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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 10, 2022 9:39 PM

It looks like World Vision intended to choose the path that would cause the least distraction from their mission, and they deceived themselves into thinking a neutral position on this was possible.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

The Gospel Is Worth the Pain

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

Being faithful to the Word of God is not easy. It involves pain. Sometimes fear, loneliness, helplessness. We may think of Martin Luther as a hero now, but he had the same fears you and I have.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

The Trinity Is Biblical

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

Greg answers a challenge that the Christian view of the Trinity is not Scriptural.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

#STRask: Is It a Bad Sign if a Church Says the Bible Is Inerrant “in the Original

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 1, 2023 4:23 PM

whether it’s a bad sign when a church’s statement of faith says they believe the Bible

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology

All of Jesus and Joy Evermore!

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM

When our culture hears the word “holiness,” it imagines dour-looking people sitting primly in dark rooms. But God has always been a God of joy, and He intends for us to be joyful in Him.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Steve Wagner: Common Ground Without Compromise

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Frank Turek, then takes calls on the resurrection being a myth and the writers never

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Moreland: STR’s Alaskan Cruise & Are Evangelicals Overcommitted to the Bible?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

become a Christian, STR’s Alaskan Cruise & Are Evangelicals Overcommitted to the Bible

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Philosophy

#STRask: Do These Verses Support the Idea That Everyone Will Be Saved?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2024 9:01 PM

Question about whether Romans 5:18, 1 Corinthians 15:22, and 1 John 2:2 support the idea that everyone will be saved (universalism) as a New York Times opinion piece by David Bentley Hart claims.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology

Telling Parting Words: John Newton vs. Mr. Rogers

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

Here’s what my tombstone will say....

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Salvation: Truth, Not Just Sincerity

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 24, 2020 4:27 AM

If you do not put your faith in Jesus but are sincere in what you believe, is it that enough for salvation? Read more for Greg's answer to religious inclusivism.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Is God a Three-Headed Dragon?

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

Does the Trinity make any sense at all? Brett explains why it makes biblical and rational sense.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

#STRask: June 26, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about dreams, a Bible discrepancy, and God

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“The Shack” Movie Review

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM

We need to evaluate movies by more than just how they make us feel.

Media Type: Article Topic: Arts and Culture

People Believe What They Want

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 10:03 PM

My mind's made up. Don't confuse me with the facts. Come again? Don't get caught with this wrong-headed attitude!

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What’s Good for the Silent Goose…

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 11, 2023 11:14 PM

Those who argue we shouldn’t believe Jesus is God because he never said the exact

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Why the Gospel of Luke Should Be Dated Earlier than AD 67

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Here’s an argument from Glenn Peoples for an early date for the Gospel of Luke.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Two Passages That Argue for Original Guilt and Sin

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 6, 2024 6:27 PM

Since it seems some Christians are starting to waver on original guilt and sin, here are two passages that support these doctrines.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

#STRask: Why Doesn’t Every Bible Version Include Matthew 17:21?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 23, 2022 5:41 PM

Questions about why some Bible versions include Matthew 17:21 and part of Mark 9:

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology

Unique Understanding and Unique Hope for Transgender People

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Transgender people will never find the answers to their problems in themselves, no

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Why We’re Not Under the Mosaic Law

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

Here’s what the Bible says about it.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

A Story of Suffering

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

We Christians don’t talk enough about suffering. Suffering is a fact of life, even for Christians. We need to be ready for it, and we can learn from others’ stories.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Is Jesus the Only Way?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

A view called “inclusivism” has been a cancer spreading in the church for years now reaching epidemic proportions.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Does Proverbs 8:22 Teach That Jesus Was Created?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

When you tell Jehovah’s Witnesses that Jesus is uncreated, they are likely to take you directly to Proverbs 8:22–30 in their New World Translation (NWT).

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

#STRask: November 8, 2018

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM

point of view of people in other identity groups, and his favorite book of the Bible

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Christian Living

Should Women Teach in Church?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:55 PM

What does I Tim. 2:11–15 say about the male-female “pecking order” in the church? Greg examines one of the key passes.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

#STRask: August 7, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 139, 13-16, and Ephesians 2:10.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology

Don’t Trust God to Protect You from Pain

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

An experience of suffering can be very disorienting to Christians who are trusting God to protect them from pain. This is not the kind of trust God has called us to have.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Learn How to Interpret the Bible through My 10-Part Video Series

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?

Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools

The Top Ten Posts of 2020

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 19, 2020 12:00 AM

With everything that’s happened this year, did you miss any of our most-popular posts? Here’s the list so you can catch up!

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When Debating Biblical Inspiration, Let God Do the Heavy Lifting

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 16, 2022 11:16 PM

If you want people to believe in the Bible, the best way to succeed is not simply

Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools

What Does It Mean for Jesus to Be the Son of God?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

“Jesus never calls Himself God,” exclaimed my Jehovah’s Witness friend in a

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Four Questions about the Love of God to Ask Jehovah’s Witnesses

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Oct 3, 2022 7:28 PM

Here are four questions you can ask Jehovah’s Witnesses about the love of God to help you demonstrate the truth of the divinity of Jesus.

Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews

#STRask: Are We Only Interpreting the Bible This Way Because of Our Post-Enlightenment

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 3, 2024 3:42 PM

Questions about whether we’re only interpreting the Bible according to authorial

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology

Atheists’ Small View of Christianity

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM

On the heels of the Reason Rally, where Dawkins exhorted the crowd to “Mock them! Ridicule them! In public,” Tom Gilson wrote a post about the New Atheists’ practice of trivializing...

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Is Christ Inferior to the Father?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

If “the head of Christ is God,” doesn’t that prove Jesus is a lesser deity than the Father?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

John Newton on Speaking the Truth for the Sake of Others

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

If disguising the truth is “an act of treachery to men,” then speaking the truth is part of what it means to serve them in love.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Miracles Happen: Here’s One

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

Painful seasons in our lives can cause us to doubt God’s ability to act, but He is always working in our lives, and sometimes He even does miracles. Here’s one.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Constantine Didn’t Influence the Canon

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Here’s what Brian Mattson had to say about a Newsweek article’s claim that Constantine influenced the assembling of the biblical canon.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

#STRask: Do These Verses Contradict “Once Saved, Always Saved”?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 6, 2022 3:19 AM

Questions about whether Revelation 2:1–7 and Colossians 1:21–23 can be reconciled with a belief in “once saved, always saved.”

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology

Strengthen the Basics in 2015

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 4, 2020 5:09 PM

Maintaining a spiritual habit is much easier than starting one, so it’s best to start it once and then maintain it day by day for the long term. Here’s how you can do that this coming year.

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Clarification on Confession

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

To put it simply, the one who says, “I don’t need forgiveness,” is at odds with God and doesn’t get it.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

#STRask: Should the Bible Be Removed from Public Schools under a Law Prohibiting

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 6, 2023 6:59 PM

Questions about a public school library that wants to remove the Bible because of

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Arts and Culture

What’s the Price of Accepting the Idea We Worship the Same God as Muslims?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Claiming that Muslims and Christians worship the same God is an expression of Islamic theology, not Christian theology.

Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews

Was Jesus Who He Claimed to Be?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

Did He never exist at all? Or was He who He claimed to be?

Media Type: Article Topic: History

A Reverent Scientist

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

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, helped lay the foundation for modern physics.

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

Slate’s Dishonest Article on When Life Begins

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM

Slate posted an article the other week about bills that ban abortions after an embryo’s heartbeat is detected. It was a dishonest article that distorted the science and placed too great an...

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

The Rap on the Rapture

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

What is the apocalyptic event described in First Thessalonians 4 and First Corinthians 15? Perhaps not exactly what you think it is.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

God Didn’t Command Child Sacrifice

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

Some atheists claim God commanded child sacrifice in the Old Testament Law, but a look at the biblical passages that address this topic shows why they’re wrong.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

God’s Judgment Is According to the Light Available

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

is the only means by which we can be saved, how can God judge the person who has never

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Discernment: Head or Heart?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

Is “spiritual” discernment an objective judgment of the mind, or a subjective intuition of the spirit?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

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