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#STRask: September 30, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 4, 2019 9:39 PM

Question about whether an elect person could die without hearing the gospel, the Reformed view of Christ’s sacrifice, using the Mosaic Law in evangelism, and how Ecclesiastes 5:2 should affect our...

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#STRask: October 3, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 4, 2019 9:42 PM

Questions about refuting panentheism, responding to astrology, what it means to live by the Spirit, and whether Jude supports annihilationism.

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#STRask: October 7, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 8, 2019 9:41 PM

Questions about how the biblical manuscripts were transmitted, saying “R.I.P.,” responding to people who say they don’t need apologetics, and staying in a church that has watered-down sermons.

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#STRask: October 10, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 16, 2019 9:31 PM

Questions about whether God wants us to seek the common good, why God creates people who won’t accept Jesus, the meaning of “the Father is greater than I,” and explaining the story of God asking...

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#STRask: October 14, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 16, 2019 9:40 PM

Questions about the relevance of atheism to discussions about worldviews and what it means to “wait on the Lord” when it comes to decision making.

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#STRask: October 17, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 19, 2019 9:44 PM

Questions about the meaning of Hebrews 6:4–6 and whether the 144,000 in Revelation 14:4 are the babies killed by King Herod?

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#STRask: October 21, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 4, 2019 1:52 AM

Questions about why Christ’s sacrifice suffices, why God didn’t stop Jephthah from sacrificing His daughter, how one can rekindle love for God, and whether different witnessing approaches should be...

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#STRask: October 24, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 4, 2019 1:54 AM

Questions about more challenges pro-lifers need to answer, God leading people to faith, whether Abraham needed faith to be saved, and whether one can sin without realizing it.

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#STRask: October 28, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 4, 2019 1:58 AM

Questions about claiming promises from the Old Testament, alternative ways of reading Genesis, and how we can know if someone has had a genuine conversion.

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#STRask: October 31, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 12, 2019 7:27 PM

Questions about where the unsaved go before the resurrection, how God’s sovereignty and human free will work together, repenting from the list in 1 Corinthians 6:9–11, and continuing to pray for an...

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#STRask: November 4, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 12, 2019 7:29 PM

Questions about how we should understand the rebuke of the churches for eating meat offered to idols in Revelation 2 in light of 1 Corinthians 8 and resources to help map out the Bible for purposes...

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#STRask: November 11, 2019

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 12, 2019 7:34 PM

Alan fills in for Greg and answers questions about ethical objections to a woman giving birth to her sister’s embryo and whether women should be required to see an ultrasound before an abortion.

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#STRask: November 18, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 12, 2019 7:43 PM

Questions about whether the good works of unbelievers please God, answering children about whether relatives are going to Heaven, and trusting in God though we can’t see Him.

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#STRask: November 21, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 12, 2019 7:45 PM

Questions about how we should interpret Romans 13:1 in today’s society, whether Christians should object to working seven days a week, and responding to a company policy of using the “Platinum...

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#STRask: November 25, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 12, 2019 7:48 PM

Questions about the meaning of the details of the Old Covenant sacrificial system, whether a Christian who struggles with sexual sin until he dies is condemned, and whether God can change the past.

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#STRask: November 28, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 12, 2019 7:50 PM

Questions about reasons to think the account of the woman caught in adultery is true, the distinction between biblical reliability and inerrancy, and people’s success with “listening prayer.”

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#STRask: December 2, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 12, 2019 7:53 PM

Questions about the difference between mind and spirit and how mental disability affects people’s ability to understand the truths necessary for salvation.

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#STRask: December 5, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 12, 2019 8:04 PM

Questions about how to respond to snide questions about the unborn, moral issues with designer babies, and street preaching in controversial places.

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#STRask: December 9, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 12, 2019 8:06 PM

Questions about God choosing to have Jesus die, Jesus forgiving everyone even though not everyone goes to Heaven, and whether we need to continue to ask for forgiveness.

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#STRask: December 12, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 12, 2019 8:07 PM

Questions about the best atheist argument for objective morality, whether Jesus made amoral mistakes, and the idea that “God closed that door.”

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#STRask: December 16, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2020 9:25 PM

Questions about how we know the God who exists is the God of the Bible, whether Jesus wants everyone to be healed in this life, and pastors who wrongly say God has healed someone.

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#STRask: December 19, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2020 9:37 PM

Questions about the difference between moral objectivism and moral absolutism and taking the roof off the claim that consent should be the basis of one’s sexual ethic.

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#STRask: December 23, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2020 9:39 PM

Questions about Hebrews 5: Does verse 5 teach that Christ was created and verse 9 imply He wasn’t perfect at one time?

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#STRask: January 2, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2020 9:44 PM

Questions about whether Hebrews 10 implies a Christian can lose his salvation and recommendations for books for laypeople on logic and reasoning.

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#STRask: January 6, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2020 9:45 PM

Question about how God can be good or just if He “creates some pots for destruction.”

