Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

The Wonder of God’s Forgiveness

Greg talks to Jon Noyes about his story and a recent experience he had telling a woman about God’s forgiveness, then they chat about the upcoming Reality Student Apologetics Conference and answer a question about vaccine requirements.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: The wonder of God’s forgiveness (00:00)
2. How should I respond to a requirement for students that they must be vaccinated when I have concerns about my son getting the vaccine? (49:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Reality Student Apologetics Conference – September 24–25 in Orange County, CA; October 15–16 in Seattle, WA; November 12–13 in Minneapolis, MN; February 25–26, 2022 in Dallas, TX; March 25–26, 2022 in Philadelphia, PA; April 22–23, 2022 in Augusta, GA
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Spiritual Warfare Is a Truth Encounter

Greg talks about the nature of spiritual warfare as a truth encounter rather than a power encounter and applies this to the current state of our culture.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: Spiritual warfare is a truth encounter. (00:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Reality Student Apologetics Conference – September 24–25 in Orange County, CA; October 15–16 in Seattle, WA; November 12–13 in Minneapolis, MN; February 25–26, 2022 in Dallas, TX; March 25–26, 2022 in Philadelphia, PA; April 22–23, 2022 in Augusta, GA
• Recent Solid Grounds: Iron Curtain Diary, The Primal Heresy, Freedom Fading, and Critical Race Theory: Civil Rights Upside Down by Greg Koukl
• Sign up for Solid Ground
• The Books Are Already Burning by Abigail Shrier

Clarifying the Abortion Issue

Greg talks to Reality speaker Megan Almon of Life Training Institute and Summit Ministries about clarifying the abortion issue, then he answers questions about responding to people who expand the term “pro-life” to include a wide range of issues and recognizing God’s discipline.

 

Topics:

1. Interview: Reality speaker Megan Almon of Life Training Institute and Summit Ministries (00:00)
2. What should I say to a Christian radio host who is expanding the term “pro-life” to include a wide range of issues? (34:00)
3. How can we know if the difficulty we’re experiencing is God’s discipline or something else? (50:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Megan Almon – Life Training Institute and Summit Ministries
• Reality Student Apologetics Conference – September 24–25 in Orange County, CA; October 15–16 in Seattle, WA; November 12–13 in Minneapolis, MN; February 25–26, 2022 in Dallas, TX; March 25–26, 2022 in Philadelphia, PA; April 22–23, 2022 in Augusta, GA
• Sign up for Solid Ground
• See previous Solid Grounds
• Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air by Greg Koukl and Francis Beckwith

Can I Have Assurance of My Salvation?

Greg comments on what John 16:13 means when it says the Spirit “will guide you into all truth,” then he answers questions about the parables of the kingdom in Matthew 13, assurance of salvation, the eternal destiny of the Philistine soldiers, and how the Gospel writers knew details about events they didn’t witness.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: A clarification on the statement in John 16:13 that the Spirit will “guide you into all truth” (00:00)
2. I seem to have a different view on the parables of the kingdom in Matthew 13 than many people I respect. What am I missing? (05:00)
3. Can I lose my salvation, or can I have assurance of it? (21:00)
4. What was the eternal destiny of the Philistine soldiers who died in the battles in 1 Samuel? (41:00)
5. How did the writers of the Gospels know details about events they didn't witness? (52:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Reality Student Apologetics Conference – September 24–25 in Orange County, CA; October 15–16 in Seattle, WA; November 12–13 in Minneapolis, MN; February 25–26, 2022 in Dallas, TX; March 25–26, 2022 in Philadelphia, PA; April 22–23, 2022 in Augusta, GA

Good Parents Discipline Their Children

Greg reflects on God’s discipline of his children, then he answers a question about when we should trust the early church councils.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: Good parents discipline their children. (00:00)
2. How should I respond to a member of the Orthodox Church who asks why I accept the authority of the early church councils on the canon but not on other topics? (40:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Upcoming events with Stand to Reason speakers
• Reality Student Apologetics Conference – September 24–25 in Orange County, CA; October 15–16 in Seattle, WA; November 12–13 in Minneapolis, MN; February 25–26, 2022 in Dallas, TX; March 25–26, 2022 in Philadelphia, PA; April 22–23, 2022 in Augusta, GA

A Biblical Answer to Abortion

Greg explains how the issue of abortion is addressed in the Bible and responds to an article that recommends a woman get an abortion and lie to her husband about it.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: A biblical answer to abortion (00:00)
2. Commentary: Sanitizing morality for personal gain (21:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Faithfulness Is Not Theologically Complicated – Article
• Faithfulness Is Not Theologically Complicated – Podcast
• Should I Abort My Pregnancy and Tell My Husband I Miscarried?

