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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Catholics believe about Mary’s perpetual virginity, what Greg’s view is on the reliability
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
When Muslims claim the Bible has been corrupted, here’s how you can show them that
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Once you step off the path illuminated by the Bible, the disastrous consequences
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
It is not important for the truthfulness of Christianity for the Bible to be without
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
It’s a common mistake in apologetic circles to claim Bible variants are counted by
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
The authority of the Bible is grounded in the authority of the triune God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Interview with Michael Kruger about Bart Ehrman’s Article: “Are the Stories in the Bible
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Don’t know where to start in a discussion about Christianity with your Mormon friends? Here is a list of verses that can serve as a rough outline for your conversation.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Were John and Matthew reliable witnesses to the life of Christ?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
On media like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, it is very easy for people to share rhetorically powerful posts that can leave young Christians scrambling to find an answer.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
idea of receiving private, personalized instructions from God while reading the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 21, 2022 11:55 PM
There’s good news and bad news about verse numbers. The good news is, they make it easier to find stuff. The bad news is, they make it easier to get stuff wrong.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Because of the age and number of ancient manuscripts we have, we can determine with great accuracy the text of the original biblical documents.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
nbsp;trades on two obvious features of language, and it will help you weed out bad Bible
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Nov 25, 2019 1:12 AM
The answer he found in the Bible changed everything.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
How to respond and also how to know if their question is intellectually honest.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
If not every promise in the Bible applies to you, how can you know which ones you
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
When a writer seems to be communicating facts in a straightforward way, I read them as such. When I encounter obvious figures of speech, I take them that way, too.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
Many people see the Bible as a tale of two different gods: a god of wrath in the
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Reading the Qur’an, going to mosques, listening to Islamic scholars—these all sound like the behaviors of a Muslim.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2024 10:40 PM
object to the command in Islam to kill apostates, some skeptics argue that the Bible
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Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 27, 2019 5:44 PM
A comprehensive look at what a Bible promise is, how we should understand its contextual
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
The real question we face is not whether or not to take the Mosaic Law literally, but whether we are now under that same legal code.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Greg and Amy discussed the recent dialogue between Sean McDowell and Matthew Vines on the podcast last week. You can watch that dialogue here and find links for more information.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:55 PM
Is capital punishment compatible with Christianity? Greg outlines a biblical argument for capital punishment, makes a case for retributive punishment, and responds to objections.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
When external sources corroborate incidental details in the Gospels, we have more evidence that the Gospels can be trusted.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 31, 2019 5:35 PM
Paul’s first epistle to the church in Corinth has many challenging admonitions. First Corinthians 6:9–11, however, seems to top them all, especially in light of our country’s ethos.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 6, 2023 4:40 PM
There are three key principles of biblical interpretation, and each has a corresponding question to ask about any biblical text. Here’s a simple way to remember these three crucial questions.
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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
What difference does it make to say the original biblical writings were inerrant if all we have today are copies with errors?
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
She glared at me for the entire two hours. I didn’t know her and I didn’t know her story, but I knew this high schooler wasn’t happy. Apparently her mother had dragged her to my apologetics seminar...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
How I can believe incredible biblical stories in which the sun stands still, a man survives inside a sea creature, a donkey speaks, or the Red Sea is parted? Here’s how.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Charles Babbage was born in London in 1791 and is considered the father of the computer and one of the most influential scientists in history.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Because of all the recent discoveries of copies of ancient texts, many Christian apologists may be working with outdated numbers. Here’s an update.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
We are facing a full-court press against everything we cherish and value.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 30, 2021 10:05 PM
If some creatures don't fit neatly into a “land” or “sea” category, does that mean it’s possible some human beings don’t fit into “male” or “female”?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for April 2011 Do you want to learn the skills taught at seminary without the time, money, and energy spent on going to graduate school.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
What is apologetics, and why is it important? Here are four broad responses to the objection that Christians don’t need to know apologetics.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
One of the marks of a good ambassador for Christ is an accurately informed mind. The mind must be informed with knowledge adequate for its task.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for July 2013 Go ahead and skip church this Sunday. No need to give thanks for your next meal. You might as well throw this letter in the trash, too.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
What if God is real—not just a hope or an abstract concept we talk about, but really real, as real as anything we see in front of us?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 1, 2021 6:17 PM
Our success is not determined by numbers or even impact. Here’s what you need to remember about the proper measure of success in order to avoid discouragement.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
I realized something about Bart Ehrman’s books reading his latest, How Jesus Became God.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
In I Corinthians 15, Paul lists six specific individuals or groups who are reported to have been eyewitnesses of the resurrected Jesus. But are these reports credible?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 6, 2021 1:21 AM
Many people no longer look to an external, objective reference for guidance but instead give their inner desires total authority. As Christians, we can’t adopt this secular way of thinking.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 10, 2021 9:05 PM
Many scientists claim the original human population size was far greater than just an Adam and Eve, but the work of conservation biologists indicates the methods used to determine this aren’t valid.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 30, 2020 12:18 AM
Everyone has a system of biblical interpretation. Does yours help or hinder your ability to understand what God is saying in Scripture?
