Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:40:38 -0700 Greg Koukl http://www.str.org/site/PageServer?pagename=podcast Podcast Maker v1.4.0 - http://www.lemonzdream.com/podcastmaker Helping Christians to think more clearly about their faith This podcast rebroadcasts our weekly radio program. 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 Monday. en-us ©2006 Stand to Reason; All Rights Reserved. Stand to Reason info@str.org http://www.str.org/podcast/weekly/iTunes_weekly_144.jpg http://www.str.org/site/PageServer?pagename=podcast 144 144 Christianity Philosophy Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy no Greg Koukl James Emery White - Christ Among the Dragons, plus caller questions on the New Testament manuscripts and more... Guest Host: Jim Warner Wallace Commentary: How to Make a Case for Christianity (00:00:00) Interview: James Emery White - Christ Among the Dragons: Finding Our Way through Cultural Challenges (00:56:09) Commentary: Evaluating the Evidence for the Non-canonical Gospels (01:52:01) Caller Topics: 1. How would you start developing an apologetics curriculum for college students? (00:21:29) 2. The whole New Testament is a fraud. (00:36:14) 3. What should the Christian reaction be to Glenn Beck's (a Mormon) calling for spiritual renewal? (00:45:36) 4. We don't have the original manuscripts of the New Testament so we can't know if it's accurate. (00:50:15) 5. Mark 16 is about people who are snakes. (02:14:26) 6. How do we communicate the Christian worldview to unbelievers? (02:24:27) 7. Am I a Christian? (02:33:24) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/082910.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/082910.mp3 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:32:57 -0700 Christianity no 02:48:18 Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy Greg Koukl Holly Ordway - Not God's Type, plus caller questions on Jeremiah 29, the age of accountability and more... Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Don't Win an Argument - Put a Stone in His Shoe (00:00:00) Commentary: How to Learn from the Old Testament (00:56:08) Interview: Holly Ordway - Not God's Type: A Rational Academic Finds a Radical Faith (01:54:04) Caller Topics: 1. What is the ethical thing to do when a pregnant woman needs medical treatment that may harm the child? (00:23:54) 2. Are philosophy and science related? (00:41:05) 3. Does the Levitical Law apply today? (00:52:05) 4. How do you reconcile the age of accountability and original sin? (01:18:39) 5. It's simple to see the Bible teaches creation in six 24-hour days. (01:29:56) 6. We can claim Jeremiah 29, (01:40:19) 7. Did Stephen lie in Acts 6:52? (01:48:01) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/082210.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/082210.mp3 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:41:30 -0700 Christianity no 02:52:18 Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy Greg Koukl Greg Recounts His Trip to Cairo, Egypt, plus discussion with Alan Shlemon on Islam, caller questions and more... Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Greg Recounts His Trip to Cairo, Egypt (00:00:00) Commentary: Never Read a Bible Verse - Old Testament Application (00:56:11) Discussion: with Alan Shlemon about Islam and Egypt (01:54:08) Caller Topics: 1. Opportunities to teach apologetics at church (00:25:51) 2. Is God in or out of time? (00:43:27) 3. Do same-sex couples have equal rights? (01:21:25) 4. Why do Christians feel guilty if they're forgiven? (01:38:21) 5. Are there reasons someone becomes a Christian other than God calling him? (01:49:03) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/081510.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/081510.mp3 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:35:35 -0700 Christianity no 02:52:20 Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy Greg Koukl Evidence for the Accuracy of the New Testament, plus caller questions on the Flood, Hell and more... (2 Hour Broadcast) Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Evidence for the Accuracy of the New Testament (00:00:00) Caller Topics: 1. What did Timothy understand Paul to mean when he referred to "all Scripture"? (00:26:13) 2. Is it true there are ancient Chinese characters that refer to the Genesis records of creation and the Flood? (00:39:55) 3. Is there a good reason for Hell? (00:48:46) 4. What is the New Testament is accurate, but only of a later generation single copy that then was copied multiple times? (01:08:04) 5. Explain Santaria. (01:23:31) 6. Is there a difference between eternal punishment and eternal punishing? (01:35:22) 7. Little differences in the New Testament text can have significant differences in meaning. (01:43:21) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/080110.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/080110.mp3 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:43:52 -0700 Christianity no 01:52:24 Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy Greg Koukl Michael Kruger - The Heresy of Orthodoxy, plus caller questions on tithing, the Holy Spirit and more... Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Promises We Can Claim (00:00:00) Commentary: Can Immaterial Act on Physical? and House Church Phenomena (00:56:03) Guest: Michael Kruger - The Heresy of Orthodoxy Caller Topics: 1. Do angels have bodies? (00:26:13) 2. An argument in favor of mind/body dualism (00:44:30) 3. If angels don't have bodoes, how did Holy Spirit impregnate Mary? (01:22:32) 4. What is the "witness of the Holy Spirit?" (01:24:12) 5. Do the promises about tithing in Malachi apply to Christians today? (01:38:26) 6. Why do atheists hold views contrary to their worldview? (01:46:36) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/072510.