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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: Are We Responsible for Enjoying Prayer, Worship, and Bible Reading?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 2, 2023 4:16 PM

Questions about whether we’re responsible for enjoying prayer, worship, and Bible reading or it’s up to God to ignite those joys in us and whether sharing about things that cause grief, pain, or...

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#STRask: Should I Call a Man’s Partner His Husband if They’re Legally Married?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 7, 2023 5:28 PM

Questions about whether we should call a man’s partner his husband if they’re legally married and whether it’s appropriate to remove kids from a middle school youth group where a male high schooler...

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#STRask: What Is the Hardest Aspect of Christianity to Defend?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 30, 2023 3:54 PM

Question about the hardest aspect of Christianity to defend.

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#STRask: What Questions Should I Ask Someone Who Claims He Only Believes in Things He Can See?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2023 7:14 PM

Questions about what to ask a strict empiricist who claims he only believes in things he can see, the purpose behind God making people with senses that can’t find him, and thoughts on whether a...

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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 Provide My Preferred Pronouns When Asked by a Judge During Jury Duty?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 6, 2024 4:54 PM

Questions about whether we should provide our preferred pronouns during jury duty when a judge asks for them and how to respond to a Christian who says it’s kind to use a person’s preferred...

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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: How Can I Evaluate Whether I’m Doing Enough for the Lord?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 9, 2024 11:51 PM

Questions about how to evaluate whether you are “doing enough for the Lord,” whether Ezekiel 3:18 indicates you will be in trouble on judgment day if you didn’t tell someone the gospel before they...

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#STRask: What Advice Would You Give for Debating an Atheist?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 14, 2024 9:47 PM

Question about advice for debating an atheist.

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#STRask: How Can I Make Sure I Will Honestly Consider People’s Arguments?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 22, 2024 3:47 PM

Questions about how to make sure we will honestly consider people’s arguments and why God doesn’t give more evidence to the “non-resistant non-believers” who are seeking truth.

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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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#STRask: Is There Something I Can Do to Develop Love for Christ if I Am Emotionally Detached?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 7, 2024 3:09 PM

Questions about whether there is something a person can do to develop love for Christ if they are emotionally detached and whether one should stay in a church that is slowly drifting away from...

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#STRask: What Constitutes a Marriage?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 14, 2024 3:31 PM

Questions about what constitutes a marriage, at what point God considers a committed relationship to be a marriage, whether the freedom to pursue marriage is a natural right (and what restrictions...

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#STRask: How Can I Start Conversations with Postmodernists about the Need for Repentance?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 21, 2024 5:31 PM

Questions about how to start conversations with postmodernists about the need for repentance and what question one can use to put a stone in the shoe of a Buddhist friend.

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#STRask: How Do I Know if I’m a Gardener or a Harvester?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 21, 2024 5:32 PM

Questions about how to know if we’re a “gardener” or a “harvester,” how to engage an apathetic person who says “I don’t know” to everything, and whether Christians are making an unfalsifiable claim...

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#STRask: Has Apologetics Had a Positive Effect on Our Culture?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 29, 2024 3:11 PM

Questions about whether apologetics has had a positive effect on people and our culture, whether the longtime privatization of our Christian faith has led to churches becoming apathetic to the...

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#STRask: Is It Okay to Be Part of a Music Ministry That’s Led by a Professing Mormon?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 4, 2024 4:47 PM

Questions about whether it’s okay to be part of a music ministry that’s led by a professing Mormon, whether a woman should date a man who isn’t as spiritual mature as she is or doesn’t take his...

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#STRask: What Should I Do if I Don’t Know How to Respond to Someone’s Answer to My Question?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 14, 2024 2:27 PM

Questions about what to do when you don’t know how to respond to someone’s answer to your question and you feel unsafe in the conversation and how to go about witnessing to and discipling a...

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#STRask: How Should a Dad Talk to His Children About Attending Their Mom’s Same-Sex Wedding?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 20, 2024 4:33 PM

Questions about how a dad should talk to his children about attending their mom’s same-sex wedding, how a veterinarian should respond if someone who suffers from species confusion asks for medical...

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#STRask: What Does a Personal Relationship with God Look Like on a Practical Level?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 26, 2024 7:36 PM

Questions about how to explain what a personal relationship with God looks like on a practical level and whether it’s okay to pray to Jesus and to the Holy Spirit.

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#STRask: What Apologetics Strategies Can We Use with Agnostics?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 26, 2024 7:37 PM

Questions about apologetics strategies to use with an agnostic who says it’s pointless to worry about whether there is a God because we can’t know if he exists and whether it’s a bad strategy to...

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#STRask: Is It Okay to Cover a Coworker’s Shift so They Can Officiate a Same-Sex Wedding?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 1, 2024 5:39 PM

Questions about whether it would be wrong to knowingly cover a coworker’s shift so they can officiate a same-sex wedding and whether it’s okay for a Christian to work for a company whose work is...

