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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Apr 15, 2020 12:05 AM
But suppose He did rise from the dead, what of it? What does His resurrection prove? It proves everything that most needs to be proved. It proves everything that is essential in Christianity.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 20, 2021 5:00 AM
Greg talks about five things to look for in a Christian college, then he answers questions about universalism, a “too high” view of Scripture, whether Jews and Christians worship the same God, your...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 20, 2021 1:34 AM
School is out, but don’t stop learning this summer! Here are three organizations that are ready to equip you to charge through the challenges this world will throw at you.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 13, 2022 3:56 AM
What can believers do to remain humble when they engage non-believers? Here are three quick thoughts.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
After listening to a few of Christopher Hitchens’s debates with Christians, one quickly sees (because of how many times he returns to the subject) that his core problem with Christianity is that he...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
In the fall of 2012, Harvard historian Karen King announced she’d been given a fragment of a manuscript that mentioned Jesus’ wife.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
William Wilberforce is well-known for his decades-long persistence getting legislation passed to outlaw the slave trade in the British Empire.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Derek Rishmawy responds to the objection that “penal substitutionary atonement is morally repugnant because moral guilt is not transferable.”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Have grace for those who take different positions on the age of the earth, knowing that the difference is often one of biblical interpretation rather than biblical rejection.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about saving faith, the probability of resurrections, and ending life support.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Our society has become much more uncivil than it was a decade ago, and we need to develop some new skills for interacting with people.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
After a recent keynote address at an ACSI teacher’s convention, a young middle school teacher challenged me on something I had said.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
An atheist’s request for a miracle to prove God’s existence requires a careful answer. Brett offers that response.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Would you allow a teenager to perform brain surgery on you?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
I overheard a conversation on the airplane coming back from my vacation in Wisconsin.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
How many of us have become that which, in a time of clearer thinking, we swore we’d never be, and hindered someone from hearing our message because of our behavior.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
What makes the Christian’s faith any different from the Mormon’s wishing, or the Hindu’s wishing, or even the wishing of an atheist?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about truth in other religions, yoga, and God’s character.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about Christians sinning, Christians called bigots, and new books in the biblical canon.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Slate posted an article the other week about bills that ban abortions after an embryo’s heartbeat is detected. It was a dishonest article that distorted the science and placed too great an...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Bekah Mason provides some helpful counsel for how Christians can love and support other Christians who experience same-sex attraction.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
There are both practical and theological problems with telling someone, “God hates the sin but loves the sinner.” We have better news to tell than this.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
Significant insights can be gleaned about a maker by looking at what he has made. Here are four truths creation reveals about the nature of God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
How to stay a Christian in college; can Christians live sinlessly?; character in public life, and more topics
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Greg suggests his top book picks to ask for for Christmas, and talks with callers about the image of God, “morning and evening,” testing God, and the “true Israel” today.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
If Jesus is worth a painful death, is He not worth an uncomfortable life?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 31, 2019 4:06 PM
No matter who is making a claim about Islam, what they say must conform to these three authoritative sources in order for their claim to accurately represent Islam.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 21, 2020 1:01 AM
Sometimes atheists make arguments that can only come from a misunderstanding of the radical differences between the ancient pagan gods and the Christian God.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 10:06 PM
You can keep your faith or you can keep your friends and family. You pick. Well, the answer for many people is obvious: relationships are more important than a theological idiosyncrasy.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 22, 2022 2:52 AM
What does it mean when God says he “creates evil” in Isaiah 45:7?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 27, 2022 1:45 AM
Greg answers questions about whether Zaccheus’s statement about giving back four times as much as he stole supports the idea of reparations, the biblical evidence that babies go to Heaven, where we...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 25, 2023 1:36 AM
Greg adds another quick thought about the last call on the previous episode, then he answers questions about atheists claiming they used to be “real Christians,” whether the word “relationship”...
