Dr. Timothy McGrew is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy at Western Michigan University. A specialist in theory of knowledge, logic, probability theory, and the history and philosophy of science, Dr. McGrew has spoken at Oxford, MIT, and other universities as well as at many churches and seminaries across the United States and overseas. He has also engaged in public debates on the meaning of faith, the rationality of belief in miracles, and the historical reliability of the Gospels.
Dr. McGrew is the project director for the Library of Historical Apologetics, the premier online resource connecting contemporary apologists to the apologetic resources of the past. From 2014-16 he has been the American director for a grant from the John Templeton Foundation on the subject of special divine action.
Dr. McGrew holds the title of National Master from the United States Chess Federation and won the Michigan Championship in 2006. He and his wife, Lydia McGrew, have been married for over 30 years, and they have three chess-playing daughters.
Dr. McGrew will give us two talks on the reliability of the Gospels. In the first lecture, he will present internal evidence bearing on their authenticity with a special emphasis on undesigned coincidences in the four Gospel accounts. In the second lecture, he will explore some of the positive external evidence for their truthfulness. These include non-Christian sources and incidental historical confirmations.