Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

By Greg Koukl

Religion & Spirituality Christianity

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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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Slavery in the Bible

02.03.2023

Greg answers questions about slavery in the Bible, whether men wrote the Bible to control people, the biblical definitions of love and judgment, and whether Jesus is still both fully man and fully God now that he’s been resurrected.

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast episodes:

02.03.2023 Slavery in the Bible Greg answers questions about slavery in the Bible, whether men wrote the Bible to control people, the biblical definitions of love and judgment, and whether Jesus is still both fully man and fully God now that he’s been resurrected.
02.01.2023 Abortion Is Not Merely a Political Issue Greg talks about a crisis pregnancy center that’s having trouble getting help from churches because the pastors don’t want to be “political,” then he answers questions about the Passion Translation and Jesus’ human nature and sinlessness.
01.27.2023 Visions of Mary, Yoga, and Prophecies about Jesus Greg answers questions from callers about visions of Mary, the biblical view of yoga, how we can know Hosea 11:1 is really a prophecy about Jesus, and whether people are misusing prophecies about earlier events to make a case for ...
01.25.2023 Is It Appropriate to Ask God for a Sign? Greg answers a question about whether it’s appropriate to ask God for a sign to indicate his approval of a decision, then he gives a caller advice about how to interact with a family member who now says he’s gay.
01.20.2023 Can’t I Just Appreciate the Bible’s Moral Value without Taking It Literally? Greg answers questions about whether one can just appreciate the Bible for its moral value without taking it literally, whether a worship leader attending a gay pride fundraising event indicates a problem with the church, and what the Bible has ...
01.18.2023 Design or Adaptation? Greg reflects on the amazing design evident in the way largemouth bass feed, then he answers a question about the roots of the label “evangelical” and responds to a caller’s concerns about things he’s seeing in the large, multi-campus church ...
01.13.2023 Has the Time for Winsome Christianity Passed? Greg and Amy respond to questions about why it’s okay to have plastic surgery to alter your appearance but wrong to have surgery to alter your sex, whether a tactical, winsome approach is still viable in a non-civil culture, and ...
01.11.2023 Does Our Childlessness Mean We’re Not Fearing God Enough? Greg and Amy respond to questions about whether childlessness is a sign of not fearing God enough and whether it’s a genetic fallacy to point out the eugenics philosophy of the founder of Planned Parenthood when arguing against abortion.
01.06.2023 Is the Bible Unclear about Homosexuality? Greg reads a letter he received from a listener whose biblical views on homosexuality are being challenged by others in his church, then he addresses their objections and answers a question about whether Greg’s method of determining the reason why ...
01.04.2023 Respect the Order of Leadership Greg talks about the goodness of respecting one’s parents and other elders and how our culture has lost this value, then he answers a question about how we can expect to never sin again in Heaven if evil exists in ...
12.23.2022 How Should Medical Professionals Interact with Transgender Patients? Greg talks about how medical professionals should interact with transgender patients, reflects on the fact that this is the one time of year when everyone extols the virtues of Jesus in song, answers a question about a framework for deciding ...
12.21.2022 Two Principles of Giving Greg talks about two principles to follow when donating to charities, then he talks to callers about how we know we won’t sin in Heaven and the minimal facts argument vs. the maximal data argument for the resurrection.
12.16.2022 There Is No Battle between Science and the Christian Worldview Greg talks about how naturalistic philosophy, not scientific methodology, is opposed to Christianity, then he answers questions about shaping the worldview of children when the spouse isn’t a believer and the difference between Reformed theology and Darwinistic determinism.
12.14.2022 Christianity Has Nothing to Fear from Science Greg talks about what science can and cannot determine when it comes to religious claims, then he talks to callers about whether there was a doctrine he couldn’t have seen in the Bible on his own and why God isn’t ...
12.09.2022 Questions about the Old-Earth View of Creation Greg answers questions about what evidence convinces him the earth is old that couldn’t be explained just as easily by a young-earth view, a book that explains what old-earth creationists believe, a church devoting an entire service to first responders, ...
