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Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

Greg Koukl

Religion & Spirituality

Frequency: 1 episode/4d. Total Eps: 105

Our purpose is to help Christians think more clearly about their faith and to help them make an even-handed, incisive, yet gracious defense for classical Christianity. Released every Wednesday and Friday.

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Spot the Shell Game in This Article on Abortion Bans

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 • Duration 58:00

Greg discusses the claim that abortion bans increase infant death rates, then he talks to callers about using probability numbers in teleological arguments and whether it’s worth trying to convince a church member who’s a former Jehovah’s Witness that Jesus is uncreated. Topics:

Commentary: Spot the shell game in this article on abortion bans. (00:00)
When it comes to the teleological argument, are apologists conceding it’s possible it could have happened on its own when they give a small probability number? (26:00)
Is it worth trying to convince a former Jehovah’s Witness in my church that Jesus is uncreated when he says he’s simply reading the Bible “as it is” and that arguments about language and context just complicate things? (46:00)

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Reality Student Apologetics Conference – October 18–19 in Seattle, WA; November 8–9 in Minneapolis, MN; February 21–22, 2025 in Dallas, TX; March 21–22, 2025 in Philadelphia, PA; April 25–26 in Dayton, OH
Infants died at higher rates after abortion bans in the US, research shows by Deidre McPhillips
Deity of Christ: Case Closed by Greg Koukl

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Is the A-Theory vs. B-Theory of Time a False Dichotomy?

Friday, October 18, 2024 • Duration 58:00

Greg answers questions about whether the A-theory vs. B-theory of time is a false dichotomy, why Jesus had to suffer before dying for our sin, gender dysphoria, and how we know we haven’t simply deluded ourselves into thinking we have good evidence for our faith. Topics:

Is the A-theory vs. B-theory of time a false dichotomy when it comes to God and his nature? (04:00)
If death was the penalty for sin, why did Jesus have to suffer before dying for our sin? What’s the biblical basis for suffering for sin? (20:00)
Toleration of gender dysphoria doesn’t make sense on three different grounds. (37:00)
How do we as believers know we haven’t simply deluded ourselves into thinking we have good evidence for our faith? Is there a way to independently verify that we’re seeing things objectively? (47:00)

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Reality Student Apologetics Conference – October 18–19 in Seattle, WA; November 8–9 in Minneapolis, MN; February 21–22, 2025 in Dallas, TX; March 21–22, 2025 in Philadelphia, PA; April 25–26 in Dayton, OH
Upcoming events with Stand to Reason speakers
Submit a question on the Open Mic Line
Why the Blood by Greg Koukl

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Does God Hear the Prayer of the Unbeliever?

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 • Duration 58:00

Greg talks about whether or not God hears the prayer of the unbeliever, then he answers questions about what Matthew 21:21 means when it says you can make things happen if you have faith and do not doubt and how to know if you should leave a church or you’re being too critical. Topics:

Commentary: Does God hear the prayer of the unbeliever? (00:00)
What does Matthew 21:21 mean when it says that if you have faith and do not doubt, you can make things happen and receive things? (33:00)
Should I leave this church, or am I being too critical? (46:00)

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You Need to Understand the Notion of Entailment

Friday, October 11, 2024 • Duration 58:00

Greg talks about the notion of entailment, then he talks to callers about how to respond to someone who says Christianity took ideas from older religions, whether or not there are still descendants of Abraham, and how to respond to someone who says God is transgender. Topics:

Commentary: You need to understand the notion of entailment. (00:00)
How would you answer people who say Christianity isn’t original, that it took ideas from other religions, and that other religions are older? (18:00)
Are there still descendants of Abraham? (37:00)
How would you respond to the claim that God is transgender? (50:00)

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The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important that Happens in Between by Greg Koukl
Reality Student Apologetics Conference – October 18–19 in Seattle, WA; November 8–9 in Minneapolis, MN; February 21–22, 2025 in Dallas, TX; March 21–22, 2025 in Philadelphia, PA

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Jesus, Recycled Redeemer? by Greg Koukl

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Will God Be in Pain for Eternity as He Watches People Suffer in Hell?

