#STRask
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.
Episodes
Aren’t God’s Moral Laws Merely Subjective If He Can Command Us to Break Them?
Questions about whether God’s moral laws are merely subjective if he can command us to break them, and whether contrasting the Torah with barbaric Near Eastern laws to show moral improvement proves anything since you can’t justify bad laws by comparing them to worse ones.
Are God’s moral laws objective, or can they be broken if God commands us to break them? Aren’t his laws merely subjective i
Why Did God Go Ahead with Creation If He Knew About All the Suffering That Was Going to Happen?
Questions about why God went ahead with creation if he knew about all the suffering that was going to happen, why Christians say God is responsible for all the good that happens but not the bad, and whether there’s a more satisfying answer to the problem of evil.
How should I respond to a Buddhist who asks why God went ahead with creation if he knew about all the suffering that was going to ha
Does Quantum Mechanics Indicate We Can’t Perceive True Evidence That God Exists?
Questions about whether quantum mechanics disproves an objective reality and indicates we can’t perceive true evidence that God exists, and whether an infinite, intelligent, loving designer would have designed logic to exclude the possibility of suffering.
I’ve been struggling with the idea that quantum mechanics disproves an objective reality. Does God exist, or is the evidence we perceive ac
If I’m Uncomfortable with People Seeing Me Pray, Does That Mean I’m Ashamed?
Questions about whether feeling uncomfortable when people see you pray means you’re ashamed, and advice for a single person who feels like church is pointless since it’s set up for couples and families.
I have no problem talking to people about Jesus and my faith, but I am very uncomfortable with people seeing me pray. Is that wrong, and does it mean I am ashamed?
Church seems pointless to m
How Should We Balance Hating Evil with Loving Our Enemy?
Questions about how to balance hating evil and protecting the innocent with loving our enemy, and how we can be salt and light in the world while also resting in the fact that God is in control.
How should we balance hating evil and wanting to protect the innocent with loving our enemy?
How can we be salt and light in the world but at the same time rest in the fact that God is in control—i.e
Should People Have Fewer Babies Because of Overpopulation?
Questions about how Christians should regard the argument that the family structure should change and we should have fewer babies since the world is overpopulated, and whether charitable works like feeding the poor are acts of justice as well as love.
How should Christians regard the argument that the family structure should change and we should have fewer babies since the world is overpopulat
Can We Ever Really Know What Scripture Says on Controversial Topics?
Questions about how to respond to a pro-LGBTQ pastor who says we can’t really know what Scripture says about homosexuality or other controversial topics since we’re not apostles or prophets, and how to understand and apply prophetic books of the Bible like Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
How can I respond to a pro-LGBTQ pastor who says we can’t really know what Scripture says about homosexuality or othe
Is the Belief That We’re All Broken and Need a Savior a Sad Way to View Life?
Questions about how to respond to an unbeliever who says the belief that we’re all broken is a sad way to view life, how to reconcile Zechariah and Elizabeth being blameless with Jesus being the only sinless man, and whether the psalms about delighting in God’s Law are outdated and legalistic.
What’s the best way to respond to an unbeliever who says the belief that we’re all broken and need a
How Do You Know There Aren’t Three Distinct Divine Beings?
Questions about how we know that God is one being instead of three distinct divine beings in perfect unity, and why God would give notable miracles to Oneness Pentecostals if their theology is truly heretical.
I see real distinctions between the persons of the Trinity—Father, Son, and Spirit interacting, speaking, and acting in different roles—but what specifically makes God one being instead
What Book Should I Give a Strong Pantheist?
Questions about suggestions for a book to give a strong pantheist who’s a fan of Neale Donald Walsch, and how karma is different from the parable of the sower in Matthew 13 or the teaching about reaping what you sow in Galatians 6.
My neighbor, who is a strong pantheist, gave me Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch. Do you have any suggestions for what I could give him in return?
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How Would You Argue That the Unity of the Bible Is Evidence It’s from God?
Questions about how the unity of the Bible can be evidence it’s from God if the books could have been cherry-picked later, whether the fact that some passages in our Bibles aren’t canonical means every part of the Bible can be called into question, and why the Gospels don’t tell who wrote them.
