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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

Over the last decade as a Stand to Reason speaker, I’ve been yelled at, cursed at, and even threatened. How do I keep my cool? Here’s my secret: I let God take the heat.

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Questions about Transgender Theories to Consider

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

On today’s podcast, Greg talks about an article discussing how people who object to radical changes in our society, like transgender bathrooms, are being bullied to abandon their reasonable...

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Argue Rationally and Take Responsibility for Your Arguments

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

In a New York Times op-ed titled “Stop Saying ‘I Feel Like,’” Molly Worthen says we need to pay attention to a recent evolution in language.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Why #GiveElsaAGirlfriend Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Some LGBT activists and Frozen fans have created the viral hashtag #GiveElsaAGirlfriend to urge the sequel’s writers to make Elsa Disney’s first lesbian queen. They believe that Disney is long...

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Christian Storytelling Should Be Both True and Beautiful

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Beauty itself is an apologetic for God because it reveals His beauty, just as making a case for the truth of the gospel through apologetic arguments reveals His truth.

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Has Science Buried God?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

As I travel around speaking, the vast majority of the questions I get have to do with the intersection of science and faith...

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The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR)

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

The May issue of Christianity Today features a cover story on Bethel Church in Redding, CA. Their pastor, Bill Johnson, was asked about his association with the New Apostolic Reformation.

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Intersex People Don’t Prove There Are More Than Two Sexes

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Here’s why intersex conditions are not evidence of further sexes in addition to male and female.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Does Having Homosexual Friends Mean You’re Unequally Yoked?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

One of the points I made during my message was that Scripture doesn’t teach that we have to cut ties with family, friends, and co-workers who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender...

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The Gospel’s Answer to the Problem of Evil

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

We can know, through the Gospel, that God is indeed all-powerful, all-good, and all-knowing, despite the existence of evil.

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Is One Way the Only Way?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

We are continuing our series on Answering Gosptacles with what might be the most pervasive gosptacle that we’ve looked at so far. The exclusivity of Christ as the only way of salvation is deeply...

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How We Should Treat Political Opponents

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Mark Galli has a good editorial in the current Christianity Today issue. I disagree with a couple of points. But I appreciate his primary message—reminding Christians that we’re to love and care...

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Is This Really the Kind of Judge You Want God to Be?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

People want the judge in the Brock Turner case recalled because he’s not a good judge. He did not uphold justice. The arguments for leniency were not good ones...yet they’re the same arguments...

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

The Back of the Book

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Since God has created every one of us and He’s given us His manual for what we need to know, Christians have some insight that others may not have because they’re still running from God.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

True Compassion Is Determined by the Mind, Not by Feelings

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Strong feelings of compassion and empathy coupled with a desire to help people and make them happy can sometimes obscure the path of true compassion.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

How Can We Answer People Who Say We’re Intolerant?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

These days, many people mistake insults for debate, and the insult “You’re intolerant!” can be enough to shut down a conversation. But it doesn’t have to!

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The Disciples Loved Jesus

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

At the end of John 13, after Jesus washes the disciples’ feet, He tells them He’s going away, and when they’re upset by this, Jesus gives them these words of comfort.

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Pray to the God of Grace Today

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Our country deserves nothing but judgment. But oh, see His grace and love on the cross! And dare to pray to Him for what we don’t deserve.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Is Theistic Evolution a Contradiction in Terms?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

On a recent episode of the Stand to Reason weekly podcast, a supporter of STR took issue with one of the ways Greg Koukl and I argue against theistic evolution...

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Are You Ready for What’s Waiting for You on Your College Campus?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Are you (or is your child) ready to stand firm in your trust in Jesus Christ on your college campus?

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The Question for Jehovah’s Witnesses: Who Is Jesus?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Tim Barnett wrote this month’s Solid Ground to help you prepare for conversations with Jehovah’s Witnesses. He says the best thing you can do is to focus on the most important question.

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Our Society Should Not Stifle Religious Dissent

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Andrew Walker warns of our society’s need for allowing religious dissent and the danger of denying religious liberty.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

The Pro-Life Mission

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

How do you create confidence in Christians who are able to share their pro-life convictions with anyone...

