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Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

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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Objections to Greg’s View on Hearing the Voice of God

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/08/13

Greg responds to objections to his view on hearing the voice of God, then he talks to a caller about Columbo #3 questions he can use in conversations with a family member about whether or not it’s wrong to be angry at politicians.Topics: Commentary: Objections to Greg’s view on hearing the voice of God (00:00) Can you help me with Columbo #3 questions to use in conversations with a family member about whether or not it’s wrong to be angry at politicians? (49:00) Mentioned on the Show: Be

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What Miracles Have You Witnessed?

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2025/08/08

Greg answers questions from callers about what makes being gay or lesbian harmful, whether apologists are unwilling to give straight answers to certain questions for tactical reasons, and miracles Greg has witnessed.Topics: What makes being gay or lesbian harmful? (04:00) Is there a tactical reason why so many apologists seem unwilling to give straight answers to certain questions? (15:00) What are some of the coolest miracles you’ve witnessed? (35:00) Mentioned on the Show: Be One of

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How AI and Social Media are Making Us Dumber

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/08/06

Tim Barnett joins Greg to talk about the need to learn how to be good thinkers, the danger of ending up in an echo chamber, how AI and social media are making us dumber, and more.Topics: Commentary: How AI and social media are making us dumber. (00:00) Mentioned on the Show: Be One of the 100 – Become a strategic partner Red Pen Logic – YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook The Deconstruction of Christianity: What It Is, Why It’s Destructive, and How to Respond by Tim Barnett and Alisa

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Is It Normal for a Believer to Struggle with Doubt?

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2025/08/01

Greg answers questions about whether it’s normal for a believer to struggle with doubt, resolving alleged contradictions in the Gospels, why Greg thinks Paul isn’t the author of Hebrews, people’s old ages in Genesis, and reasons to think all sentient beings have a soul.Topics: Is it normal for a believer to struggle with doubt? (01:00) How do you resolve the alleged contradictions in the Gospels about how many Marys and angels were at the tomb? (11:00) What are your reasons for thinking

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Do Demons Still Have a Chance to Be Saved?

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/07/30

Greg answers questions about whether demons still have a chance to be saved, whether evolution can give us a belief in morality, how to define Christian suffering, and whether justification is a one-time thing or it happens in stages.Topics: Commentary: Do demons still have a chance to be saved? (00:00) Can evolution give us a belief in a morality? (18:00) How should we define Christian suffering? (35:00) Is justification a one-time thing, or does it happen in stages? (47:00) Mentioned

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How Can We Say God Fulfilled His Promise to Abraham?

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/07/23

Greg answers questions on whether God fulfilled his promise to Abraham, Jesus’ knowledge of germs, whether the story of Job debunks the “T” in “TULIP,” and whether we could say the universe has always existed since there was never a “time” when it did not exist.Topics: How can we say God fulfilled his promise to Abraham in Genesis 15:18 since Israel has never had that whole area of land? (02:00) Why didn’t the all-knowing, all-powerful Jesus know about germs? (24:00) Does the story of Job

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God Doesn’t Try

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2025/07/18

Greg explains why we don’t need to learn to hear the voice of God, then he talks to callers about how to deal with going against the majority of scientists, the best argument for God, a loving God allowing suffering, profanity, and preparing children to encounter transgenderism.Topics: Commentary: God doesn’t try. (00:00) Do you have any advice for how to deal with going against the majority opinion of scientists when it comes to evolution? (11:00) Why do you think the moral argument is the

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Thankful for John MacArthur’s Legacy

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2025/07/16

Greg talks about being thankful for John MacArthur’s legacy, then he answers questions about the difference between covenant theology and dispensationalism and how to interpret NDEs where people claim to have met Jesus.Topics: Commentary: Thankful for John MacArthur’s Legacy (00:00) What’s the difference between covenant theology and dispensationalism? (25:00) How should we interpret NDEs where people claim to have met Jesus? (46:00) Mentioned on the Show: Reality Student Apologetics

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Spirituality Is Measured by Spiritual Fruit, Not...

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/07/09

Greg explains that spirituality is measured by spiritual fruit, not spiritual gifts, then he answers questions about preterism, evidence for a beginning of the universe, the law requiring rapists to marry their victim, and whether or not Genesis 1 indicates God created chaos.Topics: Commentary: Spirituality is measured by spiritual fruit, not spiritual gifts. (00:00) What are your thoughts on preterism? (05:00) Isn’t the universe eternal? Can you provide any evidence for a beginning of the

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How Would You Determine Which Religion Is True?

