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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Skeptics are notorious for boldly asserting that you cannot trust the New Testament documents. They will point to apparent contradictions or miracles to bolster their claim.
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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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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 will turn out to be the turning point in someone else’s life.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 3, 2019 10:27 PM
Greg explains how 2 Chronicles 7:14 is used incorrectly by Christians thinking it’s speaking to them.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 3, 2022 10:44 PM
Some gender theorists say we should abandon the use of he/him pronouns for God and instead use they/them, but there are good, biblical reasons not to do this.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for November 2010 I met a pastor from Bangladesh last month. He left Islam in 1978, now oversees several churches, and has a heart to see more Muslims come to Christ.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Here’s a clever drill I’ve stumbled upon that’s got to be the simplest, most efficient way to make a spiritual investment in the lives of your kids.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Brett talks about his apologetics mission trips and how these Gospel-driven, real-life activities change the students.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Here are three surprising developments that stand out for us as we celebrate 25 years of equipping Christian ambassadors with knowledge, wisdom, and character.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 21, 2020 3:34 AM
Greg revisits his discussion from last week about respecting the original meaning of a text, then he answers questions about discerning between different views and adjusting how you communicate...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 1, 2024 8:22 PM
Does the film 1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture succeed in using Scripture to make the case that God approves of same-sex relationships? Alan explains three reasons why the film’s...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
When people tell me they don’t believe God exists, I have a specific question for them: What do you mean by “God”?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 15, 2024 12:10 AM
Here’s a simple, four-step approach you can use to tell your Muslim friend about Jesus, his mission, and God’s offer of a pardon.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Israeli mathematicians and archaeologists say they have found evidence to suggest that key biblical texts may have been composed earlier than some scholars think.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Greg reflects on his time in San Antonio with the Berry family, highlighting how their devotional life impacted him. Then he answers questions about Lucifer’s sin and a Greek word in Mathew 5:6.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
As followers of Christ, we know we have nothing to fear from the truth, and we’re willing to work to find it. We care about the truth because we care about God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 24, 2020 8:56 PM
Greg talks about bad arguments Christians use to justify abortion, and then he responds to questions about Hebrews 6, giving to the local church vs. a parachurch organization, being a believer vs....
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 15, 2023 1:47 AM
Greg answers questions about why God would create a world that has so much evil in it, how a book written by men could be the divine word of God, whether it’s okay to date a Christian who doesn’t...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
In order to invest time in the spiritual disciplines, we first have to trust in God’s power, love, wisdom, and desire to help us. In short, we have to believe that Christianity is true.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
Your role as Christ’s ambassador starts in your home, your neighborhood, your community, with the people you know personally, not with politics.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
For some believers, apologetics has a questionable reputation. It amounts to intellectually bullying or argumentative one-upsmanship. It’s all head and no heart. However, is this an accurate view...
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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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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 30, 2022 5:43 PM
Here’s why you shouldn’t interpret phrases in ancient Scripture through the lens of modern English idioms.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
why Greg uses straw men arguments against the young earth view, whether the Bible
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
It isn’t arrogant for Christians to believe Jesus is the only way of salvation and other biblical doctrines. In fact, it requires humility.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 12, 2023 2:03 AM
Greg explains how to interpret promises God made in the Old Testament and when to apply them to Christians today, then he answers a question about whether verses in Romans about the Holy Spirit...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 8, 2024 2:04 AM
Greg talks about how we were enemies of God before we were reconciled to him through the atonement, then he answers questions about how to determine a guest pastor’s theology and whether all...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 2, 2019 5:56 AM
Some Bible terminology can seem strange to our modern ears, and understanding its
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 7, 2021 8:17 PM
Questions about whether there’s a second chance for salvation after death and how there can be no sin in Heaven if we’re all sinners by nature.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about skepticism, the OT law, and denominations
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Philosophy and math must come before you can do any science. Science depends on the tools of other disciplines.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
If the wager is your life, what odds will you take? Find out how to pick a winner.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 1, 2019 9:16 PM
Civil war battles were tumultuous affairs. The thundering of guns and muskets was not just deafening, it was dangerous, drowning out the one means of group communication: the bugles.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Our promo for the new season of reTHINK Apologetics Student Conferences is out, and this year’s theme is...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Anyone looking to technology to lead our society as a “new religion” will eventually find it can’t be counted on to create and uphold beliefs in intrinsic human value, universal human rights, or...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
As Christmas approaches, we want you to be able to talk about Jesus with the people you care about when the opportunity arises. So we put together a group of helpful videos on topics that might...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