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#STRask: Is Church Just a Man-Made Way to Control People?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 8, 2024 2:33 PM

Questions about what to say to someone who believes the Bible and church are man-made ways to control people who don’t want to think for themselves and how to respond to the claim that Christianity...

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#STRask: How Do We Encourage Christians to Take on the Challenges of Our Day?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 8, 2024 2:35 PM

Questions about how to encourage Christians who are prone to withdraw to get into the fight and take on the spiritual and ideological challenges of our day and suggestions for battling...

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#STRask: Should I Stick with My Decision if I Prayed About It Beforehand?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 29, 2024 5:09 PM

Questions about whether you should stick with a decision you made that didn’t work out as you hoped if you prayed about it beforehand and how you can know for sure if God is calling you to do...

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#STRask: How Can I Convince Someone They Shouldn’t Rely on AI to Find Truth?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 29, 2024 5:10 PM

Questions about how to show someone that relying on AI for answers is a flawed way of finding truth, the role personal testimony should play in apologetics, and whether it’s sinful to not be more...

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#STRask: What Does Boasting in Our Weaknesses Look Like?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 21, 2024 7:21 PM

Questions about what the Bible means by “boasting in our weaknesses” (2 Cor. 12:7–10), what it means to “sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts” (1 Pet. 3:13–15), and whether giving our lives to...

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#STRask: Can I Be Acting on Godly Wisdom if My Choice Is Giving Me Deep Pain?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 25, 2024 3:16 PM

Questions about whether you can be acting on godly wisdom if your choice is giving you deep pain, how a combat vet who has difficulty going to church due to PTSD can find peace with who he is, and...

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#STRask: Should Christians Make Use of the Concept of Meditation?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 2, 2024 2:11 PM

Questions about Christians making use of the concept of meditation, advice for discussions with panentheists, and how to not be discouraged when pastors don’t use apologetics when it would be the...

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#STRask: God Didn’t Save Me from My Childhood Trauma

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 8, 2024 4:25 PM

Questions about how to respond to someone who rejects God because he didn’t save her from her childhood trauma when she prayed for help and whether it’s wrong to respond to the psalm that says,...

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In the Beginning God…

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM

Alan shows how you can use two simple questions to show that the Christian story of creation is true and reasonable.

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Interview: Sean McDowell, Updated Evidence That Demands a Verdict

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

Greg talks to Sean McDowell about his new book, the updated version of Evidence That Demands a Verdict.

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Interview: Dr. John Warwick Montgomery, How the Reformation Changed Everything

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

Greg interviews John Warwick Montgomery on the topic of the Reformation.

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Gratitude: To Someone for Something

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

Greg reflects on Thanksgiving and thankfulness then answers questions on the historicity of Adam and Eve and whether or not a Christian who lost his memory would still be saved.

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Were the Stories about Jesus Copied from Previous Myths?

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

Greg discusses an article that claims the stories about Jesus were copied from previous myths as he gives tools to help you assess other claims you’ll encounter.

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Greg Interviews New STR Team Member Jonathan Noyes

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

Greg talks to Jonathan Noyes, who is joining the Stand to Reason team, about his life and how he became a Christian.

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Can We Know What the Early Christians Taught?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 22, 2020 3:33 AM

Greg explains that there is such a thing as historic Christianity and we can know it, then he answers questions about the beginning of Genesis, when divorce is allowed, and ghosts.

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Atheism’s Empty Soul

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 8, 2020 4:53 PM

A worldview that denies God and embraces naturalism has serious repercussions, the most egregious being a logical slide to nihilism. Alan unpacks three reasons why nihilism flows logically from...

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Interview: Titus Kennedy – Excavating the Evidence for Jesus

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 25, 2022 4:02 AM

Robby talks to archaeologist Titus Kennedy, author of Excavating the Evidence for Jesus: The Archaeology and History of Christ and the Gospels, about archaeological evidence for Jesus.

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Thoughts about D-Day

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 14, 2023 1:34 AM

Greg talks about D-Day and thanks D-Day veterans for their service, then he answers questions about indoctrination, what we can do about what’s happening in public schools, whether someone can be...

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Interview: Titus Kennedy – The Essential Archaeological Guide to Bible Lands

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On May 15, 2024 3:04 AM

Robby talks to archaeologist Titus Kennedy, author of The Essential Archaeological Guide to Bible Lands: Uncovering Biblical Sites of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean World, about...

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People No Longer Know What the “Final Solution” Was

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 5, 2024 1:53 AM

Greg talks about people no longer knowing about the Nazi phrase “Final Solution,” then he talks to callers about questions to ask an atheist family member who’s extremely moral and how to respond...

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Smuggling Ideas That Don’t Fit

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM

Greg talks about values and beliefs that aren’t at home in an atheist worldview then takes questions on same-sex marriage, tactics, and euthanasia.