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Descriptive vs. Prescriptive

Descriptive vs. Prescriptive

Update: 2026-01-07
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Greg highlights the distinction between descriptive and prescriptive passages in the Bible then answers questions about a pro-choice challenge, helping someone in memory care, baptismal regeneration, responding to “Love is my religion,” animal blessings, and Bible translations.
 
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  1. Commentary: Descriptive vs. prescriptive (00:00 )


  2. If someone says that if you’re pro-life then you should be against capital punishment, then couldn’t I flip that around and say that if a pro-choicer says a woman has the authority over her body to kill her unborn child, then he should be fine with her killing herself? (10:00 )


  3. What can I give a person in memory care to help them? (22:00 )


  4. Is it a dealbreaker if a church you’re going to believes in baptismal regeneration, and is this salvation by works? (28:00 )


  5. How would you respond to someone who said, “Love is my religion”? (36:00 )


  6. What is up with animal blessings? (44:00 )


  7. Is the New World Translation not called the “Holy Bible” because they changed too much in the text? (49:00 )


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Descriptive vs. Prescriptive

Descriptive vs. Prescriptive

Greg Koukl