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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 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 greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 5:44 PM
It’s easy to characterize religion as a blood-thirsty enterprise, a perpetrator of witch hunts, crusades, and religious jihad. But has Christianity been the cause of such evil, or does the truth...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Christian Living
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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 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 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 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 greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:22 PM
A solid argument can be built just like a solid house: walls first, then the roof. Here’s a building plan, plus three ways arguments collapse.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy
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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 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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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for March 2012 A homosexual man asked my wife, “Do you think I’m going to Hell?” That’s a tough question.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Atheists sometimes say the size of the universe is evidence that we’re insignificant and it wasn’t created by God. But does the size of the universe actually have a purpose?
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
I recently heard Dr. Hugh Ross share some ideas he’s learned from long experience that I thought would be helpful because a lot of people ask about this.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 8, 2022 12:54 AM
Is evangelism disrespectful since the Christian is assuming he’s right and the other person is wrong? Here are three things to keep in mind when answering this question.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
When I was meeting with Mormon missionaries, it was their view of God that was particularly grieving to me...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
It’s always wrong to take a human life without proper justification.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Probably like most people, I wasn’t interested in history when I was a child...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
In the last issue of Solid Ground, I raised a question that may have startled some readers. I asked if the current emphasis on “hearing” the voice of God is biblically sound.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
When the Bible talks about people being “destroyed” in Hell, is that referring
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Are you hoping to become an apologist but don’t know where to start? Here are some ideas for you.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Interview with J. Warner Wallace on God’s Crime Scene: A Cold-case Detective Examines the Evidence for a Divinely Created Universe—Part 1
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Interview with J. Warner Wallace on God’s Crime Scene: A Cold-case Detective Examines the Evidence for a Divinely Created Universe—Part 2
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Can sexual orientation change?
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Here’s a question I recently received: If he takes away from his family to give alms, isn’t that also wrong?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
People often compare the Calvinist view of salvation (i.e., that God gives spiritual life to those whom He chooses so that they will inevitably love and trust in Him) to an image of worthless...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Treat your gay friends the same way you would treat your heterosexual friends in similar circumstances.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
Is there an objective spiritual reality, or are religious ideas merely subjective preferences? Here’s why the answer to this question matters.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 30, 2019 11:57 PM
Spend enough time in artificial worlds that are grounded in false assumptions—especially without analyzing what you’re seeing—and you’ll be changed in ways you didn’t count on.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 12, 2020 2:47 AM
What are three significant speed bumps for college kids when it comes to Christianity? Greg shares his thoughts.
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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 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 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 Aug 27, 2020 11:33 PM
When you encounter these three common challenges, having a few good questions at the ready can help you navigate an otherwise difficult interaction graciously, safely, and effectively.
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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 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 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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