81 episodes

STR speaker Alan Shlemon provides a monthly update while answering questions across a wide range of topics including criticisms of Christianity.

Thinking Out Loud with Alan Shlemon Alan Shlemon

    • Religion & Spirituality

STR speaker Alan Shlemon provides a monthly update while answering questions across a wide range of topics including criticisms of Christianity.

    Pro-Gay Theology Follows a Pattern of Past Interpretive Mistakes

    Pro-Gay Theology Follows a Pattern of Past Interpretive Mistakes

    Alan points out how the interpretive mistakes made by pro-gay theology advocates today have been made in the past.

    • 8 min
    Eight Tips to Become a Professional Apologist

    Eight Tips to Become a Professional Apologist

    Alan offers eight tips to help someone who is interested in pursuing part-time or full-time apologetics ministry.

    • 18 min
    The Problem with a Christian Attending a Same-Sex Wedding

    The Problem with a Christian Attending a Same-Sex Wedding

    Should a Christian attend a same-sex wedding? Alan has attended a same-sex wedding in the past, but believes he made the wrong decision. In this episode, he unpacks his past reasoning, explains why he was mistaken, and offers a practical alternative.

    • 15 min
    If Pro-Gay Theology Advocates Could Change the Past, Would that Change the Future Like They Want?

    If Pro-Gay Theology Advocates Could Change the Past, Would that Change the Future Like They Want?

    Alan explains what would happen if someone was to go back in time to 1946 and stop the RSV Bible translation team from using the word “homosexuals.” He unpacks whether this would change the Bible’s teaching on marriage, homosexuality, and sexual ethics today.

    • 18 min
    Problems with Creating Your Identity When You Reject God

    Problems with Creating Your Identity When You Reject God

    When a person rejects God, they’re left to determine for themselves their own identity. Alan unpacks some problems with this approach.

    • 9 min
    Why It’s Reasonable to Refuse to Use Preferred Pronouns

    Why It’s Reasonable to Refuse to Use Preferred Pronouns

    Alan addresses whether it’s reasonable to refuse to use a transgender person’s preferred pronouns.

    • 20 min

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