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What Establishes a Marriage According to the Bible?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 5:44 PM

Even though marriage ceremonies today look a lot different from those in biblical times, the nature of what makes a marriage hasn’t changed.

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What Does the Bible Have to Say about Abortion?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 5:18 PM

Amy shares God’s view of unborn children, how we are to supposed to treat them, and then offers encouragement to those facing unplanned pregnancies.

Media Type: Video Topic: Bioethics

The Gospels Get It Right When It Counts—and When It Doesn’t

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

When external sources corroborate incidental details in the Gospels, we have more evidence that the Gospels can be trusted.

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#STRask: Are We Only Interpreting the Bible This Way Because of Our Post-Enlightenment

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 3, 2024 3:42 PM

Questions about whether we’re only interpreting the Bible according to authorial

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What Can We Know about God without Using the Bible?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 7, 2023 5:49 PM

Greg and Amy discuss how, even apart from the Bible, we can know some of God’s attributes

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#STRask: Should the Bible Be Removed from Public Schools under a Law Prohibiting

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 6, 2023 6:59 PM

Questions about a public school library that wants to remove the Bible because of

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If the Gospels Are Inerrant, Why Do They Contain Discrepancies?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 25, 2019 10:14 PM

Do the discrepancies contained in the gospel accounts point to collaboration or corroboration?

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Does the Lack of Original Autographs Make Biblical Inerrancy Irrelevant?

Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

What difference does it make to say the original biblical writings were inerrant if all we have today are copies with errors?

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The What, Why, and How of Interpreting Any Bible Passage

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 6, 2023 4:40 PM

There are three key principles of biblical interpretation, and each has a corresponding question to ask about any biblical text. Here’s a simple way to remember these three crucial questions.

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How Can I Believe Incredible Stories in the Bible?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

How I can believe incredible biblical stories in which the sun stands still, a man survives inside a sea creature, a donkey speaks, or the Red Sea is parted? Here’s how.

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How Can You Be Confident Christianity Is True without Looking at All the Options?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 11, 2023 10:36 PM

the many worldviews and “gods” in existence to Christianity and the God of the Bible

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You Can Start a Bible Education Program at Your Local Public School

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 7, 2022 3:22 AM

Schwartz, a field rep for LifeWise Academy, an organization that helps people start Bible

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#STRask: How Can We Apply the Bible to Our Lives if We’re Not Supposed to Read Our

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 31, 2024 11:42 PM

Questions about how to apply the Bible to our lives if we’re supposed to read it

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Updated Numbers for Ancient Manuscripts

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Because of all the recent discoveries of copies of ancient texts, many Christian apologists may be working with outdated numbers. Here’s an update.

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Charles Babbage, Father of the Computer

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Charles Babbage was born in London in 1791 and is considered the father of the computer and one of the most influential scientists in history.

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Kevin DeYoung: What the Bible Teaches about Homosexuality

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Greg talks with Tim Barnett and Kevin DeYoung, then answers questions about vaccinations, same-sex marriage laws, obligations to mosques, and more.

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Why Include Hebrews in the Bible if We Don’t Know the Author?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 30, 2023 5:47 PM

Greg and Amy discuss possible reasons why the early church fathers included Hebrews in the New Testament even though it does not appear to have been written by an apostle.

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What the Bible Doesn’t Say about Gender Identity

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 30, 2020 8:39 PM

Alan explains what 1 Corinthians 6:9–10 says about gender identity.

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Challenge Response: The Bible Says Men Are Superior to Women

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Aug 5, 2019 11:23 PM

Here’s my response to this week’s challenge.

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Less Is More: A Case for the Resurrection

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for July 2013 Go ahead and skip church this Sunday. No need to give thanks for your next meal. You might as well throw this letter in the trash, too.

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The Eyewitnesses

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

In I Corinthians 15, Paul lists six specific individuals or groups who are reported to have been eyewitnesses of the resurrected Jesus. But are these reports credible?

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Don’t the Sincere Beliefs of Non-Christians Matter to God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 11:53 PM

Greg explains why it matters what you believe, not just how sincerely you believe it.

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Is There Any Way to Be Saved Besides Jesus?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Greg talks about if there is any way to be saved besides Jesus, then takes calls on if Samuel had a school for prophets, if a Christian can be a pluralist, if God answers the prayers of...