How would you argue that the unity of the Bible is evidence it’s from God? Couldn’t a skeptic object
The Reason Why Science Can’t Explain the Supernatural Is That the Supernatural Doesn’t Happen
Questions about the claim that science explains things that happen and that’s why it can’t explain the supernatural, whether there will be morality in Heaven, and reconciling the idea that we all intuitively know morality with the argument that Christianity gave our culture its morality.
If science explains things that happen, then the reason it can’t explain the supernatural is that the super
Are Other Religions Different Expressions of the Same God?
Questions about whether other religions are different expressions of the same God, and how to reconcile the idea that people who have never heard the gospel are guaranteed to go to Hell with the fact that God is a good judge who shows mercy on whom he chooses to show mercy.
Are other religions different expressions of the same God? If the Bible centers on one region, how did isolated people co
Why Is It Okay for God to Keep a Record of Wrongs?
Questions about how to reconcile 1 Corinthians 13:5, which says that love doesn’t keep a record of wrongs, with God keeping a record of everything we have done and judging us by it, and how the idea that people are condemned for their sin, not for lack of belief in Jesus, squares with John 3:18.
How do we reconcile 1 Corinthians 13:5, which says that love doesn’t keep a record of wrongs, with
How Can God Lump Non-Criminals in with Murderers and Rapists?
Questions about what to say to someone who finds it hard to believe in a God that lumps non-criminals in with murderers and rapists when he sends them to Heaven or Hell, and whether all receive the same punishment in Hell.
What could you ask a non-believer who finds it hard to believe in a God that lumps non-criminals in with murderers and rapists when he sends them to Heaven or Hell?
Do all
Why Did God Give Moses the Ten Commandments Instead of Sending Jesus?
Questions about why God gave Moses the Ten Commandments instead of sending Jesus, and what it means to call Jesus Christ the “Lamb of God.”
What are your thoughts on why God gave Moses the Ten Commandments instead of sending Jesus?
What does it mean to call Jesus Christ the “Lamb of God”?
How Do You Deal with Someone Whose Mission Is to Tear Down Everyone Else’s Belief in Jesus?
Questions about how to deal with someone whose mission is to tear down everyone else’s beliefs about Jesus, how to help a child or teen who seems liable to turn away form God due to peer pressures, and how to reach a daughter who says she wouldn’t be a Christian even if it were true.
How do you deal with a Christian who has deconstructed and whose mission is to try to tear down everyone else’s
How Do We Know God Isn’t Lying About His Character?
Questions about how we know God is who he says he is and isn’t lying about his character, how to trust God when it seems like he’s working against us, and how to respond when it feels like God hates you.
How do we know God is who he says he is and isn’t lying about his character?
How does a person trust God when it seems like he’s working against us?
How should you respond when it feels li
What Does It Mean to Be Holy?
Questions about what it means to be holy, how to fight your sins without slipping into a works-based mindset, and whether, as a Christian, it’s better to be humble, meek, and self-deprecating because none of us does good or bold and confident because we’ve been saved by the Creator.
What does it mean to be holy, and why is this important?
How do I rest in Jesus’ completed work and still figh
Does Genesis 1 Indicate That We Are Basically Good?
Questions about whether Genesis 1 indicates that humans are basically good and that we’ve emphasized sin too much, and how, if the heart is “desperately wicked,” anyone could believe in their heart that God raised Jesus from the dead and be saved.
Since, in Genesis 1, God made humans in his image and called us “very good,” does that mean humans are basically good and we’ve emphasized sin too m
How Would You Respond to Someone Claiming the Quran Is the True Word of God?
Questions about how to respond to someone claiming the Quran is the true word of God and how one can discuss the gospel with a Baháʼí.
How would you respond to someone claiming the Quran is the true word of God?
How can I discuss the gospel with a Baháʼí?
Can You Explain Verbal Plenary Inspiration When the New Testament Writers Quote the Septuagint?
Questions about inspiration when the New Testament writers quote the Septuagint rather than the original text, whether we could add books to the Bible if new letters from the apostles were found, and how to handle passages like John 7:53–8:11 that were added to the original biblical text.
Can you explain verbal plenary inspiration with regard to the New Testament writers quoting the Septuagint
How Are We Any Different from Christians Who Lived Near Concentration Camps and Failed to Resist Them?
Questions about whether Christians are complicit in abortion if they shop at companies whose health plans cover it, the claim that putting up Christmas decorations at work discriminates against other religious holidays, and an employer that won’t work around an employee’s religious obligations.
