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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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How Is God Not Partly Responsible for Our Sin?

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast ·

2025/01/03

Greg answers questions about why John always refers to himself as the beloved disciple, why God isn’t partly responsible for our sin if he’s sovereign and we didn’t choose our desires, and whether John 15:22–24 contradicts the idea that “no one is without excuse.” Topics: Why does John always refer to himself as the beloved? (02:00) How is God not also in some measure responsible for our sin if he’s sovereign and we didn’t choose our desires? (16:00) How does John 15:22–24 not contradict

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You Can Learn from Christians with Whom You Don’t...

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2024/12/27

Greg answers questions about a church leader entering a physique show, learning from Christians with whom we don’t agree on everything, attending a baptism for a different religion, and how to respond to an argument for the importance of “Pride.”Topics: Would entering a physique show be considered worshiping the body and something a church leader shouldn’t be participating in? (11:00) I appreciate that you don’t distance yourself from apologists who differ from you on soteriology. What is a

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Christmas Spoilers

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2024/12/20

Greg chats about some Christmas myths, recommends two films that capture the nativity well, then answers questions about whether day trading is a form of gambling, being a gardener vs. a harvester, and reconciling Greg’s view on decision making with Romans 12:2.Topics: Commentary: Christmas spoilers (00:00) Commentary: Films that capture the nativity well (15:00) Is day trading a form of gambling? (24:00) Is it okay to not evangelize like Ray Comfort? (39:00) How can I reconcile your

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Should I Feel Guilty for Not Having the Joy of the...

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2024/12/18

Greg answers questions from callers about old earth vs. young earth and feeling guilty about not having the joy of the Lord during a long, difficult, dark time.Topics: What’s your opinion on old earth vs. young earth? (06:00) Should I feel guilty for not having the joy of the Lord during a long, difficult, dark time? (37:00) Mentioned on the Show: Donate to Stand to Reason by the 28th of this month and receive The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular

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Will There Be a Rapture?

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2024/12/13

Greg answers questions about his views on the rapture and whether there’s any middle ground between Reformed and Arminian theology.Topics: Can you elaborate on your views on the rapture? (02:00) When it comes to salvation, is there any middle ground between Reformed and Arminian theology? (31:00) Mentioned on the Show: The Blessed Hope: A Biblical Study of the Second Advent and the Rapture by George Eldon Ladd The Church and the Tribulation: A Biblical Examination of Posttribulationism

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Science Can’t Disprove the Virgin Birth

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2024/12/11

Greg talks about the claim that the virgin birth is disproved by science, then he talks to callers about when the New Covenant started, how Jesus could have paid the penalty of being separated from God, Bonhoeffer’s views on the Bible, and pragmatism.Topics: Commentary: Science can’t disprove the virgin birth. (00:00) When did the New Covenant start? (14:00) If the wages of sin is separation from God, how could Jesus pay that? (26:00) What are your thoughts on Bonhoeffer’s views on the

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Why Does God Allow Evil?

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2024/12/06

Greg answers questions about why God allows evil, whether denominations really matter, whether Matthew 16 says Peter was the first pope, and how Greg’s view on decision making and the will of God fits with passages in James, Ruth, and Esther.Topics: Why does God allow evil? (00:00) Does the denomination of a church really matter, and should Matthew 16 be interpreted as saying that whoever says Jesus is the Christ is part of the church, or is it saying Peter was the first pope? (24:00) Can

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What We Can Learn from the Account of David and Goliath

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2024/12/04

Greg talks about what we can learn from the account of David and Goliath, then he answers questions about the divide between men and women, whether a contractor should turn down work on a Buddhist temple, and determining if a passage is descriptive or prescriptive.Topics: Commentary: What we can learn from the account of David and Goliath (08:00) Why does it seem like there’s such a divide between men and women today? (19:00) Do you think I was right to turn down a request to build a large

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Are the Things We Claim Are Complex Really Complex?

