Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast - Enhanced

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Joni Erickson Tada, Is an Incorporeal Mind without a Brain Incoherent? (00:00:00) Commentary: The “Liverpool Care Pathway” to Euthanasia (00:57:43) Interview: Frank Turek – CrossExamined Instructor’s Academy (01:53:37) Caller/topic: 1. Is it okay for Christians to listen to secular music? (00:27:02) 2. Do Christians have authority over illness? (00:45:04) 3. What’s the difference between Arminian and Reformed justification? (01:19:17) 4. What is the Holy Spirit’s role in teaching us about the Bible? (01:28:11) 5. What is the New Apostolic Reformation? (01:48:16)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Airplane Conversation (00:00:00) Commentary: The Bible’s Big Picture (00:56:00) Commentary: Taking the Bible Literally (01:51:58) Caller/topic: 1. Did the ancient Israelites make the Midianite women sex slaves? (00:28:38) 2. What do you think of the Illuminati and the End Times? (01:18:39) 3. What is your view of the Rapture and End Times? (01:27:17) 4. Biola conference (01:45:01) 5. How does the Roman Catholic church justify its view of church authority? (01:59:20) 6. Where should we focus our pro-life efforts? (02:15:51) 7. Can we know objective morality if we’re subjective beings? (02:34:28)

Guest Host: J. Warner Wallace Commentary: Courage to Engage the Culture (00:00:00) Commentary: Fighting over Genesis 1 (00:55:38) Guest: Andy Steiger, Apologetics.com Canada (01:15:03) Guest: Mary Jo Sharp Why Do You Believe That? (01:53:20) Caller/topic: 1. Are there apologetics curricula for parents and children? (00:18:09) 2. Can we compare ending life at the end with abortion? (00:39:25) 3. Are there similarities between the Mormon and Roman Catholic doctrines of justification? (01:30:32) 4. Can we know anything about God without the Bible? (01:46:55)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Foreign Worldviews (00:00:00) Commentary: One Moment from Eternity (00:56:10) Interview: Dr. John Soden In the Beginning We Misunderstood: Understanding Genesis 1 in Historical Context (01:52:06) Caller/topic: 1. How do we use spiritual gifts in discipleship? (00:25:43) 2. What are the main problems with Dawkins’ The God Delusion? (00:45:35) 3. How is it just for God to punish an innocent man for our sin? (01:18:30) 4. What is orthodoxy? (01:42:12)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Time Management Tips (00:00:00) Commentary: Book Recommendations for Children (00:58:11) Commentary: Atheist becomes a Christian (01:54:06) Caller/topic: 1. What are the problems with word-faith theology? (00:27:03) 2. How do you approach the age of the earth controversy? (00:46:33) 3. Can Jesus’ relationship with the Father improve? (01:21:04) 4. The New Testament writers weren’t eyewitnesses. (01:39:02) 5. The age of the earth (02:03:44) 6. Challenge to one of Greg’s illustrations about identity (02:13:09) 7. Is Genesis 1-11 history or mythology? (02:27:21) 8. How do we approach secondary theological issues and unity of the Body? (02:37:33) 9. Why do you reject open theism? (02:46:12)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Les Miserables (00:00:00) Commentary: Does Science Tell Us Everything Important? (00:27:02) Commentary: J. Warner Wallace on joining STR (01:56:04) Caller/topic: 1. How do Christians make decisions about using electronic media? (00:27:02) 2. Does science answer all the important questions? (00:45:46) 3. Are the meanings of words critically important? (01:22:37) 4. How do we know things through intuition? (01:31:51) 5. How can Christians claim exclusivity when Muslims claim God answers their prayers, too? (01:49:15) 6. How do you deal with difficult people who insult you rather than discuss the issues? (02:18:00) 7. Did Adam have another wife? (02:32:13) 8. Is substance abuse a sin? (02:39:11)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Our Friend, Buddy Williams (00:00:00) Commentary: Behind Christmas Traditions (00:56:09) Commentary: Christmas Thoughts (02:37:37) Caller/topic: 1. What is the definition of “perfect” regarding God? (00:19:24) 2. Does Santa have a place in a Christian home? (00:46:25) 3. How much do you press to share the Gospel with someone who is dying? (01:20:16) 4. Thoughts on causes of Sandy Hook (01:29:23) 5. Decision making and the will of God (01:47:04) 6. Is there value in celebrating biblical holidays? (02:10:07) 7. Herod didn’t need guns to kill innocent babies in Bethlehem. (02:16:59) 8. Why Christians are falling away from moral lives (02:22:12)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Childrearing from the Bible (00:00:00) Commentary: God and Sandy Hook (00:57:43) Commentary: Myths about the First Christmas (01:55:37) Caller/topic: 1. Wisdom about witnessing at Christmas time (00:21:48) 2. How do you deal with apathy about the issues? (00:32:39) 3. How do you evaluate near death experience claims? (00:48:18) 4. Can theistic evolution explain a historical Fall of man? (01:23:08) 5. Can we know precisely what the image of God in man is? (01:45:09) 6. Can you suggest tactics for conversation with family over Christmas? (02:08:34) 