Many are appalled by Christians who lived near World War II concentration camps who failed to resist
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.
Where did Jesus go when he “ascended into Heaven” in Acts 1?
What do you think about the idea that Jesus has al
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.”
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”?
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.
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 we
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.
What would you say to someone who believes that Satan is not a being but rather the propensity of humankind t
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.
Considering there are a lot of Christians who say they’re right that don’t agree with each other, h
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
How do you tell the difference between someone who is righteously offended by homosexuality and a bully?
How can I challe
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.
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
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.
If the idea of intrinsic human value came from the Christian worldview, then what happened with Germany in World War II?
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What Should a Christian Think About Capitalism?
Question about what Christians should think about capitalism.
What should a Christian think about capitalism?
What Are the Benefits of Not Expecting to Hear Special Messages from God?
Questions about the benefits of holding Greg’s view on not expecting to hear special messages from God, and how the ideas of God putting something on someone’s heart and prompting someone to pray a certain thing fit with Greg’s theology.
What are the positive benefits of holding Greg’s view on not expecting to hear the voice of God and using more appropriate language for describing how the Hol
What Does Hebrews 7 Mean When It Says Jesus Became a Priest Forever in the Order of Melchizedek?
Question about what Hebrews 7 means when it says Jesus became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
What does Hebrews 7 mean when it says Jesus became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek?
Why Does Jesus Compare Himself to Those Who Are Merely Called Gods?
Questions about what Jesus meant in the passage where he says, ”It is written that you are called gods” (John 10:34–36), and why he would compare himself to those who are merely called gods.
Can you give a more detailed explanation of the passage where Jesus says, “It is written that you are called gods” (John 10:34–36)? It seems like he’s downplaying the fact that he’s God by comparing himsel
Where Does Scripture Teach Unambiguously That Jesus Is God?
Question about where Scripture teaches unambiguously that Jesus is God.
Where does Scripture teach unambiguously that Jesus is God? Jesus also said he wasn’t God when being called a blasphemer, so when you say “unambiguously,” what do you actually mean?
How Does the New Earth Tie in with Going to Heaven After We Die?
Questions about how the new earth ties in with the the teaching that we go to Heaven after we die, whether the Isaiah 65:17–25 passage about the new earth is metaphor, whether people in Heaven are aware of things happening on earth, and the prohibition against communicating with the dead.
How does the new earth and the new Jerusalem mentioned in Revelation tie in with the teaching that we go t
Someone Who Died Saving the Life of Another Shouldn’t Be Punished with Hell
Questions about responding to the claim that someone who died saving the life of another shouldn’t be punished with Hell, and answering someone who says they don’t need a relationship with God and that if there’s a just God, then we should all be judged according to our deeds.
How would you respond to the claim that someone who died saving the life of another shouldn’t be punished with Hell?
How Is God’s Divine Prerogative in Romans 9 Different from the Capriciousness of Allah?
Questions about how God’s divine prerogative in Romans 9 differs from the capriciousness of Allah, why we should bother with evangelism if God draws those whom he draws and no one has a choice, and the role of faith in the elect in Reformed theology if God guaranteed their salvation.
How is God’s divine prerogative shown in Romans 9 different from the capriciousness of Allah?
If God already
Would a Human Clone Have a Soul?
Questions about whether or not a human clone would have a soul, when each identical twin receives a soul, whether anencephalic babies have a soul, and whether the fact that scientists can use AI to decode people’s thoughts by analyzing their brain activity disproves the soul.
Would a human clone have a soul?
When identical twins form from a single-cell fertilized egg, when does each receive
This Culture Turned Our Dear Daughter Away from the Faith
Questions about advice for parents whose daughter was turned away from the faith by the culture, and what to do when you’ve been a Christian for 35 years and are feeling cold to evangelism and a deeper understanding of Scripture.
Do you have any advice for us after this culture turned our dear daughter away from the faith she grew up in?
As someone who’s been a Christian for approximately 35
If We’re Not Under the Old Testament Laws, Why Are We Using Them to Condemn People?
Questions about why people are using the Old Testament laws to condemn people if we’re not under those laws, thoughts on Christians celebrating the feasts of the Law out of obedience to the Lord, and whether we should keep the feasts so we’ll recognize Christ at his second coming.
