Episode 149 – On Genuinely Seeking God

Also known as teenager God, who doesn’t want to come downstairs — apparently He loves you, but He’s not coming out of His room.

In this episode Matthew addresses one aspect of the hiddenness of the Christian god — specifically the claim that people only fail to find God because they never *truly* sought Him.

1. Sean McDowell’s original video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RvABkX8LnM

2. Greg Ganssle (Biola University)

https://www.biola.edu/directory/people/greg-ganssle

3. J.L. Schellenberg – Divine Hiddenness Argument (overview)

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/divine-hiddenness/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hBpZ-ystOg&list=PLKuMaHOvHA4qePAEaCyr77IieZRtuqEYm

4. works by Justin Barrett and Pascal Boyer

https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9fdfa5e2-249c-46fd-87da-0d13b60c3c37/files/m7e131b8b0742d6390becc105d9845469?utm_source=copilot.com

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/2153599X.2025.2474404?utm_source=copilot.com