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EPISODE · Sep 3, 2025 · 58 MIN

Why Does God Limit Our Opportunity to Repent and Believe to This Lifetime?

from Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast · host Greg Koukl

Greg responds to the challenge that it’s arbitrary for God to limit our opportunity to repent and believe to this lifetime, then he talks to callers about a contradiction in Genesis, the lack of spiritual growth in babies who are never born, and whether God or parents create souls.   Topics: Commentary: Why does God limit our opportunity to repent and believe to this lifetime? (00:00) How would you respond to an atheist who claims Genesis 1:11–12 and 1:26–27 conflict with Genesis 2:4–9? (28:00) If our spiritual growth happens here, what does that mean for babies who die in the womb? (47:00) Does God create souls and set them in bodies, or do parents create the souls of their children? (51:00) Mentioned on the Show:  Donate to Stand to Reason Related Links: Why Did God Create People if He Knew So Many Would Go to Hell? by Amy Hall

Greg responds to the challenge that it’s arbitrary for God to limit our opportunity to repent and believe to this lifetime, then he talks to callers about a contradiction in Genesis, the lack of spiritual growth in babies who are never born, and whether God or parents create souls.

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