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Stephen Meyer: The Design Debate Update

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Greg talks about if you were ever an unborn child, how a professional photographer can address potential clients that would violate his conscience, and more, then discusses the Design Debate update...

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Rodney Lake: Thinking Matters, New Zealand

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Greg and guest Rodney Lake discuss Thinking Matters, New Zealand, then Greg talks about tolerance or discrimination on campus, if early Christians recycled pagan myths, and more.

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A Conversation with Special Guests

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 27, 2023 2:02 AM

Tim and Greg chat with Frank Beckwith, Frank Turek, Scott Klusendorf, Brett Kunkle, Natasha Crain, and Alan Shlemon about their involvement with Stand to Reason, what they’ve learned from this...

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The Second Story

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

As I listen to many of the subjects in debate today in our culture—the dialog between secularists and Christians—there’s a fundamental difference in perspectives that I think we need to be aware of...

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A Response to Matthew Vines: The Bible Doesn’t Support Same-Sex Relationships

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

Matthew Vines has set out to change Christians’ minds on the topic of homosexuality. Here’s a response to his arguments.

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How to Disagree in a Biblical Way

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

Greg talks about how to disagree in a biblical way, then answers questions about how to correct ideas of the Hebrew Roots movement and coping with many problems.

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Tom Gilson and Tom Woodward, Telling Christianity’s True Story

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

Greg talks about Psalm 63 and emotions, effects of same-sex marriage on individual rights, trading the gospel for social justice, and more.

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Training Students for War

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM

We are at war. It’s not a war of bombs and bayonets. It’s not a war against flesh and blood. In fact, it’s not a physical war at all. It’s a spiritual war, and here’s how we fight.

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Do Pronouns Matter?

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Sep 17, 2021 9:17 PM

Doesn’t Christian witness require love, and doesn’t love require that we use people’s preferred pronouns? No, and here’s why.

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“Translating” Christianity

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

It was not the first time I’d faced this particular challenge. It happened in Egypt two years ago. Here it was again, facing me in Italy six weeks ago.

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Frank Turek: Cross Examined Instructor’s Academy

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Greg and guest Frank Turek discuss the Cross Examined Instructor’s Academy, then Greg answers questions on if the age of accountability is consistent with election, the professor’s ploy, and more.

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Sean McDowell: Student Training

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Brett talks about helping students engage their faith and others, if God hears the prayers of the unbelievers, and then discusses Student Training with guest Sean McDowell.

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Christians Don’t View Jesus as a Means to an End

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

An atheist who wants to reduce Christianity to the avoidance of Hell has missed the point of Christianity.

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A Gifted New Speaker Joins Our Team - Mentoring Letter June 2015

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 6:26 PM

Thanks to you, a gifted new speaker joins our team

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Who Says God Is Good?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

Central to the Gospel is the notion of “goodness.” God is good; we’re not good. God’s goodness prompts Him to rescue us from our non-goodness, our sin. Seems clear enough.

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Alan Shlemon: Matthew Vines’s Reformation Project Conference

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Greg and guest Alan Shlemon talk about the Matthew Vines’s Reformation Project Conference, then Greg talks about Veteran’s day, how it is just that we’re accountable for Adam’s sin, and more.

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Give ’Em Heaven in Practice

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

We can talk about the kind of people we should be in generalities, but we’re more likely to actually make changes when we think of specific ways and specific situations in our lives where we can...

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Sin and Transforming Grace in Openness Unhindered

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Rosaria Butterfield’s Openness Unhindered is a book about the astonishing and life-upending nature of the Gospel.

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A Message from Greg on the COVID-19 Upheaval

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 19, 2020 11:01 PM

For us at Stand to Reason, the course is clear. We are going to stay steady at the helm. We are going to keep our hands to the plow. We are going to continue to move forcefully ahead with our...

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Two Misunderstandings Christians Have about Justice

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On May 26, 2022 12:09 AM

There are two misunderstandings about justice that have led to confusion in the Christian community. Here’s what many Christians are missing.

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They’re Not Mormon?

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

If Mormons won’t allow polygamists to redefine Mormonism in order to include polygamists, they ought not demand that Christians accept a redefinition from Mormons as to what’s foundational to...

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Does Ezekiel’s Vision of a Temple Contradict Christianity?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Since Jesus ended the sacrificial system, how should we understand the prophetic vision of the temple at the end of Ezekiel?

