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Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

Interview: John Stonestreet – Truth Rising

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

Greg Koukl

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Greg talks to John Stonestreet about the Truth Rising documentary, the civilizational moment we’re in, what we’re called to do in light of this, and stories of some who are currently standing for Christ and the truth, then he answers a question about how to communicate the gospel.

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0:00.0

La La La, La, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, my.

0:29.1

All right, friends, Greg Kokel here on Standard Reason, and thank you so much for joining us today.

0:34.7

We're going to spend at least the first half hour of this hour

0:38.7

with my friend and colleague, John Stone Street. You might recognize the name from Breakpoint,

0:45.4

which he's the daily voice of. He's also the president of the Colson Center. I've written a book

0:51.1

with Brett Conkel right here formerly with Sandal Reason. The book is called

0:55.3

A Practical Guide to Culture. He also wrote Restoring All Things, but I've known John for over

1:00.9

a quarter of century when I first started mixing it up with the crowd over at Summit Ministries.

1:06.2

And I want to say like long time, long time no see, right? Two days ago, John.

1:11.9

Two days ago, that's right.

1:13.3

Yeah.

1:13.9

So John is a featured speaker for this series, this year's series of reality.

1:21.3

We were in Atlanta last week, and I had the distinct displeasure of having to follow him on Friday night doing one of the main sessions.

1:31.9

But John came up first, and I had, you know, follow John.

1:35.8

He's such a great communicator.

1:37.0

First, thank you so much for doing that for us, John.

1:39.8

You're on board for six realities.

1:42.4

We just did one, and that's a huge chunk out of your really,

1:45.2

really busy schedule. So I just want to thank you for lending your talents to our efforts

1:49.8

with reality.

1:50.4

Oh, listen, man, it's an honor, and it's so incredibly effective. I mean, the reality conference

1:55.8

is unique. There's nothing like it. And you guys are really hitting where people need, especially young people need it.

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