Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

The Cost for Faithfully Following Christ Is Going Up

Greg talks about the death of Mike Adams and gives advice for enduring the heat we will face as Christians, then he answers questions about making tactics memorable, speaking in tongues, and theistic evolution.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: The cost for faithfully following Christ is going up. (00:00)
2. Comments about how to make tactics memorable. (32:00)
3. Does the Bible say there are two types of speaking in tongues? (39:00)
4. Isn’t it a straw man to say that theistic evolutionists think evolution is accidental? (:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• A Eulogy for a Friend, a Lament for our Nation by David French (on Mike Adams)
• Red Pen Logic with Mr. B
• Reality Student Apologetics Conference – October 16–17 in Seattle, WA; November 13–14 in Minneapolis, MN; February 26–27 in Dallas, TX

Related Links:

• Theistic Evolution: Drifting toward Darwin by Greg Koukl

Greg Responds to a Charge of Moral Relativism

Greg responds to a charge of moral relativism, then he answers a question about whether Psalm 90:10 is a promise and responds to someone who is troubled by seeing the spiritual world.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: Greg responds to a charge of moral relativism. (00:00)
2. Does Psalm 90:10 promise that Christians will live to be 70 years old? (31:00)
3. Do you believe God would allow someone to see the spiritual world around us? (40:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Greg’s Bible reading plan
• More Bible reading plans (chronological, etc.)
• The charge of moral relativism
• Greg answers the question “Are children in foster care better off going to same-sex couples or staying in foster care?”
• Red Pen Logic on moral objectivism

Pressure from the Culture Will Separate the Wheat from the Chaff

Greg talks about the pressures Christians are experiencing right now, then he takes calls about wearing masks and responding to someone who holds her positions for emotional reasons.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: Pressure from the culture will separate the wheat from the chaff. (00:00)
2. What's your opinion on Christians refusing to wear masks? (34:00)
3. How should I respond to someone who holds her theological positions for emotional reasons? (48:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Red Pen’s response to a progressive Christian’s tweet
• Red Pen Logic with Mr. B
• Reality Student Apologetics Conference – October 16–17 in Seattle, WA; November 13–14 in Minneapolis, MN; February 26–27 in Dallas, TX
• Upcoming events with Stand to Reason speakers
• Book an STR speaker

Should Christians Avoid Arguing about Political Issues?

Greg responds to questions about the wisdom of challenging others on political issues, the definition of atheism, using “Yeshua” instead of “Jesus,” and talking to unreceptive elderly family members.

 

Topics:

1. When is it worth it to challenge someone on a political issue if it will possibly put your witness at risk? (01:00)
2. Do you believe an atheist is someone who doesn’t believe there’s a God? (22:00)
3. How would you respond to someone who believes we should use “Yeshua” or some name other than “Jesus”? (34:00)
4. Any advice about how I should talk to my grandfather who’s in failing health but doesn’t want to talk about God? (49:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Money, Greed, and God by Jay Richards
• Interview: Jay Richards – Money, Greed, and God – STR Podcast
• In, but Not Of: A Guide to Christian Ambition and the Desire to Influence the World by Hugh Hewitt

Related Links:

• How to Alleviate Poverty by Amy Hall (includes a lecture by Jay Richards)

Are We Approaching the End Times?

Greg answers questions about whether children are better off going to same-sex couples or staying in foster care and whether there’s evidence we’re approaching the end times.

 

Topics:

1. Are children in foster care better off going to same-sex couples or staying in foster care? (08:00)
2. Is there enough evidence to suggest we’re approaching the end times? (19:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important That Happens in Between by Greg Koukl

Let the Best Argument Win

Greg talks about the current trend of people responding to challenges with verbal abuse rather than by addressing the arguments, then he answers questions about doubts, signs of progressive Christianity in a church, and praying in the Spirit.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: Let the best argument win. (00:00)
2. If I have intense emotional doubts about some aspects of Christianity (like the resurrection), does that put my salvation in jeopardy? (23:00)
3. What are the signs of progressive Christianity to look out for in my church? (37:00)
4. How do I pray in the Spirit? (50:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Red Pen Logic with Mr. B
• Red Pen’s response to a progressive Christian’s tweet
• The Thomas Factor: Using Your Doubts to Draw Closer to God by Gary Habermas (free, online version)
• The Three Kinds of Doubt and How to Address Them – Podcast by Brett Kunkle

Related Links:

• Interview: Alisa Childers on “5 Signs Your Church Might Be Heading Toward Progressive Christianity” – STR podcast
• 5 Signs Your Church Might Be Heading Toward Progressive Christianity by Alisa Childers

Everything Concealed Will Be Revealed

Greg talks about how, though the world is against us now, a time will come when everyone will see the truth as it really is, then he answers questions about self-defense and caring for an elderly parent.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: Everything concealed will be revealed. (12:00)
2. What should we do as Christians if rioters come to our place of worship and threaten our lives? (30:00)
3. A call about Greg’s fishing story (47:00)
4. Are we obligated to take care of an elderly parent in our home even if doing so causes stress on the family? (49:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Hell Interrupted Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
• The Eldercare Handbook: Difficult Choices, Compassionate Solutions by Stella Mora Henry

Related Links:

• How Will Those Saved by God’s Grace View Hell? by Amy Hall

Interview: Cameron Bertuzzi – Capturing Christianity

Guest Host: Tim Barnett

 

Tim talks to Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity about his work on YouTube helping Christians take their knowledge of apologetics to the next level through debates and interviews.

 

Topics:

1. Interview: Cameron Bertuzzi – Capturing Christianity (00:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Capturing Christianity – Website
• Capturing Christianity – YouTube
• God, Stephen Hawking and the Multiverse by David Hutchings and David Wilkinson
• Convincing Historical Evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection (Dr. Calum Miller and Dr. Max Baker-Hytch)
• Does Math Point to God? (William Lane Craig and Graham Oppy)
• How to Lack Belief in Abraham Lincoln
• 2 Top Historical Scholars Prove that Jesus Rose (Gary Habermas and Mike Licona)
• Kalam Debate: Cam’s Opening Statement (includes explanation of the Grim Reaper paradox)

Comment of the Year

Guest Host: Alan Shlemon

 

Alan talks about a tweet that sums up what we’ve been experiencing over the last six months: Social media creates a faux omnipresence and faux omniscience when it comes to tragedies all over the world, and that isn’t good for us.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: Comment of the year (00:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Original tweet

Why I Left Atheism

Guest Host: Jonathan Noyes

 

Jon tells the story of how he came to realize atheism can’t explain reality but Christianity can.

 

Topics:

1. Commentary: Why I left atheism (:00)

 

Mentioned on the Show: 

• Jon Noyes
• Can Man Live without God? by Ravi Zacharias

Related Links:

• A Simple Explanation of the Cosmological Argument (Video)