How should Christians respond when those who identify as gay or lesbian come to their church?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Greg talks about David Bowie’s death and trading eternity, then answers questions about how to answer the challenge that the Old Testament condones genocide and slavery, and what situation Timothy...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about baptism, polygamy, and polytheism.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 22, 2020 5:37 AM
Questions about the comparison between giving someone a love potion and the Holy Spirit’s work in the elect and what “knowing Jesus” entails.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 6, 2021 3:43 AM
Greg talks about our need to grasp the grace of God, then he answers questions about how to respond to charges of homophobia and how to make an argument for biblical inerrancy.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 14, 2024 9:46 PM
Questions about whether one can argue from the existence of evil straight to the Christian God or if more arguments are required to get there and whether Abraham sacrificing Isaac would be...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
What is the apocalyptic event described in First Thessalonians 4 and First Corinthians 15? Perhaps not exactly what you think it is.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
I had a conversation with Greg Cynaumon on Friday when I was a guest on his show Southern California Live.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
According to Romans 12:2, decision making isn’t about trying to hear special messages from God.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
We who truly enjoy our analytical side are in danger of getting caught up in thinking about arguments for Jesus at the expense of actually communing with Him and holding Him up for others to worship.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Greg has 4 minutes to answer questions about women working, discerning conscience issues, and the old earth view.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Greg answers questions on what Jesus meant by “this generation,” what “word of God” in Hebrews 4:12 refers to, and the concept of a “personal relationship with Jesus.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Greg answers questions about whether there are levels of sin, why God punishes for eternity, leaving a church, and why Jesus spoke in parables.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Greg answers questions on what Jesus meant by “this generation,” what “word of God” in Hebrews 4:12 refers to, and the concept of a “personal relationship with Jesus.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
Greg answers questions about people being saved before Jesus, whether there’s a difference between forgiveness and propitiation, and how Greg doesn’t get angry at irrationality.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about Christopher Hitchens’ book God is Not Great, then takes calls on if theories have to be falsifiable to be “scientific,” if it is ethical to participate in a...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
What can we learn about the design of marriage from the word “suitable” in Genesis?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Oct 2, 2019 5:41 PM
If we want to be effective apologists, we should imitate how Paul engaged his audience. Here’s what we learn about his approach from Acts 17.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 19, 2020 12:00 AM
With everything that’s happened this year, did you miss any of our most-popular posts? Here’s the list so you can catch up!
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for December 2013 You know the gay rights narrative. Homosexuals are born that way, change is impossible, and their behavior is morally permissible.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Greg answers questions in 4 minutes or less on the difference between religion and spirituality, using verses out of context, Catholicism, and free will.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about Genesis, sharing the Gospel with a dying loved one, and what makes someone wise.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
Greg answers questions about whether God would ever command someone to rape, the difference between inerrant and infallible, and whether we should say we’re spiritual or religious.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
Greg answers questions about inerrancy, a winsome response to someone who asks if you have a boyfriend or girlfriend, and why some people have intellectual disabilities.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2021 10:11 PM
Questions about using a vaccine created from cells from aborted fetuses and whether one must keep “toxic” parents in one’s life in order to honor them the way God commands.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 11, 2023 8:40 PM
Alan Shlemon explains three serious concerns about the Unconditional Conference hosted by Andy Stanley, gives reasons why we can’t simply agree to disagree on LGBTQ issues, and describes how...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
If Jesus is God—our sovereign Creator—and is morally perfect and blindingly good and loving, then is it wrong for Him to call us to love Him above all others?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
John Piper explains how the length of Israel’s long history before the coming of Jesus acts as “a lesson book for the nations about the Gospel.”
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Web Content Article · By brian seagraves On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
If the percentage of people who identify as transgender is so small, why do all parents need to be concerned about the effect this topic will have on their children?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Why are we to be “peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men,” even—no, especially—to those who treat us poorly? Paul says it’s because this is how we illustrate something very...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Greg talks about abortion, choosing gender identity, unjust suffering, adversity and character development, and more.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Rev. Dr. John Scudder, Sr., founded the first Western Medical Mission in Asia in Ceylon in 1819. He also founded a family of medical missionaries whose combined service covers four...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about eternal life, omnipresence, and worship songs.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about are you “Anti-Homosexual,” Nova’s “Judgement Day” with Dr. Steve Meyer, then takes calls on why the freedom to choose evil is necessary for human free-will but not for God, if...
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Greg Koukl answers questions in 4 minutes or less Adam and Eve, apologetics, sin, conspiracy theories, decision making.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
Greg answers questions on reaching people who are apathetic about spiritual things, Molinism, God “regretting” making man, and witnessing in the workplace.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 4, 2019 12:14 AM
Questions about the embryos created and thrown away because of IVF, a second chance for redemption after death, C.S. Lewis’s view of Hell, and talking to Wiccans about spiritual things.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 4, 2019 10:28 PM
Greg reflects on giving a pro-life talk to a law school in Paraguay then answers questions about relativism and whether there will be different rewards in Heaven.
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