Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast
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 Christianity. Released every Wednesday and Friday.
Episodes
May 2, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg chats with J. Warner Wallace and his son Jimmy about their new graphic novel, Case Files: Murder and Meaning.
Topics:
- Interview: Jimmy and J. Warner Wallace, co-authors of Case Files: Murder and Meaning. (00:00)
- Case Files Vol. I: Murder and Meaning by Jimmy Wallace and J. Warner Wallace
- Cold-Case Christianity website
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April 30, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg talks about the danger of basing your identity on anything that can change, then he answers questions about speaking against a transgender bill in Colorado, the idea that we shouldn’t judge, disagreeing well with people, and having better recall in conversations.
Topics:
- Commentary: The danger of basing your identity on anything that can change (07:00)
- How do I craft a compelling testimony that speaks the t...
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April 25, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg talks to callers about the rebellion of angels in Genesis 6, how to respond to a naturalism-of-the-gaps argument, how to use Shedd’s Dogmatics, whether an abandoned spouse can remarry, and whether human beings are responsible for the salvation of others.
Topics:
- What is your view on the rebellion of the angels referred to in Genesis 6, Jude, and 2 Peter? (01:00)
- What would you say to someone who responded t...
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April 23, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg reminds Christians to be mindful of their character when making their case, then he answers questions about Jesus’ prayer to “forgive them, for they know not what they do” and how we know the Protestant canon is the correct canon.
Topics:
- Commentary: Be mindful of your character when making your case. (00:00)
- Should I apply Jesus’ prayer to “forgive them, for they know not what they do” to everyone? (16:00)...
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April 18, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg talks about the House of David series, then he answers questions about why someone should read the Bible rather than the Quran or the Book of Mormon, how God stirs our hearts to do things, and whether or not one category of the Old Testament Law still applies to us.
Topics:
- Commentary: Thoughts on the House of David series (00:00)
- Why should I read the Bible rather than the Quran or the Book of Mormon? (20:...
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April 16, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg talks to author Rod Dreher about the soft totalitarianism he describes in Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents, the Christians who resisted that totalitarianism, and the new documentary series based on the book.
Topics:
- Interview: Rod Dreher – Live Not by Lies documentary series (00:00)
- Live Not by Lies – Documentary series
- Live Not by Lies: A Manual for C...
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April 11, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg talks to callers about how we know people didn’t take things out of the Bible, whether people who die young can earn eternal rewards, whether Jesus appeared to Mary after his resurrection, dealing with an abusive parent, and why more pastors don’t believe in an old earth.
Topics:
- With all the translations of the Bible, how do we know people didn’t take things out of it that they didn’t want us to know about? ...
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April 9, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg reflects on the futility of man-based idealism, then he answers questions about why he isn’t Eastern Orthodox and how to show that philosophical materialism isn’t supported by materialism itself.
Topics:
- Commentary: The futility of man-based idealism (00:00)
- What are your arguments against Eastern Orthodox Christianity? (26:00)
- How do I show that philosophical materialism isn’t supported by materialism it...
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April 4, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg answers questions from callers about the likelihood that we’re living in a simulation, using the laws of nature to argue against evolution, and recommendations for a young man starting out in apologetics.
Topics:
- What do you think about the fact that, when asked about the origins of the universe, one of the smartest AI computers in the world said it’s more likely that we’re living in a simulation? (01:00)
- H...
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April 2, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg talks about recent examples of moral insanity in California and England, then he answers questions about whether apostasy can happen unknowingly and how Greg comes up with his Street-Smarts-style questions.
Topics:
- Commentary: Moral insanity in California and England (00:00)
- Can apostasy happen unknowingly? (27:00)
- How do you come up your Street-Smarts-style questions? (47:00)
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March 28, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg answers questions about why there are so many different denominations, how to help someone who prayed a prayer as a child but doesn’t seem to be following Jesus, people saying, “Oh my God,” and knowledge of Jesus through existential experience.
Topics:
- Why are there so many different denominations? (05:00)
- How can I help people who are counting on a prayer they prayed as a child—but have no evidence of sanc...
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March 26, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg talks about the meaning of the “Word of God” in Acts, then he warns against holding grudges and answers questions about requiring repentance before forgiveness, whether Jesus will have the only scars in Heaven, and making sense of the origin of evil as a Calvinist.
Topics:
- Commentary: The “Word of God” in Acts (00:00)
- Is repentance required for believers to grant forgiveness to others? (12:00)
- Commentary:...
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March 21, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg talks to Sean McDowell about new information included in the second edition of his book, The Fate of the Apostles: Examining the Martyrdom Accounts of the Closest Followers of Jesus.
Topics:
- Interview: Sean McDowell, author of The Fate of the Apostles: Examining the Martyrdom Accounts of the Closest Followers of Jesus (Second Edition) (00:00)
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March 19, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg explains that the first rule of prayer is to pray and the first rule of Bible reading is to read, then he answers questions about what it means to “pray about it,” overcoming a tendency to freeze up when asked a question, mistakenly claiming a promise, and finding fellowship.
Topics:
- Commentary: The first rule of prayer and Bible reading (00:00)
- What should “pray about it” look like in practice? (22:00)
- W...
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March 14, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg answers a question about why Provisionists tend to be so venomous towards Calvinism and gives some of his thoughts on Provisionism, then he talks to a caller about reasons why he rejects evolution.
Topics:
- Why do you think Provisionists tend to be so venomous towards Calvinism? (00:00)
- Do you reject evolution, and if so, why? (33:00)
- Desert Apologetics Conference – Mar...
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March 12, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg talks to Jonathan Morrow, creator of the Refresh Roadmap online course, about strategies to help parents navigate screen time and social media with their kids.
Topics:
- Interview: Jonathan Morrow, creator of the Refresh Roadmap course, on navigating screen time and social media with your kids (00:00)
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March 5, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg talks about four skills to instill in your kids to increase their maturity, then he answers questions about God being in A-theory time, identifying as sinners vs. saints, responding to someone who attributes everything to “the universe,” and disagreement in the early church.
Topics:
- Commentary: Four simple skills to help your kids soar above the crowd (00:00)
- Why can’t we exist under an A-theory of time whi...
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February 26, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg answers questions about whether prayers are pointless if God knows what will happen, why we would be held responsible for Adam and Eve’s decisions, how John 3:13 could say no one has ascended into Heaven, and interactions between non-physical things and physical things.
Topics:
- If God knows what will happen tomorrow, then God cannot change tomorrow, which means all prayers are null and void and cannot change ...
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February 19, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg answers questions about what Deuteronomy 13:11 means when it says that “all Israel will hear and be afraid,” whether we should “leave our offering at the altar” to reconcile with a bully, apathetic people, leading an Outpost as a woman, and accepting vs. resisting difficult situations.
Topics:
- Does the phrase “All Israel will hear and be afraid” in Deuteronomy 13:11 refer to being afraid after hearing the pun...
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February 12, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg answers questions about animal death before the fall, reaching adult children who are caught up in the culture’s political movements, whether Greg illegitimately dismisses claims of supernatural intervention, and advice for finding a Bible-believing, traditional church.
Topics:
- When it comes to animal death, should we really think everything has been the same since the beginning when it seems like God fundame...
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