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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Some atheists think they escape the burden of proof by claiming they lack belief rather than have a belief there is no God.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
People who call you closed-minded rather than wrong have a problem with their own view.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
To some, the concept of eternal security cheapens grace and implies that Christians no longer have any choice.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Jewish leaders have long been deeply sensitive to any characterization of Christ’s passion that would transfer guilt collectively to the Jews, a view that historically has been used as grounds for...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Christians have to be able to communicate to the rest of the world. We’ve got to be able to make coherent sense of our message, even before we demonstrate that our message is actually true.
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Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
An Examination of the Buddhist Worldview by Ted Miyake.
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Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Four key points of knowledge kids should know before they leave high school By Scott Klusendorf
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Are non-Christians claiming that a half-full glass has more in it than a full glass? It would appear so.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
In I Corinthians 15:3–8, Paul records a list of witnesses to Jesus’ post-mortem appearances.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 1, 2023 4:19 AM
If it’s more natural for you to ponder ideas than to get emotionally close to the One you’re thinking about, here’s something simple you can do to develop your heart under the guidance of your head.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg explains how saying grace in a restaurant can be a good witness.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:55 PM
Greg sets the record straight on some old rumors about the origin of Christmas and separates the concepts of the meaning of Christmas from the spirit of Christmas.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
We all need to develop our courage—to nurture our ability to step up to danger. But how do we do that?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 26, 2020 7:30 PM
Greg shares the third step in the game plan for sharing your Christian convictions with others.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Pay attention...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
All human beings are made in the image of God and are therefore valuable ends in themselves, not just instrumental means to other ends that are valuable.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 5:44 PM
As Christians, should we be concerned with what happens to our bodies after we die?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
What is evil? Could it have a purpose? Here is a view of evil from an adult rather than a childish perspective.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
How do we know whether a particular thing is true or not, especially when it comes to religious issues? Greg discusses several ways we can know the truth...and ways we can deal with those who...
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Here’s a question I recently received: If he takes away from his family to give alms, isn’t that also wrong?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
In the current rift between science and religion, two parallel errors have widened the gap.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
I overheard a conversation on the airplane coming back from my vacation in Wisconsin.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
If the resurrection is just our make-believe-to-make-me-feel-happy kind of story, then we are a sorry bunch.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
Perhaps the shocking increase in the numbers of “trash babies” is a result of the moral confusion that comes with legal abortion.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
How do you reach out to someone who is not looking for God and does not even believe He exists.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 26, 2020 7:02 PM
Greg explains the importance of listening and encourages Christians to remember that the one who makes the claim bears the burden.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
According to New Atheist Sam Harris, “Faith is generally nothing more than the permission religious people give one another to believe things strongly without evidence.”
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Should you be pro-life? To answer this, you must answer the question “What is the unborn?”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 28, 2020 1:43 AM
Last week, an issue came up that hinged specifically on the definitions of words.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Moral relativism. It sounds so reasonable, so tolerant, and so neutral. But there’s a fundamental flaw.
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Web Content Article · By keith plummer On Feb 29, 2020 5:35 AM
What issues tend to surface when non-Christians are asked what they think of Christians and Christianity? Dr. Plummer’s class assignment gives some insight into our culture.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Once in a while you will encounter people who try to overpower you instead of persuading you.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 11, 2020 11:53 PM
There’s a temptation to present a “kinder and gentler” version of Christianity that seems to fit better with the “culture of diversity” and with relativism. Here’s why we can’t.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Mystery is talked about a lot in the Church these days, but it’s not usually defined. Mystery isn’t divorced from knowledge; rather, it’s a result of a deep knowledge of God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Even with the advantages I personally have immersed in Kingdom work with STR, passing the baton is a challenge that takes conscious effort, intentional planning, and lots of prayer.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Was I nervous? Yes, absolutely. Of course, this wasn’t my ordinary speaking event.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
What is the problem with evolutionists referring to “Mother Nature?”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
What makes you think the ability to take away evil from the world has anything to do with God’s strength?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
There is discomfort that grabs us because we simply don’t understand the gravity of our sin in the presence of a perfectly holy God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
We are in the process of redefining what it is that has inherent worth in our culture from human beings just simply because they are humans that have worth, to states of existence having worth.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about engaging people who are a bit difficult to talk with and whether God can change the past.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Why is it that contemporary Christian thought on ethics and morality seems so thin? Let’s recapture a richer and fuller vision for our moral life.
