Episodes
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
#STRask - January 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Question about how to transition from being an apologist to an evangelist when the person you’re talking to starts thinking about converting.
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How do you transition from being an apologist to more of an evangelist when the person you’re talking to starts thinking about converting?
Monday Jan 25, 2021
#STRask - January 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Questions about whether one must choose a theological system and why God loves us.
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Is there any reason why I must choose between the Reformed, Arminian, and Molinist views?
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Why does God love us?
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
#STRask - January 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Questions about whether it’s inconsistent for a pro-lifer to say it’s okay to end life in the womb to save the mother and whether regulating abortion is any different from God regulating divorce, something he hates.
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Is it inconsistent to believe all life is sacred yet also believe it’s morally justified to end a life in the womb to save the mother?
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Is regulating abortion in order to prevent deaths from back-alley abortions any different from God regulating something he hates (divorce) to prevent worse consequences?
Monday Jan 18, 2021
#STRask - January 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Questions about why Christ had to die if Old Testament believers already had access to Heaven, why we needed Jesus to be our sacrifice rather than a goat, and whether the Old Testament’s lack of discussion of the afterlife is inconsistent with the New Testament.
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If Heaven was already accessible to believers prior to Christ’s death, what purpose did Christ’s death serve?
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Why did our salvation require Jesus’ death rather than God putting our sins on a goat as the Mosaic Law commanded?
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Is the Bible being inconsistent when the afterlife is a major topic in the New Testament but we don’t see much about it in the Old Testament?
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
#STRask - January 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Questions about what Paul meant when he told husbands to live as if they had no wives, how the church can be both the body and bride of Christ, and correcting a church’s regular misuse of 2 Chronicles 7:14.
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What does Paul mean in 1 Corinthians 7:29b when he says husbands should live as though they had no wives?
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How can the church be both the body of Christ and the bride of Christ?
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Should I correct my church’s regular misuse of 2 Chronicles 7:14?
Monday Jan 11, 2021
#STRask - January 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Questions about responding to “happy Newchrismahanukwanzakah” and whether it’s biblical to say Christians are supposed to suffer.
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What would you say to someone who wished you a happy Newchrismahanukwanzakah?
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Is it biblical to say Christians are supposed to suffer?
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
#STRask - January 7, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Questions about whether God’s justice is an emergent property as a result of creation and sin rather than an essential trait and why Christians believe in God’s promises if they can’t prove he fulfills them.
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Wouldn’t God’s trait of justice have to be an emergent property of his nature as a result of creation and sin rather than essential?
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Why do you believe in God’s promises if you can’t prove he fulfills them in a tangible way?
Monday Jan 04, 2021
#STRask - January 4, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Questions about why it isn’t merciful to euthanize human beings as we euthanize animals and what “good” came from a specific evil that could outweigh that evil (and how God can be good if he let it happen).
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If it’s merciful to euthanize an injured animal, isn’t it even more merciful to euthanize human beings since they’re made in the image of God?
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What “good” came from this terrible evil that could outweigh the evil, and how can God be good if he let it happen?
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