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#STRask
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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.
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Where Did Jesus Go When He “Ascended into Heaven”?
2d ago00:25:37Summary readyQuestions 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. Where did Jesus go when he “ascended into Heaven” in Acts 1? What do you think about the idea that Jesus has already returned? If I won’t see or hear from Jesus while I’m alive, is it going to be like that after I die too? If annihilationism is true, then wouldn’t Jesus have ceased to exist at the cross since he was receiving God’s judgment for us?
SummaryWhat Do You Make of the Book of Mormon, and Why Do You Consider It “Another Gospel”?
6d ago00:29:30Summary readyQuestions 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.” What do you make of the eyewitnesses to the golden plates, what do you make of the Book of Mormon itself, and why do you consider it “another gospel”?
SummaryHow Would You Respond to the Claim That the Bible Is Full of Contradictions?
1w ago00:21:37Summary readyQuestions 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. How would you respond to the claim that the Bible is full of contradictions? How would you answer a Jewish person who knows and speaks Hebrew and says our Bibles weren’t translated properly and the New Testament is made up?
SummaryIs “Satan” Merely the Propensity of Humankind to Commit Evil Acts?
2w ago00:27:20Summary readyQuestions 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. What would you say to someone who believes that Satan is not a being but rather the propensity of humankind to commit evil acts? If Satan and the demons know they’ll ultimately be defeated and tormented, why would they want to keep storing up wrath for themselves? I’ve heard Christians talk about a “spirit of divorce," but is that biblical, could it be carried from generation to generation, and does Exodus 20:5 support that view?
SummaryHow Right Do I Need to Be About Theology to Enter the Kingdom?
2w ago00:20:41Summary readyQuestions 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. Considering there are a lot of Christians who say they’re right that don’t agree with each other, how “right” do I need to be to enter the kingdom? Is it okay to baptize a young man who really wants to be baptized but who has cognitive challenges and isn’t able to explain salvific concepts like God’s grace or why Jesus needed to die on the cross? Can my intellectually disabled daughter be saved if she can’t understand the concepts involved with Jesus personally dying for her sins?
SummaryAre You About to Tell Me You Know the One and Only True Denomination on Earth?
3w ago00:25:17Summary readyQuestions about claiming to know the one and only perfectly true denomination on earth and how a person can know they are going to Heaven. Are you about to tell me you know the one and only perfectly true denomination on earth? How can a person know they are going to Heaven?
SummaryShould Confidence in a Belief Be Informed by How Long the Belief Has Been Held?
3w ago00:25:00Summary readyQuestions 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. Should confidence in a belief be informed by how long the belief has been held or by how many have held it? Is it irrational and illogical to believe in God, and does one have to go against reason to believe in him?
SummaryHow Do You Tell the Difference Between Someone Who Is Righteously Offended by Homosexuality and a Bully?
4w ago00:22:48Summary readyQuestions 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. How do you tell the difference between someone who is righteously offended by homosexuality and a bully? How can I challenge my cultural-Christian friends to think more deeply about the Christian worldview when they complain about people dressing in bizarre ways in public (like men in women’s dresses)?
SummaryWhat Would You Do If Your Child Came Home and Told You They Were Gay?
Jun 2900:26:28Summary readyQuestions 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. What would you do if your child came home and told you they were gay? Given how emotionally charged sexual sin is today, is it strategically wiser to set sexual ethics aside at first and begin with less identity-loaded sins (lying, theft, etc.) to establish repentance and regeneration—letting sexual ethics follow as a result of new birth?
SummaryIf the Idea of Intrinsic Human Value Came from Christianity, Then What Happened with Germany in World War II?
Jun 2500:23:25Summary readyQuestions 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. If the idea of intrinsic human value came from the Christian worldview, then what happened with Germany in World War II? How do you explain the reality that World War II saw roughly 40 million Christians slaughtering other Christians—both sides claiming to fight in the name of God?
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