Did Matter and Energy Already Exist Before the Big Bang?
Episode Date: July 24, 2025Questions about whether matter and energy already existed before the Big Bang, how to respond to a Christian friend who believes Genesis 1 and Genesis...
Stand to Reason’s Greg Koukl and Amy Hall answer questions on ethics, theology, apologetics, and culture from a Christian perspective. Submit your questions on Twitter using the hashtag #STRask.
159 episodes transcribedQuestions about whether matter and energy already existed before the Big Bang, how to respond to a Christian friend who believes Genesis 1 and Genesis...
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Questions about how to handle a conversation with an atheist who claims to lack a worldview, and how to respond to someone who accuses you of being “s...
Questions about how to respond to the concern that no one wrote about Jesus during his lifetime, why scholars say Jesus was born in AD 5–6 rather than...
Questions about whether it’s problematic for a DJ on a secular radio station to play songs with lyrics that are contrary to his Christian values, and...
Questions about whether or not inherently sinful humans could have accurately recorded the Word of God, whether the words about Moses in Acts 7:22 and...
Questions about the top five things to consider before joining a church when coming out of the NAR movement, and thoughts regarding a church putting o...
Questions about whether faith is the evidence or the energizer of faith, and biblical support for the idea that good works are inevitable and always d...
Questions about how to respond to someone who says morality is determined by society, whether our evolutionary biology causes us to think it’s objecti...
Questions about how to respond to someone who’s asking for evidence for objective morality, what to say to atheists who counter the moral argument for...
Questions about how we can be guilty when we sin if sin is a disease we’re born with, how it can be that we’ll have free will in Heaven but not have t...
Question about whether or not people with dementia have free will and are morally responsible for the sins they commit. Do people with dementia ha...
Questions about why Jesus didn’t know the day of his return if he truly is God, and why it’s important for Jesus to be both fully God and fully man. ...
Questions about whether it’s wrong to feel a sense of satisfaction at the thought of some atheists being humbled before Christ when their time comes,...
Questions about how to respond to a family member who believes Zodiac signs determine personality and what to say to a co-worker who believes aliens c...
Question about how to go about teaching students about worldviews, what a worldview is, how to identify one, how to show that the Christian worldview...
Questions about reasons to think human beings are the most valuable things in the universe, how terms like “identity in Christ” and “child of God” can...
Questions about what to ask someone who believes merely in a “higher power,” how to make a case for the existence of the afterlife, and whether or not...
Questions about the point of getting baptized after being a Christian for over 60 years, the difference between a short prayer and an eloquent one, an...
Questions about how to recognize prophecies about the Messiah in the Old Testament and whether or not Paul is just making Scripture say what he wants...