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#STRask - May 20, 2021

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 16, 2021 7:24 PM

Question about how to respond to someone who cites the “paradox of tolerance” as a reason to not tolerate Christian views.

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#STRask - May 31, 2021

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 29, 2021 6:52 PM

Questions about whether a person who makes a negative claim has the burden of proof and the top apologetic topics that are most relevant for the times we’re living in.

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#STRask - July 15, 2021

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 11, 2021 12:58 AM

Questions about whether there’s a question that should be asked before asking if there’s a God, whether Adam and Eve were amoral before eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and...

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#STRask: How Can There Be Real Love in Heaven if Evil Isn’t Possible There?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 28, 2021 10:10 PM

Questions about how there can be real love in Heaven if the possibility of evil is necessary for real love and whether God could have created a universe where no one would desire to sin and be lost...

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#STRask: Responding to “Denying You’re Racist Proves You’re a Racist”

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 11, 2021 11:43 PM

Question about how to respond to the Kafka trap claim that denying you’re racist proves you’re a racist.

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#STRask: How Can Something Be Evil in Itself if Evil Is Only a Lack of Good?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 20, 2022 6:25 PM

Questions about how Greg can say something is evil “in itself” if evil is only a lack of good, how Jesus could have had a fully-human experience if he never doubted, and whether all bad things that...

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#STRask: Are Logic and Reasoning Immaterial?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 10, 2022 1:26 AM

Questions about whether logic and reasoning aren’t immaterial because they’re activities of a physical brain and whether the fact that some people have a “blind mind’s eye” counters the claim that...

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#STRask: Aren’t There Truths I Can Only Know Because of My Lived Experience?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 10, 2022 8:48 PM

Question about how to reconcile the fact that there are things one can only know through experience with the idea that truth can be known apart from a person’s experiences.

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#STRask: Does Naturalism Necessarily Lead to Moral Relativism?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 10, 2022 8:50 PM

Questions about whether naturalism necessarily leads to moral relativism and the ways naturalists try to ground objective morality.

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#STRask: How Would You Use the Existence of Natural Rights to Argue for the Existence of God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 16, 2022 5:24 PM

Questions about how to use the topic of natural rights with someone who believes in them to discuss the existence of God, and whether the saying that “we come from God, and we will go back to God”...

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How Can We Determine Which Christian Moral Principles Should Be Made into Laws?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 9, 2022 5:23 PM

Questions about how to determine which Christian moral principles should be made into laws and which shouldn’t and why Christ suffered a temporary punishment delivered by man while he was alive if...

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#STRask: Was There an Eternal Singularity before Time Began?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 4, 2023 9:41 PM

Question about how to respond to someone who says the laws of causality and logic depend on time, that there was an eternal singularity, and time and logic only began at the Big Bang.

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#STRask: How Does Adding an Adjective to the Word “Justice” Corrupt It?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 19, 2023 12:31 AM

Questions about why Greg says that adding any adjective to the word “justice” corrupts it, whether a Christian should consider accepting an invitation to join the DEI committee at their workplace,...

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#STRask: Why Do You Need to Work so Hard to Defend Christianity if It’s True?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 22, 2023 11:22 PM

Questions from non-believers about why we need to work so hard to defend Christianity if it’s true, whether we’re just pushing the truth we chose on others while keeping them from evaluating it,...

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#STRask: How Does Grounding Morality in God’s Nature Solve the Euthyphro Dilemma?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 30, 2023 10:11 PM

Questions about how grounding morality in God’s nature solves the Euthyphro dilemma and whether we only have moral values because our culture has learned over time what does and does not benefit...

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#STRask: Does This Prove We Can’t Ground Objective Morality in God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 19, 2024 3:57 PM

Question about an objection to grounding objective morality in God that states that if God has a morally perfect nature, and he either engaged in or directly allowed genocide, slavery, and torture,...

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#STRask: If We Can’t Impose a Moral Standard from One Period of Time on Another, How Does That Affect the Moral Argument?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2024 10:52 PM

Questions about how one can use the moral argument and also say we can’t impose a moral standard from one period of time on another and responding to someone who says she would never follow a God...

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#STRask: Can You Argue Straight from the Existence of Evil to the Existence of the Christian God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 14, 2024 9:46 PM

Questions about whether one can argue from the existence of evil straight to the Christian God or if more arguments are required to get there and whether Abraham sacrificing Isaac would be...

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#STRask: Before You Argue for God from the Existence of Evil, You Have to Prove Evil Exists

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 14, 2024 2:26 PM

Questions about the need to prove evil exists before arguing for the existence of God from the existence of evil and what to say to an eleven-year-old boy who lost his dad and brother to a...

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#STRask: February 28, 2019

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

Greg answers questions on the nature of the visions of prophets in other religions and whether people are saved once for all no matter what.

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#STRask: June 17, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:03 PM

Questions about whether it’s special pleading to say God is uncaused, the difference between magic and the supernatural, and the definition of atheism.

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#STRask: July 11, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 5:09 PM

J. Warner Wallace joins Amy to answer questions about Mormon missionaries, having atheists speak to youth groups, asking atheists if God exists, and figuring out whether things that happen to you...

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#STRask - April 5, 2021

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 3, 2021 9:30 PM

Questions about responding to the idea that since we’re all energy, we can influence lives by having good energy, whether Paul’s command to “have nothing to do with silly myths” pertains to...

