Stand to Reason Weekly Podcast Should I Attend an Unmarried Woman’s Baby Shower?
Nov 19, 2025
Should you attend an unmarried niece’s baby shower? Explore the balance between celebration and support. Delve into whether God causes or merely allows mutations, and discuss the complexities of God's relationship with time. Should prayers be directed to Jesus, the Father, or both? Discover how anomalies can challenge or reinforce worldviews. Lastly, find advice for those struggling with church satisfaction and why community is essential.
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Celebrate The Child, Support The Mother
- Celebrate and support the child and mother rather than ostracizing them over the mother's sin.
- Bring the gift in person and use the occasion to encourage the truncated family and provide practical help.
Personal Background Shapes Perspective
- Greg shares his personal background with adoption and meeting his wife at a crisis pregnancy center.
- His experience shaped earlier views about supporting single moms while distinguishing celebrations of relationships from celebrations of children.
Godly Intervention Explains Novel Biological Information
- Neo-Darwinian undirected mutation plus selection cannot plausibly produce new body forms, Greg argues.
- He favors God intervening to add biological information at key points rather than blind mutation producing major novelties.
