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Street Smarts: Interview with Gregory Koukl

enOctober 11, 2023

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About this Episode

In this interview, Andy talks with Gregory Koukl about his new book, Street Smarts: Using Questions to Answer Christianity's Toughest Challenges.

Gregory Koukl is an author and founder of Stand to Reason, an organization that trains Christians to think more clearly about their faith and to make an even-handed, incisive, yet gracious defense for classical Christianity and classical Christian values in the public square.

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