Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Pascal's wager is one of the most famous arguments in Christian thought. R.C. Sproul lays it out plainly: bet on God and lose, and you've still lived a better life. Bet against God and lose, and you face eternal judgment.
ABOUT THE COURSE
This clip is from The Consequences of Ideas, a 35-lesson video course taught by Dr. R.C. Sproul that walks through the entire history of Western philosophy from a Christian worldview. From the pre-Socratics and Plato through Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Nietzsche, and the modern existentialists — Sproul shows how the great philosophers have shaped our culture's deepest assumptions about truth, beauty, meaning, and morality.
What this course will do for you:
- Trace the ideas that built — and are now unbuilding — the Western world
- Show how Christianity has answered each major philosophical challenge in history
- Equip you (or your students) to engage modern skepticism with confidence and clarity
- Connect philosophy, theology, and everyday life in a way that actually sticks
Designed for high school students, homeschool families, college students, and adult learners. No prior philosophy background required — Sproul makes 2,500 years of thought accessible and even enjoyable.
Pascal's wager is one of the most famous arguments in Christian thought. R.C. Sproul lays it out plainly: bet on God and lose, and you've still lived a better life. Bet against God and lose, and you face eternal judgment.
ABOUT THE COURSE
This clip is from The Consequences of Ideas, a 35-lesson video course taught by Dr. R.C. Sproul that walks through the entire history of Western philosophy from a Christian worldview. From the pre-Socratics and Plato through Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Kant, Nietzsche, and the modern existentialists — Sproul shows how the great philosophers have shaped our culture's deepest assumptions about truth, beauty, meaning, and morality.
What this course will do for you:
- Trace the ideas that built — and are now unbuilding — the Western world
- Show how Christianity has answered each major philosophical challenge in history
- Equip you (or your students) to engage modern skepticism with confidence and clarity
- Connect philosophy, theology, and everyday life in a way that actually sticks
Designed for high school students, homeschool families, college students, and adult learners. No prior philosophy background required — Sproul makes 2,500 years of thought accessible and even enjoyable.