12.07.2022 You Can Start a Bible Education Program at Your Local Public School Greg talks to Tara Schwartz, a field rep for LifeWise Academy, an organization that helps people start Bible education programs at their local public schools, then he answers a question about the current assault on biblical values and offers encouragement ...
12.02.2022 Natasha Crain on Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture Greg talks to Natasha Crain about her book Faithfully Different: Regaining Biblical Clarity in a Secular Culture (your gift for any donation to STR this month), then he answers questions about intersex people and whether or not all living beings ...
11.30.2022 Interview: David Limbaugh – The Resurrected Jesus Greg talks to David Limbaugh, author of The Resurrected Jesus: The Church in the New Testament, about the unity of the Bible, how the biblical worldview resonates with our deepest intuitions, and some of the main themes in Paul’s Pastoral ...
11.25.2022 You Can’t Be Thankful without Someone to Thank Greg explains how his Inside Out tactic relates to Thanksgiving, talks to a caller about what, if anything, to say to pastors who aren’t addressing cultural issues, reflects on a book that provides a liturgy for daily worship, and answers ...
11.23.2022 Interview: Melissa Dougherty – Christians and New Age Beliefs Greg talks to apologist Melissa Dougherty about how she fell into New Age beliefs, thinking they were Christian, her return to biblical Christianity, the importance of biblical literacy and clear thinking for all Christians, and New Age beliefs in the ...
11.18.2022 Interview: Eric Johnson – Misconceptions about Mormons Robby talks to Eric Johnson of Mormonism Research Ministry about the rules Mormons have to follow, the LDS view of authority and the way they view their prophets, the LDS need to keep all their commandments, and how Mormons and ...
11.16.2022 Interview: Eric Johnson – Introducing Christianity to Mormons Robby interviews Eric Johnson of Mormonism Research Ministry about his new book, Introducing Christianity to Mormons: A Practical and Comparative Guide to What the Bible Teaches.
11.11.2022 Prophecy Is Not Something One Learns to Do Greg critiques the concept of “practicing prophecy,” explaining why prophecy is not something one learns to do, then he answers questions about taking a sick child to a Christian who claims to be a healer and whether some people are ...
11.09.2022 Keep Your Eyes Open for Smoke and Mirrors Greg examines the rhetoric in an article about a “Center for Transgender Health,” then he answers a question about what “give it to the Lord” means when we’re facing difficult times.
11.04.2022 Count the Cost of Following Jesus Greg responds to Doug the atheist’s comments on one of Tim Barnett’s videos, then he answers questions about what Christians mean when they say God told them to do something, slavery, going on vacation without one’s spouse, and whether if ...
11.02.2022 Are Evangelicals Bad Representatives of Jesus? Greg responds to an author’s evaluation of evangelicals, then he answers questions about churches not working together, the appropriateness of separating from a spouse who’s addicted to prescription drugs, and the ideals and virtues that encompass masculinity.
10.28.2022 Do Pro-Lifers Compromise? Greg comments on whether an incremental approach to fighting abortion is compromising, then answers questions about recommended resources on objective truth, whether we should reflect on conversations after the fact, and whether homosexuality should be a capital offense.
10.26.2022 A Creeping Totalitarianism in the Public Education System Greg comments on a school district making national headlines for its handling of sex education, then he answers questions about the language describing homosexuality in the Bible and about a fear that God will answer prayer with hardship.
10.21.2022 Greg’s Thoughts on Replacement Theology Greg answers questions about “replacement theology,” whether pro-life advocacy is wrong since if the children live, many will go to Hell, and whether there are still apostles in the church today (per “five-fold ministry”).
10.19.2022 Darwinism Can’t Account for Objective Morality Greg explains why Darwinism can’t account for objective morality, then he answers a question about whether our sins are covered or washed away and takes a follow-up call from a caller about the origin and development of the cosmos.
10.14.2022 Be Faithful to the Truth Greg talks about our need to be faithful to the truth, then he answers questions about reconciling texts about apostasy with texts about perseverance and how we can evaluate whether or not a prophet is from God if prophecies sometimes ...
10.12.2022 Interview: Sean McDowell – A Rebel’s Manifesto Greg interviews Sean McDowell, author of A Rebel’s Manifesto: Choosing Truth, Real Justice, and Love amid the Noise of Today’s World, about helping students understand the moral issues of our day so they can think biblically and act justly as ...
