | Satyan Devadoss

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Encore | Hope for Our Loneliness Epidemic | Curt Thompson

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Beyond the Forum | Three Questions That Change Every Teenager w/ Kara Powell

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How to become failure-resilient | Charles Lee at Vanderbilt

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Is College Worth It? | Nancy Hill & Rakesh Khurana at Harvard

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A decision-making tool that’s flexible, not fixed | Dave Evans & Bill Burnett

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What's the value of truth? | Meghan Sullivan & Katja Vogt

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Is Science Enough? | Troy Van Voorhis

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Beyond the Forum | Do I have to have God to have meaning? | Ard Louis

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Encore | Meaning, Evidence, and Truth | Ard Louis

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Spring 2023 Trailer: Meaning & Purpose

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Winterlude | Can doctors "do no harm"? w/ Dr. Lydia Dugdale

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Winterlude | An Insider's Guide to the University w/ John Inazu

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Beyond the Forum | You Are Not Your Own w/ Alan Noble

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Can anyone know your authentic self? | University of Chicago

88

Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Humanity | John Lennox & Paul Davies

89

How to Disagree | Harvard Law School

90

Beyond the Forum | What makes a good friend? w/ Jennifer Frey

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What Good is Happiness? | Jennifer Frey & Jonathan Masur

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Healing the Whole Person | Praveen Sethupathy & Lori Alvord

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Time, Eternity, & Finding Value in Our Lives | Meghan Sullivan & Alan Lightman

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Beyond the Forum | How to Inhabit Time w/ James K. A. Smith

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Encore | You Are What You Love | James K. A. Smith

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What Does it Mean to Be Human? | Joshua Swamidass & Scott Lilienfeld

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Fall 2022 Trailer: What does it mean to be human?

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Beyond the Forum | What do we do when things break? | Makoto Fujimura

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Beyond the Forum | Can we change our brains for good? | Nii Addy

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Beyond the Forum | What’s up with kids these days? | Nancy Hill

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Beyond the Forum | Is "what's my passion" the right question? | Dave Evans

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Beyond the Forum | Why should you care about philosophy? | Meghan Sullivan

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Beyond the Forum | I’m a good person…right? | Christian Miller

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AI, Religion, & Humanity: How Might (or Should?) We Shape the Future?

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The Closing of the Modern Mind | Tim Keller & Jonathan Haidt

106

Living with Uncertainty in Science and Religion | John Lennox & George Church

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Is Christianity Good for the Scientific University? | Veritas Weekend 2022

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Imagination & What It Means to Be Human

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Can science and God mix? | John Lennox & Pascal Wallisch

110

Living Well in Light of Death | N.T. Wright & Shelly Kagan

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Does Science Point To Atheism? | Satyan Devadoss & Conor Mayo-Wilson

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Can Science & Spirituality Coexist? | Beyond the Forum Edition

113

Scientific Inquiry and Faith | Ted Davis & Michael Ruse

114

Can a Scientist Believe in God? | Cullen Buie

115

Cosmic Chemistry: Do Science and God Mix? | Beyond the Forum edition

116

Math for Everyone | Francis Su

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Can Robots Become Human? | Rosalind Picard

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Breaking the Stigma: An Interfaith Conversation on Medicine and Mental Health | Kinghorn & Awaad

119

God = ? | NYU Questions World-class Philosopher Alvin Plantinga on Science & Religion

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On Bones and Genomes: What Can Science Tell Us About Being Human?

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AI and the Soul of Medicine

122

The Role of the Arts in a Post-Pandemic World | Christina Soriano & David Hagy

123

Mental Health, Pandemic, and Faith | Dr. Kinghorn & Dr. Choukas-Bradley

124

Resisting Bias & Reshaping Institutions | David French & Justin Giboney

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Can We Be Scientific and Spiritual? | Michael Hecht & Praveen Sethupathy

126

Finding a Common Story? An Anthropologist and a Biologist Discuss

127

Is Beauty A Guide to Truth? A Physicist and a Philosopher discuss some Big Questions

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Liberal Arts Education: What’s The Point? | Dr. Robert George and Dr. Cornel West

129

God, Math, and the Multiverse | Satyan Devadoss

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Should Science & Religion Mix? | Harvard Medical School

131

Audacious Love: How Daryl Davis Convinced 200 Racists to Leave the KKK

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Can Truth and Tolerance Coexist? | Miroslav Volf

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Mental Health, Human Flourishing, and Religion | Beyond the Forum Edition

134

What Big Questions Can We Be Asking? | Beyond the Forum Edition

135

Living and Dying in the Time of Covid | Lydia Dugdale

136

God's Undertaker: Has Science and Philosophy Buried God | John Lennox

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Why Science and Faith Need Each Other: Eight Shared Values that Move Us Beyond Fear | Elaine Ecklund

