Question from an audience member: What role does the Holy Spirit play in your ministry?

I think that the fundamental way in which we know Christianity is true is through the inner witness of the Holy Spirit. I do not think that arguments and evidence are necessary in order for faith to be rational, or for you to know that God exists and has revealed himself in Christ. So I would say that the fundamental way we know Christianity is true is through the witness of the Holy Spirit and reason and argument then can confirm the Spirit's witness. The person who has good apologetic arguments passes, in a sense, a double warrant for his faith. He has the warrant provided by the Holy Spirit, and then he has the double warrant provided by argument and evidence. But should he lack the argument and evidence he can still be warranted just on the basis of the Holy Spirit. That's knowing Christianity to be true. | When it comes to showing Christianity to be true we're dealing with somebody else, and therefore we need to give them arguments and evidence to show them that what I know to be true is true. And then the role of the Holy Spirit will be to use those arguments and evidence as I lovingly present them to draw that person to himself. So, in knowing Christianity to be true the Holy Spirit is primary and argument and evidence is secondary, but in showing Christianity to be true argument and evidence is primary and it is the Holy Spirit is secondary as using those as means by which he draws a person to himself. | Audience member: Okay, just so I'm clear about what you're saying. When you say that the Holy Spirit is an epistemological answer... ...you can have complete epistemological clarity. Epistemology being the study, for those who don't know, of how you know something to be true, right? | Reply from William Lane Craig: Yes, yes I think that is correct. So when I said in answer to the feloow who asked about faith earlier, that faith is trusting in what you have reason to believe is true. That reason doesn't just mean arguments and evidence. That reason could be t