If the Old Testament laws were not even meant for us, then why are so many using the old laws to condemn people n
Everyone Deserves Love and Happiness
Questions about how to answer someone who says, “Everyone deserves love and happiness,” in response to objections to same-sex weddings, and how to think about same-sex adoption when looking through the lens of the greater good.
How would you answer someone who said, “Everyone deserves love and happiness,” in response to my objections to same-sex weddings?
How should I think about same-sex ad
What Is a Biblical Case for Submitting to God’s Good Design for Our Bodies?
Questions about how to make a biblical case for God’s good design in creating two genders and the rightness of submitting to his design for our own bodies, and how “gender-affirming” care can be wrong if it’s not discussed in the Bible.
Would you make a biblical case for God’s good design in creating two genders and the rightness of submitting to his design for our own bodies? My trans, Episco
Is the Despair Portrayed in Psalms and Job Descriptive or Prescriptive?
Questions about whether the despair portrayed in Psalms and Job is descriptive, prescriptive, or something else, whether the Beatitudes are descriptive or prescriptive, how to meditate on God’s Word, and whether reading the Bible gives us information about God or a relationship with him.
Should we view the despair of believers portrayed in Psalms and Job descriptively, prescriptively, or some
What Is the Difference Between Believing and Knowing?
Questions about the difference between believing and knowing from a biblical perspective, why it’s considered bad manners to ask for testable, repeatable evidence for the existence of gods, and why Christians don’t prove God exists by asking him to change carbon dioxide into hydrogen.
How would you understand the difference between believing and knowing from a biblically informed Christian per
What Is Your Best Answer When Asked to Prove God Exists?
Questions about our best answer when an atheist asks us to prove God exists, how God can be merciful and forgiving without the existence of fallen humanity, and why, if God is complete in himself and already receives glory from the angels, he would create us to witness his glory.
What is your best answer when an atheist asks you to “prove God exists”?
Since God is a Trinity, he can be love w
Why Did the Sadducees and Pharisees Want to Kill Jesus?
Questions about why the Sadducees and Pharisees wanted to kill Jesus and why God doesn’t say anything when we pray to him.
Why did the Sadducees and Pharisees want to kill Jesus?
Why doesn’t God say anything when we pray to him?
Can a Person Be Saved but Have Nothing to Show for It?
Questions about whether 1 Corinthians 3:15 indicates that a person can be saved but have nothing to show for it in the way they live, and whether a lack of good works after salvation means the person is not really saved.
Does 1 Corinthians 3:15 indicate that a person can be saved but have nothing to show for it in the way they live, and if so, how does this fit with passages like James 2 and J
What Questions Do We Need to Answer to Help Keep Our Youth in the Faith?
Question about the questions we need to answer for our youth to help keep them from walking away from the faith.
What questions do we need to answer for our youth to help keep them from walking away from the faith?
How Do We Love Those Who Hate Us?
Question about how to love those who hate us.
How would you answer the question my former professor says is the most pressing question his students are asking right now: How do we love those who hate us?
Is Fasting Food Specific?
Questions about whether biblical fasting is food specific or could include things like social media, how the “faith” listed as a gift of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12:9 differs from the saving faith given to all believers, and whether it’s biblical for people with a prophetic gift to predict suffering and death.
Is it biblical to abstain from something like social media as a form of fasting t
How Do I Respond to a Confused Four-Year-Old?
Questions about what to say to a confused four-year-old grandson whose father is telling him there are hundreds of gods, why it’s difficult to persuade a Mormon or Jehovah’s Witness, and how to engage someone who claims to be Christian yet attends a Unitarian Universalist church.
How do I respond to a confused four-year-old grandson whose father is telling him there are hundreds of gods?
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What Evidence in Scripture Identifies the Holy Spirit as a Person?
Questions about evidence in Scripture that identifies the Holy Spirit as a person rather than the transforming power of God, whether Mark 13:33 means that the Holy Spirit doesn’t know the day of Christ’s return, and thoughts on contemplative prayer and other popular spiritual formation practices.
Aside from translators’ use of the male pronoun, what evidence in Scripture identifies the Holy Sp
Doesn’t Perfect Justice Require That the Penalty Be Paid By the Offender?
Questions about whether perfect justice requires that the penalty be paid by the offender rather than someone else, and whether the references in Scripture to sharing in the sufferings of Christ are only about persecution for one’s faith or include things like sickness and financial hardship.
