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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 5, 2023 11:36 PM
In the controversy over how to answer the question “What is a woman?” some proposed definitions are circular or even absurd. Here’s how you can respond accurately.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Did the Supreme Court enact a law that encourages the concept of unequal rights, contradicting the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
When people tell me they don’t believe God exists, I have a specific question for them: What do you mean by “God”?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2020 11:35 PM
Greg responds to a letter to the editor in which the writer’s pain causes him to ask the age-old question of why God allows evil to exist.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Israeli mathematicians and archaeologists say they have found evidence to suggest that key biblical texts may have been composed earlier than some scholars think.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
As followers of Christ, we know we have nothing to fear from the truth, and we’re willing to work to find it. We care about the truth because we care about God.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Joni Eareckson Tada, who was paralyzed in a diving accident at the age of 17, has this to say about her suffering over the decades...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Glenn Peoples responds to the popular atheist claim that we’re all “born atheist.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
My son is memorizing the Apostles’ Creed and asked me about the phrase, “He descended into hell.” Did Jesus really go to hell?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
An excerpt from Michael Reeves’s book Rejoicing in Christ explains what happens when the real Jesus is preached.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
In order to invest time in the spiritual disciplines, we first have to trust in God’s power, love, wisdom, and desire to help us. In short, we have to believe that Christianity is true.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
Your role as Christ’s ambassador starts in your home, your neighborhood, your community, with the people you know personally, not with politics.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 9:22 PM
There's a reason both the Old and the New Testaments promote capital punishment. That reason was applicable then and still applies today.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Many scientists exclude God as an explanation for any event. In some cases, agent causation is the only rational conclusion.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 30, 2022 5:43 PM
Here’s why you shouldn’t interpret phrases in ancient Scripture through the lens of modern English idioms.
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Web Content Article · By keith plummer On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Someone might conclude on the basis of the observed regularity of nature that miracles are impossible and therefore illogical, but are they really contrary to the laws of logic?
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
It isn’t arrogant for Christians to believe Jesus is the only way of salvation and other biblical doctrines. In fact, it requires humility.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Greg talks about Chuck Smith, fourth trimester abortion, we were made to work, and more.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Objections to deathbed conversions offer excellent opportunities for you to explain the Christian view of God and the Gospel.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Alan responds to a question he frequently receives when teaching on Islam.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
If we don’t address the worldview causes at the root of all of our culture’s controversies, new symptoms will just continue to pop up faster than we can address them.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
If you’re trying to teach your children moral virtues (or you’re being intentional about developing them in yourself), here’s some good advice from Hillsdale College professor Daniel Coupland.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
In an interview posted today on the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Frank Beckwith used an illustration to clarify the truth that unborn human beings are, in fact, persons who can be wronged by...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education argues that accreditation ought to be denied to Christian colleges that require professors to sign statements of faith or otherwise “draw lines...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Hume offered this challenge in “Of Miracles” in Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Feb 14, 2020 9:00 PM
The book of Acts provides a recorded history of the vital role prayer played in the lives of the disciples. If we want to improve our prayer life, it might be helpful to look to them for direction.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
There is a tendency in our presentation of the Gospel to stick with the parts that make people feel good. Those things are true, but there’s more we need to tell them.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
How should Christians respond when those who identify as gay or lesbian come to their church?
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
That’s the challenge I’ve heard a number of times from advocates of starving Terri Schiavo to death. It usually comes in the conversation when what they’ve offered so far in the way of...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
According to Romans 12:2, decision making isn’t about trying to hear special messages from God.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Facing our sin and developing our character by focusing on the Gospel is as integral to being an ambassador of Christ as both knowledge and wisdom.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Roberta Green Ahmanson explains why our culture’s new understanding of human dignity “may well be the harbinger of a social transformation the likes of which we have not seen in the West for 1400...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
It seems that sometimes, when it serves the story, the fact that life begins at conception is perfectly clear to both scientists and the media.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 5:45 PM
The moral relativist who is fighting for a moral principle is living in tension with his beliefs, and this provides a great starting point for a spiritual conversation.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Aug 1, 2019 4:54 PM
One thing I’ve been struggling to come to terms with the last few years is the sheer weight of all the evil and suffering in the world. Is good really stronger than evil?
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
You’ve seen plants referred to by their scientific names, such as Rosa rubiginosa. That form of naming plants and other living things was introduced by a Christian who was a scientist named Carolus...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
The Supreme Court’s decision on whether or not corporations like Hobby Lobby are protected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act came down today. Here’s a quick summary.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Recent experiments call into question the interpretation of quantum mechanics that says there are uncaused events at the subatomic level.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for December 2013 You know the gay rights narrative. Homosexuals are born that way, change is impossible, and their behavior is morally permissible.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
If science can’t even disprove the existence of unicorns, how can it disprove the existence of God?
