Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

Greg answers questions about an analogy to learning to hear God’s voice, taking communion after arguing with a Christian, the point of praying when God’s will is already set, apologetics curriculum for teens, and why one should pray in front of an abortion clinic instead of at home.
 
Topics:

How would you respond to someone who says that a baby hears a bird but doesn’t know it’s a bird until he grows and learns that it’s a bird, and this is like learning to hear God’s voice? (01:00)

Is it okay to take communion after arguing with a Christian? (22:00)

What’s the point of praying for protection if it’s already God’s will whether we will be protected or not? (33:00)

Can you recommend a discipleship and apologetics curriculum for teens along with a conference in our area to cap off our school year? (42:00)

Why would we have to pray in front of the abortion clinic and not at home? (50:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

When God Speaks by Greg Koukl

STR U Online Training

Reality Student Apologetics Conference – February 20–21 in Dallas, TX; March 13–14 in Philadelphia, PA; April 24–25 in Los Angeles, CA

Red Pen Logic with Mr. B

Related Links:

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

Greg discusses IVF’s slippery slope, then he talks to callers about a strategy he could have used on Diary of a CEO, and how to know when to stay in a church to try to change what’s happening and when to leave.
 
Topics:

Commentary: A legitimate slippery slope (00:00)

How fruitful would the DOAC conversation have been if Greg had just said, “I’ve got the answer.” (26:00)

When do you stay in a church to try to change what’s happening, and when is it time to leave? (47:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? by Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva

Reality Student Apologetics Conference – February 20–21 in Dallas, TX; March 13–14 in Philadelphia, PA; April 24–25 in Los Angeles, CA

Greg on The Diary of a CEO

Related Links:

The Black Box of IVF by Alan Shlemon

What You Might Not Know about IVF – Podcast episode by Alan Shlemon and Amy Hall

The Tragic Consequences of the IVF Industry by Amy Hall

How IVF Is Changing Our View of Human Beings by Amy Hall

Embracing the Absurd by Amy Hall

Greg answers questions about responding to someone in ministry who’s avoiding controversial truths with the students, suggestions for witnessing to a brother after his stroke, whether God sees salvation as a single moment in time, a possible problem with the moral argument, and the flood.
 
Topics:

What should I say to someone in ministry who is avoiding controversial truths with the students so that they’ll keep coming back? (00:00)

Do you have suggestions for witnessing to my brother after his stroke? (14:00)

Does God see salvation as a single moment in time or as the whole process of drawing, converting, and sanctifying? (27:00)

If Christianity put in place our ideas of what is truly good and what is truly evil, then how can we make the case for God using the moral argument? (36:00)

Do you think the story of Noah is historically true but the ark and the animals are allegorical? (48:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important that Happens in Between by Greg Koukl

The Story of Why God Died and Came to Life Again by Greg Koukl

The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again by Justin Brierley

Noah’s Flood Revisited: New Depths of Insight from Science and Scripture by Hugh Ross

Related Links:

Love Doesn’t Trump God’s Moral Commands by Amy Hall

What Does God’s Love Look Like? by Amy Hall

Should You Accommodate an LGBT Person’s Requests? by Alan Shlemon

Jesus Built Western Civilization by Amy Hall (quoting Tom Holland)

Greg describes two types of legalism, then he answers questions from callers about overcoming anxiety about addressing controversial topics in the church, and how to tell the difference between claiming a legitimate promise of God and the prosperity gospel.
 
Topics:

Commentary: Two types of legalism (00:00)

How can I overcome my anxiety about saying something controversial in the church? (31:00)

Is there a way to tell the difference between claiming a legitimate promise of God and the prosperity gospel? (51:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important that Happens in Between by Greg Koukl

The Story of Why God Died and Came to Life Again by Greg Koukl

Reality Student Apologetics Conference – February 20–21 in Dallas, TX; March 13–14 in Philadelphia, PA; April 24–25 in Los Angeles, CA

Related Links:

Answering an Objection to Grace: Why Not Sin? by Amy Hall

The Law Is Good by Amy Hall

What Is the Gospel? by Greg Gilbert

How Can I Know Which Bible Promises Apply to Me? by Amy Hall

Promises We Can’t Claim. Promises We Can. by Greg Koukl

Greg reflects on why our culture has difficulty with the idea that there can only be one true religion, then he answers questions about apologetics in the church, stories that make it sound like God does whisper to us, and the line between spiritual correction and spiritual abuse.
 
Topics:

Commentary: One true reality (00:00)

How can I introduce apologetics and biblical ethics into my church? (10:00)

What do we do with stories that make it sound like God really did whisper to someone? (27:00)

When does correcting people in a congregation turn into spiritual abuse? (48:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

STR U Online Training – There’s a course on the idea that “truth is not ice cream”

Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air by Francis Beckwith and Greg Koukl

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

When God Speaks by Greg Koukl

Related Links:

One Way or Any Way? Part 1 by Greg Koukl

One Way or Any Way? Part 2 by Greg Koukl