How Do We Dive into Controversial Conversations in a Sensible Way?

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

Greg Koukl

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Greg answers questions about how to dive into controversial conversations in a sensible way, the proper way of doing missions, whether boxing can be enjoyed to the glory of God, the line between temptation and sin, and whether Luke 20:37–38 points to the B-theory of time.

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0:00.0	La La La La, La,
0:02.0	La,
0:03.0	Oh, Oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, Oh, oh, oh,
0:24.6	Oh, boy.
0:28.7	Hey, friends.
0:29.9	Welcome to the show.
0:30.7	It's called Stand to Reason.
0:32.2	I'm the host, Greg Kokel.
0:34.6	And let's see how long I've been doing this.
0:37.2	I started in February, 1990, 90 to 2000 to 2010 to 2020 to 2020 to 26. Is that 36 years? Is that right? I sometimes have a hard time doing that math.
0:55.8	It sounds like it.
0:56.5	Anyway, so I've been doing this a long time.
0:58.9	And glad you joined me, though.
1:00.8	And I'm going to answer questions right now from our open mic calls.
1:07.3	If you're listening through live streaming, you call me at at 855-243-9-975.
1:13.7	That's 855-243-9-9-75, or you can call that during the live show, which is Tuesdays from 4 until 6.
1:24.3	Okay?
1:25.3	And the way you can leave my call, go to homepage, STR.org, and look under podcasts and other live broadcasts and there'll be an opportunity for you to just kind of click the button there and give your question and we'll get you in the queue.
1:43.1	And but I want to let you know about, and I don't do this enough, but I should.
1:49.1	I want to let you know about where our speakers are at, because we're all over the country
1:55.1	all the time.
1:57.1	And every once in a while, when I do this, I find somebody shows up at a event and says, I heard about this on your show or else I wouldn't be here.
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