Related Links:

• Our View of Human Beings Matters
• The Ongoing Struggle against the Culture to Defend Intrinsic Human Value

Jesus Did Not Come to Preach Social Justice

Greg discusses why social justice was not Jesus’ purpose and whether Christians force their religious morality on others, then he answers a question about female pastors.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: Jesus did not come to preach social justice. (05:00)
2. Commentary: Do Christians wrongly legislate morality? (33:00)
3. What is your view on female pastors? (49:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Reality Student Apologetics Conference – September 24–25 in Orange County, CA; October 15–16 in Seattle, WA; November 12–13 in Minneapolis, MN; February 25–26, 2022 in Dallas, TX; April 22–23, 2022 in Augusta, GA
• Interview: Alisa Childers on Progressive Christianity
• Red Pen Logic

Related Links:

• Was Jesus a Social Justice Warrior?
• Is Your Christianity Merely a Means to a Social Justice End?
• Red Pen Logic: Should Religious People Legislate Their Beliefs?
• Should Christians Impose Their Moral Standards on Society?
• Should Women Teach in Church?

The World Will Not Endure Sound Doctrine

Greg answers a question about how he became a published author, discusses the world’s desire to follow false views of reality (2 Timothy 4:3), and talks about how to respond to someone who shows no interest in the gospel.

 

Topics:

1. How did Greg get published? (06:00)
2. Commentary: A Bible study that legitimizes and exalts sin? (27:00)
3. How do you share the gospel with someone who doesn’t care? (44:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Reality Student Apologetics Conference – September 24–25 in Orange County, CA; October 15–16 in Seattle, WA; November 12–13 in Minneapolis, MN; February 25–26, 2022 in Dallas, TX; April 22–23, 2022 in Augusta, GA
• Stand to Reason on LinkedIn
• Sign up for two new courses on Stand to Reason University
• Greg Koukl’s “Tactics”

Related Links:

• Faithfulness Is Not Theologically Complicated
• How Can We Confront Apathy in the Culture?

Jesus Did Not Call Us to “Like” Him, but to Follow Him

Greg talks about the nonchalant attitude many Christians have about serious sin and warns about a desire to please the world (Mark 15:15), then he answers a question about whether the rapture can be found in the Bible.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: LGBT Bible study is a contradiction in terms. We don’t change our theology to match our behavior. We change our behavior to match our good theology. (00:00)
2. Is the rapture biblical? Should I continue attending a church that teaches the rapture? (00:33)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Reality Student Apologetics Conference – September 24–25 in Orange County, CA; October 15–16 in Seattle, WA; November 12–13 in Minneapolis, MN; February 25–26, 2022 in Dallas, TX; April 22–23, 2022 in Augusta, GA

Related Links:

• The Rap on the Rapture
• What do you think about the pre-trib rapture?
• Questions about the Rapture

Communicating the Case for Christianity

Guest Host: J. Warner Wallace

 

J. Warner Wallace talks about the power of the cumulative case and how the overall weight of the evidence for Christianity convinced him it’s true, then he discusses how to respond to the charge that Christian hypocrites disprove Christianity, how to answer your questions about Christian doctrine, and more.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: Communicating the case for Christianity (00:00)
2. Commentary: Responding to the charge that Christian hypocrites disprove Christianity (11:00)
3. Commentary: How to answer your questions about Christian doctrine by studying Scripture (22:00)
4. Commentary: Jim’s work with Operation Heal Our Patriots (47:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• An Interview about Tactics – Greg’s interview on Focus on the Family
• #STRask Podcast
• The Cumulative Case for Christianity: Death by a 1,000 Paper Cuts by J. Warner Wallace
• Does Christian “Hypocrisy” Falsify Christianity? by J. Warner Wallace
• Tips for Studying the Bible by J. Warner Wallace
• Operation Heal Our Patriots