Episodes
2 hours ago
Craig Hazen Joins Stand to Reason
2 hours ago
2 hours ago
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.
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Interview: Craig Hazen joins Stand to Reason. (00:00)
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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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6 days ago
6 days ago
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.
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Interview: Sean McDowell, author of End the Stalemate: Move Past Cancel Culture to Meaningful Conversations (00:00)
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Greg Koukl and Michael Shermer at the End of the Decade of the New Atheists – Debate transcript
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Sean McDowell and Matthew Vines on the Bible and Homosexuality – Video of the debate
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Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview by J.P. Moreland and William Lane Craig
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Proverbs for Apologists by Amy Hall
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
The Problems with Prop 3
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
Wednesday Oct 30, 2024
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.
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Interview: Jonathan Keller, president and CEO of California Family Council, about the problems with California’s Prop 3 (00:00)
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Thoughts on politics and voting (31:00)
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Getting “Political”—Vice or Christian Virtue? by Greg Koukl
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Politics Is a Moral Enterprise by Greg Koukl
Friday Oct 25, 2024
How Can I Help Trauma Survivors See Things from God’s Perspective?
Friday Oct 25, 2024
Friday Oct 25, 2024
Greg answers questions about helping trauma survivors think through their trauma biblically, giving to the point where your family has to go without things they need, passages about God loving individuals, and assumptions about communication to bring to the study of language.
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In light of the existence of the soul, do you have any advice on how to help trauma survivors think through what they’ve experienced biblically and see things from God’s perspective? (03:00)
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What are your thoughts on people giving above and beyond a tithe to the church to the point where the family has to go without things they need? (25:00)
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Are there any passages that talk about God loving individuals personally as opposed to loving everyone in a general way? (36:00)
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What assumptions about communication do we need to bring to the study of language, particularly to American Sign Language and other sign languages? (46:00)
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Wednesday Oct 23, 2024
Spot the Shell Game in This Article on Abortion Bans
Wednesday Oct 23, 2024
Wednesday Oct 23, 2024
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.
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Commentary: Spot the shell game in this article on abortion bans. (00:00)
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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)
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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
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Infants died at higher rates after abortion bans in the US, research shows by Deidre McPhillips
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Deity of Christ: Case Closed by Greg Koukl
Friday Oct 18, 2024
Is the A-Theory vs. B-Theory of Time a False Dichotomy?
Friday Oct 18, 2024
Friday Oct 18, 2024
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.
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Is the A-theory vs. B-theory of time a false dichotomy when it comes to God and his nature? (04:00)
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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)
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Toleration of gender dysphoria doesn’t make sense on three different grounds. (37:00)
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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
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Why the Blood by Greg Koukl
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
Does God Hear the Prayer of the Unbeliever?
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
Wednesday Oct 16, 2024
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.
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Commentary: Does God hear the prayer of the unbeliever? (00:00)
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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)
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Should I leave this church, or am I being too critical? (46:00)
Friday Oct 11, 2024
You Need to Understand the Notion of Entailment
Friday Oct 11, 2024
Friday Oct 11, 2024
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.
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Commentary: You need to understand the notion of entailment. (00:00)
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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)
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Are there still descendants of Abraham? (37:00)
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How would you respond to the claim that God is transgender? (50:00)
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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
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Jesus, Recycled Redeemer? by Greg Koukl
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Interview: Bobby Conway – Does Christianity Still Make Sense?
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Wednesday Oct 09, 2024
Greg talks to Bobby Conway, author of Does Christianity Still Make Sense? about his past before he was a Christian, apologetics as a way of loving people, how to respond to various popular objections to Christianity, and more.
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Interview: Bobby Conway, author of Does Christianity Still Make Sense?: A Former Skeptic Responds to Today’s Toughest Objections to Christianity (00:00)
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Christianity Still makes Sense – Bobby Conway’s website
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Doubting Toward Faith: The Journey to Confident Christianity by Bobby Conway
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One Way or Any Way? Part 1 by Greg Koukl
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One Way or Any Way? Part 2 by Greg Koukl
Friday Oct 04, 2024
How Do We Know God Is Real?
Friday Oct 04, 2024
Friday Oct 04, 2024
Greg answers questions about how we know God is real, when seeking God intellectually becomes a hindrance, what the Bible means when it says Jesus is “begotten,” whether the testing of Abraham was capricious and cruel, and the need for God to ground our rights.
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In light of Greek mythology and evolution, how do we know the God of the Bible is real?(02:00)
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When do you think seeking to know God intellectually becomes more of a hindrance than a help? (13:00)
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What does the Bible mean when it says Jesus is the “firstborn” or “begotten”? (29:00)
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Can you explain the testing of Abraham in Genesis 22 so that it doesn’t seem so cruel and capricious to me? (44:00)
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How would you respond to an atheist who said we can’t have God-given rights because God doesn’t exist? (53:00)
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What Does It Mean That Jesus Is God’s Only Begotten Son? by Tim Barnett
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