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

Here’s how being open about your own weakness and sin brings glory to God.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? Alan answers this question by providing a unique understanding of how to understand the notion of God.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Theology

Fred Sanders on Pagan vs. Biblical Propitiation

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

For people who aren’t familiar with Christianity, the word “propitiation” can bring a pagan concept to mind rather than a biblical one. Here’s a brief outline of the differences between...

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Kolodny: I Will Dance on Traditional Marriage’s Grave

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

This isn’t the first time a proponent of same-sex marriage has been open about her ultimate goal of destroying marriage, but it’s certainly one of the most straightforward.

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Pioneering Women’s Education in China

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Eliza Bridgman’s lifelong ambition was to be a missionary. She began her work in China in 1844.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Is Faith Blind?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Is faith blind? Alan answers this question by explaining the biblical definition of faith.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Theology

The S.L.E.D. Test

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

The SLED Test is a simple argument against abortion.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

The Bruno Martyr Myth

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Giordano Bruno is often wrongly hailed as a martyr of science. Here’s the real story.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

The Truth about Arizona’s Religious Freedom Bill

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Now that the dust has settled on the hysteria surrounding SB 1062, Arizona’s failed religious freedom bill (widely dubbed the “anti-gay bill” by the press), Ramesh Ponnuru clarifies the...

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Caring for the Sick

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Christians have been at the forefront of building hospitals and providing care for the sick for centuries.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

How to Alleviate Poverty

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Because economic policies have the power to either help or hurt real people, we need to know something about it. Here are some insights from Jay Richards, author of the excellent Money, Greed,...

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Christians Who Made a Difference

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Arthur Guinness founded the Guinness Brewing Co. in 1755. He learned the art of brewing from his father and succeeded in establising a flourishing company.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Think of the Mosaic Covenant Like a State Law

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

A caller on this week’s show had a friend challenge him with Deuteronomy 13:6–11. Shouldn’t Christians “surely kill” anyone who entices them to serve other gods, as that biblical law demands?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Hobby Lobby Case: Are Religious Exemptions Unconstitutional?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Robert George and Hamza Yusuf argue against the Freedom from Religion Foundation’s claim that religious exemptions made for the sake of religious freedom are actually unconstitutionally...

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

The Angel of Prisons

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Elizabeth Fry was a British Quaker Christian who led the movement for prison reform in the 19th century. She was also the driving force behind reform legislation.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Agreement with Ehrman

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

In Rob Bowman’s review of Bart Ehrman’s new book, How Jesus Became God, he enumerates the many points of agreement evangelicals have with Ehrman.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Inclusive, Safe, and Welcoming to All?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Businesses, be honest about the views you’re for and the views you reject, the people you’ll tolerate and the people you’ll require to fully recant their views or face the consequences. But let’s...

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

It’s About the Difference between Men and Women

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

It’s not unreasonable or bigoted to treat the unique joining of sexually complementary partners uniquely. But in order to see that this is a reasonable understanding that isn’t motivated by hate,...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Should American Christians Retreat from the Same-sex Marriage Issue?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Alan responds to the challenge that American Christians should retreat from the same-sex marriage issue because it’s unwinnable for them.

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Five Misconceptions about Holy Week

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Andreas Köstenberger and Justin Taylor wrote about “Five Errors to Drop from Your Easter Sermon” in Christianity Today. Here’s a summary.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Totally Dedicated to Science and Religion

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Einstein said of Michael Faraday “that he, of all people, had made the greatest change in our conception of reality.” He was one of the most famous scientists of his time.

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

This Is the Kind of Culture Christianity Creates

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Many of the values our culture takes for granted came to us through Christianity.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Our Culture Persuades and Is Persuaded Not by Reason, but by Advertising

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

If you listen for it, you’ll hear it—people using words as ideological tools to paint emotional images rather than to communicate objective truth. Should we, as Christians, change our style to...

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Psychologist Recommends Intentionally Suppressing Intuition of Design

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

In a literal playing out of Romans 1:18–21, a Boston University psychologist has recommended methods for suppressing the design intuition in children.

