An Interview with Leading Philosopher and Theologian William Lane Craig

Join Peter Saunders, CEO of the International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA), as he talks with Dr. William Lane Craig about his calling as a Christian philosopher and theologian. Dr. Craig shares lessons learned from his experiences and offers advice for Christian academics about how to be faithful in their callings.

William Lane Craig is Emeritus Research Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology in La Mirada, California. Dr. Craig pursued his undergraduate studies at Wheaton College (B.A. 1971) and graduate studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (M.A. 1974; M.A. 1975), the University of Birmingham (England) (Ph.D. 1977), and the University of Munich (Germany) (D.Theol. 1984). A distinguished theologian and philosopher, he has authored or edited more than 60 books, including The Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology, as well as over 300 articles in professional publications of philosophy and theology. In 2006 Dr. Craig became the founder and President of Reasonable Faith. In 2016 he was named by The Best Schools as one of the fifty most influential living philosophers.

Peter Saunders was born in New Zealand and originally trained as a General Surgeon, before serving with the Africa Inland Mission in Kenya and completing two years mission training at All Nations Christian College in the UK. Since 1992 he has worked in full-time Christian ministry first with Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF), a UK-based organisation with around 4,000 UK doctors and 1,000 medical student members, as both Head of Student Ministries (1992-1999) and CEO (2000-2018) and then as CEO of the International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA) which brings together over 100 national associations of Christian doctors and dentists. His work has involved leadership training, teaching evangelism, apologetics and ethics, medical mission, writing, editing and media work. He was a foundation member of the ELF steering group and was Director of the Care Not Killing Alliance (2006-2018). Peter is married to Kirsty and they have three sons, two married, and four grandchildren. They live in St Albans, UK and are members of Spicer Street Free Evangelical Church.

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