For “perfect justice” to be accomplished, doesn’t the penalty have to actually be paid by the offender
Should I Attend the Wedding of Someone Who Is into New Thought and Against Christianity?
Questions about whether to attend the wedding of someone who is into the New Thought movement and will have New Age items at the wedding location, whether one should not listen to hymns sung by Latter-day Saints, and how to respond to the Buddhist “Walk for Peace.”
Should I attend the wedding of my sister, who is into the New Thought movement and will have a meditation yurt, a drum circle, and
Which Translation Would You Recommend for an Adult Who’s New to the Bible?
Questions about which Bible translation to recommend to an adult who’s new to the Bible, and what resources to recommend to an unbeliever who’s interested in reading the Bible with her son.
Which Bible translation would you recommend to an adult who’s new to the Bible?
What resources would you recommend to an unbeliever who’s interested in reading the Bible with her son?
Is Christianity Narrow-Minded and Dangerous?
Questions about how to respond to the criticism that Christianity is narrow-minded and dangerous, and what to say to someone who thinks Christianity is a cult.
How would you respond to the criticism that Christianity is narrow-minded and dangerous?
What would you say to someone who thinks Christianity is a cult?
Would You Say God’s Primary Object Is to Not Be Found?
Questions about whether God’s primary object is to not be found, how one can say God doesn’t make mistakes if the percentage of Christians in the world is so low, and whether the fact that not everyone will be in Heaven is proof that God doesn’t win every battle.
Would you say God’s primary object is to not be found?
If God doesn’t make mistakes, how do you explain the fact that Christians h
Is This an Argument for Relativism?
Questions about whether the fact that the truth about one’s age changes over time is an argument for relativism, and how to ground virtues like courage in objective reality without relying on circular definitions.
I’ve heard truth doesn’t change and doesn’t contradict itself, but how does yearly change fit into that—e.g., I’m 38 one year and 39 the next. Does this create an argument for relati
Isn’t the Covenant in Scripture Explicitly with Israel and Not the Gentile Nations?
Questions about what gives modern Christians confidence that they’ve inherited the Jews’ covenant with God if Scripture explicitly says it was with Israel and not the Gentile nations, and why the Jews were chosen.
The covenant in Scripture is explicitly with Israel and not the Gentile nations, so what gives modern Christians confidence that they’ve inherited that covenant?
Why were the Jews
Why Is There No Effort Towards a Neutral Interpretation of Scripture?
Questions about why there is no effort towards a neutral interpretation of Scripture that doesn’t take denominational preferences into account, and how so many people in different denominations that believe different things can all claim to be followers of Christ.
Why is there no effort towards a neutral exegesis—i.e., without taking denominational preferences into account—in light of the fact
How Could One Person Trust Another Person on the Topic of God?
Questions about how one person could trust another person on the topic of God, how STR obtained information about God that others haven’t obtained, and whether God only matters for the purpose of the afterlife.
How could one person trust another person on the topic of God, and how did you obtain information about God that I haven’t obtained?
Aside from Heaven and Hell, does God matter? Athei
How Should I Respond to an LGBTQ Person Who Says He Feels Good About Who He Is?
Questions about responding to an LGBTQ person who says he feels good about who he is, and whether—since we all have sin in our life we don’t consider to be sinful—a practicing homosexual can be born again as long as he sincerely believes his behavior isn’t sinful.
What would be an appropriate response to an LGBTQ person saying, “I feel good about who I am”?
Since we all have sin in our life
Does God Hear the Prayers of Non-Believers?
Questions about whether or not God hears and answers the prayers of non-believers, and thoughts about a church sign that reads (as if from God), “Just love everyone. I'll sort them out later.”
Does God hear non-believers’ prayers, and if he hears them, does he answer them?
How would you evaluate a church sign that reads (as if from God), “Just love everyone. I'll sort them out later”?
What Is the Role of the Holy Spirit in Our Lives if He Doesn’t Give Us Instructions?
Questions about the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives, advice for someone who believes in God intellectually but struggles to understand how to have a “personal relationship” with him, and resources other than Greg’s that teach the wisdom model for making decisions.
If the Holy Spirit doesn’t give us personal instructions, what does that leave the role of the Holy Spirit to be in my life?
Why Is It Necessary to Believe Jesus Is God?
