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Kresta in the Afternoon – April 16, 2024 – Hour 2

What do American universitites teach about American history? Donald Critchlow joins us, and Lydia McGrew explains why we can trust the Gospels. 

 

How do American Universities teach American History?

Understanding America’s past and the uniqueness of the American Experience in history is crucial to understanding America’s present and future. Unfortunately, most American students lack basic proficiency in understanding their own history. A new report from Arizona State’s Center for American Institutions helps us quantify the problem. Dr. Donald Critchlow joins us.

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The Study of American History in Our Universitites

Don Critchlow is Katzin Family Professor at Arizona State and author of several books, including "Intended Consequences: Birth Control, Abortion and the Federal Government in Modern America," "Revolutionary Monsters: Five Men who Turned Liberation into Tyrrany," and "In Defense of Populism: Protest and American Democracy."

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How do we know we can trust the Gospels?

When, as Christians, we’re asked for the source of one of our beliefs, we often point to the Scriptures. But how do we know this source is reliable? Lydia McGrew joins us with simple, yet concrete answers to the age-old question “Why should I believe what the Bible says about the life and teachings of Jesus?”

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Lydia’s website 

Dr. Lydia McGrew is the author of Testimonies to the Truth: Why You Can Trust the Gospels. She’s a widely published analytic philosopher, author, and the wife of philosopher and apologist Timothy McGrew. She received her PhD in English from Vanderbilt University in 1995. She has published extensively in the theory of knowledge, specializing in formal epistemology and in its application to the evaluation of testimony and to the philosophy of religion. She defends the reliability of the Gospels and Acts in her books Hidden in Plain View: Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels and Acts, The Mirror or the Mask: Liberating the Gospels From Literary Devices, and The Eye of the Beholder: The Gospel of John as Historical Reportage. Visit her at lydiamcgrew.com

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