Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast - Enhanced

Guest Host: J. Warner Wallace Commentary: Training the Next Generation of Christians (00:00:00) Commentary: When Evangelism Looks Like a Protest (01:00:12) Commentary: Why Something Comes from Nothing (01:19:17) Commentary: John Shelby Spong on John (01:42:30) Guest: Alex McFarland - 10 Most Common Objections to Christianity (02:00:11) Caller/Topic: 1. What about new discoveries of New Testament fragments? (00:19:52) 2. How does the witness of the Holy Spirit work? (00:24:25) 3. Why is Jesus praised in Revelation 5? (00:41:05) 4. Science may yet prove evolution. (00:50:37)

Host: Greg Koukl Guest: Stephen Meyer - Darwin's Doubt (00:00:00) Caller/topic: 1. How is the testimony of the Holy Spirit different than what Mormons believe? (01:02:01) 2. Why are 2 Kings 19 and Isaiah 37 identical? Is that an argument against the reliability of the Bible? (01:29:00) 3. Can a Christian be a Christian and pro-abortion? (01:41:00) 4. Is equal rights for same-sex couples a social good? 02:00:39) 5. How do Christians draw lines of decency for music and art? (02:09:19) 6. Does God hate anyone? (02:23:56) 7. How do you respond to the God-world argument? (02:36:38) 8. How can prayer affect free will? (02:45:34) 9. Can God work through direct as well as indirect means? (02:52:43)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Bible Verses Taken Out of Context: Jeremiah 29:11 (00:00:00) Commentary: What Does "Growing Up" Mean? (01:00:12) Commentary: Is Same-sex Attraction Genetic? (02:00:12) Caller/topic: 1. What do you make of Satan in Genesis 3? (00:31:52) 2. Challenging the first premise of the Kalam Cosmological argument (00:35:59) 3. Should we picket pro-abortion churches? (00:46:51) 4. Why did God create Satan? (01:19:29) 5. What do you think of "In the Beginning We Misunderstood"? (01:35:10) 6. Can you recommend books on hermeneutics? (01:45:22) 7. God put thoughts in Nehemiah's mind. (01:54:00) 8. How do you evaluate modesty in art? (02:20:43) 9. How do you deal with people who believe in hearing God's voice? (02:32:15) 10. How can the Bible be inerrant if Lot is called a righteous man - a man who had sex with his daughters? (02:50:18)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Tornadoes and the Problem of Evil (00:00:00) Commentary: Same-sex Marriage Q&A (01:00:12) Commentary: The Right to Love (02:00:11) Caller/topic: 1. How is reformed theology related to replacement and covenant theology? (00:23:20) 2. Is there proof for common descent? (00:37:07) 3. Why do Christians care about legislating on same-sex marriage and not other sins? (00:51:06) 4. What should our response be to third-party claims of miracles? (01:09:28) 5. How can we explain Old Testament slavery to critics? (01:32:39) 6. WHat are the limits of using tactics? (01:45:12) 7. Do you know of any street-preaching ministries that use tactics? (02:06:40) 8. How do you reconcile sanctification and faith alone? (02:20:46) 9. How do we distinguish interpreting and applying the Bible? (02:44:31)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Boy Scouts & Discrimination (00:00:00) Commentary: Pope's Comments: Common Ground with Atheists? (01:00:11) Guest: JP Moreland (02:00:10) Caller/topic: 1. What spiritual power do Christians have? (00:22:32) 2. Are legal and religious marriage the same thing? (00:45:30) 3. How do we reconcile financial planning and worrying about the future? (01:24:28) 4. Apologetics and satire (01:29:26) 5. Christians and self-defense (01:43:29) 6. What was the outcome of your debate with John Baker? (01:51:07)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Praying at a Restaurant (00:00:00) Commentary: Conservationism versus Environmentalism (01:00:12) Commentary: How Same-sex Marriage Hurts Others (02:00:10) Caller/topic: 1. What do you think of college street preachers? (00:21:19) 2. What is the milk referred to in Hebrews 5:11? (00:40:49) 3. What is death before the Fall? (00:55:43) 4. Do we need to "forgive God"? (01:12:11) 5. What is biblical faith? (01:28:09) 6. Old Testament vs. New Testament prophets (01:41:50) 7. Is clearing the mind antithetical to Christianity? (02:13:39) 8. Is Jesus 100% God in quantity or quality? (02:25:27) 9. What are your criticisms of monism? (02:40:57) 10. Did God ask David to sin? (02:51:17)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Gosnell Murdered Babies, Not Fetuses (00:00:00)   Caller/topic: 1. How do Christians remain engaged in the world without becoming like the world? (00:25:33) 2. Was there animal death before the Fall? (00:46:17) 3. What do you think of the Alpha Course? (01:03:21) 4. What does Isaiah 65 mean by a new Heaven and new Earth? (01:10:50) 5. Explain the theological and biblical shift from Judaism to Christianity. (01:20:00) 6. Could the Gosnell case shift the tide for the pro-life movement? (01:41;47) 7. Is forgiveness conditional? (02:06:35) 8. What scientific conclusions can we draw from Genesis 1? (02:21:59) 9. Does Genesis 4:6-7 teach libertarian freedom to choose God? (02:27:11) 10. Do you think women pastors are biblical? (02:36:26) 11. What's the next step for training after Tactics? (02:46:25) 12. How do you answer when someone says the slipper-slope of same-sex marriage doesn't bother them? (02:54:58)

