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Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

When Is It Appropriate for Christians to Resist Those in Authority?

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

Greg Koukl

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

As a follow-up to a previous question, Greg talks about how some Christian thinkers in the past have resolved the question of when it’s appropriate for Christians to resist those in authority, then he answers a question about whether we should use the Big Bang theory if parts of it contradict Scripture.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Thank you very much for joining us today, and we'll see you in the next video.

0:30.0

Once the show is stand a reason, and your host is Mr. Greg Cocoal, and that would be me.

0:37.0

Thank you for being part of what we do here, and this is not a one-way thing.

0:41.0

I need your calls, I need your comments, I need your questions, I need your interaction.

0:44.0

That's what makes this show happen. It's not a monologue. It's a dialogue, at least in certain portions of it.

0:51.0

And so my number, 855-243-9975, 855-243-9975, we see people getting in the queue already.

1:03.0

But you have to call during this time, and this time would be my time, which would be 4 until 6 p.m. Pacific time on Tuesday afternoons.

1:12.0

And that's when I give you a piece of my mind, and you are invited to call me and give me a piece of yours.

1:20.0

Once again, 855-243-9975.

1:24.0

A quick update on our realities, thrilled about what happened last weekend.

1:29.0

It was, frankly, in Southern California, we had sold out crowd.

1:33.0

And when I say sold out, the 2000-seat auditorium for Calvary Chapel Coast to Mesa, there were no empty seats.

1:41.0

Usually we sell things out, and then some people don't come.

1:45.0

And so kind of on the fringes you have these empty seats showing no empty seats, it was filled.

1:52.0

And these young people were thrilled, it was filled, and they were thrilled, and energetic.

1:58.0

And I find myself running out of superlatives to describe how, to describe reality, because each year it seems to get better.

2:12.0

And that's not just marketing and PR.

2:16.0

I actually had no idea what was planned for Friday night, except for something very general.

2:21.0

And we'll just call it what the team calls it, the late night reality show.

2:26.0

And so the setup is like a, the tonight show, or a late night show, with a desk and chairs and guests and hosts that interact before the audience and sit down and ask questions in the host.

2:40.0

Our Tim Barnett and Alan Schleeman, and the guests are our speakers for the weekend, especially our plenaries, and they interact and give short presentations.

2:53.0

And it's fun, it's funny, it's intense, it's packed with valuable information.

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