Reason for God? Belief in an Age of Skepticism | Q&A with Tim Keller at Columbia University

Best-selling author and pastor, Tim Keller, fields many tough questions from two heavy-hitting interlocutors, NBC journalist Martin Bashir and Columbia University’s David Eisenbach. | Columbia University, 2008 | Explore more at . Want Veritas updates in your inbox? Subscribe to our twice-monthly newsletter here: INSTAGRAM: FACEBOOK: SUBSCRIBE: Over the past two decades, The Veritas Forum has been hosting vibrant discussions on life’s hardest questions and engaging the world’s leading colleges and universities with Christian perspectives and the relevance of Jesus. Learn more at , with upcoming events and over 600 pieces of media on topics including science, philosophy, music, business, medicine, and more! Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction 00:18 - Why did you write Reason for God now? 02:22 - Are faith and reason contradictory? 05:35 - Is God just a projection of our cultural circumstances? 09:10 - Is belief in God a mental defect? 11:39 - Is it narrow to believe in one God? Is everyone else going to hell? 18:30 - Is the Bible trustworthy? 23:59 - What about the behavior of so-called Christians? 30:33 - Are you resolutely convinced today that Christianity is true? 35:25 - How could God allow evil and suffering? 44:04 - Is there any reason to believe in God in a chaotic world? 45:48 - Does giving a reason for faith undermine its value? 48:49 - Does it take faith to be an atheist? 50:48 - What does Christianity have against homosexuals? Are they going to hell? 57:29 - Why is Christianity so exclusive? 01:03:58 - What do you believe about politics? 01:11:25 - How do you get to heaven? 01:13:13 - Why would God make people who sin? 01:16:58 - Why did God put that tree in the Garden of Eden to begin with? 01:19:34 - What happened for you to have so much peace?