A TRUE Story That Will Change Your Life Forever with Greg Koukl

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Why is the world the way it is? Why are we here and how does the whole story of history—from the very beginning to the very end—fit together in a way that makes sense?Frank sits down with Greg Koukl, CIA 2025 Instructor and president of Stand to Reason, to talk about his classic and bestselling book, 'The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important That Happens in Between'. Think of it as a beginner-friendly guide to both systematic theology and apologetics, showing readers how God’s story of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration explains everything we see in the world today. Tune in as Frank and Greg answer questions like:* What is it that some Christians don't fully understand about their worldview?* What are the problems associated with the atheist's story?* What makes Christianity different from every other religion?* Does evil disprove God? Or does it point to His existence?* Is consciousness just an illusion?* Why is Jesus the only solution to humanity’s biggest problem?* What are the five essential elements that form the narrative backbone of the Christian story?* Why is the personal God of Christianity the best explanation for the world as we know it?Biblical Christianity is more than just another religion. It’s more than just a personal relationship with God or a source of moral teaching. Christianity is a picture of reality. Consider this an invitation to hear a story that explains the world in a way that nothing else will. A TRUE story that will change your life forever!Resources mentioned during the episode:The Story of Reality by Greg Koukl - https://a.co/d/cYOEL5B (https://a.co/d/cYOEL5B)Stand to Reason - https://www.str.org/ (https://www.str.org/)STR Weekly Podcast - https://www.str.org/weekly-audio (https://www.str.org/weekly-audio)STR #Ask Podcast with Amy Hall - https://www.str.org/strask (https://www.str.org/strask)

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, why are we even here on earth?
0:06.0	What is the meaning and purpose of life?
0:09.0	What is the big picture?
0:11.0	What is the story of reality?
0:15.0	Well, there's nobody better to talk about that topic
0:19.0	than the man who wrote the book, The Story of Reality,
0:22.3	the great Greg Kokel, he's with me here at the Cross-Examine Instructor Academy in Charlotte, North
0:27.7	Carolina, CIA. It's always great to see and work with Greg. Greg, let's talk about the story
0:34.3	of reality. Well, I'm not the author of that book. God is the author of that book.
0:38.0	I'm the author of the expurgated version or whatever you want to. The Trim Down Story of Reality Light kind of thing. But the name of your book is the story of reality. No, you're right. I'm just kind of fun with you a little bit. But yeah, it's the story of reality that subtitle is how the world began, how it ends,
0:55.8	and everything important that happens in between. And for years and years, I would think about
1:00.6	this concept. And I even had a teaching that I did trying to develop the basic principles of
1:07.4	Christianity, the sinicquinons, that without which Christianity would not be Christianity
1:12.9	anymore. What are the essential elements? And I realize, well, God's an essential element. That's
1:18.9	the beginning. And some essential elements about who human beings are, how they're made, what gives
1:26.7	them value. That's another one. And then, well,
1:29.5	of course, man got himself in a heap of trouble, didn't he? Now they got a rescue plan that needs
1:34.3	to be put in place, and God initiates that through Jesus becoming a man. And incidentally, just as
1:41.1	an observation in our story, because every religion is a story of reality,
1:45.2	it all means to explain the way the world really is. It's a worldview, a view of the world.
1:50.5	And in our story, man can't rescue himself. He doesn't do it. He can't do it. He's not able to do it.
1:57.2	God has to rescue him. Now, that's unique.
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