10.07.2022 How Do We Close the Gap between Who We Are and Who We Should Be? Greg answers questions about living consistently with who we should be as new creations in Christ, Johns Hopkins reversing their position on transgender surgeries, advice for a returning missionary on whether or not to start a home church, and using ...
10.05.2022 Besieged by a Worldview Foreign to Jesus’ View of Reality Greg talks about the policies concerning transgender students in his local school district, how the worldview being promoted conflicts with Jesus’ view of reality, and our need to uphold the truth, then he answers a question about how Orthodox Jews ...
09.30.2022 Does Loving Our Neighbor Entail Facilitating Abortions? Greg discusses harmonizing our observations of nature with Scripture, talks about a billboard that uses a Bible verse to advertise getting an abortion in California, then answers questions about David saying he sinned only against God and whether desires can ...
09.28.2022 When Is It Appropriate for Christians to Resist Those in Authority? As a follow-up to a previous question, Greg talks about how some Christian thinkers in the past have resolved the question of when it’s appropriate for Christians to resist those in authority, then he answers a question about whether we ...
09.23.2022 Is Science Incompatible with Faith in God? Greg responds to the claim that science is incompatible with faith in God, answers a question about ideas for an apologetics topic for a school research project, then talks to a caller about why God allows evil to exist.
09.21.2022 Is It Suspicious That Jesus Only Appeared to His Followers? Greg responds to the idea that we shouldn’t trust the testimony about Jesus rising from the dead since the testimony came from his followers, shares a listener’s thoughts on Christians defending themselves, then answers questions about James vs. Paul and ...
09.16.2022 Should a Christian Take up Arms to Defend Himself against Physical Persecution? Greg answers questions about whether it would be okay for a Christian to defend himself against physical persecution, how to determine if a child is ready to be baptized, responding to the claim that people are born gay, whether Adam ...
09.14.2022 What Greg Said to Law Students Greg talks about the ideas he shared with some law students last week, then he answers questions about whether there will be different levels of punishment in Hell and whether the old prophet in 1 Kings 13:11–32 was always a ...
09.09.2022 It’s Not Loving to Affirm a Damaging Lie Greg answers questions about how to respond to a brother who says he’s trans, whether Paul ever got a chance to stand before Caesar, whether we can trust the Bible, and how we can say we have knowledge if we ...
09.07.2022 Do Your Work Heartily, as for the Lord Greg talks about how we’re made to work, so we ought to “do our work heartily, as for the Lord,” then he answers questions about how to interpret John 20:23 about forgiving people’s sins and why we should think the ...
09.02.2022 Alisa Childers Interviews Greg In an episode from the Alisa Childers Podcast, Alisa chats with Greg about the nature of truth, the need to understand the objective nature of morality in order to understand sin and the gospel, how truth claims are viewed as ...
08.31.2022 Should I Talk to My Children about LGBTQ Views? Greg answers questions about staying in a hotel that’s had paranormal activity, talking to one’s children about LGBTQ views before they encounter them, and using consciousness as indirect evidence for God’s existence.
08.26.2022 What’s the Best Approach to Take with Militant Atheists? Greg talks to callers about the meaning of Matthew 7:21–23, how one should respond to friends who are convinced they’re receiving messages from God, the best approach to take with militant atheist friends, and what to say to someone who ...
08.24.2022 Can Atheists Be Good without God? Greg talks about how you can’t have objective good without God, then he answers questions about what it means to say we’re made in the image of God, whether the image of God can be gained or lost, and how ...
08.19.2022 Keep Gardening Greg talks with Amy about an update she received from someone she had an interaction with a few years ago and reminds us to keep gardening, then he answers questions about whether we can thwart God and whether the scientific ...
08.17.2022 Can You Lose Your Salvation? Greg explains why he thinks a saved person can’t lose his salvation, then he answers questions about the last verse of John and whether evolution could have given us a common set of moral rules.
08.12.2022 Stand with Courage and Grace Greg talks about our need to have courage and grace as we stand in the truth, then he answers questions about how we know the devil didn’t raise Jesus, whether the Holy Spirit can use descriptive passages to affirm a ...
08.10.2022 How Can I Go about Writing a Book? Greg talks to a student about STR’s “Be One of the 100” campaign, corrects a stat he gave about slavery, talks about how to go about writing a book, then talks to a caller about how to find a good ...

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