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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Will God Be in Pain for Eternity as He Watches People Suffer in Hell?
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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 …
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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,” sh…
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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…
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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 G…
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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…
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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 Counc…
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How Can I Help Trauma Survivors See Things from God’s Perspective?
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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 …
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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:…
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Is the A-Theory vs. B-Theory of Time a False Dichotomy?
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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 an…
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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)…
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Greg talks about the notion of entailment, then he talks to callers about how to respond to someone who says Christianity took ideas from older religions, whether or not there are still descendants of Abraham, and how to respond to someone who says God is transgender. Topics: Commentary: You need to understand the notion of entailment. (00:00) How …
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Interview: Bobby Conway – Does Christianity Still Make Sense?
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Greg talks to Bobby Conway, author of Does Christianity Still Make Sense? about his past before he was a Christian, apologetics as a way of loving people, how to respond to various popular objections to Christianity, and more. Topics: Interview: Bobby Conway, author of Does Christianity Still Make Sense?: A Former Skeptic Responds to Today’s Toughe…
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Greg answers questions about how we know God is real, when seeking God intellectually becomes a hindrance, what the Bible means when it says Jesus is “begotten,” whether the testing of Abraham was capricious and cruel, and the need for God to ground our rights. Topics: In light of Greek mythology and evolution, how do we know the God of the Bible i…
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