Welcome to the sixth-first episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins interviews Greg Koukl– The Story of Reality: How the World Began, How It Ends, and Everything Important that Happens in Between (Zondervan, 2017).
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- Greg’s life, ministry, marriage, and his current ministry projects.
- The five simple elements of the Christian Story.
- The four elements of a Christian worldview.
- Competing stories about the origins of the universe and how they fall short of the biblical worldview.
- The uniqueness of the Christian story and why it’s so important that the beginning starts with the person of God.
- The uniqueness of the humans and what that means for moral values and human rights.
- The goodness of God and the problem of evil.
- The 2nd Coming of Christ and why that frightens people.
- Reasons to believe that Jesus really existed.
- How we can trust that the resurrection actually happened.
More Resources
To learn more about The Story of Reality please check out The Story of Reality‘s website for videos and more resources from Greg.
About the Author:
Gregory Koukl holds MA degrees in both apologetics and philosophy. He’s spoken on over 70 university campuses and hosted his own radio talk show for 26 years defending “Christianity Worth Thinking About.” Greg is founder and president of Stand to Reason (str.org) and serves as adjunct professor of Christian apologetics at Biola University.
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Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah. He is a writer, editor, and speaker living in beautiful Southern Oregon. Dave is a lover of Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology. He serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries, the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine, the Host and Producer of Equipping You in Grace Podcast, and is a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word. He is the author of The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age (G3 Press, 2022), and Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024). You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, or read his newsletter. Dave loves to spend time with his wife, going to movies, eating at a nice restaurant, or going out for a round of golf with a good friend. He is also a voracious reader, in particular of Reformed theology, and the Puritans. You will often find him when he’s not busy with ministry reading a pile of the latest books from a wide variety of Christian publishers. Dave received his M.A.R. and M.Div through Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
