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Eternal Security, Cheap Grace and Free Will

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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Is It Impossible to Know What Happens When We Die?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 12, 2020 12:37 AM

The belief that we can’t know anything, including what happens to us when we die, unless science confirms it is not justified. Here’s why.

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Tips for Addressing Objections

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM

arguments on any topic as he discusses an article challenging the historicity of the Bible

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Two Practical Ways to Promote Biblical Literacy at Home

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 12, 2020 1:11 AM

Simply put, people don’t know their Bibles.

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#STRask: January 23, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Greg’s on a timer answering questions about the Lord’s Prayer, understanding the Bible

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If Pro-Gay Theology Advocates Could Change the Past, Would That Change the Future Like They Want?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 13, 2024 3:19 PM

explains what would happen if someone was to go back in time to 1946 and stop the RSV Bible...He unpacks whether this would change the Bible’s...

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Evangelism Is Easier When You Have a Plan

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 20, 2023 1:32 AM

Greg recommends a film about the Bible and talks about a conversation he had with...love one another trumps the command to love God and explains how he annotates his...

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Scripture vs. Self

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM

When you find you disagree with the Bible, is your first inclination to correct your...own thinking or to try to change the Bible’s meaning?

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What Jesus Said about Homosexuality

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

That’s the challenge offered to Christians who cite the Bible as the basis for their

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Advice for Interacting in a Public Forum

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

tips for interacting in a public forum then answers questions on slavery in the Bible

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How Creating a Context Vacuum Sucks Us into Overwriting God’s Word

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 17, 2020 11:48 PM

Here’s why reading Bible verses or passages in isolation from their context is a

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#STRask: September 19, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 4, 2019 9:34 PM

inspiration is circular, teaching in a bilingual setting, and whether taking the Bible

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#STRask: June 16, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Why it’s necessary the Bible be inerrant, why the Pharisees are condemned, and what

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Got Context?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM

Learn a Secret Skill of Pastors to Help You Understand the Bible

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#STRask: October 12, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about the purpose of reading the Bible, prayer

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#STRask - November 19, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 14, 2020 6:59 PM

Questions about whether or not we should think Hebrews is inspired and why the Bible

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Why Studying Apologetics Will Help You Suffer Well

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

If we have been fully convinced, beyond mere feeling, of the truth of Jesus and His work, we’ll withstand the temptation to abandon Him when suffering finds us in this life.

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Have You Seen Faithfulness in 2020?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 1, 2020 9:50 PM

See what you and STR have achieved together in this crazy and chaotic year.

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#STRask: October 25, 2018

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

Greg answers questions about God’s temporality and how to figure out what in the Bible

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Did Jesus Make a Mistake? John 7

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

in John 7, Obama’s ESCR moral mistakes, then takes calls on how we know if the Bible

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Three Different Ways to Dismiss Divine Commands

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 15, 2022 11:34 PM

our desires, so believers and non-believers alike have a propensity to skirt the Bible

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#STRask: November 3, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

answers questions on angels, doesn’t God care about evil, and why we can trust the Bible

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You Can’t Obey God Unless You Know What He Said

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 27, 2020 11:21 PM

Christians base their hopes, theology, and major life decisions on what the Bible

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#STRask: July 12, 2018

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM

questions about God being timeless and a possible problem with trying to interpret the Bible

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#STRask - March 11, 2021

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 2, 2021 10:09 PM

Questions about what the Bible says about astrology and whether Matthew 11:11 says

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#STRask: August 1, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 3, 2019 11:30 PM

Questions about whether Greg’s view of reading the Bible misses our subjective response

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How to Correct Eisegesis with Exegesis

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 1, 2023 1:40 AM

Greg and Amy share how a Bible study leader can gently correct study members who

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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

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Clear Thinking on the “Same God” Debate

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

the Covenant, whether the brain is a sophisticated machine, and never reading a Bible

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Take Walt Russell’s Class on Hermeneutics for Free

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM

more foundational to the Christian life than being able to read and understand the Bible

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#STRask: Why Isn’t the Sabbath a Universal Commandment?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 1, 2021 7:15 PM

the objection that the New Testament mistranslated and misrepresented the Hebrew Bible

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Christians Are Commanded to Be Apologists

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 4, 2019 12:54 AM

series, Tim shows us where the Bible says Christians are commanded to be apologists

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Explaining Romans 1

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 12, 2020 11:35 PM

Alan shares the most straightforward passage in the Bible about homosexuality and

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The Bible Never Promises Immediate Physical Healing in the Atonement

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM

Many prosperity preachers teach that physical healing—in this life—was purchased for us in the atonement, but a closer look at the passages they cite doesn’t support this.

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All the Scriptures Speak of Jesus

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

He wove recurring images and themes into history that appear throughout the Bible

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#STRask: What if Someone Says He Believes in Science, Not God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 11, 2022 3:33 PM

science, not God” and how to respond to the slogan “Love Is Love” without using the Bible

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Get the Dictionary of Christianity and Science

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM

Sometimes, when answering an apologetics question about science, you just need to appeal to the facts. But do you know the facts?

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How Gospel-Centered Is Your Apologetic?

