Would You Say God’s Primary Object Is to Not Be Found?
#STRask
Stand to Reason
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🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for joining me, Amy Hall and Greg Kokel on hashtag STR Ask. |
| 0:18.3 | And we're going to start with the question today from Tammy. |
| 0:22.2 | Okay. |
| 0:23.4 | From the perspective of an apologist, even in light of believing, would you say God's primary |
| 0:29.1 | object is to not be found? |
| 0:33.4 | Wait a minute. Did you say that, do I think that God's objective is to not be found? |
| 0:42.3 | Yes, that's a question. |
| 0:44.4 | Well, I'm a little bit surprised because it seems to be just the opposite. And I don't, I mean, |
| 0:50.2 | there is a question about the so-called hiddenness of God. I think that's way overplayed personally when people raise the issue. |
| 0:57.3 | Where is God? |
| 0:58.0 | I don't see any reason to believe in God. |
| 1:00.9 | Where's the evidence? |
| 1:01.9 | Why is he hiding? |
| 1:03.5 | Well, he's not hiding. |
| 1:05.3 | As I've said, frequently making the case for God, his fingerprints are everywhere. |
| 1:11.3 | And, of course, he's an invisible being to us. |
| 1:15.8 | So it isn't like he's going to show himself, but that doesn't mean he's hiding. |
| 1:20.6 | Show himself physically is what I mean, or visibly. |
| 1:23.1 | Though there are occasions, obviously, in the Old Testament. |
| 1:25.9 | We have examples of theophanies where God |
| 1:28.8 | manifests himself in a physical form of burning bush or something, angel of the Lord, something |
| 1:36.2 | like that. But it isn't as if we're bereft of any good reason to believe in God. And this is why |
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