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Fearing Fundamentalism

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:43 PM

Greg Koukl discusses whether capital punishment is moral in a non-theocratic society, praying for those who sin, and other questions callers have.

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Do Students Care about the Reasons for Christianity?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 1, 2021 4:52 PM

Do apologetics matter to young people today, who base their convictions on feelings?

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The Fundamental Premise behind Ehrman’s Claims

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:29 PM

Just in time for Holy Week—it’s just about a tradition now for Christmas and Easter—Bart Ehrman is raising the same old doubts about the New Testament documents.

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Interview: Tim Barnett, What the Bible Teaches about Hell

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

Greg Koukl and Tim Barnett begin making a case against annihilationism/conditionalism. (See September and November issues of Solid Ground for more.)

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Learn How to Interpret the Bible through My 10-Part Video Series

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 30, 2020 12:18 AM

Everyone has a system of biblical interpretation. Does yours help or hinder your ability to understand what God is saying in Scripture?

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#STRask: August 28, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM

on a timer and answers questions about what to do when reasons don’t work, the Bible

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Remembering Rich Buhler, and Greg’s Fishing Trip

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM

Greg talks about remembering Rich Buhler, his fishing trip, Bonhoeffer, then takes calls on explaining what the law of excluded middle is, if it is immoral to grow body parts in labs, and more.

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Why There Are Only Four REAL Gospels

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John aren’t the only Gospels we have from the ancient world. Here’s an easy way to remember why the New Testament only includes these four.

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#STRask: May 29, 2017

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

In four min. or less, Brett answers questions about morality, listening prayer, and man’s ambition.

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Are Christians Just Blind Followers?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 7, 2023 10:03 PM

makes sense for people who are convinced Christianity is true to believe what the Bible

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Drifting toward Darwin

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM

Greg talks about scientists not doing philosophy, drifting towards Darwin, subjective, objective, and subjects, and more.

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The Bible Thinker: Responding to Atheist Fallacies

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 8, 2021 4:29 AM

Tim responds to 10 fallacies offered by an atheist to disprove God.

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What Good Ambassadors for Christ Need to Know about Islam

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

Alan talks about what Christians need to know about Islam in order to be good ambassadors for Christ with their Muslim neighbors.

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Brett Kunkle, reTHINK Student Conference

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

Greg discusses reTHINK Student Conference with Brett Kunkle, then talks about if unconditional election is cultish, the pope’s comments on atheists, and more.

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What Does the Bible Say about Premonitions?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 17, 2021 3:27 AM

Greg explains why the source of a supernatural experience matters and gives advice for how to respond to a “Christian” friend who dabbles in the occult and claims to have premonitions.

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Regrets and Forgiveness

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

Greg reflects on his astonishment that people would say they have no regrets, then he takes calls on the first sin, what forgiveness entails, textual transmission, and altar calls.

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Airplane Conversation

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM

Greg talks about airplane conversation, the Bible’s big picture, taking the Bible

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Is Jesus a Legend?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

Jesus’ “powerful and appealing” life, ethics, and personality were not likely invented by a few simple men.

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The Da Vinci Code Cracks

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

I never thought it would happen. There I was, at a dead standstill in the middle of the 405 in Los Angeles traffic, and I didn’t care. The gridlock could continue all day as far as I was concerned.

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Does the Pro-life Movement Need a New Strategy?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM

Greg talks about bible verses out of context, if the pro-life movement needs a new...strategy, not believing the Bible’s promises, and more.

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Nothing Is Wrong with the World if There Is No God

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 10, 2024 1:34 AM

with the world, then he answers questions about children going to Heaven, a good Bible...for New Agers, repeating numbers in the Bible, medication...

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What Counts as Evidence?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 9, 2020 2:38 AM

Here’s why it’s illegitimate to disqualify circumstantial evidence from consideration.

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#STRask: What Happens to People Who Never Heard of God or the Gospel?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 4, 2022 8:01 PM

Question about what the Bible has to say about the eternal destiny of people...who never got the chance to know the God of the Bible and had...

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What We Read Is What God Said

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

The fulfilled prophecies, unity, and impact of the Bible all point to a divine Author

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How Were the Books of the Bible Compiled?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 23, 2020 8:58 PM

How did the early church decide which books to include in the New Testament?