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#STRask: January 9, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2020 9:48 PM

Questions about why we call God our Father if He isn’t a man and whether it’s concerning that a pastor read from a “gender inclusive” translation of the Bible.

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#STRask: January 13, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 23, 2020 11:19 PM

Questions about why we need bodies, whether the desire to remain alive indicates there’s no Heaven, responding to the idea that we’re our own authority, and how to know if someone is a good choice...

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#STRask: January 16, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 23, 2020 11:21 PM

Questions about why Adam’s sin, but not Christ’s righteousness, is imputed to everyone, how we know people won’t sin in Heaven, and whether Matthew 24:20 indicates we’re to keep the Sabbath.

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#STRask: January 20, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 23, 2020 11:26 PM

Questions about how we should reconcile Jesus’ sometimes harsh responses to people with 1 Peter 3:15 and how to grow in our understanding of God’s grace.

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#STRask: January 23, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 23, 2020 11:31 PM

Questions about whether “Adam” just refers to “man” in general, whether God’s just nature is a good argument for Hell, and the definitions of faith and idolatry.

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#STRask: January 30, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 3, 2020 9:22 PM

Questions about whether God is evil for creating disease, whether abortion is manslaughter or murder, and when it’s appropriate to pray harm on others.

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#STRask: February 3, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 3, 2020 9:24 PM

Questions about whether Paul was wrong about when Jesus would return, why God commanded animal sacrifice, and whether the divine nature is abstract or personal.

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#STRask: February 6, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 29, 2020 5:50 AM

Questions about whether it’s okay to pray for someone’s salvation in light of free will and the purpose of fasting.

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#STRask: February 10, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 29, 2020 6:05 AM

Questions about whether the creation account is a polemic against the false gods of the surrounding nations and whether God would allow someone to be deceived into thinking he’s regenerate.

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#STRask: February 13, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 29, 2020 6:38 AM

Questions about whether Jesus’ body limits His soul and what’s meant by “a reed shaken by the wind” and “a bruised reed He will not break.”

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#STRask: February 20, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 29, 2020 6:56 AM

Questions about what’s wrong with false teachers if they bring people to Jesus, how to approach someone who believes in the prosperity gospel, witnessing to people who hate God and Christianity,...

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#STRask - February 24, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 15, 2020 7:26 PM

Questions about election being an “unloving act of divine kidnapping” and why we have so many denominations if the Holy Spirit guides the church into all truth.

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#STRask - February 27, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 15, 2020 7:28 PM

Questions about what Romans 14 means when it says an act is sinful if it’s not done in faith and how to respond to people who defend their beliefs by saying, “I feel it’s true.”

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#STRask - March 2, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 15, 2020 7:40 PM

Questions about whether an argument against God is fallacious, whether a Christian teen should disobey his unbelieving parents, and what to say to someone who says he’s asked Jesus into his heart...

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#STRask - March 5, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 15, 2020 7:53 PM

Questions about what 1 Peter 3:1 means when it tells wives to submit “in the same way” and how the Holy Spirit can be in millions of people.

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#STRask - March 9, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 15, 2020 8:05 PM

Questions about whether Jeremiah 4:2 contradicts Jesus’ command, how the disciples misunderstood Jesus if Greg’s view of the voice of God is correct, the prodigal son parable, and prenups.

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#STRask - March 12, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 15, 2020 9:02 PM

Questions about whether we’ll be able to grow spiritually in Heaven, whether we’ll be able to fall off a cliff in Heaven, and whether the Old Testament was written in 500 BC.

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#STRask - March 19, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 15, 2020 9:10 PM

Questions about whether Genesis 32:26 models how we should pray to God, the validity of using formal prayers, and how one can pray the Psalms when there are calls for God to strike down enemies.

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#STRask - March 16, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 15, 2020 9:11 PM

Questions about God having no beginning and no end and whether evil is only the absence of good.

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#STRask - March 26, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 22, 2020 12:24 AM

Questions about why God forgives some and judges others, advice for those struggling with an overly critical spirit, and how to fight against apathy.

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#STRask - March 30, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 29, 2020 9:15 PM

Questions about why we’re responsible for Adam’s sin, whether God will restore creation to the way it was before the Fall, and whether the idea that “history is written by the winners” should...

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#STRask - April 2, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 29, 2020 9:17 PM

Questions about how to respond to skeptics who say prayer didn’t bring about a cure for a disease, whether the reapers and sowers in John 4 were both preaching the gospel, and how Satan fell. (Jon...

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#STRask - April 6, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 5, 2020 10:11 PM

Questions about whether souls are created at conception, what the Scriptures teach about the immortality of the soul, and whether Christians “idolize” the Ten Commandments. (Jon fills in for Amy.)

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#STRask - April 9, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 5, 2020 10:13 PM

Questions about why we needed a sinless man to pay our debt, Bible stories that seem unbelievable, and how to respond to postmodern interpretations of biblical texts. (Jon fills in for Amy.)

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#STRask - April 13, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 11, 2020 7:26 PM

Questions about God sending a lying spirit in 1 Kings 22:19–23 and whether or not this kind of thing still happens.

