What Decades of Pain Taught Me About God | J.P. Moreland
Video from Sean McDowell
What Decades of Pain Taught Me About God | J.P. Moreland
"J.P. Moreland is one of the most influential Christian philosophers alive and he's spent the last twelve years enduring what most of us never will: a rare genetic condition, more than two dozen cancer surgeries, and two seasons of debilitating anxiety and depression. In this deeply personal conversation, he sits down with me to talk about pain, doubt, and why he says he now has no fear of death." from the video introduction
CHAPTERS
00:00 – The worst physical pain of my life
00:38 – Introducing J.P. Moreland
02:18 – From skeptical chemistry major to Christian
07:49 – Why he chose philosophy of mind
09:19 – Advice for young apologists and thinkers
13:04 – How Talbot shaped Sean
14:11 – Where the church needs thinkers next
16:03 – The most important training: philosophy
19:04 – Distinctions that dissolve bad arguments
23:04 – Two seasons of anxiety and depression
26:17 – "Don't waste your suffering"
30:24 – Depression, the body, and the soul
34:09 – Two kinds of doubt, and how to handle each
37:00 – "When did you last hear a truly new objection?"
40:47 – Afterlife apologetics and near-death experiences
42:15 – Facing death in a hospital parking lot
48:12 – 25 surgeries and a rare genetic condition
54:52 – Sean's own season of pain
58:00 – Faith, politics, and getting removed from a church
1:05:48 – What he's working on now
1:09:46 – Closing
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