Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

Greg explains that waiting is a normal part of the Christian life, then he answers questions about prophetic words, having a peace about prodigal family members, what makes marriage legitimate, attending baptisms at liberal churches, training for door-to-door evangelism, and a Trinity analogy.
 
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Commentary: Waiting is a normal part of the Christian life. (00:00)

Is it a biblical practice for someone to have a “prophetic word” for others and seem to know things they couldn’t know, or is this fortune-telling? (08:00)

Is it wrong to have a peace about the fact that prodigal family members might not come back to the Lord? (24:00)

Is marriage legitimate if it’s not done through the government, and what’s the biblical outline for what makes a marriage legitimate? (30:00)

If we shouldn’t attend an LDS baptism because they believe in different core doctrines, couldn’t the same apply to some liberal churches? (39:00)

Do you have any advice on training a group to do door-to-door evangelism? (45:00)

What are your thoughts on using the analogy of Neapolitan ice cream for the Trinity? (52:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

House of David series

Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Greg Koukl

A Simple Survey to Help Initiate Spiritual Conversations by Greg Koukl

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Privatize Marriage? by Amy Hall (quoting Jennifer Roback Morse)

Greg talks about how House of David  and The Most Reluctant Convert bring elements of those historical accounts to light, then he answers questions about the consequences of not attending a same-sex wedding and applying passages with first-person pronouns to ourselves.
 
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Commentary: Two historical films worth watching (00:00)

If you don’t attend a couple’s same-sex wedding, why would they ever consider Christianity after what you did? (35:00)

Why do we apply passages with first-person pronouns to ourselves (e.g., in Ephesians 1)? (49:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

House of David series

C.S. Lewis: The Most Reluctant Convert

The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien (A Graphic Novel) by John Hendrix

Reality Student Apologetics Conference – February 20–21 in Dallas, TX; March 13–14 in Philadelphia, PA; April 24–25 in Los Angeles, CA

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Should You Accommodate an LGBT Person’s Requests? by Alan Shlemon

Love Doesn’t Trump God’s Moral Commands by Amy Hall

Greg answers questions about how different our resurrected bodies will be, whether something is good so long as someone thinks it brings them closer to God, justification by allegiance alone, and the rationale for saying the human spirit doesn’t have a spatial location.
 
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If we’re not going to marry in Heaven, doesn’t that suggest that our resurrected bodies will be very different than they are now? (02:00)

Should something be considered good so long as someone perceives it as bringing them closer to God? (12:00)

Have you heard of “justification by allegiance alone,” and what do you think of it? (30:00)

What’s the biblical and philosophical rationale for saying the human spirit doesn’t have a spatial location? (43:00)

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Darkest Hour – Film

Greg answers questions about an analogy to learning to hear God’s voice, taking communion after arguing with a Christian, the point of praying when God’s will is already set, apologetics curriculum for teens, and why one should pray in front of an abortion clinic instead of at home.
 
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How would you respond to someone who says that a baby hears a bird but doesn’t know it’s a bird until he grows and learns that it’s a bird, and this is like learning to hear God’s voice? (01:00)

Is it okay to take communion after arguing with a Christian? (22:00)

What’s the point of praying for protection if it’s already God’s will whether we will be protected or not? (33:00)

Can you recommend a discipleship and apologetics curriculum for teens along with a conference in our area to cap off our school year? (42:00)

Why would we have to pray in front of the abortion clinic and not at home? (50:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

When God Speaks by Greg Koukl

STR U Online Training

Reality Student Apologetics Conference – February 20–21 in Dallas, TX; March 13–14 in Philadelphia, PA; April 24–25 in Los Angeles, CA

Red Pen Logic with Mr. B

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Does God Whisper? Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 by Greg Koukl

Greg discusses IVF’s slippery slope, then he talks to callers about a strategy he could have used on Diary of a CEO, and how to know when to stay in a church to try to change what’s happening and when to leave.
 
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Commentary: A legitimate slippery slope (00:00)

How fruitful would the DOAC conversation have been if Greg had just said, “I’ve got the answer.” (26:00)

When do you stay in a church to try to change what’s happening, and when is it time to leave? (47:00)

Mentioned on the Show: 

After-birth abortion: why should the baby live? by Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva

Reality Student Apologetics Conference – February 20–21 in Dallas, TX; March 13–14 in Philadelphia, PA; April 24–25 in Los Angeles, CA

Greg on The Diary of a CEO

Related Links:

The Black Box of IVF by Alan Shlemon

What You Might Not Know about IVF – Podcast episode by Alan Shlemon and Amy Hall

The Tragic Consequences of the IVF Industry by Amy Hall

How IVF Is Changing Our View of Human Beings by Amy Hall

Embracing the Absurd by Amy Hall