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2026
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4:27I Became a Christian at 41 — Here's What That's Actually Like | Molly Worthen at Michigan
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1:25You Don't Have to Change the World | Desireé Plata
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4:38Is the Naturalistic Worldview as Rational as We Think? | Molly Worthen at Michigan
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1:34Remove Your Ego from Your Work | Cullen Buie
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1:12:00Are We Too Busy to Care? MIT Faculty on Work That Matters | Cullen Buie & Desireé Plata
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17:56What No One Told Me About the Historical Evidence for Jesus | Molly Worthen at Michigan
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2:37The One Question That Makes or Breaks Christianity | Molly Worthen
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1:16:00Questioning Christianity: A Professor's Journey from Skepticism to Faith | Molly Worthen at Michigan
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0:48The Goal is Not Unity | Matthew Kaemingk
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2:18Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? | Matthew Kaemingk
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2:28Why Disagreement Can Be a Gift | Matthew Kaemingk
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1:14:00Are There Limits to Hospitality? | Matt Kaemingk & Amanda Rizkallah at Pepperdine
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1:56Two Reasons I Became a Christian | Ian Hutchinson at UCLA
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2:23The Biggest Claim Christians Make | Lydia Dugdale at Vanderbilt
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3:33Why Pretending You'll Live Forever Will Ruin Your Life | Lydia Dugdale at Vanderbilt
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1:16:00Is There Hope Beyond Death? Faith, Medicine, & the Afterlife | Lydia Dugdale & Jessika Boles
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39:53Does Science Make Faith Irrelevant? | Josh Swamidass at Mississippi State
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1:12How Science Increases Wonder | Praveen Sethupathy
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1:45Don't Be Afraid to Explore Doubts | Justin Hawkins
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1:14Why We Need the Humanities | Abram Van Engen
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1:47What Surprised Me About Christianity | Molly Worthen
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1:28Two Examples of Misplaced Hope | Jeremy Begbie
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2:29Why I Changed My Mind About Religion | Meghan Sullivan
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1:39Not Sure If God Exists? Start Here. | Ross Douthat
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5:32Three Clues That the Universe Was Meant For Us | Ross Douthat
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16:26If God Exists, Does He Care About Any of Us? | Ross Douthat & Damon Linker
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3:42Christianity’s Complicated History with Power and Empire | Ross Douthat
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1:26Why I'm a Christian | Ross Douthat
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1:15You Don’t Have to Be Certain About God—But You Do Have to Care | Damon Linker
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2:53Why Believing in Miracles Is Completely Rational | Ross Douthat
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1:17:00Is Religion for Everyone? Belief, Doubt, & Coping with Existence | Ross Douthat & Damon Linker
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2:19What Makes a Great University in a World of AI? | Meghan Sullivan
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5:10Why AI Should Excite Philosophers | Meghan Sullivan
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4:23Should AI Have the Same Dignity as Humans? | Meghan Sullivan
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12:23Four Questions AI Poses for Education | Meghan Sullivan
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1:06:00Can Universities Survive AI? A Conversation on Truth & Education | Meghan Sullivan & Grace Lindsay
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1:40Why CrossFit Isn't a Religion: A Philosophical Thought Experiment | Meghan Sullivan
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2025
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4:41Why Simple Answers to Suffering Aren't Enough | Meghan Sullivan
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13:05What Makes a Belief Rational? A Christian & Atheist Discuss | Meghan Sullivan & Miriam Schoenfield
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1:02:00Can My Beliefs Hold Up to Scrutiny? Two Philosophers Discuss | Meghan Sullivan & Miriam Schoenfield
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1:49Feeling Imposter Syndrome? Here's One Reason Why. | Justin Hawkins
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2:26Two Things AI Can't Give Us | Justin Hawkins
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1:19:00Is Intelligence Overrated? What Really Makes Humans Valuable | Justin Hawkins & Danny Oppenheimer
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2:04Is Religion Just Emotional Support? | John Lennox
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0:46Truth is a Person | John Lennox
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1:41What is Truth? | Dallas Willard
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1:15:00What Makes Us Human When AI Can Do Everything? | Ehi Nosakhare & Ole Molvig at Vanderbilt
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2:50What To Do With Your Doubts | Meghan Sullivan
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0:53Real Friends Can Disagree | Peter Q. Blair
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1:45Why You Should Question Yourself | John Lennox
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1:30Rest Is Not Leisure | Andy Crouch
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1:18Why Christians Need the Arts | Jeremy Begbie
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2:04One Key to the Good Life: Do Random Things | Shigehiro Oishi at UChicago
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1:01Why You Should Pause Before You Post | Chigozie Obioma
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1:53Moving from a Useful Mindset to a Gift Mindset | Rowan Williams
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2:02Two Ways to Live a Happier Life, from a Psychologist | Shigehiro Oishi at UChicago
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1:38One Exercise to Help You Find What Matters | Ephraim Radner
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2:18Christianity is Different Than a College Class | John Lennox
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1:27What Makes Humans Special? | John Lennox
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2:20The "Star Wars" View of God is Dangerous | John Lennox
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1:41Why a Prescription Isn't Always the Best Cure | Dr. Lydia Dugdale
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1:54One Thing We Get Wrong About Friendship | John Hendrix
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2:50What Tolkien and Lewis Teach Us About Friendship | John Hendrix
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2:05The Hidden Danger in Fighting for What’s Right | David Lahti
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1:42A Christian Approach to Hope and Politics | Michael Wear
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1:57Sometimes the Only Cure for Pain Is Community | Meghan Sullivan
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1:11Why "Who You Are" is More Important Than "What You Do" | Michael Wear
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1:11Truth & Power: The Resurrection Says They Are Not the Same | Esau McCaulley
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1:06Hope Isn’t a Feeling—It’s a Person | Esau McCaulley
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2:45What the Civil Rights Movement Teaches Us About Hope | Esau McCaulley
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0:54ChatGPT Can’t Read the Way You Can | Roosevelt Montás
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1:12The Opposite of Hope is Loneliness | Norman Wirzba
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0:46One Simple Idea That Could Make Us All Kinder | Frank Bruni
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0:58The 5-Value Framework for Understanding Anyone, Anywhere | Daryl Davis
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