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Read Nancy Pearcey’s Finding Truth with Me

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Nancy Pearcey has the unique ability of getting to the heart of things in the cultural conversation, and her penetrating critique of the worldview “idols” of our age is chock-full of gems.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

For the Student Who Wants to Be a Christian Apologist

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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Will the Punishment in Hell Be Experienced Forever?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM

There’s a movement among some members of the church away from a belief in eternal conscious punishment in Hell. This month’s issue of Solid Ground looks at what the Bible says about this topic.

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School Is Out, so What Is Next?

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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Is All Saints’ Day on November 1st Because of a Pagan Festival?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Angie Mosteller says, “There is no indication that ancient Samhain was ever a festival of the dead or dedicated to some Lord of the Dead.”

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Consideration, Gender Identity, and Bathrooms

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

Greg discusses consideration, gender identity, and bathrooms, then proceeds to answer calls about if the people with demons Jesus cast out were really mentally ill, and how to evaluate...

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Interview: Frank Turek – Correct, Not Politically Correct

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 26, 2023 2:25 AM

Greg talks to Frank Turek, author of the newly re-released Correct, Not Politically Correct, about the worldview behind same-sex marriage and transgenderism, the damage caused by transgender...

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A Note to the Unmarried and Childless

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:29 PM

Getting married and having kids is part of being human—given to us for our good and His glory, but it doesn’t follow that if one does not take part in those things that one is not fully human.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

France Decides to Protect Women from Their Conscience

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

A French court upheld the banning of an ad meant to encourage mothers not to abort their Down syndrome children, saying it might disturb people’s consciences.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

We Take Christianity’s Influence on the World for Granted

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM

Some think Christianity is silly. It isn’t silly, because our God isn’t silly. And when you see the massive accomplishments His word brought about in this world, you start to get a glimpse of that.

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Living Faithfully and Fruitfully

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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Urgent Prayer Request for Melinda

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

Melinda had a serious accident yesterday morning. Read the update for details, and then please pray.

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An App to Help You Read through the Bible

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM

We can’t depend on our fickle desires to drive us. The key to sustained Bible reading over time is having a goal, developing a habit, and being faithful day after day. This app can help.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

What Dawkins Really Thinks

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

A reaction of “Tell us what you really think, Dr. Dawkins” in response to his famous quote about the character of God turns out to not be as rhetorical as one might think.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

How Churches Can Support Christians Struggling with Same-Sex Attraction

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Greg talks about how churches can support Christians who are struggling with same-sex attraction, then answers questions about why God makes it so hard to believe, advice about going to seminary,...

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Faith Isn’t a Way of Knowing; It’s a Way of Trusting

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

Some atheists claim Christians think faith is a way of knowing things, but that’s not the definition of faith we see in the Bible.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Can You Ground Objective Morality in a God That Does Not Exist?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

Can a person who believes in a God that does not exist still have a good grounding for objective morality? The distinction between “in principle” and “in reality” is crucial to answering...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

The Task of Cultural Apologetics

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM

People in our culture are asking if Christianity is not only true, but also good and beautiful. This current emphasis fits right in with the task of cultural apologetics.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Anomalies Don’t Necessarily Disprove Christianity

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Theories ought not be rejected just because there’s an anomaly that can’t yet be reconciled with it. Instead, it’s legitimate to take time to work on finding an answer that resolves the alleged...

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The Second Story

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

As I listen to many of the subjects in debate today in our culture—the dialog between secularists and Christians—there’s a fundamental difference in perspectives that I think we need to be aware of...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

A Response to Matthew Vines: The Bible Doesn’t Support Same-Sex Relationships

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

Matthew Vines has set out to change Christians’ minds on the topic of homosexuality. Here’s a response to his arguments.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Training Students for War

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM

We are at war. It’s not a war of bombs and bayonets. It’s not a war against flesh and blood. In fact, it’s not a physical war at all. It’s a spiritual war, and here’s how we fight.

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Do Pronouns Matter?

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Sep 17, 2021 9:17 PM

Doesn’t Christian witness require love, and doesn’t love require that we use people’s preferred pronouns? No, and here’s why.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

“Translating” Christianity

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

It was not the first time I’d faced this particular challenge. It happened in Egypt two years ago. Here it was again, facing me in Italy six weeks ago.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Christians Don’t View Jesus as a Means to an End

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

An atheist who wants to reduce Christianity to the avoidance of Hell has missed the point of Christianity.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

A Gifted New Speaker Joins Our Team - Mentoring Letter June 2015

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 6:26 PM

Thanks to you, a gifted new speaker joins our team

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Who Says God Is Good?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

Central to the Gospel is the notion of “goodness.” God is good; we’re not good. God’s goodness prompts Him to rescue us from our non-goodness, our sin. Seems clear enough.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Give ’Em Heaven in Practice

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

We can talk about the kind of people we should be in generalities, but we’re more likely to actually make changes when we think of specific ways and specific situations in our lives where we can...

