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#STRask: How Can We Truly Love God in Heaven if We Won’t Have the Free Will to Reject Him?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 5, 2022 11:31 PM

Questions about whether regeneration counters total depravity in the Reformed view and how it could be that we’ll truly love God when we’re in Heaven, where we can’t reject him, if real love...

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#STRask: Aren’t Good Non-Christians Evidence That God Isn’t Required to Live a Moral Life?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 5, 2022 11:33 PM

Questions about how to respond to someone who says the existence of good non-Christians is evidence that God isn’t required to live a satisfying, moral life, whether God can save someone convicted...

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#STRask: Is God a Hypocrite?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 12, 2022 11:06 PM

Questions about whether God is being a hypocrite when he commands us not to murder and then executes people himself and how a politically conservative Christian should respond to a medical school...

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#STRask: How Can I Comfort Christian Families That Have Lost Loved Ones to Suicide?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 18, 2022 5:13 PM

Question about how a minister can comfort Christian families that have lost loved ones to suicide, are wrestling with thoughts that the suicide has resulted in a loved one possibly being a lost...

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#STRask: Why Did Jesus Leave Earth?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 18, 2022 5:15 PM

Questions about why Jesus left earth and how it’s possible that two Christian leaders, who both have the Holy Spirit, can have a contradicting witness about whether or not one can lose one’s...

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#STRask: If a Murderer Accepts Christ, Then Will His Victims Never Receive Justice?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 3, 2022 2:09 AM

Questions about whether the victims of a murderer who later accepts Christ will never receive justice for their suffering and whether or not it can be said a person is “forgiven” if the debt was...

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#STRask: Why Wasn’t God’s Rescue Plan More Immediate and Peaceful?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 9, 2022 11:28 PM

Questions about why God’s rescue plan wasn’t more immediate and peaceful and whether God wants us to be gullible and doesn’t provide hard evidence as proof of his claims that he’s different from...

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#STRask: Do Verses in Acts about Baptism Support a Oneness Understanding of God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2022 4:38 PM

Questions about whether the fact that the apostles baptized people in Jesus’ name supports a oneness understanding of God and how to reconcile the laying on of hands to receive the Holy Spirit in...

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#STRask: Will God Not Answer My Prayers if I’m Doubting He will?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2022 4:40 PM

Questions about why Hebrews is included in the New Testament canon if the author is unknown and whether God won’t answer your prayers if you’re doubting he will.

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#STRask: Why Is It Said That Jesus Was the First to Rise from the Dead?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 23, 2022 8:16 PM

Questions about why it’s said that Jesus was the first to rise from the dead if he already raised Lazarus and how to explain how Judaism and Christianity are related to someone who doesn’t know...

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#STRask: Is It Better for Christians to Worship in an Economical Space or a Beautiful One?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 23, 2022 8:18 PM

Questions about whether Christians are obligated by Matthew 6:19 to meet in the most practical, economical space possible and whether playing music too beautifully during worship can actually...

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#STRask: How Could Someone in the Old Testament Have Believed without First Being Regenerated?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 8, 2023 1:00 AM

Questions about how someone in the Old Testament could have believed without first being regenerated and why the devil would need to blind anyone (as referred to in 2 Corinthians 4:3–4) if total...

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#STRask: If God Is Love, Why Did He Kill so Many People in the Old Testament?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 14, 2023 10:32 PM

Question about why God killed so many people in the Old Testament if he’s a God of love.

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#STRask: Do Imprecatory Prayers Violate New Testament Commands?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 14, 2023 10:34 PM

Question about whether praying an imprecatory prayer like Psalm 5 today would violate the New Testament commands to “put aside all anger,” to “forgive or you won’t be forgiven,” and to “bless and...

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#STRask: Is the Bible Merely Unreliable Translations Written by Men?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 21, 2023 8:59 PM

Question about how to respond to someone who dismisses the Bible’s divine authority on the grounds that it was “written by mere men” and “is a bunch of unreliable translations of translations of...

