Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Glen Scrivener interviews Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, about his recent conversion to Christianity.
Larry's Article "How a Skeptical Philosopher Becomes a Christian":
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00:00 Trailer
00:28 Intro
01:15 Becoming a Christian
02:39 Methodological skepticism
08:39 The New Atheism and philosphy
13:13 Awareness of possible spiritual reality
20:07 Reading the Bible on its own terms
27:03 321 course
28:14 Contingency and natural theology
35:54 Plausibility structures
41:22 Personal experience
47:42 The conversion moment
52:08 Advice to viewers
56:48 Keeping up with Larry online
57:31 Outro
Glen Scrivener interviews Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, about his recent conversion to Christianity.
Larry's Article "How a Skeptical Philosopher Becomes a Christian":
larrysanger.org/2025/02/how-a-skeptical-philosopher-becomes-a-christian
Follow Larry online:
https://x.com/lsanger
larrysanger.org
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Subscribe to our other YouTube channel, Reformed Mythologist, to explore how the stories we love point to the greatest story of all:
youtube.com/@ReformedMythologist?sub_confirmation=1
The Speak Life Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts:
iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-speak-life-podcast/id626198781
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6RTY21mbOb3G0ywyXvowqy
Amazon: music.amazon.com/podcasts/e037fe1a-ba0d-4d1b-b419-36d4f0509cf3/the-speak-life-podcast
Speak Life is a UK based charity that resources the church to reach the world.
Learn more about us here: speaklife.org.uk
CONNECT//
Would you like to join us in person for an intensive? Find out more here:
speaklife.org.uk/intensives
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speaklife.org.uk/give
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twitter.com/speaklifeuk
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tiktok.com/@speaklifeuk
TIMESTAMPS//
00:00 Trailer
00:28 Intro
01:15 Becoming a Christian
02:39 Methodological skepticism
08:39 The New Atheism and philosphy
13:13 Awareness of possible spiritual reality
20:07 Reading the Bible on its own terms
27:03 321 course
28:14 Contingency and natural theology
35:54 Plausibility structures
41:22 Personal experience
47:42 The conversion moment
52:08 Advice to viewers
56:48 Keeping up with Larry online
57:31 Outro
