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#STRask: Is It Circular Reasoning to Say the Bible Is True Because God Says It’s

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 16, 2024 4:09 PM

Questions about whether it’s circular reasoning to say the Bible is true because..., how we can know when sarcasm or some other relevant tone is being used in the...

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“Red Letter” Christians—June 2014 Mentoring Letter

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

Arguing from Jesus’ silence on issues is not only a logical misstep, but theologically incorrect.

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Pro-Gay Theology Invents a New Sin

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 8, 2021 11:57 PM

Pro-gay theology advocates have invented a new type of sin by taking an existing sin and divided it up into two flavors: sinful and non-sinful—a distinction foreign to Scripture.

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The Changing Views of Mormons

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 16, 2019 9:55 PM

A new book details some interesting trends in the beliefs of Mormons, and one wonders how long the LDS Church can survive with only half its members being confident that its unique, foundational...

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Why Study False Ideas?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 2, 2019 6:30 PM

While it’s true that Christians should prioritize their understanding of Scripture and Christian theology, that doesn’t diminish the importance of also studying false ideas, as well. Here’s why we...

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#STRask: How Would Persecuted Christians Have Understood Psalms Promising Protection and Rescue?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 25, 2023 10:28 PM

put to death but also that not a hair of your head will perish, and whether the Bible

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How to Interpret and Apply God’s Promises in the Old Testament

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 12, 2023 2:03 AM

when to apply them to Christians today, then he answers a question about whether verses

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#STRask: Does a Literal Interpretation of the Bible Refute the Divinity of Christ

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 8, 2022 4:02 AM

Questions about responding to someone who says a literal interpretation of the Bible

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Can’t I Just Appreciate the Bible’s Moral Value without Taking It Literally?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 18, 2023 3:57 AM

Greg answers questions about whether one can just appreciate the Bible for its moral...a gay pride fundraising event indicates a problem with the church, and what the...

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Can We Give Evidence for God without Using the Bible?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM

Greg answers questions about giving evidence for God without using the Bible, resurrected

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Is the Sin of Homosexuality Singled Out?

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

The Bible paints a positive picture of sex and marriage, explaining how we were created

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#STRask: October 26, 2015

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

answers questions in 4 minutes or less on the Gospels, the blood of Jesus, applying verses

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What Dawkins Really Thinks

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

Dawkins” in response to his famous quote about the character of God turns out

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Oprah’s Religion: A Brief Evaluation of Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

Is Oprah’s religion (ala Eckhart Tolle) compatible with Christianity and the Bible

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The Only Way to Satisfy the Longings of Your Soul

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jan 25, 2024 2:45 AM

Year’s resolutions stem from an internal longing for something more, but you will never

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100% God—100% Man

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM

There’s is not a sharp dichotomy between God working and our working. They go hand in hand. God works through our initiative.

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In the Flesh: In the Spirit

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

spirit, then takes calls on how to make choices as citizens and Christians, if Jesus never

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Evolution Can’t Tell Darwin’s Story

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 1:48 AM

To tell a good, human story, one must speak of the non-material realities we experience. And if one’s worldview can’t support such things, one must borrow from another that can.

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Why God Doesn’t Promise Us an Easy Life

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 30, 2019 11:18 PM

The goodness God wants for us is Christ and conformity to Him, not comfort. Here’s how suffering can accomplish God’s highest goal for us.

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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

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What “Living Biblically” Will Probably Get Wrong

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

There’s a new TV show about a man living “100% by the Bible.”... But if you want to live biblically, first you need to understand the Bible,

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: Can a Case Be Made against Homosexuality and Transgenderism without Using the Bible

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 29, 2022 7:31 PM

against homosexuality and transgenderism to non-believers who do not trust the Bible

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Gnosticism and Kabbalah in Aronofsky’s Noah

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

A review of Aronofsky’s Noah by Brian Mattson will help you interpret the ideas advocated in the film.

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The Bible’s Teaching on Marriage and Sexuality Didn’t Change in 1946

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 16, 2023 4:10 AM

talks about an upcoming movie that claims a 1946 mistranslation of a word in the Bible

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An Evaluation of the Dialogue between Sean McDowell and Matthew Vines

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

Greg in discussing Sean McDowell’s dialogue with Matthew Vines on “What Does the Bible

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She Didn’t Know the Impact of Those 15 Minutes. I Didn’t Either…Until Later.

