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
June 25, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg answers questions from an atheist about why Jesus couldn’t write his own book, what God has been doing all of this time, why Christians don’t read the Bible if it’s the Word of God, God existing “before” time, and whether pastors use fear tactics to get people to tithe.
Topics:
- Tell us why Jesus, the God of the universe, couldn’t write his own book. (07:00)
- Would you care to explain what the all-knowing, al...
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June 20, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg answers questions about pastors asking the Holy Spirit to come down, the treatment of slaves in Israel versus in other cultures, whether there should be women pastors, and how Christians can claim they have a relationship with Jesus if they’ve never seen him.
Topics:
- What are your thoughts on pastors saying, “Holy Spirit, come down and move through your people”? (04:00)
- Do you know who made the point that w...
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June 18, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg reflects on the passage of time on his 75th birthday, then he answers questions about the SRY gene making someone male, his opinion on music in the church today, and whether the Old Testament stories are allegory or history.
Topics:
- Commentary: Greg reflects on the passage of time on his 75th birthday. (00:00)
- Could the presence of an SRY gene make someone with XX chromosomes male? (14:00)
- What’s your opi...
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June 13, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg reflects on the destruction from the Malibu fire, then he answers questions about the sense in which Jesus’ yoke is easy and his burden light, how to respond to someone who uses Romans 7 to defend his homosexuality, and how to let God lead when making big decisions.
Topics:
- Commentary: Greg reflects on the destruction from the Malibu fires. (00:00)
- In what sense is Jesus’ yoke easy and his burden light? (11...
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June 11, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg chats with Tripp and Megan Almon, who are joining the Stand to Reason team as the head of STR Outposts (Tripp) and a speaker (Megan), about their backgrounds, spiritual and intellectual journeys, and new roles at STR.
Topics:
- Interview: Tripp and Megan Almon are joining Stand to Reason. (00:00)
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June 6, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg answers questions about what Revelation 21:8 means when it says the cowardly will be judged, gardening someone who isn’t open to the truth, officiating the wedding of people remarrying each other, other life in the universe, and the rapture.
Topics:
- Given that Revelation 21:8 says the cowardly will be judged, what dangers are we required to face courageously or be judged? (03:00)
- How do I garden somebody wh...
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June 4, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg talks about losing his voice at a recent event, then he answers questions about how to graciously communicate the idea that not every religion is true even though there are similarities, and whether or not the challenge in Malachi to test God by tithing is still in effect.
Topics:
- Commentary: Update from Greg (00:00)
- In discussions about the texts of other religions in a book club, how can I graciously comm...
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May 28, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg clears up some confusion about limited atonement then answers questions about young people getting into the fantasy genre, Jewish beliefs about Satan, the phrase “In Jesus’ name,” and why New Testament promises apply today if Old Testament promises don’t.
Topics:
- Commentary: Clearing up some confusion about limited atonement (00:00)
- Do you have any concerns about young people getting into the fantasy genre ...
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May 21, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg talks about a conversation he had with his cardiologist about intelligent design, then he answers questions about using Psalm 139 in a pro-life defense, why God sends people to Hell, whether it’s ever okay to lie, and what to say to a Catholic friend.
Topics:
- Commentary: Our complex bodies didn’t happen by accident. (00:00)
- Is Psalm 139 really a good passage to use in a pro-life defense? (16:00)
- What ques...
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May 14, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg answers questions about how to respond to someone who’s struggling with how a good God could let her husband suffer, how to know if something is objectively a sin, particularly when it comes to polygamy, and how to pray when asked at a family dinner where nobody is a believer.
Topics:
- How should I respond to someone who is struggling with the question of how a good God could let her husband suffer? (00:00)
- ...
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May 7, 2025 • 58 mins
Greg answers questions about whether the second law of thermodynamics is a good argument against evolution, pebbles to put in the shoe of a progressive Christian, whether he’s getting the Bible and science wrong, and how to explain the credibility of the resurrection.
Topics:
- Why is the second law of thermodynamics not a good argument against evolution? (05:00)
- How can I gently put pebbles in the shoe of a progr...
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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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