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#STRask: Are Wiccans’ Beliefs Proved by the Efficacy of Their Spells?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 20, 2021 6:27 PM

Questions about what to say to a Wiccan who says her beliefs are proved by the efficacy of her spells, how to explain people having spiritual experiences outside of Christianity, and recommended...

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#STRask: How Would You Tell Someone Who Believes in Her Tribe’s Gods and Goddesses about Jesus?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 17, 2021 11:49 PM

Questions about how to tell someone about Jesus when her cultural heritage, including her belief in her tribe’s gods and goddesses, is her entire identity and whether one is morally required to use...

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#STRask: Is It Okay to Read the Writings of Other Religions?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 8, 2022 4:01 AM

Questions about whether it’s okay for Christians to read the writings of other religions in order to gain a better understanding of the people they’re evangelizing and whether a Christian who...

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#STRask: How Can You Call Atheism a Worldview?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 29, 2022 11:52 PM

Questions about whether atheism can be called a worldview and whether the idea of avoiding doing something “in your own strength” is a biblical concept and how one can tell if that’s happening.

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#STRask: How Would You Share the Gospel with an Animist or Buddhist?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 12, 2022 12:28 AM

Questions about good ways to share the gospel with an animist or Buddhist, whether the mark of the beast could be a microchip, and whether a Christian could take the mark unwittingly.

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#STRask: What’s the Most Important Distinction I Can Make between Christianity and the Book of Mormon?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2022 5:23 PM

Question about the most important distinction one can make between Christianity and the Book of Mormon when talking to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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#STRask: What’s the Best Way to Talk to Mormon Missionaries about Their View of Baptism?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 5, 2023 9:36 PM

Question about the best way to talk to Mormon missionaries about their view of baptism and their belief that only they have the authority to baptize.

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#STRask: How Can I Explain the Trinity to a Muslim?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 27, 2023 7:53 PM

Questions about how to explain the Trinity to a Muslim in a way that helps him understand the oneness of God, whether one could say the Trinity is similar to a person who has multiple...

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#STRask: Is There Anything in the Gospel of John That a Mormon Might Object To?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 20, 2023 8:46 PM

Question about whether there’s anything in the Gospel of John that a Bible study leader should be prepared to discuss with a Mormon who is interested in attending the study.

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#STRask: Do Atheists Read the Bible More Literally Than Christians?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 16, 2023 7:23 PM

Questions about whether atheists read the Bible more literally than Christians because they don’t have to make up excuses for what it says and how to make a case for the attributes of God by...

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#STRask: There’s No Such Thing as an Atheist Argument

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 6, 2023 3:28 PM

Questions about whether there’s such a thing as an atheist argument, whether one can ask a nonbeliever to prove a negative, and how to respond to an atheist who says morality is determined by...

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#STRask: How Can I Start a Conversation with the Jehovah’s Witnesses I See around Town?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 2, 2023 4:15 PM

Questions about how to start up a conversation with Jehovah’s Witnesses who are handing out information at temporary kiosks around town, witnessing to New Age siblings who misquote the Bible and...

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#STRask: How Should I Respond to a Formerly Muslim Friend Who Is Unwilling to Pay the Price for Becoming a Christian?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2023 7:16 PM

Questions about how to respond to a formerly Muslim friend who is unwilling to pay the price for becoming a Christian and doesn’t want to respond to challenges or discuss differences and whether...

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#STRask: Should I Stop Telling People That Attempting to Speak to Ancestors Is Demonic?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 6, 2024 4:56 PM

Questions about how to respond to someone who says we should stop saying that attempting to speak to ancestors is demonic, how to answer a Sikh who doesn’t understand why a Christian wouldn’t marry...

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#STRask: Why Do Atheists Get Angry When I Bring up Belief in God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 7, 2024 3:08 PM

Questions about why atheists get angry when someone brings up belief in God, how to reconcile God’s sovereignty and Satan being the prince of the world, and why the Lord’s Prayer says, “Lead us not...

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The Imago Dei in Man

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM

Alan explains the implications of being made in the image of God and why society is shooting itself in the foot for rejecting this principle.

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The Bulverism Blunder

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM

Sometimes people claim that the only reason someone is a Christian is because they were born in the United States. In this episode, Alan gives three reasons why such a claim is wrong headed.

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The Miracles of Materialism

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 8, 2019 9:37 PM

Alan explains how the atheist’s materialistic worldview makes several miracle claims to explain reality.

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Why the Problem of Evil Is Still a Problem

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 6, 2020 7:15 PM

Skeptics and atheists find the problem of evil so repugnant and our solutions so hollow because they refuse to accept a fundamental reality that every Christian believes. Alan explains what that...

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Christianity Is the Best Explanation for Reality

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 22, 2021 5:34 AM

If someone asked you how you know Christianity is true, how would you answer them? In this episode, Alan offers his response to that question by appealing to some powerful truths that people live by.

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Three Big Bangs

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 20, 2021 5:47 PM

You've heard of the Big Bang, but are you aware of the other two big bangs, each of which represents the beginning of a fundamentally new thing that didn't exist before? Alan explains what they are...

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Biology’s Divorce from Teleology

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 9, 2021 10:35 PM

Alan takes notice of a cultural trend to reject teleological language when describing human anatomy and shows how this explains modern thinking on sex and sexuality.

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Atheistic Freedom Is an Illusion

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

Greg talks about freedom then takes calls on biases, biblical interpretation, and lust.