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God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning of all beginnings and the end of all ends. Join Brent Siddall and the Rev Ian ‘Reido‘ Reid as they explore God, time, salvation and the cosmos. Explore the stories of Western culture as they pivot and interact with the main narrative of salvation history.
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Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Blaise Pascal, the seventeenth century French philosopher and scientist is perhaps best known for his ‘wager’, an argument about the existence of God. But there’s much more to Pascal and his brilliance.
- (0:55) Who was Blaise Pascal?
- (2:25) Pascal’s Defense of the Christian religion;
- (4:10) Pascal’s experience of God;
- (7:40) Asceticism;
- (8:40) Science and faith;
- (11:00) Pascal’s use of science and its limits;
- (13:00) Pascal and the miraculous;
- (14:45) Pascal and biblical prophecy;
- (16:55) Pascal and the gospels;
- (19:00) Pascal and non-Christian religion;
- (20:40) Pascal a Christian genius for the ages?
- (21:35) The wager._
Links mentioned in this episode:
www.douglasgroothuis.com/about
/www.christianbook.com/beyond-wager-christian-brilliance-blaise-pascal/9781514001783/pd/001780
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