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Sin and Transforming Grace in Openness Unhindered

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Rosaria Butterfield’s Openness Unhindered is a book about the astonishing and life-upending nature of the Gospel.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

A Message from Greg on the COVID-19 Upheaval

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 19, 2020 11:01 PM

For us at Stand to Reason, the course is clear. We are going to stay steady at the helm. We are going to keep our hands to the plow. We are going to continue to move forcefully ahead with our...

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Two Misunderstandings Christians Have about Justice

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On May 26, 2022 12:09 AM

There are two misunderstandings about justice that have led to confusion in the Christian community. Here’s what many Christians are missing.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

They’re Not Mormon?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

If Mormons won’t allow polygamists to redefine Mormonism in order to include polygamists, they ought not demand that Christians accept a redefinition from Mormons as to what’s foundational to...

Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews

Does Ezekiel’s Vision of a Temple Contradict Christianity?

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?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

No, Dr. Janssen, Human Beings Are Not Trying to Find God

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

The fact that there have been many different religions throughout human history does not mean human beings are trying to find the true God.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

25 Years Ago, We Never Could Have Imagined This…

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM

See what’s been accomplished by God’s hand and your help.

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What Motivates Sin (and How to Fight It)

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 23, 2021 4:26 AM

Disobedience always extracts a greater cost from us than faithfulness. But as fallen human beings, it’s not always easy to believe this, so we choose sin. Here’s how you can fight for faithfulness.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Alan Shlemon, Dealing with Homosexuality and Transgender Issues in the Church with Truth and Compassion

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Greg and Alan talk about dealing with LGBT issues with truth and compassion, then Greg answers questions on forgiveness not ending the consequences of sin, what Jesus would do about baking a cake...

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How Apologetics Can Address the Six Reasons Why Young People Leave the Church

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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How 2020 Is Taking a Toll on Your Soul

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 27, 2020 10:35 PM

Technology has given us ringside seats to every tragedy and evil act on the planet, creating two problems that hurt our soul: faux omnipresence and faux omniscience.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

“The Shack” Movie Review

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM

We need to evaluate movies by more than just how they make us feel.

Media Type: Article Topic: Arts and Culture

An Argument for Jehovah’s Witnesses: Jesus Is Jehovah

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

How should we speak to Jehovah’s Witnesses about Jesus?

Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews

Making Sense of Unanswered Prayer

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 26, 2021 11:44 PM

How can we make sense of unanswered prayer? Here are some tools for both your mind and heart to help you work through your questions when your prayers seem to go unanswered.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Should Followers of Christ Observe the Torah?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

There’s an increasing amount of confusion among Christians as to whether we’re obligated to follow the Mosaic Law in the Torah. Here’s what the New Testament has to say about this.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Is It Possible Some Mormons Are Saved?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 3, 2020 4:11 AM

Even though Latter-day Saint theology is radically different from Christianity, Mormons talk of Jesus with great respect, saying He is their savior. Is it possible some of them are saved?

Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews

How Christians Can Deal with Tragedy

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

It’s a good thing before trials come to put our thoughts in proper order about how to deal with difficulties and tragedies that God allows in our lives, and not to let them shake us from what the...

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Cosmic Child Abuse?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

Speaking of dads on this Father’s Day, I want to talk about the Heavenly Father for a moment and transition here into a theological issue dealing with fathers and sons; this would be the Father...

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Should a Woman Be Punished for Getting an Abortion When Abortion Is Illegal?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

A transcript from the Stand to Reason broadcast April 6, 2016.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

An Assessment of Andy Stanley’s Unconditional Conference

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...

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Interview: Rosaria Butterfield, Openness Unhindered, Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Greg talks with Rosaria Butterfield about her conversion, sexual identity, and the Christian’s union with Christ.

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Interview with Dr. Larry Hurtado—Destroyer of the gods

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

The early Christians turned the world upside down by using both their reasoning ability and their well-lived lives to persuade others. We can learn from them how to face our cultural situation today.

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Rosaria Butterfield Interview with Greg Koukl

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ

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#STRask: September 21, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about salvation, original sin, and student resources on evolution.