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Greg Kokel is the president of Stan to Reason, an organization dedicated to equipping Christian ambassadors with knowledge, wisdom, and character

by teaching the value of using our minds to love God and share the gospel.

He's written or contributed to 17 books, including the story of reality,

how the world began, how it ends, and everything important that happens in between. And tactics,

a game plan for discussing your Christian convictions. Great, thanks so much for coming on takeaways again.

Kirk, it's always a lot of fun to be with you, really. Well, I have so many questions, and you've

shared some of those questions and then answers to those questions that have really helped me in my faith.

Uh-huh. Well, we've been friends for a number of years and it's been good to get back and forth and knock things around,

and you're doing great work as well, and I'm glad to be a contributor of some sense to your own project. That's great.

Well, thank you, and thank you for all of the years of ministry that you have served us with.

One of the things that I love about your radio show and your books is that you've dedicated

yourself for decades to teaching people how to properly understand the message of Christianity

so they don't get that wrong and then be able to articulate that message so that other people

don't get it wrong. Yeah. Greg, what are some of the most common misconceptions about Christianity?

Well, I guess one of them is that they think of Christianity starting 2,000 years ago,

instead of seeing the larger picture. Christianity obviously is about Christ,

but Jesus didn't just drop out of the sky somewhere

into a theological vacuum.

You go back to Genesis chapter three,

and we see the hints of a savior or a rescuer

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