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Stand to Reason
Stand to Reason’s Greg Koukl and Amy Hall answer questions on ethics, theology, apologetics, and culture from a Christian perspective. Submit your questions on Twitter using the hashtag #STRask.
Where Did Jesus Go When He “Ascended into Heaven”?
Questions about where Jesus went when he “ascended into Heaven” in Acts 1, the idea that Jesus has already returned, whether we’ll see or hear from Jesus after we die, and whether Jesus would have ceased to exist at the cross if annihilation is the punishment required for our sins.
Jul 27
25 min
What Do You Make of the Book of Mormon, and Why Do You Consider It “Another Gospel”?
Questions about what we make of the eyewitnesses to Joseph Smith’s golden plates, our thoughts on the Book of Mormon itself, and why we consider Latter-day Saint theology to be “another gospel.”
Jul 23
29 min
How Would You Respond to the Claim That the Bible Is Full of Contradictions?
Questions about how to respond to the claim that the Bible is full of contradictions, and how to answer a Jewish person who knows and speaks Hebrew and says our Bibles weren’t translated properly and the New Testament is made up.
Jul 20
21 min
Is “Satan” Merely the Propensity of Humankind to Commit Evil Acts?
Questions about the idea that “Satan” is merely the propensity of humankind to commit evil acts, why Satan and the demons would want to keep storing up wrath for themselves if they know they’ll be defeated, and whether a “spirit of divorce” can be carried from generation to generation.
Jul 16
27 min
How Right Do I Need to Be About Theology to Enter the Kingdom?
Questions about how right a person’s theology needs to be to enter the kingdom, whether it’s okay to baptize a cognitively challenged person who isn’t able to explain salvific concepts, and whether an intellectually disabled person can be saved if they can’t understand the theology of salvation.
Jul 13
20 min
Are You About to Tell Me You Know the One and Only True Denomination on Earth?
Questions about claiming to know the one and only perfectly true denomination on earth and how a person can know they are going to Heaven.
Jul 9
25 min
Should Confidence in a Belief Be Informed by How Long the Belief Has Been Held?
Questions about whether confidence in a belief should be informed by how long the belief has been held or by how many have held it, and whether it’s irrational and illogical to believe in God and one has to go against reason to believe in him.
Jul 6
25 min
How Do You Tell the Difference Between Someone Who Is Righteously Offended by Homosexuality and a Bully?
Questions about how to tell the difference between someone who is righteously offended by homosexuality and a bully, and how to challenge cultural Christians to think more deeply about the Christian worldview when they complain about men wearing women’s dresses in public.
Jul 2
22 min
What Would You Do If Your Child Came Home and Told You They Were Gay?
Questions about what to do if your child came home and told you they were gay, and whether it’s strategically wiser to set emotionally charged sexual ethics aside at first and begin with other sins when evangelizing.
Jun 29
26 min
If the Idea of Intrinsic Human Value Came from Christianity, Then What Happened with Germany in World War II?
Questions about what happened with Germany in World War II if the idea of intrinsic human value came from the Christian worldview, and how to explain the fact that Christians on both sides of World War II slaughtered each other while claiming to fight in the name of God.
Jun 25
23 min
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