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2024/11/29

Greg talks to callers about how, when it comes to the teleological argument, we know the things we claim are complex are really complex, how to witness to someone who has consulted a spiritualist, and whether God values results or growth more.Topics: When it comes to the teleological argument, how do we know the things we say are complex are really complex? (01:00) How can I witness to someone at work who consulted a spiritualist? (27:00) Does God value results or growth more

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How Can You Say God Is Pro-Life if He Kills Babies?

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2024/11/27

Greg talks to Robby Lashua about an announcement and discusses the value of saying “thank you” to everyone who does something for you, then he responds to a caller’s question about how God can be pro-life if he kills babies. Topics: Interview: An announcement from Robby Lashua (00:00) Commentary: Say “thank you” to everyone who does something for you. (27:00) Are Christians pro-life, and do they believe God is pro-life even though he kills babies? (46:00) Mentioned on the Show: STR

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Will God Be in Pain for Eternity as He Watches People...

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2024/11/20

Greg answers questions about the “He Gets Us” campaign from earlier this year, whether a property in the tree of the knowledge of good and evil gave Adam and Eve knowledge, the historicity of Job, and whether God will spend eternity in pain as he watches people suffer in Hell.Topics: What did you think of the “He Gets Us” foot washing ads earlier this year? (00:00) Could the tree of the knowledge of good and evil have had some property that gave them this knowledge since the related tree of

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Am I Giving What Is Holy to Dogs?

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2024/11/13

Greg talks to callers about online interactions, entropy as evidence for a beginning of the universe, whether someone could make up a story that sounds like eyewitness testimony, creating interactions that aren’t awkward, and the claim that the unborn is only a ”potential life.”Topics: Considering Jesus said, “Do not give what is holy to dogs,” should I not engage people online over and over again? (00:00) A follow-up on a previous conversation about dealing with a problematic

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How Can Jesus Be God?

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2024/11/08

Greg answers questions about how Jesus can be God if God is in Heaven and Jesus was on earth, whether disordered desires are sinful and Satan puts thoughts in Christians’ minds, baptism of the Holy Spirit by laying on hands, and a challenge to Greg’s view on John 16:13. Topics: How can Jesus be God if God is in Heaven and Jesus was on earth? (04:00) Are disordered desires sinful, and does Satan put sinful thoughts in Christians’ minds? (15:00) Do Acts 8 and 19 teach that we only receive the

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Craig Hazen Joins Stand to Reason

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2024/11/06

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.Topics: Interview: Craig Hazen joins Stand to Reason. (00:00) 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) Mentioned on the Show: Reality Student Apologetics

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Interview: Sean McDowell – End the Stalemate

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2024/11/01

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.Topics: Interview: Sean McDowell, author of End the Stalemate: Move Past Cancel Culture to Meaningful Conversations (00:00) Mentioned on the Show: End the Stalemate: Move Past Cancel Culture to Meaningful Conversations by Sean McDowell Greg Koukl and Michael Shermer

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The Problems with Prop 3

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2024/10/30

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.Topics: Interview: Jonathan Keller, president and CEO of California Family Council, about the problems with California’s Prop 3 (00:00) Thoughts on politics and voting (31:00) Mentioned on the Show: Jonathan

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How Can I Help Trauma Survivors See Things from God’s...

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2024/10/25

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.Topics: 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) What are your thoughts

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Spot the Shell Game in This Article on Abortion Bans

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2024/10/23

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.Topics: Commentary: Spot the shell game in this article on abortion bans. (00:00) 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

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Is the A-Theory vs. B-Theory of Time a False Dichotomy?

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2024/10/18

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.Topics: Is the A-theory vs. B-theory of time a false dichotomy when it comes to God and his nature? (04:00) If death was the penalty for sin, why did Jesus have to suffer before dying for our sin? What’s the biblical basis for

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Does God Hear the Prayer of the Unbeliever?

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2024/10/16

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.Topics: Commentary: Does God hear the prayer of the unbeliever? (00:00) 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) Should I

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