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:29 PM
Just in time for Holy Week—it’s just about a tradition now for Christmas and Easter—Bart Ehrman is raising the same old doubts about the New Testament documents.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John aren’t the only Gospels we have from the ancient world. Here’s an easy way to remember why the New Testament only includes these four.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
is a way of knowing things, but that’s not the definition of faith we see in the Bible
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Mar 1, 2023 12:27 AM
Many of the heroes in the Old Testament were polygamists, but here’s how we know the accounts of their marriages are descriptive rather than prescriptive.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Greg talks about scientists not doing philosophy, drifting towards Darwin, subjective, objective, and subjects, and more.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
John Shelby Spong, a retired bishop of the Episcopal church and participant in the Jesus Seminar, has a new book he summarized in a recent article.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
The misrepresentations of Christianity in Peter Boghossian’s A Manual for Creating Atheists are a good reminder that you can only properly respond to a view after you understand it.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 28, 2024 1:25 AM
Many think Jesus rebuked doubting Thomas for seeking evidence to buttress his belief instead of taking the “blessed” path of blind faith, but there are two problems with reading Jesus this way.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 7:41 PM
help Christians of all ages address headline issues like same-sex marriage, the Bible...recent Planned Parenthood baby-body-parts revelation, the existence of God, the...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
How could God command the complete destruction of the Canaanites—every man, woman, and child?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
These 3 verses crush a common fear...do you know them?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
The Muslim mission field is huge. The question Christians need to be asking is, how do we reach them with the gospel?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 30, 2020 6:15 PM
A worldview that denies God and embraces naturalism has serious repercussions, the most egregious being a logical slide into nihilism. Here are three reasons why nihilism flows logically from...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for November 2012 Secular culture has given God the boot. Science has emerged as the new religion and scientists are its priests.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Jesus’ “powerful and appealing” life, ethics, and personality were not likely invented by a few simple men.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
When we consider what Jesus came to do for us, His enemies, as one of us, the birth of Christ becomes something even more astounding: a demonstration of perfect love.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Followers of Jesus Christ face two extremes in the discussion of Christianity and citizenship.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
The fulfilled prophecies, unity, and impact of the Bible all point to a divine Author
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 29, 2024 9:30 PM
Jesus warned that the church would contain both wheat and tares. Which are you? Here’s how you can be confident you’re safe in Christ.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Let me put my cards on the table. J. Warner Wallace (Jim to those who know him personally) is one of my best friends.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 9, 2020 2:38 AM
Here’s why it’s illegitimate to disqualify circumstantial evidence from consideration.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Even though it’s questionable how much of it is true, I still love the stories about the real St. Nicholas. Here’s what Fred Sanders had to say about him.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 5, 2024 11:29 PM
Is there a scientific and effective way to discern whether someone is male or female, even in disputed cases? The answer is yes. Alan Shlemon explains three ways to determine a person’s sex.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
You can answer the harshest critic you’ll ever face.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
We should begin teaching our kids apologetics as early as possible. Here’s how Tim translated an answer to the problem of evil into language even four-year-olds could understand.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
There’s a new TV show about a man living “100% by the Bible.”... But if you want to live biblically, first you need to understand the Bible,
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
respond to the historical, moral, and scientific challenges they’ll hear against the Bible
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2023 11:52 PM
1946 and stop the RSV translation team from using the word “homosexuals” in the Bible...for the first time, what would the Bible’s teaching on...
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