138

Cancelled: Redeeming Public Virtue in a Cancel Culture Age

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Science, Ignorance, and the Pursuit of Meaning | Satyan Devadoss & Stuart Firestein

140

Wholeness Beyond What Fractures: Inner Wholeness Beyond Isolation, Shame, and Despair

141

Should Some Books Not Be Read? | Dhananjay Jagannathan & Tara Isabella Burton

142

Mathematics for Human Flourishing | Francis Su & Mia Chung-Yee

143

The Pursuit of Wholeness: Perspectives on God, Self, and Mental Health

144

Are We Better Off Divided? | David French & Angela Simms

145

Music Making as a Picture of Human Flourishing | Mia Chung-Yee

146

Shame & Spirituality: Living as a Whole Person in a Disembodied World | Curt Thompson

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Human Identity and the Meaning of Artificial Intelligence | Joshua Swamidass

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The Origin of Humanity: Adam, Eve, and Evolution | Josh Swamidass & Nathan Lents

149

Truth and Science | A Christian, Muslim, and Atheist Discuss

150

Losing Hope? A Discussion on God & the Reality of Suffering | Alister McGrath & Alan Lightman

151

The Lost Art of Dying | Dr. Lydia Dugdale

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Politics, Science (&) Faith in the Era of Covid-19

153

Cosmic Chemistry: Do Science and God Mix? | Dr. John Lennox

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Why Tolerance is Not Enough: Myths About Pluralism | Diana Eck & Vinoth Ramachandra

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Designing Your Life Worth Living | Dave Evans

156

Disenchanted? A Pastor & a Born-Again Pagan Discuss | Tim Keller & Anthony Kronman

157

The Accidental Academic | Dr. Cullen Buie

158

Beauty of Mathematics | Satyan Devadoss & Lauren Spohn

159

Did Science Kill God? | John Lennox

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Is Belief In God Irrational? | Meghan Sullivan

161

What is the Hope for Humanity? | N.T. Wright & Peter Thiel

162

Is Christianity Divisive? | Tim Keller

163

Should We Love Our Enemies? | Arthur Brooks

164

Under God: The Role of Religion in Public Life | Beth Elshtain & Michael Sandel

165

Our Culture of Distrust: How to Bridge the Left/Right & Religious/ Secular Divides

166

Political Visions and Illusions | David Koyzis & Erin Dienst

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Pluralism in a Polarized Age: Navigating Our Deepest Differences Together | John Inazu & Eboo Patel

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Are We As Honest As We Think We Are? | Christian Miller

169

The Language of God | Francis Collins

170

Lost Art Of Dying | Lydia Dugdale

171

Audacious Love: How Daryl Davis Convinced 200 Racists to Leave the KKK

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Considering Career in COVID-19 | Andy Chan & Michael Sloan

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Resilience And Grit During COVID-19 | Lt. Gen. Larry D. James & Dr. Carol Geffner

174

Why We Need Christians in Science | David Lahti

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Why the Public Square Needs Christian Voices | Ross Douthat

176

What is the Good Life? What is Happiness? | Satyan Devadoss & Varun Soni

177

Coronavirus & Quarantine: Lament, Hope, and Creativity Edition

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Coronavirus & Quarantine: The Economy, Career, and Jobs Edition

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God And/Or Evolution? | Joshua Swamidass & Michael Behe

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Coronavirus & Quarantine: What Big Questions Can We Be Asking?

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Living & Dying Well | Lydia Dugdale & Alua Arthur

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What Good Is Happiness? | Jennifer Frey & Jonathan Masur

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We Evolved. What About Faith? | David Lahti & Andy Norman

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Engineering The Good Life | Joseph Clair

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Meaning, Evidence, and Truth | Dr. Ard Louis

186

Spiderwebs, Symmetry, and Spirituality | Satyan Devadoss & Greta Binford

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Mental Health, Human Flourishing, and Religion | Dr. Curt Thompson

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Faith Is Not a Sideshow: Why You - and the U - Need To Get Religion | Ross Douthat

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Can Science Explain Everything? | Ard Louis & Pascal Wallisch

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Gene Editing and the Future of Personhood | William Hurlbut & George Church

191

Designing Your Life Worth Living | Dave Evans & Bill Burnett

192

Good God? | N.T. Wright

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Our Culture of Distrust | John Inazu & Jonathan Haidt