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No, Dr. Janssen, Human Beings Are Not Trying to Find God

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

The fact that there have been many different religions throughout human history does not mean human beings are trying to find the true God.

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The Importance of Parents

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Greg talks about the importance of parents, how to deal with disappointment, if Biblical Unitarianism is biblical, and more.

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25 Years Ago, We Never Could Have Imagined This…

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM

See what’s been accomplished by God’s hand and your help.

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What Motivates Sin (and How to Fight It)

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 23, 2021 4:26 AM

Disobedience always extracts a greater cost from us than faithfulness. But as fallen human beings, it’s not always easy to believe this, so we choose sin. Here’s how you can fight for faithfulness.

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Alan Shlemon, Dealing with Homosexuality and Transgender Issues in the Church with Truth and Compassion

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

Greg and Alan talk about dealing with LGBT issues with truth and compassion, then Greg answers questions on forgiveness not ending the consequences of sin, what Jesus would do about baking a cake...

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How Apologetics Can Address the Six Reasons Why Young People Leave the Church

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM

A study on why young people are leaving the Church shows we’re not taking the life of the mind seriously enough.

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How 2020 Is Taking a Toll on Your Soul

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 27, 2020 10:35 PM

Technology has given us ringside seats to every tragedy and evil act on the planet, creating two problems that hurt our soul: faux omnipresence and faux omniscience.

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“The Shack” Movie Review

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM

We need to evaluate movies by more than just how they make us feel.

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An Argument for Jehovah’s Witnesses: Jesus Is Jehovah

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

How should we speak to Jehovah’s Witnesses about Jesus?

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Making Sense of Unanswered Prayer

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 26, 2021 11:44 PM

How can we make sense of unanswered prayer? Here are some tools for both your mind and heart to help you work through your questions when your prayers seem to go unanswered.

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Should Followers of Christ Observe the Torah?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

There’s an increasing amount of confusion among Christians as to whether we’re obligated to follow the Mosaic Law in the Torah. Here’s what the New Testament has to say about this.

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Remembering Greg’s Mom

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

Greg talks about his mother, what the definition of faith is, and if a Christian should attend their family member’s same-sex wedding.

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Is It Possible Some Mormons Are Saved?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 3, 2020 4:11 AM

Even though Latter-day Saint theology is radically different from Christianity, Mormons talk of Jesus with great respect, saying He is their savior. Is it possible some of them are saved?

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How Christians Can Deal with Tragedy

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

It’s a good thing before trials come to put our thoughts in proper order about how to deal with difficulties and tragedies that God allows in our lives, and not to let them shake us from what the...

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Cosmic Child Abuse?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

Speaking of dads on this Father’s Day, I want to talk about the Heavenly Father for a moment and transition here into a theological issue dealing with fathers and sons; this would be the Father...

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Does Pro-life Logic Mean Women Who Get Abortions Should Be Punished?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

Greg talks about if pro-life logic mean that women who get abortions should be punished, at what point should Christians challenge companies we do business with who take contrary positions, and if...

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Christmas Vacation

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

Greg talks about his Christmas vacation, if a Christian should attend a baby shower for his not-yet-divorced brother-in-law’s pregnant girlfriend, and if it’s possible that God created the universe...

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Should a Woman Be Punished for Getting an Abortion When Abortion Is Illegal?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

A transcript from the Stand to Reason broadcast April 6, 2016.

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An Assessment of Andy Stanley’s Unconditional Conference

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 11, 2023 8:40 PM

Alan Shlemon explains three serious concerns about the Unconditional Conference hosted by Andy Stanley, gives reasons why we can’t simply agree to disagree on LGBTQ issues, and describes how...

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Interview: Rosaria Butterfield, Openness Unhindered, Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ

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

Greg talks with Rosaria Butterfield about her conversion, sexual identity, and the Christian’s union with Christ.

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Interview with Dr. Larry Hurtado—Destroyer of the gods

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

The early Christians turned the world upside down by using both their reasoning ability and their well-lived lives to persuade others. We can learn from them how to face our cultural situation today.

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Rosaria Butterfield Interview with Greg Koukl

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

Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ

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#STRask: September 21, 2017

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

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about salvation, original sin, and student resources on evolution.