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#STRask: How Much Influence Can Demons Have on Our Lives?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 21, 2023 9:00 PM

Questions about the biblical approach to deciding if eating meat is ethical and how much influence demons can have on our lives.

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#STRask: Was There an Eternal Singularity before Time Began?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 4, 2023 9:41 PM

Question about how to respond to someone who says the laws of causality and logic depend on time, that there was an eternal singularity, and time and logic only began at the Big Bang.

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#STRask: Why Should I Thank God for Fixing a World of Pain and Sin That He Created?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 9, 2023 7:41 PM

Question about why we should love and thank God for creating a world where pain and sin exist and then fixing it by sending his son.

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#STRask: Why Do Some New Testament Passages about Salvation Ignore Faith and Focus on Works?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 20, 2023 3:07 AM

Questions about why some passages about salvation in the New Testament (e.g., Matthew 25:31–46) seem to focus on works rather than trust in Jesus and whether the symmetry between Adam and Jesus...

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#STRask: What Should Christians Think about the Death Penalty?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 26, 2023 10:31 PM

Questions about what Christians should think about the death penalty, how it can be moral if it’s not applied fairly across people groups, whether Matthew 6:25–34 is a promise given to all...

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#STRask: Does Hebrews 1:5 Indicate Jesus Was Created?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 12, 2023 7:37 PM

Questions about whether Hebrews 1:5 indicates Jesus was created and the difference between the sinful way of testing God (e.g. Matthew 4:5–7) and the right way of testing him (e.g., Psalm 34:8 and...

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#STRask: A God Who Told Me to Kill My Son Would Not Be the God for Me

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 19, 2023 12:29 AM

Questions about how people can praise Abraham for being willing to kill Isaac when God told him to and whether that account of Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22 contradicts the idea that God won’t...

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#STRask: How Does Adding an Adjective to the Word “Justice” Corrupt It?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 19, 2023 12:31 AM

Questions about why Greg says that adding any adjective to the word “justice” corrupts it, whether a Christian should consider accepting an invitation to join the DEI committee at their workplace,...

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#STRask: Is God More Likely to Answer Prayer if More People Pray?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 25, 2023 10:33 PM

Questions about whether God is more likely to answer prayer if more people pray, whether it’s biblical for a Christian to say he can “feel” someone’s prayers for him, and whether prayer is more...

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#STRask: Am I at Risk of Losing My Salvation?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 2, 2023 4:56 PM

Question about whether a person is at risk of losing her salvation if she repents daily from various eating disorders but still sins daily.

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#STRask: Why Should We Try to Understand the Author’s Intent When Interpreting the Bible?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 2, 2023 4:59 PM

Questions about how to argue in favor of an “authorial intent” hermeneutic and why we don’t see more demon-possessed people today.

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#STRask: How Do I Show Someone That Not Every Spirit Being Is Good?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 8, 2023 8:02 PM

Questions about how to show someone who thinks any spirit being is good that only Jesus is good and whether inner healing prayer is biblical.

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#STRask: Could God Reach a Second-Century Shinto Monk Who Desired Redemption?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 15, 2023 10:49 PM

Questions about whether God could reach a second-century Shinto monk who desired redemption and whether it’s possible for someone to put their faith in Jesus for salvation but not have eternal life...

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#STRask: Why Do You Need to Work so Hard to Defend Christianity if It’s True?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 22, 2023 11:22 PM

Questions from non-believers about why we need to work so hard to defend Christianity if it’s true, whether we’re just pushing the truth we chose on others while keeping them from evaluating it,...

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#STRask: Why Didn’t Jesus Fully Heal the Blind Man the First Time He Laid Hands on Him?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 27, 2023 7:45 PM

Question about the greater message Jesus meant to convey when he healed the blind man at Bethsaida in two stages in Mark 8:22–26.

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#STRask: How Can Romans 13:3 Be True When Some Governments Persecute Christians?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 7, 2023 10:51 PM

Questions about how Romans 13:3 can be true when some governments imprison and kill Christians and whether it’s better for high schoolers to go to a Christian school with hypocritical Christians or...