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Taking Jesus at Face Value

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 9:19 PM

Coming to believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God by letting Jesus speak for

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#STRask: How Can We Not Be Anxious When We Know God Allows Bad Things to Happen to Us?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 26, 2022 7:07 PM

Questions about how to make the case that the Bible is the Word of God and how we...can be “anxious for nothing,” as the Bible commands, when we...

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Thomas and Evidence

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

then discusses calls about how we know that the God who exists is the God of the Bible..., how to get a friend to take the Bible seriously, and more.

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#STRask: September 4, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about unbiblical counsel, Zeitgeist, and how God interacts with us.

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Interview: Sean McDowell, Resources to Equip Students

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

to Sean McDowell about resources for students, including the Apologetics Study Bible

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Teaching Kids about Why Bad Things Happen

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM

We should begin teaching our kids apologetics as early as possible. Here’s how Tim translated an answer to the problem of evil into language even four-year-olds could understand.

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Christopher Morgan on Hell and Inclusivism

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

Christopher Morgan on Hell and Inclusivism, then takes calls on how to read the Bible...better, if archaeology disprove the Bible, if Christians...

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You Want the Biblical View of Marriage?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 5, 2019 11:56 PM

Alan responds to the challenge that the Bible contains and condones multiple definitions

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Why Do Christians Doubt?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 24, 2022 7:46 PM

Greg answers a listener’s question about why Christians doubt and shares how he responds to his own misgivings.

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Christians Living in a Changing Culture

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

from, then takes calls on how we know what are merely cultural practices in the Bible..., how we can persuade someone of the Bible’s authority, and...

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#STRask: October 27, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Greg answers in 4 min. or less, questions on miracles, the Trinity, and Bible translations

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How to View the Opposition You’ll Encounter

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM

Hall and Melinda Penner discuss faithfully responding to opposition, racism, and Bible

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#STRask: Are We Limiting God by Putting Him in the “Box” of Scripture?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 10, 2023 6:57 PM

and how to respond to someone who continually talks about missing verses in the Bible...and the idea that the Bible is owned by a corporation and...

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Textual Variants: It’s the Nature, Not the Number, That Matters

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Does the New Testament we possess correctly reflect the words the authors penned in the first century?

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#STRask: May 21, 2018

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM

Greg answers questions on an alleged Bible contradiction, the Bible’s view of transgenderism

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#STRask: How Can I Articulate the Beauty of the Christian Worldview in a Nutshell?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 29, 2024 3:09 PM

separation of church and state” requires public school teachers to not reference the Bible...and government employees to remove anything Bible...

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Resources to Learn Hermeneutics

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 8, 2022 1:55 AM

How can someone study hermeneutics to learn how to correctly interpret the Bible

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#STRask: October 5, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about the King James Bible, trick-or-treating

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What the Bible and Science Say about Transgenderism

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 6, 2022 10:30 PM

Jon Noyes presents two perspectives on why both biological sex and gender are binary.

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Are Atheists the Only Rational Ones?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

, getting pictures from God, dealing with challenges as a pastor, and improving Bible

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Talking to a Mormon on a Plane

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

Commentaries on talking to a mormon on a plane, praying the Bible, and discussing

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Tips for Addressing Objections

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM

arguments on any topic as he discusses an article challenging the historicity of the Bible

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Two Practical Ways to Promote Biblical Literacy at Home

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 12, 2020 1:11 AM

Simply put, people don’t know their Bibles.

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#STRask: January 23, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Greg’s on a timer answering questions about the Lord’s Prayer, understanding the Bible

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If Pro-Gay Theology Advocates Could Change the Past, Would That Change the Future Like They Want?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 13, 2024 3:19 PM

explains what would happen if someone was to go back in time to 1946 and stop the RSV Bible...He unpacks whether this would change the Bible’s...

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Thoughts on Reaching Gen Z

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 19, 2021 2:51 AM

Z and how to reach this digitally-native generation, then he describes the Bible

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Treasuring God’s Word

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 1, 2021 2:44 AM

Greg talks about his love for his Bible, a caller tells his story about becoming...blind and reading the Bible as a blind Christian, and Greg...

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