Category Archives: Video

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The mind of Christ, 1 Corinthians 2:16

This video is of Craig’s lecture at Evangel University and the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, where he talks about the meaning of the mind of Christ in the context of 1 Corinthians and also its implications for bringing together sound scholarship and deep spirituality. You should allow perhaps a minute for the video to load after clicking its link. If you want to save time by advancing along the time bar at the bottom of the screen, there is an extended introduction to the lecture series (honoring one of Craig’s former professors), with Craig beginning at about 7:43 and his actual message beginning between 10 and 11 minutes.

The link is: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/58631773

Toward the end Craig also addresses 2 Corinthians 3:18. This lecture was given February 3, 2015.

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Miracles lecture at Missouri State University

The religion department at Missouri State University, along with the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, welcomed Craig to give a lecture about miracles at MSU on Feb. 5, 2015.
This lecture was videotaped by the Assemblies of God Seminary and can be viewed at the following address (which will also eventually post Craig’s lectures on a different subject offered at AGTS the same week):
https://www.agts.edu/news/news_archives/2015_01horton_lecturesafter.html
This vimeo for this particular lecture is toward the bottom of the page.

The full lecture is about an hour, followed by questions, but viewers can sample different parts of it if they wish. (Craig readily admits that he is a better writer than speaker. But just in case you like hearing or watching more than reading, or want the free version …)

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Preaching from Jesus’s genealogy

Appropriate for Christmas season: have you ever preached from Matthew’s genealogy of Jesus? Or heard someone preach from it? Matthew opens his Gospel with Jesus’s heritage, which leads right up to the story of Jesus’s birth. Here is a video of Craig explaining salient features of Matthew’s genealogy:

If you prefer a written version to video, see also: Jesus’s genealogy and Matthew’s genealogy

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Gospels as biographies–what are the implications?

This 13-minute video was the introductory part of a lecture that Craig gave regarding the Gospels at B. H. Carroll Institute in Texas in May 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qya_IcKG7dE

Some of Craig’s other videos posted earlier address similar issues, e.g.:

http://www.craigkeener.org/can-we-trust-the-disciples-to-have-remembered-jesus-teachings-correctly/

http://www.craigkeener.org/gospels-as-ancient-biographies-part-1/

http://www.craigkeener.org/gospels-as-ancient-biographies-part-2/

 

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Josephus about Jesus

The first-century historian Josephus reports that Jesus was a sage who performed wonders. This is a non-Christian source from Jesus’s era. This is treated briefly in the following video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGxRQDXq-o0
Some internet detractors demand eyewitness reports from the first century before they will believe, but such a demand displays historiographic ignorance–by this standard we would know almost nothing about ancient history. We have the next-best thing: sources from the first generation, including some who consulted eyewitnesses (Luke 1:1-2). I have addressed these issues elsewhere (including in http://www.craigkeener.org/gospel-truth-luke-11-4/; http://www.craigkeener.org/the-real-historical-jesus/; for videos: http://www.craigkeener.org/gospels-as-ancient-biographies-part-1/; http://www.craigkeener.org/gospels-as-ancient-biographies-part-2/; http://www.craigkeener.org/can-we-trust-the-disciples-to-have-remembered-jesus-teachings-correctly/), but suffice it to say that unless critics invent special standards for Jesus that we do not apply to the rest of ancient history, we know quite a lot about him. (As for eyewitness testimonies of miracles, we not only have sources from within a generation of Jesus’s ministry, but we do have eyewitness accounts of his followers performing miracles, such as in Acts’ “we” section, Paul’s appeal to the Corinthians’ eyewitness experience of his miracles, eyewitness accounts in the church fathers, and millions of eyewitness claims today. But that is, again, another story. See e.g., http://www.craigkeener.org/divine-action-presentation-at-oxford-video/; http://www.craigkeener.org/medical-evidence-of-miracles/; and other material filed at http://www.craigkeener.org/category/current-issues/miracles/)

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Divine Action presentation at Oxford—video

At a conference on special divine action in July, Craig gave a plenary paper concerning miracle reports for the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at Oxford University. Lenn Goodman, professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt (and a friend with whom Craig has been privileged to share Shabbat and attend synagogue), introduced Craig’s paper; Western Michigan University philosophy professor Timothy McGrew gave the response, followed by some give-and-take academic discussion with scholars in the audience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYBnJF2P_WQ&list=UUcw1IwzRhh9jJtGwF3X-CQg.
The historical context of modern skepticism about miracles is an important element alongside what Craig addressed (and may be even more interesting, though this website is mainly for Craig’s research): note the paper by Alister McGrath, professor of science and religion at Oxford, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXqhB_RqEzI&list=UUcw1IwzRhh9jJtGwF3X-CQg; also Tim McGrew, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMjg86wlGU0&list=UUcw1IwzRhh9jJtGwF3X-CQg (the shortest of these videos, for those in a hurry). Some of you may also be interested in the other papers, including Graham Twelftree (to whom Craig responded briefly in the same video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AJfNBuOIpY&list=UUcw1IwzRhh9jJtGwF3X-CQg); Oxford philosophy professor Richard Swinburne (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUnMqtymfoU&list=UUcw1IwzRhh9jJtGwF3X-CQg); and many others, from a variety of perspectives, both theists and nontheists.