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#STRask: In What Way Has Jesus Overcome the World if There’s Still Suffering and Sin Here?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 7, 2023 10:53 PM

Questions about in what way Jesus has “overcome the world” (John 16:33) if we still have tribulation, suffering, and moral decay here and whether John’s falling in fear at Jesus’ feet in Revelation...

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#STRask: Does Numbers 12:6–9 Indicate God Doesn’t Always Speak Clearly?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 13, 2023 5:17 PM

Questions about whether Numbers 12:6–9 indicates that people don’t always hear God clearly when he is speaking and how one should approach the staff of a Christian school that’s promoting mindful...

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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

Questions about whether Genesis 1–11 is historical or mytho-history, why Jesus referenced people “we know never existed” like Adam and Eve, Noah, and Moses, and whether there’s a method by which we...

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#STRask: Would the Gospel Be Good News if Hell Didn’t Exist?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 20, 2023 9:15 PM

Questions about whether the gospel would be good news if Hell didn’t exist and what to say to someone who responds to evidence for Christianity by saying, “The Bible’s bad for society,” and doesn’t...

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#STRask: Why Would God Harden Pharaoh’s Heart against the Israelites?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 26, 2023 6:52 PM

Questions about why God would harden Pharaoh’s heart against the Israelites and how to reconcile what modern science says about human nature being inherently good with the Bible’s claim that we’re...

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#STRask: How Would You Explain God’s Omnipresence to a Six-Year-Old?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 26, 2023 6:54 PM

Questions about how to explain God’s omnipresence to a six-year-old, how it could make sense for God to identify as male if the definition of “male” is rooted in biology, why the thief’s statement...

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#STRask: How Can God Not Know What He’s Chosen Not to Know?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 26, 2023 6:56 PM

Questions about whether the view that Jesus didn’t know the time of his return because he limited his omniscience is the same as Open Theism, when Jesus became aware he was the Son of God, and...

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#STRask: Anyone Worthy of Worship Wouldn’t Want It

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 26, 2023 6:59 PM

Questions about how to respond to the idea that anyone worthy of worship wouldn’t want it and anyone requiring worship doesn’t deserve it and whether it’s appropriate to do good deeds with the...

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#STRask: Why Does God Require Sacrifice after Sin?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 16, 2023 3:54 PM

Questions about why God requires sacrifice after sin, why God had to adhere to sin’s death penalty such that he had to devise a plan of substitutionary atonement, and how we’re able to grieve the...

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#STRask: Is It Okay to Pray with a Christian Who Believes His Words Create Things?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 16, 2023 3:57 PM

Questions about whether it’s okay to pray with a Christian who believes his words create things and how to be sure we don’t cross the line into performing sympathetic magic when engaging in...

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#STRask: No Rules for Christians Other Than to Love God and Love Others?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 24, 2023 8:05 PM

Questions about how to answer someone who says Jesus’ fulfillment of the Law means that loving God and loving others are the only rules Christians have to follow and fulfilled prophecies in the Bible.

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#STRask: Is It a Bad Sign if a Church Says the Bible Is Inerrant “in the Original Manuscripts”?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 1, 2023 4:23 PM

Questions about whether it’s a bad sign when a church’s statement of faith says they believe the Bible is inerrant “in the original manuscripts,” how the Gospel of Mark can be inerrant if someone...

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#STRask: Why Are We Supposed to Love as God Loves but Not Condemn as He Condemns?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 16, 2023 12:28 AM

Questions about why we’re supposed to love as God loves but not condemn as he condemns, whether Jesus would have issued a command like 1 Samuel 15:3, whether it would be kinder to not tell people...

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#STRask: Are Humans Flawed Because of God’s Lack of Power?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 23, 2023 2:52 AM

Questions about how to respond to someone who says he believes God made humans flawed as a result of his lack of power and why worship is good for us.