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

More Charges of Forgery Leveled against Jesus’ Wife Fragment

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

New evidence regarding the “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” fragment has come to light that may once again point to forgery.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Science, Purpose, and Design

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

William Harvey was a physician and scientist in the 16th and 17th centuries who was the first to demonstrate how the circulatory system worked.

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

Is Religion a Threat to Morality?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Alan addresses the following claim: Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told regardless of what is right.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Philosophy

Ask the Right Question about Evolution

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Alan provides a simple, yet powerful tactic to help you deal with the topic of evolution.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Tactics and Tools

George Cuvier: Zoologist, Biologist, and Christian

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

George Cuvier launched modern vertebrate paleontology. He originated the major classification of living things based on the nervous system: Vertebrata, Articulata, Mollusca, and Radiata.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

A New Challenge

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

“The days of comfortable and acceptable Christianity are now over,” said Robert George.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

First-Century Synagogue Discovered in Magdala

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

The decision of the Rev. Juan M. Solana to build a retreat center in Galilee has led to an interesting archaeological find: “the presumed hometown of Mary Magdalene and an ancient synagogue where...

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Michaelson: Gay Culture Will Affect Marriage, Not the Other Way Around

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

A supporter of same-sex marriage argues that “gay marriage really will change the institution of marriage, shifting conceptions around monogamy and intimacy.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

How We Glorify God by Sleeping

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Sleeping is more than just the way God designed us to function; it’s a daily confession of our own limitations, our dependence on God, and our trust in Him to run the world.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

All You Need to Help People Rethink Abortion Is Clarity on These Three Questions

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

If you want to start conversations with people about abortion, you don’t need to be a philosopher. All you need is clarity on these three questions.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Questions to Help You Study Well

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

You’re probably interested in ideas—learning them, examining them, explaining them, and passing them on. Since this worthy passion has its own particular dangers and pitfalls, here are some...

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Religious Toleration

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Thomas Helwys was one of the early Puritans in 17th century England. He and his fellow Protestant believers met in secret to avoid punishment for dissenting with the state religion.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

How to Become a Hero

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Joe Rigney says, “The person of great sacrifice must be the person of little sacrifices.” Now is the time to practice dying by His power, looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Why the First Hospital to Do Sex-Reassignment Surgeries No Longer Does Them

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Paul McHugh (former psychiatrist in chief at Johns Hopkins) explains why Hopkins stopped doing sex-reassignment surgeries.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Same-Sex Marriage Is “Expanding Our Sense of Possibilities”

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

There’s no consistent reason under the new definition of marriage why polyamorists should be denied what’s legally available to others.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Just As I Am

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

I heard a news story on the radio Sunday that the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., had a transgender clergy officiate at their Sunday service for the first time.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Abortion as Injustice Interview—Part 1

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

I was recently interviewed by students about the injustice of abortion. I thought I’d share my answers. This post is the first of two parts.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Abortion as Injustice Interview—Part 2

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

I was recently interviewed by students about the injustice of abortion. I thought I’d share my answers. You can read the first part of the interview here. This post is the second part of that...

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Shamed Prophets Become Fearless

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Here’s some good (albeit difficult) advice from N.D. Wilson’s article “Called to Be Uncool Christians.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Men Have Forgotten God

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn played a major role in the collapse of the Soviet Union more than two decades ago.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Why Take Christians to Mosques?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Sometimes people are puzzled. They think, Shouldn’t we teach Christians about Christianity? Why are you teaching them about Islam and taking them to mosques? That’s a good question.

Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews

A Conversation with Brett and Greg on Youth Ministry

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Michael Horton discussed youth ministry with Brett and Greg recently on the White Horse Inn. Here are the links to listen to their conversations.

Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools

John Witherspoon: Pastor, Professor, and Patriot

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

John Witherspoon was born in Scotland in 1723 and emigrated to the colony of New Jersey when he was called as president of Princeton University in 1768.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Slate: Don’t Let the Doctor Assign a Gender to Your Newborn

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Here’s more evidence that the conflict in our culture over sexuality is, at root, a disagreement over whether human nature is fixed or malleable.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

What She Wishes She Had Known Before Going to College

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

An interview with a young Christian woman who had a difficult time in college when her worldview was challenged points to some ways you can do a better job preparing your children.

Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools

A Shift in Rights

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

The Supreme Court’s decision on the Hobby Lobby case upholding the First Amendment protection of religious expression (and conscience) is eliciting some odd complaints from those who are unhappy...

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Why the Outrage over the Hobby Lobby Ruling?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

The response to the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision is troubling.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Cadbury Chocolate and Christianity

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Cadbury Chocolate was founded by a Quaker, John Cadbury, who has a strong sense of social responsibility motivated by his Christian convictions.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Salt and Light in 19th Century England

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Titus Salt was a contemporary of of John Cadbury, whom I wrote about last Thursday, and there are similarities in their stories.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Wedgwood Abolitionist

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

You may be familiar with Wedgwood pottery. One of the most distinct of Josiah Wedgwood’s designs is jasper ware—most commonly with blue or green glaze with classic figures applied in white. He was...

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Apologetic Arguments Can Reshape What Our Culture Considers Plausible

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Even when the current set of beliefs held by atheists prevent them from seeing any argument for God’s existence as plausible, those arguments still have an effect on our culture.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Is Plan B an Abortifacient?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Is there any reason to think the contraceptives Hobby Lobby refused to subsidize are actually abortifacients? Dr. Rich Poupard examines this issue.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

How Did You Come to That Conclusion?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Have you ever given someone a free ride? I know you’re a nice person and have probably helped a neighbor in need. There’s one free ride, though, you need to stop giving

Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools

How Did You Come to That Conclusion?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Alan explains a tactic that can help you respond to any challenge raised against your view.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Tactics and Tools

How God Answers Our Prayers

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Jon Bloom points out how we may be missing the answers to our prayers.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

What Is Marriage from a Policy Perspective?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

What is marriage, why does it matter, and what are the consequences of redefining it? Ryan Anderson explains.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Educating the Deaf

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Gallaudet University, the first university in the United States focusing on educating deaf people, was named in honor of the founder’s father, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Use Your Knowledge to Serve Others, Not Judge Them

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

There’s a great temptation to get frustrated with the people in your church as you learn theology and apologetics, but this is a spiritually dangerous misunderstanding of how the body of Christ was...

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Quakers and Constitutional Freedom

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

You remember William Penn from history class. He was granted the colony of Pennsylvania by the king in payment for debts owed his father.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Abortion Justifications Flip Moral Reasoning Upside Down

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

When it comes to abortion, our culture uses the very points that normally condemn violence against the young to justify it.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Utilitarian Atheists Aren’t “Just as Moral,” They’re “Differently Moral”

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

The claim that “atheists are as moral as Christians” is meaningless if we’re operating under different systems of morality.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Character at the Keyboard

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

David Brooks’s op-ed in the New York Times on “The Mental Virtues” reminds us that “character tests are pervasive even in modern everyday life. It’s possible to be heroic if you’re just...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Your Labor and the Two Great Commandments

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

Your work, whatever it is, is your opportunity to glorify God by serving others.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Christianity’s Uniqueness

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

In reply to the critics who claim Christianity was just a copy-cat religion among the ancient religions, it’s helpful to take a look at how an ancient adherent of these pagan religions viewed...

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Cal State Universities Derecognize InterVarsity Clubs

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

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s requirement that leaders in their campus clubs be Christian has been declared unacceptable discrimination by the Cal State University system.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Serving the Persecuted Church

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Alan gives a short recap of his trip to Beirut, Lebanon. He highlights the experiences of training the persecuted church and meeting his cousin who recently fled Baghdad, Iraq.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Christian Living

The English Hippocrates

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Thomas Sydenham, born in 1624, was a Christian physician known as the father of English medicine.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

God’s Clockmaker

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Richard of Wallingford lived in the early 14th century...

Media Type: Article Topic: History

A Finely-Tuned Universe: Necessity, Chance, or Design?

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

Reasonable Faith has released a short video examining this question: Is the fine-tuning of our universe a result of physical necessity, chance, or design?

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

How Same-Sex Marriage Will Affect Friendships

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

Matthew Franck explains the unintended effect same-sex marriage will have on friendships in our society.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

“Our Minds May Be Separate from Our Brains”

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

A new study suggests “consciousness is present beyond the point at which scientists can detect it.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

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