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Does God Have to Obey the Ten Commandments?
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
If you want to call moral rules absolutes in the sense that they can
never
be trumped
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Why Believe the Holy Spirit Is a Person?
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tim barnett
On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
The New Testament attributes the three primary characteristics of personhood to the Holy Spirit: will, mind, and emotions.
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The Ethic of Caring for the Sick
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melinda penner
On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
hospitals and clinics, was unique historically in Christianity because of what the
Bible
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Are We at War with Muslims?
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· By
alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Just 29 days after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, Oprah Winfrey invited Queen Rania on her television show.
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Jesus’ Missing Years
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Did Jesus study in India for the “missing” 18 years of His life and then bring back a message reflecting eastern religious thought?
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Last Day Live on KBRT
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Greg talks about the Last Day Live on KBRT, emerging churches, seeker churches, and more.
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Prophecy and People: Both Design to Fit
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Greg sees a parallel between the evidence for grand design in nature and the fulfillment of Messianic prophecy by Jesus.
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Topic:
Science
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Are Christians to Blame for the Orlando Shooting?
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· By
alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Despite the obvious connection to Islam, some people speculated that Christians were also to blame.
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Topic:
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Reform Your Faith, Don’t Deconstruct It
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· By
alan shlemon
On Dec 2, 2022 12:13 AM
Despite some deconstructionists’ insistence, deconstructing your faith is not the same as reforming your faith. There's one key element that distinguishes between the two.
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Does Defending Christianity Discredit Christianity?
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· By
tim barnett
On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
Kierkegaard claimed the act of defending Christianity actually discredits it. Here’s why his criticism of apologetics doesn’t work.
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God Was Canceling People before It Was Cool
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· By
alan shlemon
On Aug 25, 2020 10:39 PM
Since long before the woke awoke, someone else has been the chief of cancel culture: Yahweh. But there are five significant differences between our culture’s approach to canceling and God’s.
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Topic:
Theology
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Understand the Same-Sex Marriage Issue
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
The Supreme Court will soon be ruling on whether or not the Constitution allows for defining marriage as one man and one woman. Much is at stake, and you can’t know what is fair and just...
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Article
Topic:
Sexuality and Gender
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#STRask: How Can Something Be Evil in Itself if Evil Is Only a Lack of Good?
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· By
greg koukl
On Mar 20, 2022 6:25 PM
is only a lack of good, how Jesus could have had a fully-human experience if he
never
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Essential Christian Doctrines
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
A list of the key elements of Christianity
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Topic:
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How to Guard against False Ideas about God
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· By
tim barnett
On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
The only way to guard against false ideas about God is to fill our minds with true ideas about God. But thinking rightly about God doesn’t come naturally, so what should we do?
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Christian Living
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LDS Test Is Necessary, Not Sufficient
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Mormons often argue that because they live good lives, they pass the test given by Jesus in Matthew 7:15-23 to determine whether or not a person is following a true prophet of God.
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Is God More Tolerant Today?
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· By
tim barnett
On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
God relates to people in the Old Testament differently from how He relates to people in the New Testament, but it’s not because of a change in His character. If God hasn’t changed, then what has?
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Bart Ehrman’s Latest Book: How Jesus Became God
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· 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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What Makes a Successful Apologetic Argument?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
The success of any given apologetic argument is not whether it wins converts or strengthens the faith of any given believer, but whether it is faithful to Jesus.
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Topic:
Christian Living
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A Tribute to One of the Greatest Christian Apologists
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· By
tim barnett
On Jul 31, 2019 5:24 PM
After decades of service defending the gospel, Dr. Norm Geisler has gone on to rest and be with Christ. Tim talks about an aspect of his service that most people did not see.
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Why Is Homosexuality Bad in Itself?
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
There are passages in the Old Testament and in the New Testament that give us some indication of what is really wrong with homosexuality from God’s perspective.
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Sam Allberry’s Advice for Conversations about Sexual Identity
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
If you’re afraid to have conversations about sexuality with your LGBT friends and family because you don’t know what to say, here’s some good advice from Sam Allberry.
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Sexuality and Gender
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Does Isaiah 45:7 Teach That God Created Evil?
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· By
alan shlemon
On Mar 22, 2022 2:52 AM
What does it mean when God says he “creates evil” in Isaiah 45:7?
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Topic:
Theology
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#STRask: “If Jesus Didn’t Come to Condemn the World, I Doubt He Sent You To”
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· By
greg koukl
On Jan 27, 2023 5:17 PM
to,” and whether it’s common for God to prepare us for a specific purpose that
never
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#STRask: April 4, 2016
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Greg answers questions on why Jesus didn’t raise himself from the dead, what can be used instead of Jer. 29:11 for encouragement, what the difference is between Jews, Israelites, and Israel, if a...
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Acts and the Voice of God
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM
How does God speak to us?