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/072510.mp3 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:50:13 -0700 Christianity no 02:52:03 Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy Greg Koukl Personal and Spiritual Reflections on UK Vacation, plus caller questions on doubts, God's provision and more... Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Personal Reflections on UK Vacation (00:00:00) Commentary: Spiritual Reflections on UK Vacation (01:52:22) Caller Topics: 1. Should a Muslim convert confess his faith publicly to Muslim community right away? (00:20:51) 2. How do you deal with doubts about Christianity? (00:46:32) 3. Accurate preterist terminology (00:59:43) 4. Repealing "don't ask, don't tell" policy will violate religious freedom of Christian military personnel. (01:17:48) 5. What is the proper expectation of God's provision when facing financial difficulties? (01:28:52) 6. The term "politically correct" implies insincerity. (01:43:30) 7. How much kindness should she show someone who's hostile to Christianity? (02:14:38) 8. Are faith and theology at odds? (02:32:05) 9. Do the apochryphal books have any value for Christians? (02:46:03) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/071810.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/071810.mp3 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:47:23 -0700 Christianity no 02:50:37 Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy Greg Koukl Craig Hazen - Five Sacred Crossings, plus caller questions on Bible translations, accuracy of the Gospels and more... Guest Host: Jim Wallace from Please Convince Me Commentary: How Christians Should Consider Evidence as Jurors (00:00:00) Commentary: Circumstantial Evidence & Christian Evidence (00:55:55) Guest: Craig Hazen - Five Sacred Crossings (01:51:50) Caller Topics: 1. How do we evaluate Bible translations? (00:20:36) 2. How do you find out if someone really is a Christian who claims to be one? (00:33:23) 3. How come New Testament writers can take Old Testament verses out of context and we can't? (01:17:49) 4. Evidence for the accuracy of the New Testament accounts of Jesus (01:25:19) 5. How much authority does a pastor have to limit disagreement in the congregation? (01:37:58) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/071110.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/071110.mp3 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:29:39 -0700 Christianity no 02:47:49 Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy Greg Koukl How to Think about Questions, plus caller questions on God and evil, abortion and more... Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: How to Think about Questions - Pro-Life (00:00:00) Commentary: How to Think about Questions - Problem of Evil (00:55:53) Commentary: How to Think about Questions - Mind-Body Problem (01:51:38) Caller Topics: 1. How do you balance being a confident Christian and being open-minded? (00:24:46) 2. What is the consistent pro-life position regarding babies who won't live long past birth? (00:42:05) 3. Is God the originator of sin? (01:18:37) 4. What does Exodus 20:11 teach about the age of the universe? (01:29:18) 5. Critique of preterism (02:03:50) 6. God creating evil (02:16:56) 7. If Adam and Eve were perfect, why did they fall? (02:24:48) 8. UFOs and the Nephilim in Genesis 6 (02:35:28) 9. What happens to babies who die without being saved? (02:45:31) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/062710.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/062710.mp3 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:14:08 -0700 Christianity no 02:49:40 Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy Greg Koukl Responsibility of Dads, plus caller questions on abortion, women teaching in the church and more... Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Responsibility of Dads (00:00:00) Commentary: Principles to Raise Kids in the Lord (00:55:52) Commentary: Reflections on Turning 60 (01:51:47) Caller Topics: 1. How can you defend the virgin birth? (00:22:28) 2. There's a new abortion pill called Ella. (00:44:24) 3. Arguments in favor of evolution (00:49:12) 4. What's the Biblical argument for or against women teaching in the church? (01:29:01) 5. What are the arguments about the age of the universe? (01:43:54) 6. Can a missionary hold religious pluralistic beliefs? (02:13:42) 7. What happens when the father objects to an abortion? (02:35:10) 8. Could God have created with the appearance of age? (02:41:07) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/062010.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/062010.mp3 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:46:24 -0700 Christianity no 02:47:45 Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy Greg Koukl Sean McDowell - The Unshakeable Truth plus caller questions on proof for the Bible, youth ministry and more... Guest Host: Jim Wallace from Please Convince Me Commentary: Restaurant Christianity (00:00:00) Commentary: Cold Case Investigation and Investigating Christianity (00:55:59) Guest: Sean McDowell, The Unshakeable Truth Caller Topics: 1. Proof for aliens is like proof for the Bible. (00:21:26) 2. Follow up to previous call (00:34:32) 3. How do you deal with apathy in the church and among youth? (00:50:05) 4. Trouble with the 500 witnesses of the resurrection Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians (01:16:29) 5. It's a problem to prove the BIble is infallible to a non-Christian (01:39:15) 6. Why did so few believe in Jesus if the evidence was so good? (01:47:18) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/061310.