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 • Duration 58:00

Greg answers questions about the “He Gets Us” campaign from earlier this year, whether a property in the tree of the knowledge of good and evil gave Adam and Eve knowledge, the historicity of Job, and whether God will spend eternity in pain as he watches people suffer in Hell. Topics:

What did you think of the “He Gets Us” foot washing ads earlier this year? (00:00)
Could the tree of the knowledge of good and evil have had some property that gave them this knowledge since the related tree of life seems to have had a property that would cause them to live forever? (17:00)
Why do you think Job isn’t a historical account? (29:00)
Since God loves everyone and Jesus died for everyone, if God is aware of what’s going on in Hell, does that mean he’ll spend eternity in pain as he watches his creation suffer? (41:00)

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Submit a question on the Open Mic Line
Here Comes the He Gets Us Campaign Again: Why Its Portrayal of Jesus is Still a Problem by Natasha Crain
7 Problems with the He Gets Us Campaign by Natasha Crain
The Legend of the Social Justice Jesus by Greg Koukl

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Am I Giving What Is Holy to Dogs?

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 • Duration 58:00

Greg talks to callers about online interactions, entropy as evidence for a beginning of the universe, whether someone could make up a story that sounds like eyewitness testimony, creating interactions that aren’t awkward, and the claim that the unborn is only a ”potential life.” Topics:

Considering Jesus said, “Do not give what is holy to dogs,” should I not engage people online over and over again? (00:00)
A follow-up on a previous conversation about dealing with a problematic pastor. (12:00)
How could entropy be evidence for the beginning of the universe if the first law of thermodynamics says energy can’t be destroyed? (20:00)
How would you respond to someone who says anybody could make up a detailed story that sounds like eyewitness testimony? (26:00)
Would you ever do campus evangelism, and how do you create interactions that don’t make people feel awkward? (42:00)
What’s a powerful question to ask someone who insists an unborn baby is only a “potential life”? (49:00)

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Bart Ehrman on the Existence of Jesus
A Simple Survey to Help Initiate Spiritual Conversations by Greg Koukl
Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity’s Toughest Challenges by Greg Koukl

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How Can Jesus Be God?

Friday, November 8, 2024 • Duration 58:00

Greg answers questions about how Jesus can be God if God is in Heaven and Jesus was on earth, whether disordered desires are sinful and Satan puts thoughts in Christians’ minds, baptism of the Holy Spirit by laying on hands, and a challenge to Greg’s view on John 16:13. Topics:

How can Jesus be God if God is in Heaven and Jesus was on earth? (04:00)
Are disordered desires sinful, and does Satan put sinful thoughts in Christians’ minds? (15:00)
Do Acts 8 and 19 teach that we only receive the Holy Spirit if someone lays hands on us? (30:00)
Does the fact that the apostles disagreed with each other at times refute the reason why you think John 16:13 doesn’t apply to us today? (44:00)

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Craig Hazen Joins Stand to Reason

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 • Duration 58:00

Greg talks to Craig Hazen, STR’s new chief strategy officer, then he answers a question about the implications that follow from the idea that we don’t have to figure out special instructions from God. Topics:

Interview: Craig Hazen joins Stand to Reason. (00:00)
Does the fact that we don’t have to figure out what God is telling us to do mean that God doesn’t really care what we do and doesn’t ordain what he wants us to do? (34:00)

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Reality Student Apologetics Conference – November 8–9 in Minneapolis, MN; February 21–22, 2025 in Dallas, TX; March 21–22, 2025 in Philadelphia, PA; April 25–26 in Dayton, OH

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Does God Whisper? Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 (on decision making) by Greg Koukl

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Interview: Sean McDowell – End the Stalemate

Friday, November 1, 2024 • Duration 58:00

Greg talks to Sean McDowell, author of End the Stalemate, about how cancel culture developed, communicating ideas well to others, dealing with your own biases, being charitable, steelmanning your opponent’s arguments, and more. Topics:

Interview: Sean McDowell, author of End the Stalemate: Move Past Cancel Culture to Meaningful Conversations (00:00)

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End the Stalemate: Move Past Cancel Culture to Meaningful Conversations by Sean McDowell
Greg Koukl and Michael Shermer at the End of the Decade of the New Atheists – Debate transcript
Sean McDowell and Matthew Vines on the Bible and Homosexuality – Video of the debate
Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview by J.P. Moreland and William Lane Craig
Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity’s Toughest Challenges by Greg Koukl

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Proverbs for Apologists by Amy Hall

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The Problems with Prop 3

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 • Duration 58:00

Greg talks to Jonathan Keller of California Family Council about the problematic “marriage equality” Prop 3 in California, then he discusses using our vote to do the most good we can, whether God takes sides, getting educated about what will actually do good, and more. Topics:

Interview: Jonathan Keller, president and CEO of California Family Council, about the problems with California’s Prop 3 (00:00)
Thoughts on politics and voting (31:00)

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Getting “Political”—Vice or Christian Virtue? by Greg Koukl
Politics Is a Moral Enterprise by Greg Koukl
#STRask: What Biblical Principles Should Guide How We Vote?

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