194

What is Happiness? | An Exploration of Science, Faith, and Mental Health

195

Does Faith Divide Us? | Tahera Ahmad & Russell Moore

196

Meaning-Making Methodologies | Francis Su & Paul Asimow

197

The Bible: Gospel, Guide, or Garbage? | Dr. NT Wright & Dr. Sean Kelly

198

525,600 Minutes: Time, Eternity and Finding Value in Our Lives | Alan Lightman & Meghan Sullivan

199

Can You Hear Me? | Dr. Curt Thompson & Dr. Kathryn Lofton

200

How Can Religion Heal Rather Than Divide? | Dr. Miroslav Volf

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Liberal Arts Education: What’s The Point? | Dr. Robert George and Dr. Cornel West

202

God & The Universe | Dr. Stephen Barr

203

Is Science Enough? Faith, Reason, & the Human Need for Certainty | Dr. Troy Van Voorhis

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Can Faith & Science Coexist? | Dr. Ian Hutchinson

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What Makes Humans Special? | Dr. David Lahti & Dr. Andrew Berry

206

Drawing The Line: The Ethics of Gene Editing | William Hurlbut & Rudolf Jaenisch

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Boundaries for Your Soul | Kimberly Miller

208

Muslim Immigration & Christian Hospitality | Matt Kaemingk

209

Christianity and the Tooth Fairy | John Lennox

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Is Belief in God irrational? | Meghan Sullivan

211

Can Faith Reconcile Justice and Forgiveness? | Rachael Denhollander

212

Happiness Is Not Self-help | Jennifer Frey

213

Who is Christ for Us Today? Bonhoeffer's Final Questions | Charles Marsh

214

The Doctor's Gaze | Dr. Bob Cutillo

215

The Nature and Necessity of Worldviews | Dallas Willard

216

Is Perception Reality? | William Newsome & David Eagleman

217

Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles? | Ian Hutchinson

218

Faith is Not a Sideshow | Ross Douthat

219

Religion at the Cineplex | Alissa Wilkinson

220

Living Well in the Light of Death | N.T. Wright & Shelly Kagan

221

Why Alvin Plantinga Still Matters with Meghan Sullivan

222

Our Longings Find a Home in Jesus | Greg Ganssle

223

What Does Human Progress Mean? | Alana Ackerson & Christopher Hitchcock

224

Where is God in Suffering? | John Lennox

225

The Bible: Gospel, Guide, or Garbage? | N.T. Wright & Sean Kelly

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Can We Reconcile Justice and Forgiveness? | Rachael Denhollander

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Time for Truth | Os Guinness

228

How to Love Your Enemies | Miroslav Volf

229

Are You as Good as You Think You Are? | Christian Miller

230

Is Christianity Divisive? | Tim Keller

231

Genes, Atoms, or Something Else? | Praveen Sethupathy & Roald Hoffmann

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It Is About Race | Andra Gillespie & Sumun Pendakur

233

Finding Jesus in Calcutta | Mary Poplin

234

Myths About Pluralism | Diana Eck & Vinoth Ramachandra

235

Faith, Hope, Love, & Climate Change | Dorothy Boorse & John Nolt

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Beethoven, Suffering & Faith | Mia Chung

237

Why We Need Skepticism | Dallas Willard

238

Can Robots Become Human? | Rosalind Picard & Michael Littman

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The Language of God | Francis Collins

240

You Are What You Love | James K.A. Smith

241

Is There Truth Beyond Science? | John Lennox & Larry Shapiro

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God, Math, and the Multiverse | Satyan Devadoss

243

Live the Questions | N.T. Wright & Heidi Maibom

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Searching for Truth Through Fantasy | Madeleine L'Engle

245

Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles? | Ian Hutchinson & Robert Lue

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Overcoming Echo Chambers | Robert George & Hamza Yusuf

247

Designing Your Life Worth Living | Dave Evans & Bill Burnett

248

Emotional Machines | Rosalind Picard

249

Cold Fusion and the End of Scientism? | Ian Hutchinson

250

The Psychology of Finding Yourself | Ross Douthat & Nancy Hill

251

Faith, Race, and (Non)Violence | Andra Gillespie, Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Claudia May

252

The Multiverse, the Polygraph, and the Resurrection | Tom Rudelius

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Is Belief in God irrational? | Meghan Sullivan

254

Christianity and the Tooth Fairy | John Lennox at UCLA

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Faith, Race, and Hip-Hop at Harvard | An Interview with Obasi Shaw

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The Bible: Gospel, Guide, or Garbage? | N.T. Wright & Sean Kelly at Harvard

257

Under God? | Michael Sandel & Jean Bethke Elshtain

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Connecting Passion and Purpose | charity: water Founder Scott Harrison

259

Disenchanted? | Tim Keller & Anthony Kronman at Yale

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The Closing of the Modern Mind | Tim Keller & Jonathan Haidt at NYU