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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 28, 2020 4:34 PM

What should you say to your non-Christian friend who rejects Christianity? In this episode, Alan explains an important principle to help him navigate this situation.

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Justice, Law, and Morality

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 27, 2020 3:05 AM

J. Warner Wallace talks about justice and law requiring objective morality then answers questions about penal substitutionary atonement in today’s courts, prophecies in other religions, classical...

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Is It Impossible for There Not to Be a God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 17, 2020 12:05 AM

Greg responds to questions about whether it’s impossible for there not to be a God, why he would declare secular moral theories are false, Adam’s belly button, libertarian free will, salvation in...

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What Is Truth?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 24, 2020 4:55 AM

Greg talks about the difference between mind-dependent and object-dependent truth (and why it matters).

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Why I Left Atheism

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 24, 2020 7:28 AM

Jon tells the story of how he came to realize atheism can’t explain reality but Christianity can.

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Greg Responds to a Charge of Moral Relativism

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 22, 2020 6:23 AM

Greg responds to a charge of moral relativism, then he answers a question about whether Psalm 90:10 is a promise and responds to someone who is troubled by seeing the spiritual world.

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Another Challenge to Objective Morality

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 12, 2020 3:04 AM

Greg responds to another challenge he received to objective morality then answers questions about whether Jesus said we need to follow the Mosaic Law in Matthew 5:17–20 and whether 1 Samuel...

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Texts Mean What the Writers Meant Them to Mean

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 14, 2020 3:07 AM

Greg talks about how the current controversy over the judicial nomination is about conflicting views on how to read texts, then he answers questions about how not to lose one’s cool in a tense...

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Would a Purely Physical Being Come up with the Idea of a Spiritual Being?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 28, 2020 1:55 AM

Greg touches on the confirmation of Amy Coney Barett, then he answers a question about whether a purely physical being could come up with the idea of a spiritual being and whether we might sin in...

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The Explanatory Power of Christianity vs. Naturalism

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 18, 2020 4:29 AM

Greg talks about the explanatory power of Christianity vs. that of naturalism, then he responds to questions about balancing spiritual development with professional development and God placing...

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The Three Things Your Worldview Needs to Explain

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 25, 2020 4:01 AM

Greg talks about three features of the world that any worldview would need to explain: the world exists, the world is ordered, the world is broken, then he answers a question about how to respond...

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Why Is It Rational to Believe in the Soul?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2021 4:56 AM

Greg gives reasons why it’s rational to believe in the soul, explaining the difference between something being rational and rationalism, then he takes calls about how evil entered the world,...

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Three Common Informal Fallacies

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 21, 2021 2:15 AM

Greg talks about how to recognize and disarm three informal fallacies, then he answers questions about cessationism, praying for someone’s salvation, whether killing one's kidnapper would be...

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Arguments for Christianity by Young Case Makers

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 16, 2021 3:12 AM

J. Warner Wallace talks about two statements by teenagers arguing for the truth of Christianity, then he answers questions about how evidence relates to Hebrews 11:1 and how to move past having an...

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CRT and Justice

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 11, 2021 3:04 AM

Greg talks with Monique Duson of the Center for Biblical Unity about CRT and justice, they answer questions about their views on CRT and what we’re responsible for in history, a caller suggests a...

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What Is Truth, and Is It Knowable?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 19, 2022 2:48 AM

Greg responds to a question about the nature of truth and whether it’s knowable, then he talks to callers about questions to ask evolutionists and the idea that truth is abstract, not concrete.

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Four Reasons Why People Reject Jesus

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 26, 2022 3:14 AM

Greg talks about a conversation he had during a car ride with an atheist listener, then he describes four reasons why people reject Jesus, answers a question about God’s relationship to time, and...

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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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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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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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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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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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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.