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Yes, Christians Are Hypocrites, If by “Hypocrite” You Mean “Sinner”

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

Contrary to Christopher Hitchens’s claim, religion isn’t what poisons everything. The problem is much deeper, more pervasive, and far more personal.

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Atheists Can’t Have Their Cake and Eat It Too

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

The question of the so-called Canaanite “genocide” is a difficult one to answer...

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Christianity: It’s Either Objectively True or Objectively False

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

Lately, I’ve begun to realize just how much relativism is ingrained in our culture, particularly when it comes to religion...

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Know Your Audience

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

I should have known better. This time, though, I didn’t pay attention. Perhaps I got comfortable, lazy, and sloppy. I didn’t follow a basic public speaking rule: know your audience.

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Why We Need to Learn to Die

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

Jesus said, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.” Here’s one reason why we need to learn to die.

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What Can’t Science Account For?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

William Lane Craig describes five rational beliefs that can’t be scientifically proven.

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We’re Seeing a Clash of Worldviews, Not an Inevitable Force of Progress

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

Our societal conflict over sexuality comes down to our opposing views on what it means to be human.

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New Report Examines Scientific Studies on Sexuality and Gender

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

A journal has published an up-to-date summary of the available scientific research on sexual orientation and gender identity, and it contradicts the claims we commonly hear.

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

The Importance of Waiting for the “Thinking Pause”

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

Here’s an important tip from Timothy Brahm of the Equal Rights Institute on how to improve your apologetics conversations with others.

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Treat Transgender People with Kindness

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

Jesus knew that those around Him were lost and hurting. That’s what led Him to act with kindness and good will towards them.

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Podcast Bumper Music: Good Little Giants

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

Listen to some music by Good Little Giants and hear what the lead singer has to say about suffering.

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The Deity of Christ in the Gospel of Mark

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

Does Mark’s Gospel present Jesus as a mere man, or is the deity of Christ presented even in the earliest Gospel?

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What’s Wrong with Religious Pluralism?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

Many people think all religions are equally true, but this isn’t possible. Here’s why.

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Jesus Built Western Civilization

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

We take the ideas of our society for granted, and we assume they’ll always be there. But the most beautiful ideas of our culture are grounded in Jesus.

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How Unfulfilled Desire Points Us to God

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

C.S. Lewis expert Jerry Root explains how experiences and earthly loves awaken desires in us that will ultimately point us to God.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

How Persecution Points People to Jesus

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

Why you shouldn’t be tempted to fear what you might encounter in the future as a Christian.

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You Don’t Need to Believe in God to Know What’s Right and Wrong, But…

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

Tim Barnett gives a great illustration to help explain the nature of the problem with atheism and objective morality.

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We Don’t Understand the Difference Christianity Makes

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

When you look at Roman sexual morality, you can see the difference Christianity has made to the world.

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Our Existence as Relational Beings Points to the Trinity

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

It would be odd to think that we alone (who were created in God’s image), and not God Himself, were by nature relational beings who interacted with and loved others.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

When You Don’t Feel God’s Love, Look at the Cross

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

Don’t go by your feelings. Look at the cross. There’s solid proof of His love there—not to mention His wisdom and sovereignty.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

If God Is Good, Why Is There Evil and Suffering?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

If God really is good, if He loves us, if He knows everything and is powerful enough to prevent any harm from coming to us, why do we suffer?

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What Is the Goal of Apologetics, and How Can You Love Your Listeners?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Here are two important pieces of advice to keep in mind when you’re teaching apologetics or using it in conversations.

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Naming the Clinical Efforts to Help People with Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Clinicians who help people with unwanted same-sex attraction have adopted a new term for their work that will more accurately communicate what they do.

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Truth Is Narrow and Exclusive for Everybody

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Watch a fun little video from Impact 360 on relativism, tolerance, and Christianity’s claim to be objectively true.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

In Conversations On Cultural Issues, Get to the Root of the Worldview

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

The cultural debates happening today offer us opportunities to talk about the fundamental worldviews behind the divide.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

If Morality Comes from a “Good” Society, We’re in Trouble

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

If the goodness we desire is not inherently in people, and there is no moral standard higher than society, how could “goodness” ever reign in a society?

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Force Is Required to Override Belief in Reality

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

How much force will it take to “convince” people there’s no such thing as a biologically male body?

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

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