Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

Greg answers questions from callers about whether abortion is ever necessary to save the life of the mother, how to respond to someone who thinks Genesis 6:5–7 indicates that our Creator makes mistakes, and who the “gods” are that God presides over according to Psalm 82.
 
Topics:

Is abortion ever really necessary to save the life of the mother? (07:00)

How would you respond to someone who says that Genesis 6:5–7 means that even our Creator makes mistakes? (18:00)

Who are the “gods” that God presides over according to Psalm 82? (43:00)

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Greg examines a passage that’s often used to support the idea of generational curses, then he talks to a caller about whether the Nicene Creed indicates that we’re saved by baptism and how we can have an expectancy for Christ if there’s no rapture.
 
Topics:

Commentary: Generational curses and the sins of the father (00:00)

Does the Nicene Creed indicate that we’re saved by baptism? (27:00)

How can we have an expectancy for Christ if there’s no rapture? (47:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

The Blessed Hope: A Biblical Study of the Second Advent and the Rapture by George Eldon Ladd

The Church and the Tribulation: A Biblical Examination of Posttribulationism by Robert Gundry

The Rap on the Rapture by Greg Koukl

Greg answers questions about how to help people understand that if there is no God then there’s no moral standard, a caller’s book idea, what “Christianity” means, Catholicism, the Holy Spirit’s pronoun, and how to respond when people ask how you’re doing after a Christian loved one dies.
 
Topics:

What’s an easy way to tell people who don’t have a belief in God that they have no moral standard? (00:00)

What do you think about my “two words” book idea? (11:00)

What does “Christianity” mean? (34:00)

What’s the difference between Christianity and Catholicism? (40:00)

Did you mean to use the pronoun “it” for the Holy Spirit? (50:00)

What would be the best way to respond when people ask how I’m doing due to the death of my mom, who loved the Lord and is now with God? (52:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

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

On Writing Well: The Essential Guide to Mastering Nonfiction Writing and Effective Communication by William Zinsser

Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White

Reality Student Apologetics Conference – 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

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Greg talks about how the phrase “word of God” is used in a surprising way in the book of Acts, then he responds to a caller’s questions and challenges regarding Greg’s claim that “God doesn’t try.”
 
Topics:

Commentary: “Word of God” is used in a surprising way in the book of Acts. (00:00)

What do you mean when you say that “God doesn’t try”? (27:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

When God Speaks by Greg Koukl

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Does God Whisper? Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 by Greg Koukl

Greg says there’s no equal to Christianity as a coherent worldview, then he answers questions about reconciling justification with the final judgment, whether Jesus was being literal in Luke 22:36 and Peter was in the wrong in John 18:10, and whether we can know how the universe began.
 
Topics:

Commentary: There is no equal to Christianity as a coherent worldview. (00:00)

How do you reconcile the teaching on justification with the teaching on final judgment? (12:00)

Was Jesus being literal in Luke 22:36, and was Peter in the wrong in John 18:10 or was he being honorable? (40:00)

How would you respond to someone who says there’s no way you could know what happened at the start of the universe and the scientific consensus is that evolution truly happened? (51:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

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Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe by Stephen Meyer

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