Host: Greg Koukl
Greg talks about how orthodox a person has to be in order to be saved, soul development being a higher goal than academic development, how to respond to “God made people gay, so why would he condemn them?”, and more.
Topics
- Valuing Animals More than Human Beings Puts People in Danger (00:00)
- How orthodox does a person have to be in order to be saved? (00:17)
- Is there a problem with serving in a ministry with someone who’s erring on the essentials? (00:45)
- Soul Development Is a Higher Goal than Academic Development (01:00)
- Why are people religious? (01:18)
- Thoughts on getting an MA in Apologetics at Biola vs. getting an M.Div? (01:30)
- How do I respond to “God made people gay, so why would He condemn them?” (01:42)
- What’s the biblical view of surrogacy? (02:06)
- Should I be concerned that the technology I’m working on could be used as the Mark of the Beast? (02:23)
- How do I get someone to think for himself? (02:34)
- What motivates outspoken atheists? (02:41)
- Was evil necessary? (02:50)
Mentioned on the Show
- reTHINK Student Apologetics Conference – September 26-27 in Southern California
- Drifting Towards Darwin by Greg Koukl
- First Day of School – Last week's podcast
- Academics Are Secondary to Soul Development – A copy of the letter Greg read on the air
- Homosexuality: Nature or Nurture by Greg Koukl and Alan Shlemon
- NARTH website
- The Ambassador's Guide to Understanding Homosexuality by Alan Shlemon
- The Question of Canon by Michael Kruger
- Canon Revisited by Michael Kruger
- Worshipping Images of Ourselves by Amy Hall (on homosexuality)
- The Other Dark Exchange: Homosexuality Part 1, Part 2 by John Piper
- A Response to Matthew Vines: The Bible Doesn't Support Same-Sex Relationships by Amy Hall (includes a link to James White's extensive response to arguments for homosexuality from the Bible)
- The MacArthur Study Bible
- The NET Bible
- The ESV Study Bible