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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
William Bradford was the long-serving governor of the Plymouth Colony.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
“Death with dignity” distorts the truth as if those who let nature take its course are not dying with dignity.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Last month, Brett Kunkle and I spent six hours training students in apologetics at Watermark Community Church, a very large church in the Dallas area.
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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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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Jesus’ words in Luke 19:27, “Bring them here and kill them in front of me,” are a great example of how reading a single verse out of context can easily lead to misinterpretations.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
When you tell Jehovah’s Witnesses that Jesus is uncreated, they are likely to take you directly to Proverbs 8:22–30 in their New World Translation (NWT).
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 26, 2023 10:32 PM
The topics in this year’s top ten list indicate this has been a difficult and confusing time for many.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Paul says that we are “living letters” that others read. Greg makes a suggestion for a way to apply wisdom when engaging others.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 8, 2020 9:59 PM
We hear all the time that Christians divorce as often as everyone else, but it turns out this isn’t exactly true.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Learning more and more apologetic answers won’t necessarily lead to real conversations with the people who have the questions. It’s not knowledge of facts that will propel you towards this; it’s...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Many people interpret Philippians 4:13 to mean, “The sky’s the limit to what I can accomplish when Jesus helps me!” but that’s not exactly what this verse is about.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
How does God most want to strengthen us when we’re at our weakest? Here’s the biblical pattern.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
An experience of suffering can be very disorienting to Christians who are trusting God to protect them from pain. This is not the kind of trust God has called us to have.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 10:03 PM
My mind's made up. Don't confuse me with the facts. Come again? Don't get caught with this wrong-headed attitude!
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Tim Barnett explains the Bible’s indirect claims that Jesus is Jehovah.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 15, 2022 1:07 AM
A 30-year-old book on the fundamental ideas of the fascist worldview (a rejection of a transcendent God and moral standard) reminds us of what can happen when truth is no longer valued.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
A true scientific discovery made by an atheist scientist is just as true as the biblical teaching that God is love or that Christ died for our sins. All truth is God’s truth.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Recognizing that our beliefs and values all come back to God reminds us that He is our foundation. It all starts with the first verse, “In the beginning, God...” and all things follow from there.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Last week philosopher Edward Feser raised some concerns about a recent video blog that I did on Romans 1.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Sam Allberry has much to say that is relevant to everyone (not just those with same-sex attractions) and relevant to all temptations and sin (not just those related to sexuality).
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 1, 2019 10:37 PM
Are we allowed to eat pig’s meat today or not? That’s the challenge that I want to address, and it comes from a Muslim who is citing Isaiah 65 as evidence for his case.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 11:00 PM
The answer to this question is easy. Yes, they’re going to hell. But guess what? Everyone is going to hell.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Aug 27, 2021 6:43 PM
In an excerpt from our “Why Apologetics?” Stand to Reason University course, Tim Barnett explains how even a trained apologist like himself benefits from a practical application of apologetics.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 8, 2022 12:06 AM
This is who we are to be as Christians—people who respond to the truth of who God is and what he’s done for us in a manner worthy of that truth. But first, we must see that truth.
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On May 27, 2022 10:41 PM
When hard times come—and they will come—pray for a miracle, but understand that God may choose to use your difficult situation to make you more like Christ.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Do you know the first question I get when I teach on Islam’s long history of war and killing?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for November 2011 At a recent event, I was introduced as Saeed Ibn Umar. Yes, that’s a Muslim name. But no, it’s not a pseudonym and I haven’t converted to Islam.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
In John Loftus’s book, Why I Became an Atheist, he quotes “exbeliever,” one of his fellow bloggers, who gives the clearest, most accurate illustration I’ve seen to describe the mindset of...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Can the argument really be made that the Christian view is less biased than your average scientist’s or historian’s?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Nancy Pearcey guides us through Romans 1, using it to create a template for examining any worldview.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
It is very common among Christians to hear that all sins are equal. But is that really true? Are all sins equal to God?
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Jesus’ teaching does not leave Christians the option to make flippant or cruel and uncaring remarks about others.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
If disguising the truth is “an act of treachery to men,” then speaking the truth is part of what it means to serve them in love.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
The claim that science disproves miracles is based on a misunderstanding of what a miracle is and, therefore, how one can evaluate it.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
If we’re going to proclaim the message of the gospel to Muslims as ambassadors for Christ, we first need to know what Islam teaches and how we can respond. Here’s a good place to start.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On May 7, 2020 10:43 PM
We heard J.P. Moreland make the observation once that in Western culture, adolescence lasts well into the adulthood years. It's a topic well worth the attention of Christians so we can effectively...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
The Torah’s teaching about accidental “miscarriage” has been hotly contested concerning the value of the unborn. Is it pro-life or pro-abortion? Here are the facts. You decide.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Most of us have answered a knock on our door, only to discover a smiling, well-dressed couple—Watchtower publication in hand—standing on the other side, waiting to talk with us about the gospel...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Oct 1, 2019 9:50 PM
Tim looks at Adam Harwood’s argument that infants inherit only a sinful nature from Adam, not guilt.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 14, 2024 8:25 PM
Greg and Amy consider what it means to do something “in your own strength” and discuss how our efforts balance with God working through us and in the world.
