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 1, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg gives his thoughts on the good and bad of The Chosen, then he talks to callers about whether Hell is simply the absence of God and whether it’s inappropriate to speak with a pastor about his unbiblical teaching and the direction of his church if he isn’t your pastor.
Topics:
- Commentary: Thoughts on The Chosen (09:00)
- What do you think of my idea that Hell is not so much the presence of something as it is the...
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April 26, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg answers questions about how the Holy Spirit communicates with believers, giving prophetic words to people, resources on Christian nationalism, whether Satan is at work in the world, increasing our aggressiveness in this culture, and Ray Comfort’s approach.
Topics:
- How does the Holy Spirit communicate with believers? (00:00)
- What can I do to soften someone’s heart who has rejected the prophetic word I receiv...
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April 24, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg explains why the Apocrypha isn’t part of the canon, then he talks to callers about what to say to a good pastor who has been taking verses out of context and thoughts on cessationism.
Topics:
- Commentary: Why the apocrypha is not part of the canon (00:00)
- How should I approach a pastor I love about taking verses out of context? (26:00)
- What do you think about cessationism? (49:00)
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April 19, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg answers questions about interpreting Scripture symbolically, distinguishing between the Lord’s discipline and suffering, how to get over a fear of talking about your faith, and whether Jesus was separated from the other persons of the Trinity on the cross.
Topics:
- When should I interpret a passage of Scripture symbolically? (01:00)
- What are your thoughts on the discipline of the Lord (Hebrews 12:4–11) vs. suffering we...
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April 17, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg talks about a case in the Netherlands where a 28-year-old woman who doesn’t want to live is planning to be euthanized, then he answers a question about how you can “trust in the Lord with all your heart” when our hearts are wicked.
Topics:
- Commentary: Do we have a right to end our own lives? (00:00)
- How do you “trust in the Lord with all your heart” when our hearts are wicked? (42:00)
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April 12, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg talks about the current trend of people realizing their values can’t be sustained by an atheist worldview, then he answers questions about a common ancestor and transitional forms, prayer and God’s predestined plan, and advice for praying with OCD.
Topics:
- Commentary: They are waking up to reality. (00:00)
- Do you agree with William Lane Craig that there’s evidence for a common ancestor and transitional forms...
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April 10, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg reflects on the unique nature of a total eclipse and his experience seeing one yesterday, then he describes conversations he had with people about Christianity while he was traveling and answers a question about the slippery slope fallacy.
Topics:
- Commentary: The unique nature of a total eclipse of the sun. (10:00)
- Commentary: Two conversations (28:00)
- If someone says he was born gay and we must just accep...
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April 5, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg discusses what the Bible says about penal substitutionary atonement, then he answers questions about what to do if your pastor secretly holds to pro-LGBTQ theology and why God no longer gives direct messages to people like he did in the Old Testament.
Topics:
- Commentary: When it comes to the atonement, people do not take the blood seriously. (05:00)
- If you find out your pastor secretly holds to pro-LGBTQ the...
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April 3, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg talks about how Dawkins’s objections to Islam don’t make sense within his own worldview, then he answers a question from a caller about how a person can say something is right or wrong if they don’t believe in God.
Topics:
- Commentary: Dawkins says he’s a cultural Christian. (00:00)
- How can a person say something is right or wrong if they don't believe in God? (40:00)
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March 29, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg talks about how religious accommodations are possible when it comes to DEI trainings, then he answers questions about restoring a friendship that broke up over theology and whether John 3:13 indicates Jesus was in Heaven while he was on earth.
Topics:
- Commentary: You can challenge mandatory DEI trainings. (00:00)
- What can I do to restore a relationship with a friend who ended our friendship because I disagre...
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March 27, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg recounts a conversation he had with a Catholic campus ministry director on a plane, then he answers a question about rebaptism.
Topics:
- Commentary: Greg’s conversation with a Catholic on a plane (00:00)
- What do you think about rebaptism? (38:00)
- Reality Student Apologetics Conference – April 19–20, 2024 in Augusta, GA
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March 22, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg answers questions about whether one must believe in eternal generation to be saved, why the question of significance is so important, reconciling Matthew 7:21–23 with grace, and justifying self-defense in light of Jesus telling us to turn the other cheek.
Topics:
- Is my salvation at stake if I don’t believe in eternal generation, contrary to the Athanasian Creed? (01:00)
- Why is the question of significance th...
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March 20, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg reflects on the sudden finality of death and what that means for how we should live, then he answers questions about whether the Apocrypha was in the Bible for 1,000 years before Protestants removed it and whether Jesus had a soul.
Topics:
- Commentary: The sudden finality of death (00:00)
- Was the Apocrypha in the Bible for 1,000 years before Protestants removed it? (30:00)
- Why would Jesus need a soul, and d...
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March 15, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg discusses the Pope’s statement about hoping Hell is empty, then he talks to callers about how to have good conversations with a Jehovah’s Witness, Dallas Willard’s book on the spiritual disciplines, and a follow-up call about an atheist vs. Christian dialogue at a church.
Topics:
- Commentary: You can’t hope for something you know won’t happen. (00:00)
- How can I stay on the same page with my brother when we’re...
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March 13, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg explains why not attending a same-sex wedding is not just a matter of conscience, answers challenges to his comments last week on original sin, and responds to arguments for Catholicism.
Topics:
- Commentary: Love does not rejoice in the unrighteousness of same-sex weddings. (00:00)
- Were your answers to my questions about original sin contradictory? (27:00)
- How would you respond to these arguments for Cathol...
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March 8, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg talks about people misusing the idea of “separation of church and state” to punish ideological disagreement, then he answers questions about responding to “anyone who doesn’t believe just like you goes to Hell,” using preferred names, and hypnotism.
Topics:
- Commentary: Separation of church and state doesn’t mean this. (00:00)
- Is there a quick way to answer someone who asks if we think anyone who doesn’t beli...
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March 6, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg answers Open Mic questions about whether embryonic human beings are unsaved, innocent, or saved, how Jesus could have been tempted to sin if the inclination to sin comes from a corrupt human nature, how Christ could have not had a corrupt human nature, and whether clones are fallen.
Topics:
- Is the two-celled human being unsaved and condemned to Hell, innocent, or saved with eternal life? If you think infants a...
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March 1, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg answers a question about critical theory and relativism, comments on the idea of oppression by ideology, and answers questions about whether it’s okay for a Christian to own a gun and how a husband should navigate having a wife who thinks he’s unintelligent.
Topics:
- Is critical theory related to relativism? (02:00)
- Commentary: Critical theory’s oppression by ideology (22:00)
- Is there a biblical reason for a Christia...
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February 28, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg talks about how today’s parenting is hurting kids, then he answers questions from callers about whether it’s okay for a church to host a debate with an atheist and what to say to someone who rejects God because of things the church has done.
Topics:
- Commentary: How today’s parenting is hurting kids (00:00)
- Is it wrong for a church to host a debate between an apologist and an atheist since a Christian might b...
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February 23, 2024 • 58 mins
Greg talks to J.P. Moreland, author of The Substance of Consciousness, about the significance of the topic of our souls, developing our soul, reasons to think we have a soul, whether we could be in a simulation, machines becoming conscious, and more.
Topics:
- Interview: J.P. Moreland, author of The Substance of Consciousness: A Comprehensive Defense of Contemporary Substance Dualism (00:00)
- What’s the significance...
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