STR speaker Alan Shlemon provides a monthly update while answering questions across a wide range of topics including criticisms of Christianity.
77 episodes transcribedA recent article in The Guardian displayed some misleading images of what is removed in an abortion from a 9-week pregnancy. Alan explains the problem...
When it comes to answering critical questions about how we humans should live, identify, and behave sexually, who should we listen to? Man or our Make...
Alan addresses a progressive Christian who claims that Jesus wants LGBT people to “come out,” by explaining how he misuses a common literary device.
Some object to the idea that Jesus paid the penalty for our sins through his death on the cross, calling it "child sacrifice." Alan, however, offers t...
Alan explains two reasons why abortion-choice advocates insist that pro-life arguments are religious.
Many biologists, doctors, and scientists tell us today that sex is on a spectrum or that there are more than two sexes. Alan addresses this claim by l...
A popular tweet claims that if someone can believe God became a man, then they can also believe that a man can become a woman. Alan unpacks this tweet...
Alan responds to the claim by some gender theorists that God’s pronouns should be they/them.
Alan looks at passage of Scripture that skeptics like to use to challenge Jesus’ integrity. Then, he clarifies the meaning and application of the pass...
Alan responds to a tweet that suggests that transgender people are fixing God’s mistakes.
If you’ve never adopted a child, does this disqualify you from speaking out against abortion? Alan offers five reasons why this challenge is mistaken....
Do abortion-choice advocates hold a morally superior view or is their position discriminatory? Alan unpacks this question in this month’s episode.
Alan takes notice of a cultural trend to reject teleological language when describing human anatomy and shows how this explains modern thinking on sex...
Alan responds to a trendy new argument that claims that a non-binary interpretation can be imposed on the Genesis account of creation.
You've heard of the Big Bang, but are you aware of the other two big bangs, each of which represents the beginning of a fundamentally new thing that d...
If someone asked you how you know Christianity is true, how would you answer them? In this episode, Alan offers his response to that question by appea...
An upcoming film claims that Christian opposition to homosexuality is based on a 1946 mistranslation of a Greek word in the RSV Bible. Alan explains w...
Alan received some harsh feedback from a recent event. He explains three steps he takes when he gets these kinds of critical comments.
When you realize your theology is in error, do you overcorrect by swinging wildly to the opposite position? Alan offers a biblical approach to correct...
Have you ever been called a "phobic" term like homophobic, Islamophobic, transphobic, or xenophobic? Alan discusses three reasons why you don’t have t...
