The STR Quick-Reference App from Stand to Reason puts concise apologetics summaries in your pocket, in text and video, so you can prepare for a thoughtful conversation about the key issues of life from a classical Christian perspective.^1
The store listings describe summaries on Christian apologetics, being an ambassador for Christ, other worldviews, ethics, and many other topics.^1 Stand to Reason's own apps page highlights tactics, abortion, and other relevant topics.^3 The companion web library organises the same material into sections such as Mentoring Moments, Apologetics Tips, The Story of Reality, and Islam, alongside Tactics, the Ambassador Model, Jesus, the Only Way, and the S.L.E.D. Test Argument Against Abortion.^4 The app is free on iPhone, iPad, and Android, and Google Play shows no ads or in-app purchases.^1
Greg Koukl founded Stand to Reason in 1993 and currently serves as president.^5 In an Apologetics 315 interview, he explained the aim behind the ministry: "we wanted to teach people, not just what to think, but how to think."^6 That aim matches the ministry mission to train 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.^7 Koukl has spoken on more than 90 university campuses, hosted his own call-in radio show for over 30 years, and written seven books, including Tactics, The Story of Reality, and Street Smarts. He earned master's degrees in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics from Talbot School of Theology and in Christian Apologetics from Simon Greenleaf University, and he teaches as an adjunct professor in Christian apologetics at Biola University.^5
Google Play reviewers describe the experience in their own words:
"Soo brilliant. Audio bible all the time and references for great conversations with friends. Absolute essential for every Christian phone."^2
"Quick, easy to find specific, available topics."^2
Notable:
- Built with the Subsplash App Platform, with the same library available in a web version.^2
- A separate listing from the main Stand to Reason app: the apps page presents the Quick-Reference App as its own product alongside it.^3
- Stand to Reason's statement of faith represents classical Christianity, affirming the Bible as the Word of God and one God in three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.^8