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
According to New Atheist Sam Harris, “Faith is generally nothing more than the permission religious people give one another to believe things strongly without evidence.”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
J.P. Moreland’s article “The Rationality of Belief in Inerrancy” argues it’s rational to believe in inerrancy even in the face of some unexplained counterexamples. Here’s a summary.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
People will go to hell not because they merely had a theological point wrong, but because they had a real disease (sin) and never got the only effective cure.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Should you be pro-life? To answer this, you must answer the question “What is the unborn?”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
To the atheist commenter who referred to Jesus as ”the magic carpenter”: You can say Christianity is false. You can even say it’s dangerous. The one thing you can’t say is that it’s silly and shallow.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Greg talks about haunted houses, the inspiration of Scripture, disqualification from Christianity, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Greg talks about the beginning of life, evolution, moral relativism, and more.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
The first time I heard C.S. Lewis’ Trilemma challenged was nearly 20 years ago.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Because of the tragic death of Robin Williams, people are commenting on suicide and depression who have not loved someone who was devastated by them. A post by Ann Voskamp is different.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Marc Baer, author of Mere Believers, argues “that because Equiano became a believer, the enslavement of Africans by Europeans came to an end.”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
It’s better to develop good habits rather than merely make resolutions. Here’s some practical advice on how to go about doing this.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Greg talks about worship music and aesthetics, how to respond to a friend who wants to pursue same-sex relationships, if spanking is wrong because Jesus is a pacifist, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Greg and guest Frank Turek discuss stealing from God, then Greg talks about the trip to Calgary, his personal experience with the New Apostolic Reformation, what Satan’s access is to God, if Hell...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Christian meditation isn’t an emptying of the mind but a filling of the mind with truth. Here’s how Tim Keller describes it in his book Prayer.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Sometimes being a good representative of the Kingdom hinges on the simplest things.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Greg talks about friends who live in sin, temptation from man’s nature, Roman Catholic doctrine and practices, and how one should handle relatives who undermine the teaching of one’s child.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about catering a same-sex wedding, visits from dead relatives, and preparing for attacks on students’ faith.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
We have seen much evil over the past week, and it’s not wrong to long for justice.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Christmas is about Jesus. But what is it about Jesus? How exactly is Jesus the reason for Christmas? The answer to this question lies in the reasons why Jesus came to this world.
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
For some Christians, the “sinner’s prayer” has taken on an almost superstitious quality.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Why is it a national tragedy when 39 people commit suicide? Answering that question tells us something important about the existence of God and about a special way of knowing.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
When science reasons it reasons inductively and it reasons basically the same way as we would reason about the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Four key points of knowledge kids should know before they leave high school By Scott Klusendorf
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Even if you’ve accepted the fact that you will endure some suffering, and you know that God has many good purposes for it, you may yet have some unrealistic expectations.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Daniel’s experience in a foreign land provides a helpful model for living faithfully and fruitfully in a secular society.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
The solution for shame in today’s culture is to celebrate sin in an attempt to take away its sting. But there’s no real solution for sin apart from God’s grace.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
What better way for people to see Jesus more clearly and build a theological foundation than by learning from Jesus’ parables?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that they alone are God’s chosen witnesses to the world. As justification for their self-designation, they cite Isaiah 43:10.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Greg talks about how the get over your fear of engaging critics of Christianity, how to witness to Mormon missionaries, and how to evaluate a church leader who is sincere but bears bad fruit.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
How do we know that what Paul wrote still applies to us today?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 19, 2020 1:52 AM
Do Christians say God “cares more about theology than behavior” as some people who object to Christianity claim? The truth is, Christianity says God cares more about behavior than most people think.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 11, 2020 11:53 PM
There’s a temptation to present a “kinder and gentler” version of Christianity that seems to fit better with the “culture of diversity” and with relativism. Here’s why we can’t.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 8, 2020 2:39 AM
If we interpret proverbs as promises, we will become disappointed when we think God is not fulfilling his promises. If we understand proverbs properly, however, we won’t make that mistake.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 12, 2022 10:10 PM
It’s understandable that Christians would ask how they can talk to their transgender (or bisexual, gay, etc.) friends about their sexuality, but that’s not the most important issue they need to...
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Mystery is talked about a lot in the Church these days, but it’s not usually defined. Mystery isn’t divorced from knowledge; rather, it’s a result of a deep knowledge of God.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
There are many out there who see Christianity as being mainly about teaching us how to be better people. Here’s why this moralistic focus is likely a major contributor to a relativistic view of...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Somehow I managed to get through high school and college without taking chemistry, so I never heard of Robert Boyle or “Boyle’s Law.” Here’s what students learn about him.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Jared Wilson explains how local church involvement plays an important role in confronting our tendency to reject authority and embrace an unhealthy individualism.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
If we Christians have a small view of God and the story He’s telling through history, and if our services reflect this empty perspective, we can’t be surprised when the culture around us absorbs...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Our obstinacy has been getting us into trouble for 2,000 years whenever a government makes the upsetting discovery that Christians place the authority of Jesus above that of civil authorities...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Apr 23, 2024 6:19 PM
Many Muslims love to cite Mark 13:32 as proof that Jesus cannot be God. Tim Barnett explains why this objection doesn’t work.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Greg is on a timer and answers questions about the prosperity gospel, God killing babies, publishing, and if all sin is the same.
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