Web Content Article · By brian seagraves On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM

If you’re passionate about apologetics, you’re probably well-prepared to discuss worldview issues, but are you also ready to explain and defend Christian theology?

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Is Jesus the Only Way?

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

“Jesus is the only way to God” may be the most controversial claim of Christianity, so we had better have good reason for it. And I think we do.

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#STRask: December 19, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

questions about death before the Fall, prophecy, extra-biblical evidence for the Bible

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Religion Is Not a Fantasy

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

Greg talks about religion not being a fantasy, then takes calls on if the Bible teaches

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#STRask - December 31, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 22, 2020 7:23 PM

Questions about how to respond to an atheist who rejects the Bible because it contains

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Is What We Have What They Wrote?

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:33 PM

How do we give our students confidence in the Bible? Brett shares his approach.

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#STRask: May 10, 2018

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM

Greg is on a four-minute timer and answers questions about whether or not the Bible

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#STRask: January 9, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2020 9:48 PM

it’s concerning that a pastor read from a “gender inclusive” translation of the Bible

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#STRask: How Can I Get into Spiritual Conversations with People?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 16, 2022 6:10 PM

conversations with people and what to say to someone who says Jesus, the stories in the Bible

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#STRask: November 4, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 12, 2019 7:29 PM

idols in Revelation 2 in light of 1 Corinthians 8 and resources to help map out the Bible

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Orlando Shooting

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

As Al Mohler tweeted, “The Bible honors weeping with those who weep.

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#STRask: March 15, 2018

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

Greg is on a four-minute timer and answers questions about giving the Bible the benefit

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#STRask: October 26, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about using the Bible to witness, getting

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#STRask: July 25, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 5:46 PM

Covenant, whether we could be wrong about the Day of Judgment, and whether the Bible

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Can Someone Who Embraces a Sinful Lifestyle Be a Christian?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

Greg talks about an upcoming dialogue on the Bible and homosexuality then takes calls

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Tactics: One Tough Customer

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

on if the end justifies the means, what the context is for saying not to read a Bible

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#STRask - November 2, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 31, 2020 5:17 PM

justice is morally obligated to do if a constitutional judgment goes against the Bible

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Six Reasons to Believe Jesus Is God

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Oct 3, 2023 8:12 PM

Tim Barnett responds to a video that claims the Bible never calls Jesus “God,” and

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The Birth Narratives

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 23, 2023 6:16 PM

birth narratives, and explains how Jesus’ birth fits into the unified story of the Bible

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#STRask - July 2, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 28, 2020 7:18 PM

Acts 15 contradicts Paul’s instructions, theology that can be learned outside the Bible

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Remember That First-Century Mark Fragment?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM

We’ve all been waiting for an update on the alleged first-century fragment of Mark. Now it’s been published, and there’s good news and bad news.

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Spending Time with Excellent Teachers

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

Discussing spending time with excellent teachers, Bible movie thoughts, whether Christians

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#STRask: What Do You Wish You Had Known about Apologetics Work?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 19, 2021 9:35 PM

Questions about how to steer the conversation in a Bible study towards discussing

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#STRask: No Rules for Christians Other Than to Love God and Love Others?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 24, 2023 8:05 PM

others are the only rules Christians have to follow and fulfilled prophecies in the Bible

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Jesus’ Wife?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

Greg talks about the greatest Bible verse, why there are so many denominations, Jesus

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#STRask: Will There Be Things We Don’t Like in Heaven?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 25, 2021 10:03 PM

Heaven and when it’s okay in apologetics to simply say, “I don’t know, but the Bible

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Did God Ordain Abortion as Punishment for Infidelity?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 24, 2020 2:44 AM

Though abortion is inconsistent with the Christian worldview, some people point to a Bible

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#STRask - April 9, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 5, 2020 10:13 PM

Questions about why we needed a sinless man to pay our debt, Bible stories that seem

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#STRask: January 29, 2018

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

we’ll all be able to spend time with Jesus after the resurrection, whether the Bible

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#STRask: How Will Jesus Sit at the Right Hand of God if He Is God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 25, 2024 2:49 PM

Questions about what the Bible means when it says Jesus will sit at the right hand

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Testing Religious Truth Claims

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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#STRask: December 16, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2020 9:25 PM

Questions about how we know the God who exists is the God of the Bible, whether Jesus

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#STRask: January 27, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 3, 2020 9:16 PM

Questions about proving events in the Bible, explaining mercy to a child, helping

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#STRask: September 8, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

4 minutes or less - the effectiveness of blessings, God’s existence, and if the Bible

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#STRask - February 25, 2021

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 21, 2021 5:45 PM

Some additional thoughts on whether or not step-siblings can marry and Bible reading

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#STRask - March 22, 2021

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 20, 2021 11:14 PM

in the elect, and why God would condemn someone who doesn’t have access to the Bible

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Did Paul Know about Homosexuality?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

Is it the case that the behavior the Bible is really against is not the kind of loving

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#STRask: Would the Gospel Be Good News if Hell Didn’t Exist?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 20, 2023 9:15 PM

what to say to someone who responds to evidence for Christianity by saying, “The Bible

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