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If God Became a Man, Can a Man Become a Woman?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 4, 2022 8:10 PM

A popular tweet claims that if someone can believe God became a man, then they can also believe that a man can become a woman. Alan unpacks this tweet, defines some key terms, and shows why the...

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Can Atheists Be Good without God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 24, 2022 1:38 AM

Greg talks about how you can’t have objective good without God, then he answers questions about what it means to say we’re made in the image of God, whether the image of God can be gained or lost,...

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Humans Come in Only Two Sexes

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 18, 2022 2:01 AM

Many biologists, doctors, and scientists tell us today that sex is on a spectrum or that there are more than two sexes. Alan addresses this claim by looking at the evidence from both Scripture and...

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Darwinism Can’t Account for Objective Morality

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 19, 2022 1:54 AM

Greg explains why Darwinism can’t account for objective morality, then he answers a question about whether our sins are covered or washed away and takes a follow-up call from a caller about the...

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Gay Idioms Don’t Time Travel

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 8, 2023 5:46 PM

Alan addresses a progressive Christian who claims that Jesus wants LGBT people to “come out,” by explaining how he misuses a common literary device.

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Man or Maker: Who Has the Answers to Humanity’s Most Critical Questions?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 12, 2023 7:46 PM

When it comes to answering critical questions about how we humans should live, identify, and behave sexually, who should we listen to? Man or our Maker?

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A-Theory vs. B-Theory of Time

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 22, 2023 2:02 AM

Greg answers questions about how to think through the issue of A-theory vs. B-theory of time, practical tips for sharing the gospel with family members who aren’t interested in hearing about it,...

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Disagreement Is Not Oppression

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 31, 2023 2:51 AM

Greg talks about the relatively new idea that we can be oppressed through others’ ideology, then he answers questions about whether Christian fellowship is simply brainwashing, the need for...

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Are We Claiming to Know the Unknowable?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 7, 2023 2:30 AM

Greg corrects some of his speculations about Neanderthals from the previous episode, then he answers questions about what “weeping and gnashing of teeth” indicates, the influence of the Jesus...

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Master These Three Informal Fallacies

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 18, 2023 1:55 AM

Greg talks about how to recognize and handle three informal fallacies you’ll encounter in spiritual conversations, then he answers questions about whether Satan knows what we’re thinking and how to...

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Do Christians Have an Ulterior Motive for Being Kind?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 10, 2023 6:11 PM

Alan addresses the objection that Christians are only kind to people so they can convert them.

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Is It Difficult to Define a Woman?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 10, 2023 8:48 PM

Why has it become so hard to define a woman? Alan looks at a few definitions that are offered, explains what’s wrong with them, and then offers his own definition.

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What Are My Concerns with Andy Stanley’s Unconditional Conference?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 27, 2023 4:13 PM

Alan attended Andy Stanley’s Unconditional Conference, an event intended to equip parents and ministry leaders how to reach out to LGBTQ youth. In this episode, Alan provides his assessment of the...

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Should You Violate Your Conscience to Maintain Your Relationship with an LGBT Person?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 10, 2023 7:08 PM

People who identify as LGBT routinely ask their Christian friends and family to accommodate various requests. Are you justified in declining to go along even if it might damage your relationship...

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The Problem with Positive Rights

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 29, 2023 2:55 AM

Greg talks about the difference between positive rights and negative rights, then he answers questions about how to respond when a spouse initiates divorce, whether it’s moral to kill abortionists,...

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Why It’s Reasonable to Refuse to Use Preferred Pronouns

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 15, 2023 7:59 PM

Alan addresses whether it’s reasonable to refuse to use a transgender person’s preferred pronouns.

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What Is the Nature of Consciousness?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2024 2:50 AM

Greg talks about the soul, then he answers questions about why God made it so hard for humans to know he exists, the informal fallacy of special pleading, and how Christians can effect positive...

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The Problem with a Christian Attending a Same-Sex Wedding

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 14, 2024 2:55 PM

Should a Christian attend a same-sex wedding? Alan has attended a same-sex wedding in the past but believes he made the wrong decision. In this episode, he unpacks his past reasoning, explains why...

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Eight Tips to Become a Professional Apologist

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 25, 2024 2:28 PM

Alan offers eight tips to help someone who is interested in pursuing part-time or full-time apologetics ministry.

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Pro-Gay Theology Follows a Pattern of Past Interpretive Mistakes

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 29, 2024 7:32 PM

Alan points out how the interpretive mistakes made by pro-gay theology advocates today are the same mistakes people have made in the past.

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Greg Answers a Variety of Questions

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

Greg answers a variety of questions on arguments against atheism, spiritually leading a non-Christian child, animals in Heaven, and more.