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How Can Jesus Be God?

November 8, 2024 • Greg Koukl

How can Jesus be God if God is in Heaven and Jesus was on earth? (04:00)

Are disordered desires sinful, and does Satan put sinful thoughts in Christians’ minds? (15:00)

Do Acts 8 and 19 teach that we only receive the Holy Spirit if someone lays hands on us? (30:00)

Does the fact that the apostles disagreed with each other at times refute the reason why you think John 16:13 doesn’t apply to us today? (44:00)

We Have Got the Goods

January 8, 2025 • Greg Koukl, Tim Barnett

Commentary: We have got the goods. (00:00) How can I reconcile Ephesians 2:14–15, which talks about Jesus abolishing the Law, and Matthew 5:17, which says Jesus did not come to abolish the Law but to fulfill it? (39:00)

How Is God Not Partly Responsible for Our Sin?

January 3, 2025 • Greg Koukl

Why does John always refer to himself as the beloved? (02:00) How is God not also in some measure responsible for our sin if he’s sovereign and we didn’t choose our desires? (16:00) How does John 15:22–24 not contradict Paul’s claim that “no one is without excuse” in Romans 1? (37:00)

You Can Learn from Christians with Whom You Don’t Agree on Everything

December 27, 2024 • Greg Koukl

Would entering a physique show be considered worshiping the body and something a church leader shouldn’t be participating in? (11:00) I appreciate that you don’t distance yourself from apologists who differ from you on soteriology. What is a good way to approach learning from other Christians with whom we don’t agree on everything? (28:00) What is your stance on whether a Christian can attend a baptism for a different religion? (43:00) How would you respond to the claim that “Pride is important because someone tonight still believes they’re better off dead than being gay“? (47:00)