The Kalam Argument

In session two, Dean Meadows, Campus Minister from Blacksburg Church of Christ, explores the Kalam Cosmological Argument as a powerful tool for defending God's existence in an increasingly secular world. He contrasts past evangelism—centered on biblical interpretations—with today's need to address fundamental skepticism about God's reality, using natural theology that avoids direct Bible quotes to "put a pebble in the shoe" of agnostics, atheists, and the religiously unaffiliated. The argument's simple logic—whatever begins to exist has a cause; the universe began to exist; therefore, the universe has a cause—draws on everyday observations, scientific evidence like the universe's expansion and the Second Law of Thermodynamics, and counters objections by positing a timeless, spaceless, immaterial, powerful, and personal cause: God. Dean emphasizes meeting skeptics where they are, avoiding unnecessary debates (e.g., Big Bang vs. creation timelines), and focusing on evidence that bridges to Christianity's core claim of Jesus' resurrection, urging believers to articulate faith beyond personal experiences or upbringing for effective outreach.