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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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
If you let apologetics squeeze time with God out of your life, your soul will start to starve, and the results could be disastrous.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
You will likely never face death for the truth, but are you willing to face derision? Jared Wilson exhorts us to follow the truth no matter what.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
The most difficult question to answer isn’t what you might expect.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 4, 2020 2:24 PM
Alan shares how you can make the most impact in the lives of your LGBT friends and family.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Jewish leaders have long been deeply sensitive to any characterization of Christ’s passion that would transfer guilt collectively to the Jews, a view that historically has been used as grounds for...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
You’ve probably heard of Thomas Aquinas because he was so influential, but you may not know why.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, helped lay the foundation for modern physics.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2024 12:57 AM
Alan Shlemon talks about how to be a good ambassador for Christ to Muslims, the largest unreached people group on the planet, explaining their foundational objection to Christianity and how to...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM
How does God speak to us?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
Some atheists have wrongly assumed Stand to Reason protects Christian students from hearing ideas they disagree with, but that’s the opposite of our philosophy to “inoculate, not isolate.”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Christians who have not thought deeply about evil and suffering are one crisis away from having their trust in God shattered. Here are some key ideas you need to know.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 12, 2023 9:40 PM
Greg introduces his latest STR University course, sharing two reasons why many professing Christians seem confused on controversial issues.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Are non-Christians claiming that a half-full glass has more in it than a full glass? It would appear so.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
It seems the filmmakers who created Son of God were trying to convey a sense of piety, but they would have better served their audience by conveying a sense of reality.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 6, 2024 6:27 PM
Since it seems some Christians are starting to waver on original guilt and sin, here are two passages that support these doctrines.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
In a post-Christian culture, people are unfamiliar with Christianity, so there’s much we need to explain before they can understand the Gospel.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Following Christ will cost a person his whole life. Do not forget the effect this fact will have on the way people hear and consider your arguments.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
We need to be more intentional about sharing our lives with our neighbors so they can see who God is through us—through our good behavior as well as our moral failures.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Nov 25, 2019 1:55 AM
A new series based on Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy had a very successful premiere on television this week, and it could open up opportunities to talk to your friends about God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 19, 2023 2:11 AM
Greg answers questions about whether he’s fighting a ghost when it comes to critical race theory, whether the famous Christians who have been deconstructing were ever truly regenerated, the “Divine...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 11:56 PM
Alan responds to the question of whether or not the classical biblical teaching on sexuality causes violence.
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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
How did Jesus answer the problem of evil presented to Him? His answer is short and to the point.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
We’re at war, but it’s a spiritual war, not a physical one. We’re eager to help you this year to destroy “speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God.”
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 16, 2021 9:24 PM
Christians focus on homosexuality as a sin but ignore other Old Testament laws. Is this hypocritical? Tim Barnett uses his Red Pen Logic to respond to this common objection.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
A survey commissioned by Ligonier gives a good idea of which ideas we evangelicals need to do a better job at explaining, defending, and promoting.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Our worldviews influence the way we live, the values that guide us. Some worldviews support and ground values better than others. Christianity explains human value better than any other worldview,...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Does science have the right tools to test whether prayer works? And is that the right question?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Last month I was asked to speak at a church on the question “Should Christians Embrace Evolution?” The way you answer this question depends entirely on what you mean by evolution.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 6, 2021 12:08 AM
If you feel like Christians are losing the battle, you’re not alone. But Greg Koukl and Jon Noyes remind us that we’re “more than conquerors through him who loved us” (Romans 8:37).
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Brian Fleming’s film, The God Who Wasn't There, described by a reviewer on the front cover of the DVD as “provocative.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:55 PM
Greg sets the record straight on some old rumors about the origin of Christmas and separates the concepts of the meaning of Christmas from the spirit of Christmas.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
The word “submission” puts people on edge, but leadership and submission exist for the sake of beauty, fulfillment, fruitfulness, and peace. Here’s an illustration to help you see this.
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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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Need some help discussing theological differences with your LDS friends? Here’s a list of points to get you started.
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