Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

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)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: The Worship Effect (00:00:00) Commentary: Billy Graham Organization Removes “Cult” from Website (00:57:23) Commentary: How to Answer the Charge “You’re Being Judgmental” (01:53:16) Caller/topic: 1. How do you reconcile wise decision making and trusting God? (00:18:33) 2. How do you prove that science isn’t everything? (00:28:03) 3. How long before a congregation reinstates a pastor with a past moral problem? (00:50:20) 4. Is unbelief a sin? (01:18:35) 5. Can you argue someone into the Kingdom? (01:27:08) 6. What does the Bible teach about remarriage after divorce? (01:42:03) 7. Can the true God be found and worshiped in Islam or Mormonism? (02:02:20) 8. How do you respond to “I’m personally pro-life, but publicly pro-choice”? (02:13:36) 9. Trip to Israel (02:23:33) 10. What Scripture was Paul referring to in 2 Timothy 3:16 at the time? (02:28:56) 11. Why is the doctrine of Mary’s perpetual virginity wrong? (02:39:05)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Increasing Cultural Conflict (00:00:00) Announcement: STR’s reTHINK Apologetics Conference (00:56:11) Caller/topic: 1. What do you think of an argument against Roman Catholic doctrine on justification? (00:24:40) 2. How much doctrinal disagreement do you allow for before leaving a church? (00:45:16) 3. What is a tactical plan for answering conspiracy theorists? (01:04:55) 4. What is the mark of the beast? (01:20:38) 5. Is homosexual attraction a sin? (01:35:51) 6. What do you make of God sending people into your life at the perfect moment? (01:53:29) 7. How do you choose a church? (02:03L02) 8. What do you make of the age of Old Testament people? (02:16:21) 9. Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? (02:32:59)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: The Greatest Bible Verse (00:00:00) Commentary: Why So Many Denominations? (00:24:58) Commentary: Praying for Your Kids (00:36:09) Commentary: No More Father-daughter Dances (00:42:33) Commentary: Jesus’ Wife? (01:52:02) Caller/topic: 1. How to deal with King James Version only view in your church? (00:57:26) 2. Disagree with your take on the Roman Catholic Church (01:09:14) 3. How do you reconcile justification by faith alone and the cost of discipleship? (01:21:20) 4. Does deism have validity? (01:39:01) 5. Can science disprove God? (02:04:08) 6. The greatest verse in the Bible (02:17:03) 7. How do you know if you’re saved? (02:29:48) 8. Why did God use a lying spirit in an Old Testament prophecy if He is truth? (02:40:42)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Shifting Blame (00:00:00) Commentary: Putting a Stone in His Shoe (00:56:08) Guest: Eric Bargerhuff – The Most Misused Verses in the Bible (01:52:17) Caller/topic: 1. Is God limited? (00:22:55) 2. How do you respond to someone who believes “Bible only”? (00:35:19) 3. Why did God allow Satan in the Garden? (00:49:40) 4. How do you deal with differences and discord in a congregation? (01:14:21) 5. Is Christianity a religion? (01:28:36) 6. Why does God allow loved ones to die of cancer? (01:40:41)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Raising Christian Kids (00:00:00) Commentary: Christian Bias? (00:58:11) Guest: Tiffany Gelpi – Change Collegian Network (01:54:06) Caller/topic: 1. What do you tell someone to become a Christian? (00:24:19) 2. Is there non-Christian evidence for God? (00:49:35) 3. Can a universe exist without logic? (01:20:11) 4. Is Christian mysticism a red flag? (01:30:27) 5. What does the Bible mean that salvation is a free gift? (01:39:59) 6. What about the differences between the Old Testament and the Tanakh? (02:16:20) 7. How do you answer a Jehovah’s Witness’s objection? (02:21:28) 8. How would you teach a Sunday School introduction to apologetics? (02:34:08)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: The Bible & Homosexuality (00:00:00) Commentary: Arrogant Tactics? (00:56:20) Guest: Brett Kunkle – The reThink Conference (01:54:16) Caller/topic: 1. Can atheists argue for rights? (00:23:50) 2. Are religious beliefs just brain states? (00:46:01) 3. How does Genesis 1:5 relate to the old earth view? (01:10:52) 4. Does the Bible teach eternal security? (01:27:56) 5. How to start apologetics in church? (01:39:59) 6. How does the soul relate to the brain? - Part 1 (01:48:53) 7. The universe is geocentric. (02:06:00) 8. Old Testament verses are taken out of context in the New Testament. (02:10:57) 9. Is the Bible self-validating? (02:26:11) 10. How is the soul related to the brain? - Part 2 (02:33:39)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: No Other Name (00:00:00) Commentary: The Argument from Desire (00:56:10) Commentary: The Similarities between Christians and Atheists (01:52:04) Caller/topic: 1. Can we be moral without God? (00:22:44) 2. Why is there so much evil? (00:45:25) 3. How do we explain a talking snake? (01:12:49) 4. Don’t add any more offense to the Gospel than there already is inherent in it. (01:22:43) 5. Atheists can believe in objective morality. (01:36:05) 6. Atheists are anti-God. (01:46:46) 7. Is it good for Christians to pursue high education for money and promotions? (02:03:47) 8. Can Christians be open-minded about religious ideas? (02:13:47) 9. Atheists are similar to Christians (02:23:47) 10. What is a Christian’s responsibility to government? (02:35:15) 11. Is it reverent and biblical to baptize in a hot tub? (02:43:22)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Do All Religions Have Irrational Beliefs? (00:00:00) Commentary: Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence? (00:58:05) Caller/topic: 1. Was the Great Commission given to all Christians or only the disciples? (00:24:45) 2. Distinguish between absolute and objective morality. (00:49:02) 3. Comment on compatiblism. (01:12:54) 4. Who are the “sons of God” in the “divine council” in Psalm 82? (01:28:47) 5. Would you attend a same-sex wedding ceremony? (01:49:54) 6. Explain an actual infinite versus a potential infinite. (02:01:11) 7. Can God limit his knowledge? (02:09:16) 8. How do you reconcile end of life decisions with the cost of healthcare? (02:18:15) 9. Role play an apologetic conversation (02:40:15) 10. What is the order of faith and miracles? (02:49:04)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Summer Vacation at the Cabin (00:00:00) Commentary: Tolerance in the Public Square (00:56:10) Commentary: No Other Name (01:54:07) Guest: Mike Horton – Evangelicals, Catholics, & Unity (02:06:53) Caller/topic: 1. Does God operate according to the laws of physics? (00:20:24) 2. How do you tactfully tell someone about the Wisdom Model? (00:41:44) 3. How do you give an apologetic for apologetics? (00:50:34) 4. Was the early church Roman Catholic? (01:20:53) 5. How do you respond to Sam Harris’ argument about free will? (01:44:35)

Guest Host: J. Warner Wallace Commentary: Tolerance in the Public Square (00:00:00) Commentary: A Christian Perspective on Aurora, CO (00:56:07) Commentary: The Foolish Apologist/The Wise Apologist (01:38:05) Guest: Dan Kimball – Finding Jesus in Organized Religion (01:52:00) Caller/topic: 1. What is the purpose of church youth groups? (00:25:32) 2. Does the Christian worldview support randomness in art or realism? (00:47:02) 3. How to clarify terms in discussion about the beginning of the universe? (01:18:03)