We're sunsetting PodQuest on 2025-07-28. Thank you for your support!
Export Podcast Subscriptions
cover of episode Science Can’t Disprove the Virgin Birth

Science Can’t Disprove the Virgin Birth

2024/12/11
logo of podcast Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast

AI Chapters
Chapters

Shownotes Transcript

Greg talks about the claim that the virgin birth is disproved by science, then he talks to callers about when the New Covenant started, how Jesus could have paid the penalty of being separated from God, Bonhoeffer’s views on the Bible, and pragmatism.   Topics:

- Commentary: Science can’t disprove the virgin birth. (00:00)

- When did the New Covenant start? (14:00)

- If the wages of sin is separation from God, how could Jesus pay that? (26:00)

- What are your thoughts on Bonhoeffer’s views on the Bible? (43:00)

- Is it ever okay to be pragmatic, or is it always wrong to say the ends justify the means? (49:00)

  Mentioned on the Show: 

- Donate to Stand to Reason) by the 28th of this month and receive The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again) by Justin Brierley

- Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity’s Toughest Challenges) by Greg Koukl

- Should Christians Tithe?) by Greg Koukl

- Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy) by Eric Metaxas

  Related Links:

- The Troubling Truth About Bonhoeffer’s Theology) by Richard Weikart