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#STRask - April 16, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 11, 2020 7:27 PM

Questions about “the will of the Father” in Matthew 7:21–23 and how Christians can distinguish between the practice of “hearing God’s voice” and genuine prophecy.

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#STRask - April 20, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 19, 2020 10:41 PM

Questions about responding to someone who says the church altered the Bible in order to control people and the difference between two kinds of inspiration.

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#STRask - April 23, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 19, 2020 10:43 PM

Questions about whether Jesus’ death really counts if He was raised three days later and forgiving a verbally abusive family member who is unrepentant.

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#STRask - April 27, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 26, 2020 11:48 PM

Questions about how Jesus could be considered the first to be raised, how to respond to “That’s just your interpretation,” trusting in God vs. being apathetic, and whether self-affirmation is...

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#STRask - April 30, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 26, 2020 11:50 PM

Questions about what Greg thinks about the rapture, whether prayers and fasts “count” even for people in other religions, and the importance of secondary values when choosing a spouse.

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#STRask - May 4, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 3, 2020 7:10 PM

Questions about whether a complex designer mind is improbable, where Jesus was between the cross and the resurrection, and why we should think Paul’s writings are inspired. (Tim fills in for Amy.)

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#STRask - May 7, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 3, 2020 7:13 PM

Questions about how an omniscient God could regret His creation and how to fit together Adam and Eve with studies of early hominids. (Tim fills in for Amy.)

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#STRask - May 14, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 10, 2020 2:31 AM

Questions about God’s forgiveness vs. human forgiveness, what John 20:23 means when it says the disciples had the authority to forgive sins, and whether Luke 12:47 means Christians can expect some...

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#STRask - May 18, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 17, 2020 8:18 PM

Questions about infinite regresses and responding to a naturalist who wants scientific proof that matter had a beginning.

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#STRask - May 21, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 17, 2020 8:25 PM

Questions about why Rahab lied (and whether or not that was okay) and why God didn’t allow David to build His temple.

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#STRask - May 25, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 25, 2020 12:06 AM

Questions about apostasy in a time of persecution, balancing citizenship in Heaven and patriotism, and whether or not God hates Satan.

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#STRask - May 28, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 25, 2020 12:11 AM

Questions about saying the “sinner’s prayer,” whether Sunday school is biblical, and baptizing in the name of Jesus vs. the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Jon fills in for Amy.)

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#STRask - June 8, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 7, 2020 4:59 PM

Questions about whether Psalm 2:7 means Jesus had a premortal birth and why the spiritual disciplines are important if God is in control.

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#STRask - June 11, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 7, 2020 5:02 PM

Questions about whether there really are objective moral values and whether the free will defense is compatible with Calvinism.

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#STRask - June 15, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 14, 2020 6:49 PM

Questions about reconciling the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5 with the character of Jesus and how Jesus’ new command to love one another differs from the old one.

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#STRask - June 18, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 14, 2020 6:52 PM

Questions about why Christians should think the New Testament is inspired and what it means to put God in control of your life.

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#STRask - June 22, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 20, 2020 7:48 PM

Questions about visualization being a function of the brain, the kind of body angels have, and how Jesus, Enoch, and Elijah could have physical bodies if Heaven is immaterial.

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#STRask - June 29, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 28, 2020 7:15 PM

Questions about people sinning in Hell, being sorrowful in Heaven if loved ones are in Hell, and how to talk to someone who only has a few months to live. (Tim fills in for Amy.)

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#STRask - July 2, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 28, 2020 7:18 PM

Questions about whether Acts 15 contradicts Paul’s instructions, theology that can be learned outside the Bible, and why we don’t think there are nine persons in the Godhead. (Tim fills in for Amy.)

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#STRask - July 6, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 5, 2020 6:10 PM

Questions about the fine-tuning argument, whether 2 Peter 3 contradicts Hugh Ross, and why a relationship with God seems one-sided. (Tim fills in for Amy.)

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#STRask - July 9, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 5, 2020 6:15 PM

Questions about being sent to Hell for not believing in God, Joel Osteen’s teaching, and a Christian response to absurdism. (Tim fills in for Amy.)

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#STRask - July 13, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 11, 2020 9:07 PM

Questions about the name “Jesus,” whether the Godhead is no longer immaterial, why Jesus sometimes told people not to tell others about Him, and whether Matthew was proof texting when he applied...

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#STRask - July 16, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 11, 2020 9:09 PM

Questions about whether it would be wrong to pray to ask God to save everyone and whether or not God promises to bless us if we give back to Him.

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#STRask - July 20, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 18, 2020 8:07 PM

Questions about the mark of the beast, whether Ezekiel 28 is an account of Satan’s fall, and whether being self-serving or selfish is ever an objective good.

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#STRask - July 23, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 22, 2020 5:37 AM

Questions about the comparison between giving someone a love potion and the Holy Spirit’s work in the elect and what “knowing Jesus” entails.

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