In this episode we are discussing an idea every student is sure to encounter early and repeatedly during the college years– the idea of “relativism.” My guest is Greg Koukl, co-author of Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air and the Founder/President of Stand to Reason, a great apologetics ministry.
In this podcast we discuss:
- The prevalence of relativism on campus today (often seen as “expressive individualism”)
- Some different forms of relativism students will encounter
- Greg’s “inside/outside” distinction, which goes back to the Garden of Eden and the Fall
- How relativism is related to the idea of “truth”
- Why Christians should not talk about “their faith”
- Why we can know “that” something is true without knowing “how” it is true
- Why no one is actually a relativist, and how to help a “relativist” see this
- How to ask good questions as a way to engage in conversations about relativism (and everything else–”gardening” vs. “harvesting”)
- Understanding and discussing the new/current definition of “tolerance”
- Responding to relativism on campus (with friends, in classes, in papers, etc.)
- The importance of finding common ground in conversations
- The value of using this dialogical approach to defend all Christian truth claims
Resources mentioned during our conversation:
- Greg Kokhl, Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Chrisitanity’s Toughest Challenges
- J. Warner Wallace, Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels
- Greg Kokhl, The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important that Happens in Between
- Greg Kokhl, Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions
- Francis Schaeffer’s Trilogy
- C.S. Lewis, Perelandra
- Randy Newman, Questioning Evangelism: Engaging People’s Hearts the Way Jesus Did
- Stand to Reason, Greg’s organization
- Greg’s podcasts
Related College Faith Resources:
- The Reasonableness of Faith: Why Students Should Study Apologetics with Paul Copan (College Faith podcast #25)
- How Asking Good Questions Helps Us Succeed with Randy Newman (College Faith podcast 10)
- Stan Wallace, “When it Comes to Weinstein et al., No One is a Moral Relativist–And That’s a Good Thing!”
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