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#STRask: Does Someone’s Lack of a Near-Death Experience Prove There’s No Afterlife?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 30, 2023 10:08 PM

Questions about how to proceed with someone who isn’t sure what she’s unsure of about Christianity, whether not having a near-death experience proves there’s no life after death, why Jesus is...

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#STRask: How Does Grounding Morality in God’s Nature Solve the Euthyphro Dilemma?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 30, 2023 10:11 PM

Questions about how grounding morality in God’s nature solves the Euthyphro dilemma and whether we only have moral values because our culture has learned over time what does and does not benefit...

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#STRask: Why Did God Command Israel Not to Eat Pigs?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 6, 2023 6:56 PM

Questions about why God commanded Israel not to eat pigs if it wasn’t an issue of morality and why Jesus said his yoke is easy and his burden is light when we know how difficult it is to take up...

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#STRask: Wouldn’t a True Christian Refuse to Leave People Behind in Hell?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 20, 2023 8:45 PM

Questions about whether the fast rate at which Christianity spread is evidence it’s true, whether a true, loving Christian would refuse to leave people behind in Hell by accepting Heaven, and...

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#STRask: How Do We Know the Protestant Canon of Scripture Is the Correct One?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 31, 2023 3:38 PM

Questions about how we know the Protestant canon of Scripture is the correct one, how we can know the New Testament books are inspired if we don’t know who the authors were, and how to talk to a...

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#STRask: Can We Conclude from John 10 That Jesus Speaks to Us Today?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 19, 2023 4:03 PM

Questions about whether we can conclude from John 10 that Jesus speaks to us today, whether 1 Samuel 3 means we have to learn to hear God’s voice, and how to respond to someone who says God...

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#STRask: What if We Can’t Agree on the Definition of “Faith”?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 2, 2023 1:18 PM

Questions about how to navigate a conversation with someone who insists “faith” is not based on proof, how to use apologetics without sounding like you’re avoiding the question being asked, and how...

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#STRask: How Do We Know the Universe Isn’t Eternal?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 6, 2023 3:26 PM

Questions about how we know the universe isn’t eternal and whether there are theological implications to evolution being true or false.

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#STRask: Is God Good?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 14, 2023 7:45 PM

Questions about how to respond to teens who are asking whether God is good, a good way to respond to coworkers who joke that they would burst into flames if they entered a church, how to engage...

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#STRask: Should God Be Held Morally Accountable for Knowingly Creating a World Where People Would Sin?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 21, 2023 10:15 PM

Questions about whether we should hold God morally accountable for knowingly creating a world where people would sin, whether the crucifixion of Jesus was God’s way of taking some personal...

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#STRask: Why Does It Matter Which Higher Power Someone Believes In?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 21, 2023 10:17 PM

Questions about what to say to a Christian who doesn’t think it matters which higher power a person believes in, how to help friends see they’re attending an unhelpful or heretical church, whether...

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#STRask: What Is the Biblical Definition of God’s Wrath?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 27, 2023 4:34 PM

Questions about the biblical definition of God’s wrath and how Christians can process the heartbreaking idea of decent Jewish people going to Hell because they don’t have Christ.

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#STRask: Are We Limiting God by Putting Him in the “Box” of Scripture?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 10, 2023 6:57 PM

Questions about whether we’re limiting God by putting him in the “box” of the 66 books of Scripture and how to respond to someone who continually talks about missing verses in the Bible and the...

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#STRask: Is It Possible Jesus Has Already Come?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 18, 2023 6:14 PM

Questions about whether it’s possible Jesus has already come in a fashion similar to Elijah coming as John the Baptist, whether Jesus was an apocalyptic prophet who was wrong about the kingdom...

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#STRask: Are Christians Who Continue to Sin Hypocrites?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 18, 2023 6:16 PM

Questions about sins of action vs. sinful character flaws and whether continued sin makes Christians hypocrites, whether Ananias and Sapphira were saved, and whether Christians aren’t practicing...

