Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

Greg reflects on the phenomenon of topics coming up that he just read about in the Bible, then he answers questions about the New Testament quoting variants in the Septuagint rather than what was originally inspired, whether Adam had no choice but to sin, and women in ministry.
 
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Commentary: God will use what you read in the Bible. (00:00)

Why do the New Testament authors quote variants in the Septuagint and not what was originally inspired? (10:00)

How would you respond to the assertion that Adam had no choice and had to sin, otherwise God’s purposes could not have moved forward? (34:00)

What are your thoughts on women in ministry? (48:00)

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#STRask: Can You Explain Verbal Plenary Inspiration When the New Testament Writers Quote the Septuagint?

“Misquoting” Jesus? Answering Bart Ehrman by Greg Koukl

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How Can We Condemn Evil If God Is Sovereign? by Amy Hall

Greg answers questions about whether Christian schools ought to accept children with non-Christian parents, whether both Christians and non-Christians will stand in the judgment, and how to be as charitable as possible without weakening your position tactically.
 
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If non-Christian parents are willing to send their child to a Christian school, why would that school keep the child out just because the parents aren’t Christians? (04:00)

Will both Christians and non-Christians stand in the judgment? (17:00)

What’s the right way to navigate being as charitable as you can in a conversation without weakening your position tactically? (45:00)

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Made in Our Image by Stephen Driscoll

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#STRask: Will I Have to Give an Account for My Abortion When I Stand Before Jesus? – On the idea of standing before God to give an account of what you've done

Greg answers questions on how Christians interpreted Jeremiah 31:35–36 before the reestablishment of the state of Israel, evidence the world was ever unbroken, and the best tactic to engage a Jehovah’s Witness and build a relationship with him.
 
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How would Christians have interpreted Jeremiah 31:35–36 from the point of the establishment of the church up until the reestablishment of the political state of Israel, and how do dispensationalists interpret it now? (04:00)

Can you point to any evidence the world was ever different (in terms of both biology and physics) in the past from the way it is today—i.e., not broken? (39:00)

What’s the best tactic to engage a Jehovah’s Witness and build a relationship with him? (50:00)

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Made in Our Image by Stephen Driscoll

The Bible: Fast Forward – Audio, DVD, Video on Demand

Greg and Amy discussed Israel from different theological perspectives here and here.

Deity of Christ: Case Closed by Greg Koukl

Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity’s Toughest Challenges by Greg Koukl

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Three Telltale Signs of “Christianity” Gone South – Includes the three questions Greg recommended asking Jehovah’s Witnesses

Greg explains why AI will never be a person, then he answers questions about how to address the declining birthrate and encourage people to have more children, and whether or not Muslims worship the true God.
 
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Commentary: AI will never be a person. (00:00)

Do you have any biblical insights on the declining birthrate and how to encourage people to have more children? (21:00)

Do Muslims worship the true God? (33:00)

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Made in Our Image: God, Artificial Intelligence, and You by Stephen Driscoll

Mind & Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is Almost Certainly False by Thomas Nagel

Jesus, the Only Way: 100 Verses by Greg Koukl

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One Way or Any Way? Part 1 and Part 2 by Greg Koukl

Greg talks to Stephen Driscoll, author of Made in Our Image: God, Artificial Intelligence, and You, about AI—what it is, the challenges and opportunities it will bring, how Christians should think about it, and more.
 
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Interview: Stephen Driscoll, author of Made in Our Image: God, Artificial Intelligence, and You (00:00)

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Made in Our Image: God, Artificial Intelligence, and You by Stephen Driscoll

Reality Student Apologetics Conference – September 11–12 in Atlanta, GA; October 16–17 in Seattle, WA; November 13–14 in Minneapolis, MN; February 19–20, 2027 in Dallas, TX; March 12–13, 2027 in Philadelphia, PA; April 23–24, 2027 in Los Angeles, CA

2084 and the AI Revolution, Updated and Expanded Edition: How Artificial Intelligence Informs Our Future by John Lennox

Fake ID: How AI and Identity Ideology Are Collapsing Reality—and What to Do About It by Abdu Murray