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Web Content Article · By j.t. wynn On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
The great Jedi Master was a little confused when it came to dealing with absolutes.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 1, 2019 4:46 PM
How close are Catholics and Protestants on the issue of justification?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Unpleasant, hostile, conniving, catty, arrogant, complainer, gossip—Christians with traits like these bring discredit not just on themselves, but also the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Stephen Jay Gould, evolution’s popular icon from Harvard, has fired his latest salvo against creation in his new book, Rocks of Ages.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Is it contradictory to oppose abortion as murder and still oppose the killing of abortionists? If abortion is the destruction of a helpless child’s life, then why blame those who protect these...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 12, 2020 3:51 AM
Greg explains his two favorite arguments for the existence of God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Bad worldviews, even if deeply believed, cannot undo reality. God has given every human being the ability to know truth about his world. Reality, then, becomes our ally, even with postmoderns.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Recent studies suggest that animals are capable of rudimentary forms of moral behavior. God isn’t the source of morality, evolutionists say; Mother Nature is. The evolutionary answer, though, does...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Understanding the author’s message is one of the fundamental skills needed to know how to read the Word accurately.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
I’m all for creating spaces in which people can doubt safely. I’ve even written about it. But can the doubting process be pushed to an absurdity?
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Richard Mouw, professor of Faith and Public Life and former president of Fuller Seminary, has written a piece at First Things titled “Mormons Approaching Orthodoxy.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
I want to let you in on a little epiphany, a moment of revelation I had while prepping for my national radio debate with atheist and Skeptic magazine founder, Michael Shermer.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
“Can God do anything?” I asked an audience of Christians at a recent apologetics conference.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Bongo is a chimp. He’s being punished by other members of the chimpanzee band for not sharing his bananas. Bongo is selfish. Bad Bongo. Moral rule: Chimps shouldn’t be selfish.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
The embryonic stem cell research debate is remarkable because neither side—pro-life or pro-abortion—seems to understand the moral logic of its views.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Greg gives an answer to this question that is both biblical and rational.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Even with the popularity of the so-called “new atheists”—Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins—it’s clear to me that it’s no leap of faith to believe in God.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
“How do I share Christ with someone who is an agnostic?” a college student asked after a talk I gave last month at a church in Oklahoma. Then she added, “My boyfriend is agnostic, but I feel...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Is it OK for a Christian to argue with other believers?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Brett talks about helping students engage their faith and others, if God hears the prayers of the unbelievers, and then discusses Student Training with guest Sean McDowell.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 7, 2020 9:34 PM
Probably no concept has more currency in our politically correct culture than the notion of tolerance. Unfortunately, one of America’s noblest virtues has been so distorted it’s become a vice.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg talks about end of life issues, referring to God as she, and science and a Designer.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 1, 2019 5:06 PM
When someone raises an objection to Christians evangelizing others using the respect issue, the phrase “respecting others” is a term of art in the relativistic system of things. Read how Greg...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
What kind of God would allow a Hitler to go to heaven if he believed in Jesus and a Mother Teresa to go to hell if she didn’t?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
When scientists claim that any intelligent design inference is an example of God of the Gaps, they are presuming that there actually is an explanation gap, that is, there simply is no explanation...
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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 greg koukl On Jun 23, 2020 12:25 AM
How do you respond when someone challenges the notion that God can forgive a Hitler or a mass-murderer?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
In scientific debate, the Christian is often saddled with a handicap similar to that of the famed Australian racehorse Phar Lap.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
While waiting in line at the theater, I spoke to a young man named Ira who was a musician from Canada.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
The ancient fable of the blind men and the elephant is often used to illustrate the fact that every faith represents just one part of the larger truth about God. However, the attempt is doomed...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 19, 2021 3:48 AM
It’s hard to imagine anything so unsettling as learning that a spiritual hero has been living a secret life of egregious sin. Stunned, shocked, and shaken, you might not know how to process news...
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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? Did Jesus claim to be the Messiah? Did He work miracles? Did He rise from the dead? The court is convened.
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