Isn’t It Better to Do Good for Goodness’ Sake?
Episode Date: September 2, 2024Questions about it being better to do good for goodness’ sake rather than to earn approval and avoid punishment and a good initial approach to take wi...
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.
106 episodes transcribedQuestions about it being better to do good for goodness’ sake rather than to earn approval and avoid punishment and a good initial approach to take wi...
Questions about how access to God through Jesus in the New Covenant differs from access in the Old Covenant, whether the salvation of Gentiles is just...
Question about how to respond to a meme that says, “Your religion does not prohibit me from anything. It prohibits you. Learn the difference.” How sh...
Questions about why evangelism is emphasized above other commands in the Bible, what to do when speaking the truth in love hurts someone’s feelings, a...
Questions about whether it’s circular reasoning to say the Bible is true because God says it’s true, how we can know when sarcasm or some other releva...
Questions about how to respond to someone who rejects God because he didn’t save her from her childhood trauma when she prayed for help and whether it...
Question about whether or not we would kill a baby if God commanded us to do it. If God commanded you to kill a baby, would you do it—yes or no?
Questions about Christians making use of the concept of meditation, advice for discussions with panentheists, and how to not be discouraged when pasto...
Questions about whether it’s okay to pray for the destruction and downfall of our enemies, how to reconcile the idea that God doesn’t tempt people wit...
Questions about whether you can be acting on godly wisdom if your choice is giving you deep pain, how a combat vet who has difficulty going to church...
Questions about whether humanity’s justice is better than God’s, what to say to a Muslim who asks why God’s justice requires him to punish sin instead...
Questions about why God didn’t start humanity over right away by destroying Adam and Eve instead of waiting for the flood, whether another fall will b...
Questions about what the Bible means by “boasting in our weaknesses” (2 Cor. 12:7–10), what it means to “sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts” (1 Pe...
Questions about how God could kill all the firstborn babies in the tenth plague, how to respond to someone who says God committed genocide when he des...
Questions about whether the Bible says that someday everyone in the world will worship God, the purpose of worshiping God, and whether it might be the...
Questions about whether post-mortem salvation is an orthodox doctrine, reconciling a verse about God removing our transgressions from us with verses a...
Questions about why we should think the new believers in Acts 5:14 received the Holy Spirit when Acts seems to argue that not all believers necessaril...
Questions about how to show someone that relying on AI for answers is a flawed way of finding truth, the role personal testimony should play in apolog...
Questions about whether you should stick with a decision you made that didn’t work out as you hoped if you prayed about it beforehand and how you can...
Questions about how being with Jesus continually will be the highlight of eternity if he’ll only be able to interact with one person at a time since h...