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/061310.mp3 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:33:49 -0700 Christianity no 02:49:48 Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy Greg Koukl TBN - Seeking to Persuade, plus caller questions on determinism, free will in Heaven and more... Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: TBN – Seeking to Persuade Commentary: Framework for Discussing Evolution Caller Topics: 1. What follows from the mind and brain being different? (00:24:24) 2. Federal funding of abortion in the health care bill (00:33:27) 3. What does the Bible mean when it says God will blot some out of the book of life? (00:44:38) 4. What are your differences with TBN? (00:50:41) 5. Does God determine the day we die? (00:58:01) 6. TBN is pure heresy. (01:17:08) 7. Will we have free will in Heaven? (01:29:49) 8. Christians do help others around the world. (01:40:22) 9. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Molinism? (01:46:00) 10. Is national security moral? (02:15:53) 11. Did morality develop for survival advantage? (02:30:35) 12. How can Christians be better pro-life advocates? (02:40:40) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/052310.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/052310.mp3 Mon, 24 May 2010 12:01:26 -0700 Christianity no 02:47:36 Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy Greg Koukl Jim Wallace - Effectively Discipling Christian Students, plus caller questions on the brain and mind, God's knowledge of the future and more... Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Intelligent Design Conference Update (00:00:00) Interview: Fuz Rana – Implications of Neanderthal DNA in Human DNA (00:56:04) Interview: Jim Wallace – Please Convince Me – Effectively Discipling Christian Students (01:52:04) Caller Topics: 1. Genesis 22:12 Did God not know the future? (00:25:34) 2. How do we explain the interaction of the brain and mind? (00:44:53) 3. How closely related to Neanderthals are humans? (01:23:27) 4. Do the laws of logic provide evidence for God’s existence? (01:26:52) 5. Jesus has a body; God doesn’t have a body; so Jesus isn’t God? (01:45:39) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/051610.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/051610.mp3 Mon, 17 May 2010 10:17:54 -0700 Christianity no 02:49:55 Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy Greg Koukl Kevin DeYoung - Just Do Something, plus caller questions on speaking in tongues, the spirit and soul, and more... Host: Greg Koukl Interview: Kevin DeYoung - Just Do Something (00:00:00) Commentary: The Big Lie of Genesis 3 (01:54:16) Caller Topics: 1. What is the pecking order of application in Bible study? (01:03:10) 2. What is the biblical distinction between spirit and soul? (01:20:16) 3. What are some transcendent rights? (01:31:01) 4. What are the implications of having Neanderthal DNA in our DNA? (01:47:35) 5. What do you think of preterism? (02:19:43) 6. Could Adam and Eve have accidents and pain before the Fall? (02:34:08) 7. Is speaking in tongues for today? (02:42:28) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/050910.mp3 http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/050910.mp3 Mon, 10 May 2010 10:06:22 -0700 Christianity no 02:50:05 Stand to Reason, Christian, Greg Koukl, Christianity, Bible, Religion, God, apologetics, philosophy Greg Koukl People Believe Odd Things, plus caller questions on decision making, when to leave a church and more... Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: People Believe Odd Things (00:00:00) Commentary: 2 Chronicles 7:14 in the NIV (00:56:22) Caller Topics: 1. How do you harmonize two apparently conflicting Bible passages? (00:21:10) 2. Blackaby's model for making decisions (00:39:12) 3. How do you teach youth about theology in an engaging manner? (01:09:08) 4. Why doesn't God heal amputees? (01:37:54) 5. Objections to the case against moral relativism (01:54:02) 6. When is it time to leave a church? (02:05:53) 7. What does "bodily integrity" mean legally? (02:18:57) 8. What are the proper reasons to dismiss a pastor? (02:31:48) 9. What is an effective way to witness to Mormons? (02:41:00) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/042510.mp3 042510.mp3 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:04:39 -0700 Christianity no 02:48:31 Greg Koukl christianity jesus atheism soul Greg Koukl Secularism Owes a debt to Christianity, plus caller questions on the historical Jesus, the soul and more... Host: Greg Koukl Commentary: Secularism Owes a Debt to Christianity (00:00:00) Commentary: Is 2 Chronicles 7:14 a Promise for Us? (00:55:58) Interview: Frank Turek - Cross-examined Instructor Academy (01:15:53) Caller Topics: 1. What resources do you suggest to start an apologetics ministry? (00:22:55) 2. Where is the soul in relation to the body? (00:40:29) 3. An argument for the virgin conception of Jesus (00:50:25) 4. Just because someone doesn't believe in Jesus they'll go to Hell? (01:22:14) 5. What is the historical evidence for Jesus compared with other religious figures? (01:31:33) 6. How to handle doctrinal differences (01:43:55) 7. Why do some secular societies have low crime rates if Christianity is responsible for good society? (02:08:36) 8. Why is it not inconsistent for pro-lifers to condemn the murder of abortion doctors? (02:19:24) 9. There are no facts of history about Jesus, just speculation. (02:34:07) http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://www.strcast2.org/podcast/weekly/041810.mp3 041810.mp3 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:36:26 -0700 Christianity no 02:47:31 Greg Koukl christianity jesus atheism soul