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/07/02

Greg answers questions about how to determine which religion is true, why God wouldn’t just write his own book, how we know the Christian God is the real God, and whether there’s an objective moral system or we’re simply acting to avoid pain.Topics: How would you determine which religion is true and which is not? What’s more likely: that God doesn’t exist and men invented religion to control people, or that God depended on men to write a book with ridiculous laws? (02:00) How should I answer

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Dan Day: Greg Answers an Atheist

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/06/25

Greg answers questions from an atheist about why Jesus couldn’t write his own book, what God has been doing all of this time, why Christians don’t read the Bible if it’s the Word of God, God existing “before” time, and whether pastors use fear tactics to get people to tithe.Topics: Tell us why Jesus, the God of the universe, couldn’t write his own book. (07:00) Would you care to explain what the all-knowing, all-powerful God of the universe has been doing all of this time? (13:00) If the

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Is It Okay for Pastors to Ask the Holy Spirit to Come...

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/06/20

Greg answers questions about pastors asking the Holy Spirit to come down, the treatment of slaves in Israel versus in other cultures, whether there should be women pastors, and how Christians can claim they have a relationship with Jesus if they’ve never seen him.Topics: What are your thoughts on pastors saying, “Holy Spirit, come down and move through your people”? (04:00) Do you know who made the point that we should compare the way the Israelites treated their slaves to the way other

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Greg Reflects on the Passage of Time on His 75th...

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/06/18

Greg reflects on the passage of time on his 75th birthday, then he answers questions about the SRY gene making someone male, his opinion on music in the church today, and whether the Old Testament stories are allegory or history.Topics: Commentary: Greg reflects on the passage of time on his 75th birthday. (00:00) Could the presence of an SRY gene make someone with XX chromosomes male? (14:00) What’s your opinion on the music that’s creeping into the church? (30:00) Is it the case that

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Jesus’ Yoke Is Easy and His Burden Is Light

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/06/13

Greg reflects on the destruction from the Malibu fire, then he answers questions about the sense in which Jesus’ yoke is easy and his burden light, how to respond to someone who uses Romans 7 to defend his homosexuality, and how to let God lead when making big decisions.Topics: Commentary: Greg reflects on the destruction from the Malibu fires. (00:00) In what sense is Jesus’ yoke easy and his burden light? (11:00) What do you think of someone who uses Romans 7 to defend living a homosexual

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Tripp and Megan Almon Are Joining Stand to Reason

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/06/11

Greg chats with Tripp and Megan Almon, who are joining the Stand to Reason team as the head of STR Outposts (Tripp) and a speaker (Megan), about their backgrounds, spiritual and intellectual journeys, and new roles at STR.Topics: Interview: Tripp and Megan Almon are joining Stand to Reason. (00:00) Mentioned on the Show: Tripp and Megan Almon STR Outposts Summit Ministries Life Training Institute Biola’s apologetics program Reality Student Apologetics Conference – September 12–13

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Gardening Someone Who Doesn’t Seem Open to the Truth

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/06/06

Greg answers questions about what Revelation 21:8 means when it says the cowardly will be judged, gardening someone who isn’t open to the truth, officiating the wedding of people remarrying each other, other life in the universe, and the rapture.Topics: Given that Revelation 21:8 says the cowardly will be judged, what dangers are we required to face courageously or be judged? (03:00) How do I garden somebody who doesn’t seem open to the truth? (15:00) What would you say while officiating

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Not Every Religion Is True

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/06/04

Greg talks about losing his voice at a recent event, then he answers questions about how to graciously communicate the idea that not every religion is true even though there are similarities, and whether or not the challenge in Malachi to test God by tithing is still in effect.Topics: Commentary: Update from Greg (00:00) In discussions about the texts of other religions in a book club, how can I graciously communicate the idea that not every religion is true even though there are some

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Clearing Up Some Confusion About Limited Atonement

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/05/28

Greg clears up some confusion about limited atonement then answers questions about young people getting into the fantasy genre, Jewish beliefs about Satan, the phrase “In Jesus’ name,” and why New Testament promises apply today if Old Testament promises don’t.Topics: Commentary: Clearing up some confusion about limited atonement (00:00) Do you have any concerns about young people getting into the fantasy genre today? (14:00) What do you think about attending or even participating in a

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Our Complex Bodies Didn’t Happen by Accident

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/05/21

Greg talks about a conversation he had with his cardiologist about intelligent design, then he answers questions about using Psalm 139 in a pro-life defense, why God sends people to Hell, whether it’s ever okay to lie, and what to say to a Catholic friend.Topics: Commentary: Our complex bodies didn’t happen by accident. (00:00) Is Psalm 139 really a good passage to use in a pro-life defense? (16:00) What questions should I ask a friend who says he wouldn’t want to worship the God of the

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How Could a Good God Let My Husband Suffer?

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/05/14

Greg answers questions about how to respond to someone who’s struggling with how a good God could let her husband suffer, how to know if something is objectively a sin, particularly when it comes to polygamy, and how to pray when asked at a family dinner where nobody is a believer.Topics: How should I respond to someone who is struggling with the question of how a good God could let her husband suffer? (00:00) How can we know if something is objectively a sin or not, particularly when it

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