Host: Greg Koukl Caller/Topic: 1. How did you start in ministry? (00:00:00) 2. is the Old Testament law for Christians? (00:21:12) 3. Was Adam created on the sixth day? (00:39:21) 4. Is using evidence putting evidence above God? (00:44:08) 5. Can you recommend books for Old Testament and New Testament studies? (00:59:47) 6. Advice about homeschooling (01:19:04) 7. Should a Calvinist go to an Arminian church? (01:38:22) 8. What do you think of what a CEO said about same-sex marriage? (01:45:33) 9. Should Christians take government aid? (01:57:50) 10. Should we have different standards on same-sex marriage for Christians and secular people? (02:12:55) 11. What to witness to a friend whose mom committed suicide? (02:35:10) 12. What do you think of the family integrated church movement? (02:39:39)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Last Day Live on KBRT (00:00:00) Commentary: Emerging Churches (00:56:08) Commentary: Seeker Churches (01:52:00) Caller/topic: 1. Where do you go right after you die? (00:25:03) 2. Is 1 John 5:7-8 in the original text? (00:35:55) 3. What do you think of the “Hebrew Rights” movement? (00:47:53) 4. A New Testament quotation of an Old Testament verse is wrong. (01:23:12) 5. Do you have to share the Gospel to persuade someone against abortion? (01:38:52) 6. What do we mean by “the Bible is inspired”? (02:13:40) 7. Textual criticism of controversial passages (02:22:07) 8. Where do people get the idea of prophetic directions for their lives? (02:32:17) 9. Should someone stay involved in the Boy Scouts if they accept homosexual leaders? (02:40:22)

Host: Greg Koukl (two hour program) Commentary: Bible Verses Out of Context: Led by the Spirit (00:00:00) Commentary: Does the Pro-life Movement Need a New Strategy? (00:56:13) Caller/Topic: 1. You don’t believe the Bible’s promises? (00:25:02) 2. How can Jesus be the Savior of all and some at the same time? (00:50:51) 3. Explain Matthew 16:19 binding and loosing (01:18:28) 4. Help responding to aberrant religious group (01:29:19) 5. Did Jesus have to be a male descendent of David’s to be heir? (01:40:07) 6. Roman Catholic view of the Bible as product of the church (01:47:13)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Gosnell Trial – Infanticide (00:00:00) Commentary: Verses Out of Context – John 5:17-19 (00:56:12) Commentary: Chaff in the Body of Christ (01:52:14) Caller/topic: 1. Can we make sense out of gender without God? (00:30:42) 2. How can a Christian be fair with false ideas? (00:49:02) 3. How can you engage deists? (01:23:35) 4. Problems with God and evolution (01:40:16) 5. What advice do you have for a public school teacher having to deal with LGBT training? (02:11:49) 6. Questions about same-sex marriage (02:38:15)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Verses Out of Context – “The Truth Will Set You Free” (00:00:00) Commentary: Verses Out of Context – “Blessed Are Those Who Believe without Seeing” (00:55:53) Commentary: Six Things Christians Should Stop Saying? (01:51:52) Caller/topic: 1. Can we know Christianity is true or just believe it? (00:24:05) 2. Does adaptation point to a Creator? (00:45:14) 3. Is Matthew 6:28 a general promise of provision for Jesus’ followers? (01:22:38) 4. How does Isaiah 53 apply? (01:42:26) 5. What is a good ambassador response when Jesus’ name is used disrespectfully? (02:14:26) 6. Explain Romans 8:7. (02:23:40) 7. Advice about building an apologetics website (02:38:35)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Verses Out of Context – Proverbs 23:7 (00:00:00) Commentary: When God Weeps – Bad Solutions (00:56:35) Commentary: Pro-life Presentation at the Public Library (01:52:33) Caller/topic: 1. What is the role of Christians in the public square? (00:31:10) 2. What is the generation Jesus refers to in Mark 13:30? (00:45:25) 3. How do we justify civil disobedience? (01:22:12) 4. If abortion is murder, what should be the punishment? (01:39:27) 5. How do we live as Christians in this generation? (02:07:18) 6. What is the biblical model to share household work? (02:23:39) 7. Making use of STR resources (02:37:48) 8. Challenge on abortion (02:41:47)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Scientists Don’t Do Philosophy (00:00:00) Commentary: Drifting toward Darwin (00:55:41) Commentary: Subjective, Objective, and Subjects (01:51:42) Caller/topic: 1. Is Melchizedek Jesus? (00:30:06) 2. What kind of Messiah were the Jews expecting? (00:46:42) 3. How do you talk to kids about transgender? (01:22:53) 4. How do you think through Genesis 1? (01:40:07) 5. How reliable is radio-carbon dating? (02:16:07) 6. How could he approach a conversation with his friend? (02:33:50)

Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: God’s Fingerprints on Our Lives (00:00:00) Commentary: God’s Fingerprints on Our Lives - Part 2 (00:58:07) Guest: Gary Habermas – What We Can & Cannot Learn from Near Death Experiences (01:56:04) Caller/topic: 1. Is the nature of faith not seeing, as Jesus told Thomas? (00:31:06) 2. Is emptying the mind to meditate a Christian form of meditation? (00:47:49) 3. Is Pascal’s Wager contradictory to the Bible? (01:19:26) 4. How do we pursue experiences with God biblically? (01:39:24) 5. Is evolution consistent with a historical Adam and Eve? (01:47:28)