Our purpose is to help Christians think more clearly about their faith and to help them make an even-handed, incisive, yet gracious defense for classical Christ...
Greg chats with Natasha Crain, author of When Culture Hates You: Persevering for the Common Good as Christians in a Hostile Public Square, about navigating conflicts with the culture, where our differences lie, Christian Nationalism, critical theory, and more.
Topics:
Interview: Natasha Crain, author of When Culture Hates You (00:00)
Mentioned on the Show:
When Culture Hates You: Persevering for the Common Good as Christians in a Hostile Public Square by Natasha Crain
Natasha Crain’s website
Natasha Crain’s books
Wesley Huff on Joe Rogan
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Infallibility vs. Inerrancy
Greg talks about infallibility vs. inerrancy, then he answers callers’ questions about using more Bible in pro-life argumentation, what happened to Old Testament saints when they died, and how to know when to witness and when to use tactics.
Topics:
Commentary: Infallibility vs. inerrancy (00:00)
How would you respond to the objection that we need more Bible in pro-life argumentation since God’s Word will not return void? (22:00)
What happened to the Old Testament saints when they died? (31:00)
When do we witness, and when do we use tactics? (40:00)
Mentioned on the Show:
STR U Online Training
Is the Bible Authoritative? by Greg Koukl, discussing John Warwick Montgomery’s retroduction
A Ten-Minute Witness by Greg Koukl
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A Little Knowledge Can Get You in Trouble
Greg responds to a TikTok star’s confusion about Jesus and the woman caught in adultery, then he answers questions about praying for God’s will, counseling a Christian who has same-sex attractions, and whether one can use “Jesus” and “God” interchangeably.
Topics:
Commentary: A little knowledge can get you in trouble. (00:00)
Is it ever necessary to pray for God’s will in someone else’s life? (23:00)
How would you counsel someone who believes in the biblical sexual ethic but has same-sex attractions? (37:00)
Is it okay to use “Jesus” and “God” interchangeably when making a point from a passage of Scripture? (48:00)
Mentioned on the Show:
Reality Student Apologetics Conference – February 21–22 in Dallas, TX; March 21–22, in Philadelphia, PA; April 25–26 in Dayton, OH
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story by Christopher Yuan
Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son’s Journey to God. A Broken Mother’s Search for Hope. by Christopher Yuan and Angela Yuan
Related Links:
What Motivates Sin (and How to Fight It) by Amy Hall
Interview: Sam Allberry, How the Church Can Support Christians with Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction
Sexuality, Identity, Sin, and Denying Ourselves to Follow Christ by Amy Hall
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Interview: Melissa Dougherty – Happy Lies
Greg talks to Melissa Dougherty, author of Happy Lies: How a Movement You (Probably) Never Heard Of Shaped Our Self-Obsessed World, about how the 19th-century New Thought movement is still affecting the church today.
Topics:
Interview: Melissa Dougherty, author of Happy Lies: How a Movement You (Probably) Never Heard Of Shaped Our Self-Obsessed World (00:00)
Mentioned on the Show:
Happy Lies: How a Movement You (Probably) Never Heard Of Shaped Our Self-Obsessed World by Melissa Dougherty
Melissa Dougherty’s YouTube channel
Melissa Dougherty’s website
Greg’s previous interview with Melissa Dougherty
Strange New World by Carl Trueman
Related Links:
“The Secret”: A Fatal Attraction by Greg Koukl
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Jesus Feeds the Dogs
Greg talks about how to understand what Jesus says to the Syrophoenician woman in Mark 7, answers a question about when to shake the dust off your feet when it comes to sharing the gospel with family, and responds to a request for clarity on the second coming of Christ.
Topics:
Commentary: Jesus feeds the dogs. (00:00)
Is it ever appropriate to shake the dust off your feet when it comes to sharing the gospel with family? (25:00)
Can you help me clarify my understanding of the second coming of Christ? (35:00)
Mentioned on the Show:
Reality Student Apologetics Conference – February 21–22 in Dallas, TX; March 21–22, in Philadelphia, PA; April 25–26 in Dayton, OH
The Rap on the Rapture by Greg Koukl
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
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