Certainty Is Not the Same as Knowledge with Allen Crostic- BONUS
In this extended bonus episode, we’re welcoming back a returning guest. Allen Crostic has a Masters in Christian Apologetics and as a former agnostic, loves to talk about reasons for faith. In this conversation with March co-host, Lucrezia from Italy and myself, Allen addresses Lu's questions regarding lore, hell, doubt, and Jesus. Allen describes knowledge as being different than certainty and why that matters in regards to faith. We talk about doubt and why he's passionate about apologetics (always being prepared to give an answer with gentleness and respect). We also discuss different types of doubt and skepticism. As in all of our previous episodes with Allen, he also shares the significance of believing in Jesus' death, deity, and resurrection, differentiating between a salvation issue and secondary issues.
Quotes:
"I think what God does for us is He gives us enough evidence so that those who want to find Him can have their beliefs justified but not so much evidence so that those of us who don't want Him are forced to feign loyalty. Because as the old saying goes, 'a person changed against their will is of the same opinion still.' Feigned loyalty is nothing more than rebellion waiting for an opportunity. He wants free lovers."
"Just because you can't have absolute certainty doesn't mean you can't have adequate certainty... Don't get hung up on certainty because if you are hung up on certainty, you can't believe anything."
"I think one of the reasons God gave us a mind is to chase after Him. And I think pursuit is the proof of desire."
"It's not like there's not evidence. You just gotta be hungry to look for it."
Links:
FSR s2e15 with Allen Crostic - Part 1 and Part 2
FSR s4e5 with Allen Crostic
FSRs4e9 with Stéphanie Rousselle
Gospel Spice Podcast-How do we know that the Resurrection actually Happened?
Near Death Experiences - Dr. Gary Habermas
Willian Lane Craig
Anthony Flew
Positive Therapeutic Effects of Intercessory Prayer in a Coronary Care Unit Population (Randolph C. Byrd, MD)
Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God-Eric Metaxas
Inferno - Dante Alighieri
Paradise Lost -John Milton
Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
The Great Divorce - C.S. Lewis
Telling Yourself the Truth - Backus & Champion
Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts - Craig Keener
First Epistle of Clement
Romans 10:9-10
”…because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved
Acts 17:26 & 27
”And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us…”