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Web Content Article · By brian seagraves On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
If the percentage of people who identify as transgender is so small, why do all parents need to be concerned about the effect this topic will have on their children?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Why are we to be “peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men,” even—no, especially—to those who treat us poorly? Paul says it’s because this is how we illustrate something very...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Rev. Dr. John Scudder, Sr., founded the first Western Medical Mission in Asia in Ceylon in 1819. He also founded a family of medical missionaries whose combined service covers four...
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Dec 16, 2021 12:35 AM
You might have heard that we celebrate Christmas on December 25th because Emperor Constantine decided to Christianize a pagan holiday. But is that story true?
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Web Content Article · By natasha crain On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Kids need to understand these emotion-laden shaming attempts they’ll encounter. Here’s how parents can prepare them.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Wrongly assuming that homosexuality is either something one is born with or a choice often leads people to the conclusion that we’re not accountable for our desires. Alan explains why this is a...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 7:04 PM
Domestic terrorism. “A brutal, cowardly act of murder.” “Mass murder.” “A national conspiracy to commit domestic terrorism.” These are perfect descriptions of what abortion is.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Greg uses Solomon’s advice for engaging an opponent in a biblical way.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
If you’re wondering what to think about Halloween, here are seven issues to consider.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
Andy Stanley’s call for pastors to “unhitch [their] teaching of what it means to follow Jesus from all things old covenant” will, sadly, lead to a diminished view of God.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Part of Utah’s law against bigamy was recently struck down by a U.S. District Judge, allowing for polygamy in practice and leaving no principled reason for not recognizing it legally, but here’s...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 2, 2019 1:11 AM
If you’ve ever seen an item that belonged to someone in history, you know the feeling of awe and wonder as you’re brought close to the reality of that historical person. The same thing happens with...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 22, 2022 1:20 AM
Tim and Alan make a quick pro-life case then chat about responses to some popular pro-choice memes that claim life begins at first breath, a fetus is only a potential human, you can freeze an...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
What would happen if the bones of Jesus were discovered tomorrow? Imagine archaeologists find an ossuary—bone box—with Jesus’ name on it, and they are able to say conclusively that these are...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
Alan reflects on a panel discussion he saw at the recent Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
You, Mr. or Ms. Ordinary, are actually, in reality, going to stand before God and see Him for yourself one day. What is your reaction to that certain fact?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
After refusing to bake a cake that said, “Support gay marriage,” a couple in Northern Ireland was convicted of political and sexual orientation discrimination, but a LGBT activist is...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
After speaking on abortion at a recent event, a Christian man asked me why I didn’t say, “Abortion is murder...”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Gary Habermas offers a thought experiment to help us examine our motives concerning what we’re asking God for in prayer.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
Have you ever wondered what a pilgrimage to Mecca is like? See a Muslim journalist’s video of what goes into completing the rituals that are thought to achieve forgiveness of sins.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Aug 1, 2019 6:23 PM
In his book, Unspeakable: Facing up to Evil in an Age of Genocide and Terror, Os Guinness describes the difference a worldview can make.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 3:01 AM
It’s difficult to love real people in real churches when you’re trying to attain an ideal that does not exist.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 1, 2021 9:40 PM
If you only had a ten-minute opening statement, a five-minute rebuttal, and a five minute closing statement, how would you defend the pro-life view? Alan shares his first debate on abortion.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for March 2009 There’s one fact about you I’m sure of: even though you’ll live forever, someday your earthly body will die.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Here in California, our governor and attorney general refused to defend our democratically-established constitutional amendment maintaining the definition of marriage as one man and one woman.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 27, 2021 9:05 PM
A recent interview is a helpful summary of what textual criticism reveals to us about the reliability of the New Testament text.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 12:43 AM
The filmmakers still don’t get Aslan.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Those who choose to believe in determinism or physicalism don’t choose to believe at all—they believe because of prior physical conditions.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
The answer to this question depends on how you define “natural.”
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
A recent study shows the number of people hostile towards Christianity hasn’t increased; it’s merely shifted to the more wealthy and influential.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Nick Roen, who has same-sex attractions, suggests “An Alternative Script for Same-Sex Attraction” for the church to offer Christians.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
You can’t talk to a skeptic for long without hearing objections about the reliability of the biblical text, so this is a topic we all need to be familiar with.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
The argument that may soon be taken up against our religious freedom will probably go something like this...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Greg talks about God answering prayers, a relationship with Jesus, handling stress in debates, and more.
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