7. Were the Messianic prophecies in the Old Testament inserted after the fact? (02:25:35) 8. How do you respond when someone says they’re offended by your belief? (02:39:30)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Hard Word vs. Native Intelligence (00:00:00) Commentary: Book Recommendations for Gifts (00:56:02) Caller/topic: 1. What do you do when your church seems to be compromising on homosexuality? (00:23:37) 2. What do atheists have to prove? (00:33:34) 3. What do other religions believe? (00:43:54) 4. Does saving the life of the mother negate pro-life logic? (01:04:28) 5. How do you argue for dong the greater good rather than the lesser evils? (01:12:58) 6. Use of the “sibling rivalry” tactic (01:25:30) 7. How do you answer someone who believes in “Mother God”? (01:34:49) 8. Is getting a sex change operation immoral? (01:42:29) 9. Doesn’t believing in the Trinity exclude people from Christianity? (01:55:52) 10. The length of six days of creation and God’s rest (02:10:28) 11. What was the thorn in Paul’s flesh? (02:21:41) 12. The Trinity isn’t three persons because one is a spirit. (02:36:01) 13. Would you save 500 embryos or a five-year-old? (02:44:15)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Saving a Baby from Abortion (00:00:00) Commentary: Advent: Preparing for Christmas (00:54:24) Commentary: Book Recommendations for Gifts (01:52:20) Caller/topic: 1. What is the order of conversion and discipleship? (00:20:42) 2. How much did Jesus suffer on the cross? (00:45:45) 3. Is someone with persistent sin still a Christian? (01:19:06) 4. The church is hypocritical and corrupt. (01:27:59) 5. Advice about changing churches. (01:43:08) 6. Advent suggestion (02:14:06) 7. How do you make ethical end of life decisions? (02:24:17) 8. Rebuttal to previous caller (02:44:29)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Are there Moral Limits to “Let God Be God”? (00:00:00) Commentary: Free Speech Ruling (00:58:15) Caller/topic: 1. How do we deal with other cultures’ ancient flood accounts? (00:25:50) 2. Is it Biblical to eat animals? (00:48:30) 3. Is cessationism Biblical? (01:21:29) 4. Why didn’t God start over after Adam and Eve? (01:40:56) 5. Damage done by feminism (01:47:47) 6. What is a Christian response to Israeli-Palestinian conflict? (01:57:24) 7. Where does faith come from? (02:06:49) 8. What is the Biblical response to political leaders we think are bad leaders? (02:19:14) 9. Was Jesus’ torment on the cross equal to the torment of sinners in Hell? (02:32:26) 10. What did Christians do for daily devotions before the Bible was widely printed? (02:39:35)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Conversation with a Waiter (00:00:00) Commentary: How to Explain Genocide in the Old Testament (00:56:11) Caller/topic: 1. Is loyalty Biblical? (00:24:11) 2. How do you identify objective moral values? (00:45:18) 3. Do atheists embrace irrationality? (01:24:07) 4. Is it possible for other moral issues to outweigh abortion in voting? (01:36:12) 5. Advice to start a campus apologetics group (01:53:03) 6. Does suicide affect someone’s salvation? (02:11:26) 7. Answering a theistic evolution challenge (02:18:21) 8. Does God’s election cancel out free will? (02:35:44)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Romans 1 and Culture (00:00:00) Commentary: Christian Participation in Civic Responsibility (00:56:04) Caller/topic: 1. Is there corroborating evidence for the tax by Caesar that Luke reports? (00:25:39) 2. What does the Bible teach about demon possession? (00:44:14) 3. Why can’t religious people tolerate secular people? (01:19:16) 4. Were the languages in Acts 2 spoken or heard? (01:44:59) 5. How do we pray for healing? (01:53:00) 6. Do you think it’s okay to tell Christian kids about Santa Claus? (02:10:55) 7. How can Christians persuade people about major cultural issues? (02:20:33) 8. Santa Claus (02:35:44)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Celebrating Halloween (00:00:00) Commentary: Voting (00:56:01) Caller Topics: 1. Sinning and the higher good (00:17:57) 2. Challenge on Theistic Evolution (00:43:13) 3. Does voting matter? (01:15:59) 4. Teaching apologetics and Theistic Evolution (01:23:39) 5. Is Halloween glorifying to God? (01:42:39) 6. Challenge about atheists killing more people than the Crusades did? (01:52:44) 7. Was the Revolutionary War against Romans 13? (02:01:54) 8. Teaching righteousness in a secular world (02:16:05) 9. Are Oneness Pentecostals Christian? (02:25:34)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Evidence for New Testament Historicity (00:00:00) Commentary: The Scourge of Group Emails (00:56:08) Commentary: The Difference between Old Earth and Theistic Evolution (01:52:07) Caller/topic: 1. What is your view of the pre-trig rapture? (00:24:25) 2. How do we honor our parents if they aren’t Christians? (00:47:20) 3. Dealing with difficulties getting to church (01:21:35) 4. Why do you believe the earth is old? (01:37:15) 5. Is Josephus’ historical report of Jesus credible? (02:06:45) 6. Why do you believe in Old Earth and take the Bible seriously? (02:20:24) 7. Genesis indicates a prior earth before this one. (02:38:55)