Questions about why it’s necessary to believe Jesus is God, whether belief in the Trinity is required for salvation, and why one has to believe in the Trinity if the words “Trinity,” “God the Son,” and “God the Holy Spirit” aren’t in the Bible.
Why is it necessary to believe Jesus is God? Since the Trinity is so difficult for our little human minds to comprehend, is belief in the Trinity reall
How Can We Know Who Is Teaching the Same Gospel Paul Taught?
Questions about how we can know who is teaching the same gospel Paul taught, and whether or not Jeremiah 1:5 supports the idea that we pre-existed in a spiritual form.
With so many divergent traditions, how can we know who is teaching the same gospel Paul taught? If someone in our age has been taught by revelation, then we should forget traditions.
Does Jeremiah 1:5 support the idea that we
Is Greg Placing His Faith in the Wrong Thing?
Questions about Greg placing his faith in his personal assessment of which truth claims best match reality rather than in the revelation of God in Jesus and a personal encounter with the Spirit, and how to fight thoughts that God isn’t real when you know he is real.
Please respond to this critique of Greg Koukl: “Those who place their faith in their personal assessment of which truth claims be
Does Open-Mindedness Require Studying Other Religions Before Becoming a Christian?
Questions about the claim that if Christians really want to be open-minded, they need to read and study other religions before committing to Christianity, and with so many paths claiming to be the sole path, what is to be said about those who choose incorrectly?
How would you respond to someone who says, “If Christians really want to be open-minded, they need to read and study other religions
Is It Possible There’s a Being That’s Greater Than God?
Questions about whether it’s possible there’s a being that’s greater than God and that’s outside of God’s comprehension and omniscience, and how to explain to people who don’t believe in the spiritual realm or the existence of God that we have eternal souls.
Is it possible there’s a being that’s greater than God and that’s outside of God’s comprehension and omniscience?
How do I explain to r
Shouldn’t I Be Praying for My Soul Rather Than for Material Things?
Questions about whether we should be praying for our souls rather than for material things, why we need to pray about decisions, whether the devil can hear our prayers and tempt us with “answers,” and whether it’s okay to pray for someone’s death rather than healing.
Shouldn’t I be praying for my soul rather than for material things such as a house or a new job—i.e., a diet version of the pros
Why Should We Pray If God Already Knows What’s Going to Happen?
Questions about why we should pray if God already knows what’s going to happen, how the effectiveness of prayer is measured, and whether or not things would have happened the way they did if no one had prayed for them.
Why should we pray if God already knows what’s going to happen?
How is the effectiveness of prayer measured—e.g., would Christopher Yuan have been saved if his mother hadn’t p
Prove to Me That Jesus Is Not a Created Being
Questions about why we should think Jesus is not a created being, and what it means to say God became fully human if part of being human means not being God.
Prove to me that Jesus is not a created being, that “begotten” doesn’t mean he was created, and that he has always existed.
What does it mean to say God became fully human if part of being human means not being God?
Can You Recommend Good Books with More In-Depth Information and Ideas?
Questions about good books on Christian apologetics, philosophy, and theology with more in-depth information and ideas, and resources to help an intellectually-inclined person with spiritual formation and developing the non-cerebral side of living a Christian life.
As a high school student, I have read many baseline books on Christian apologetics, theology, and philosophy, so could you recomme
What Do You Think About Churches Advertising on Social Media?
Questions about whether there’s an issue with churches advertising on social media, whether it’s weird if we pray along with a YouTuber, and whether Christian social media influencers are going against Matthew 6:1–2 when they film themselves doing good deeds.
What are your thoughts on churches advertising on social media?
Is it weird that I often find myself praying along with a YouTuber whe
Why Are So Many Christians Condemning LGB People Just Because of How They Love?
Questions about Christians condemning LGB people just because of how they love, how God can expect someone to be celibate when others are free to marry and have happiness, and why Christians seem to hate people today.
If God sent Jesus to die for our sins, and all who believe in him are accepted into Heaven, why are so many Christians condemning LGB people just because of how they love someone
Does God Really Need a “Pound of Flesh” to Forgive Sins?
Questions about how to answer the challenge that God doesn’t need a “pound of flesh” to forgive sins but can simply forgive, and whether the claim in Romans 10:13 that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved contradicts Matthew 7:21.
How do you answer the challenge that God doesn’t need a “pound of flesh” to forgive sins but can simply forgive?
Romans 10:13 says everyone who
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