Strengthen Your Argument with Modest Assertions

Greg talks about how making modest assertions can actually strengthen your argument (referencing an article by Dolores Morris), then he answers a question about why God would predestine people for salvation if he gave us free will.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: Strengthen your argument with modest assertions. (00:00)
2. If God gave us free will, why would he predestine anyone for salvation at all? (35:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Reality Student Apologetics Conference – March 24–25, 2023 in Philadelphia, PA; April 21–22, 2023 in Augusta, GA
• Upcoming events with Stand to Reason speakers
• STR Outposts
• STR’s Ambassador’s Creed
• Weaker Assertion → Stronger Argument by Dolores G. Morris
• Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity’s Toughest Challenges by Greg Koukl
• Question about predestination from the previous episode

Related Links:

• God Reforms Hearts: Rethinking Free Will and the Problem of Evil by Thaddeus Williams (on the question of whether libertarian free will is required for real love)
• “Forced Love” Is the Wrong Way to Look at It by Amy Hall