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#STRask: My Teenage Daughter Walked Away from God Because He Didn’t Answer Her Prayers for Help

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 25, 2023 10:26 PM

Question about how to respond to a teenage daughter who walked away from God because she cried out to him for years and he didn’t answer, and because she didn’t feel any different after accepting...

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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

Questions about how persecuted Christians would have understood Psalms promising protection and rescue, whether it’s a contradiction for Jesus to say that some will be put to death but also that...

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#STRask: Why Didn’t Anyone Besides Matthew Mention the Resurrection of Multiple People after the Crucifixion?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 7, 2023 5:26 PM

Questions about why no one besides Matthew mentioned the resurrection of multiple people after the crucifixion, whether there were rainbows before Noah, and why Jesus told the restored...

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#STRask: Does Jeremiah 10:1–5 Speak against Having a Christmas Tree?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 30, 2023 3:53 PM

Questions about whether Jeremiah 10:1–5 speaks against having a Christmas tree, whether celebrating Christmas is extra-biblical and we should be celebrating Israelite feasts and festivals instead,...

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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

Questions about whether feelings should have any epistemological weight in our decision making and how to interpret several verses in Acts in light of Greg’s views on being led by the Spirit.

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#STRask: Was Moses Wrong for Giving a Law That Regulated Something God Hates?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 28, 2023 6:56 PM

Questions about whether Jesus thought Moses was wrong for giving a law to accommodate the hard hearts of the people, whether our civil laws should reflect the ideal or take into account man’s...

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#STRask: Is Romans 14 Saying That Christians Can Just Make up Their Own Rules?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 28, 2023 6:58 PM

Questions about whether the Christian liberty described in Romans 14 is the same thing as making up our own rules, weaker and stronger Christians in Romans 14 and 1 Corinthians 8, and the claim...

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#STRask: Do These Verses Support the Idea That Everyone Will Be Saved?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2024 9:01 PM

Question about whether Romans 5:18, 1 Corinthians 15:22, and 1 John 2:2 support the idea that everyone will be saved (universalism) as a New York Times opinion piece by David Bentley Hart claims.

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#STRask: How Concerned Should I Be about My Spouse Believing in Annihilationism?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 19, 2024 3:55 PM

Questions about how concerned one should be and what to do about a spouse who now believes in annihilationism and how to navigate differences in doctrine with those who take strong stands on their...

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#STRask: Does This Prove We Can’t Ground Objective Morality in God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 19, 2024 3:57 PM

Question about an objection to grounding objective morality in God that states that if God has a morally perfect nature, and he either engaged in or directly allowed genocide, slavery, and torture,...

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#STRask: If We Can’t Impose a Moral Standard from One Period of Time on Another, How Does That Affect the Moral Argument?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2024 10:52 PM

Questions about how one can use the moral argument and also say we can’t impose a moral standard from one period of time on another and responding to someone who says she would never follow a God...

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#STRask: Is Christianity Really a Story of Reality?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2024 10:54 PM

Questions about whether Christianity is about following Jesus rather than a story of reality, what John the Baptist meant when he said, “He must increase, but I must decrease,” and why John the...

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#STRask: How Can We Apply the Bible to Our Lives if We’re Not Supposed to Read Our Circumstances into It?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 31, 2024 11:42 PM

Questions about how to apply the Bible to our lives if we’re supposed to read it in context and not insert our circumstances into it and how to respond to someone who says the Great Commission was...

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#STRask: How Do We Discern between Our Own Inner Voice and the Holy Spirit Telling Us What We’re Supposed to Say?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 31, 2024 11:43 PM

Questions about how to discern between our own inner voice and the Holy Spirit telling us what we are supposed to say if, according to Matthew 10:20, “it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in...

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#STRask: Do We Always Need to Make the Case that Christian Morality Is the Best Way to Live?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 19, 2024 3:19 PM

Questions about whether Christians can simply say that God’s moral requirements are a show of loyalty to him rather than argue they’re the best way to live, whether references to unforgivable sins...

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