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Topic:
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Three Common Objections to the Personhood of the Holy Spirit
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· By
tim barnett
On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Is the personhood language used for the Holy Spirit merely personification? Why doesn’t the Holy Spirit have a personal name? How can a person fill people?
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Theology
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Are You Ready to Talk to a Muslim?
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· By
alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for November 2011 At a recent event, I was introduced as Saeed Ibn Umar. Yes, that’s a Muslim name. But no, it’s not a pseudonym and I haven’t converted to Islam.
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#STRask: July 14, 2016
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Greg talks about New Testament variants, the purpose of Satan, making disciples, and people giving accounts at the final judgment.
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How Do We Connect with God in a Way That’s Biblically Sound?
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2024 12:53 AM
Greg responds to a request for advice on how to move from a “listening for the voice of God” view to connecting with God in a way that’s biblically sound, discussing stages of Christian maturity...
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Did the Council of Nicea Invent the Deity of Christ?
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· By
tim barnett
On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Emperor Constantine invented the deity of Christ in the fourth century, but a look at
quotes
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Topic:
Theology
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Natasha Crain Can Help You Be Faithfully Different
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· By
amy k. hall
On Feb 8, 2022 11:12 PM
Natasha Crain’s new book, Faithfully Different, was written to help believers understand and respond to the worldview divide between Christians and the culture—an important and needed task given...
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Article
Topic:
Christian Living
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Do the Facts Matter?
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· 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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Topic:
Theology
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Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
The universe requires an explanation, and the universe requires a cause. Here’s a five-minute video to help you introduce these ideas to your friends and get a conversation started.
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Article
Topic:
Philosophy
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#STRask: Did Jesus Ever Teach against Homosexuality?
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· By
greg koukl
On Sep 25, 2022 6:18 PM
Questions about how to respond to someone who claims Jesus
never
taught against homosexuality
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Does God Whisper? Part 3
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· By
greg koukl
On Aug 1, 2019 9:16 PM
Civil war battles were tumultuous affairs. The thundering of guns and muskets was not just deafening, it was dangerous, drowning out the one means of group communication: the bugles.
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Article
Topic:
Theology
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Give ’Em Heaven—Mentoring Letter October 2013
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Are you giving a bit of Heaven to everyone you meet?
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Topic:
Christian Living
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When Apologetics Gets Personal
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· By
alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for February 2010 “Thank you for existing,” a young woman recently wrote me. Then she explained. Her husband had become an atheist and began challenging her faith.
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Topic:
Christian Living
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Is God Just a Crutch?
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Are You a Christian because You Were Born in America? Would you Be a Muslim If You Were Born in Iraq? Maybe. But So What?
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Topic:
Philosophy
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Do Not Fear Them
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
We should
never
expect a fair shake, nor whine when it is not given.
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Topic:
Christian Living
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“Forced Love” Is the Wrong Way to Look at It
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
People often compare the Calvinist view of salvation (i.e., that God gives spiritual life to those whom He chooses so that they will inevitably love and trust in Him) to an image of worthless...
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Article
Topic:
Theology
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To Give a Good Answer, Sometimes You Have to Change the Question
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· By
melinda penner
On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Sometimes we need to explain the bigger biblical picture in order to answer a person’s specific question.
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Topic:
Sexuality and Gender
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#STRask: Did the Mosaic Law Include Sacrifices for Intentional Sins?
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· By
greg koukl
On Aug 21, 2021 11:56 PM
how to respond to someone who says he isn’t a Christian because his prayers were
never
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If You Want Your Kids to Own Their Faith, Teach Them to Think Critically about Their Faith
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· By
tim barnett
On Oct 2, 2019 6:20 PM
How do we get our kids to think for themselves about Christian truths? We need to stop only asking the “what” questions and start asking the “why” questions.
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Are the Unborn a Convenient Group to Advocate For?
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· By
alan shlemon
On Oct 11, 2021 9:58 PM
Is it the case that the unborn are simply a convenient group of people to advocate for and that’s why pro-lifers take on their cause?
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Article
Topic:
Bioethics
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Why Is It Okay to Wear Mixed Fibers?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
In The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the
Bible
as Literally...Jacobs, succeed in following the whole
Bible
...
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Article
Topic:
Theology
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Partial-Birth Abortion: Objections and Misunderstandings
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Objections to a ban on partial-birth abortion fall into three categories: the silly, the false, and the inconsequential. Here are the facts on each one.
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Article
Topic:
Bioethics
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Show Them God Is Better Than the Promises of Anything Else
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 17, 2021 1:10 AM
Academic arguments about the reality of God are necessary but not sufficient. You will have to answer questions about His goodness.
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The True Story of Christian Missionaries
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
It seems the reports of missionaries harming the world have been greatly exaggerated.
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Article
Topic:
Christian Living
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Seven Apologetics Books Every Teen Should Read
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· By
tim barnett
On May 18, 2020 8:15 PM
Have your students been exposed to the rich intellectual resources Christianity has to offer? Here’s one book for each of the seven essential apologetics topics your teen should be familiar with.
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