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM

No matter how small my audience, I never know when my own short moment of faithfulness

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An LGBT Defense Misses a Biblical Point

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

For Christ, the cross literally meant giving up everything, even His own life. He denied His own will to do the will of the Father. God expects no less from us when it comes to the matter of sex.

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The What, Why, and How of Interpreting Any Bible Passage

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 6, 2023 4:40 PM

There are three key principles of biblical interpretation, and each has a corresponding question to ask about any biblical text. Here’s a simple way to remember these three crucial questions.

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#STRask: April 10, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about hypnosis, whether Jesus lied, and early Scripture.

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How Can I Believe Incredible Stories in the Bible?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

How I can believe incredible biblical stories in which the sun stands still, a man survives inside a sea creature, a donkey speaks, or the Red Sea is parted? Here’s how.

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Six Things Christians Should Stop Saying?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM

Greg talks about about verses out of context—"The truth will set you free," "Blessed

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How Do You Know Christianity Is True?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM

Greg explains how you can respond when a young person asks this question.

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Chemist Grappled with Faith and Doubt

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

I managed to get through high school and college without taking chemistry, so I never

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#STRask: Does the Bible Say That Someday Everyone Will Worship God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 12, 2024 4:49 PM

Questions about whether the Bible says that someday everyone in the world will worship

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Why It Isn’t Naïve to Trust God in Your Suffering

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

Why do Christians continue to trust God, even in the midst of suffering, even when they think God could have prevented it? If I were an atheist, I would be endlessly curious about this.

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#STRask: What Do I Tell a Child Who Feels Guilty for Not Wanting to Read the Bible

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 14, 2024 5:52 PM

Questions about what to tell a child who feels guilty for not wanting to read the Bible...because he finds it boring and confusing, what Bible was...

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#STRask: Should Feelings Have Any Epistemological Weight in Our Decision Making?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 23, 2023 7:05 PM

any epistemological weight in our decision making and how to interpret several verses

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Palestinian Culture Creates Unique Challenges

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM

Different cultures create different challenges, and that makes speaking internationally both challenging and interesting. Here’s one way this played out in Alan’s recent trip to the West Bank.

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Why Your Student Needs to Attend the Next reTHINK Apologetics Student Conference

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM

respond to the historical, moral, and scientific challenges they’ll hear against the Bible

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Craig Hazen: Five Sacred Crossings

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM

evidence, Five Sacred Crossings with Craig Hazen, then takes calls on how to evaluate Bible

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Start Preparing to Defend Marriage within the Church

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

In the past, we’ve focused on secular reasons for maintaining the man/woman definition of marriage, but now we need to start paying attention to specifically Christian reasons so we can respond to...

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Does Evolution Explain Morality?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Greg talks about if evolution explains morality, if the godhead split in Mt. 27:26, what the husband’s responsibility is to the wife who is divorcing him, what Catholics believe about Mary’s...

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#STRask: Is Genesis 1–11 Historical or Mytho-History?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 13, 2023 5:18 PM

Genesis 1–11 is historical or mytho-history, why Jesus referenced people “we know never

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Quick Thought: The Power of Context

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

Several years ago I went to a state prison because the chaplain wanted me to equip the Christians prisoners to witness to the Muslim prisoners.

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Talking to a Mormon on a Plane

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

Commentaries on talking to a mormon on a plane, praying the Bible, and discussing

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Textual Variants Aren’t a Problem

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Michael Kruger responds to the poorly-researched Newsweek article “The Bible

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Interview with Michael Kruger on Bart Ehrman

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

Interview with Michael Kruger about Bart Ehrman’s Article: “Are the Stories in the Bible

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Christians Living in a Changing Culture

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

from, then takes calls on how we know what are merely cultural practices in the Bible..., how we can persuade someone of the Bible’s authority, and...

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Losing Your Salvation in Ephesians 1:14–3

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM

Can you lose your salvation? The first chapter of Ephesians has something to say about this.

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#STRask: May 15, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about biblical joy and Bible inspiration.

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