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When Debating Biblical Inspiration, Let God Do the Heavy Lifting
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· 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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What Does It Mean for Jesus to Be the Son of God?
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· By
tim barnett
On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
“Jesus
never
calls Himself God,” exclaimed my Jehovah’s Witness friend in a
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Topic:
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Four Questions about the Love of God to Ask Jehovah’s Witnesses
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· 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.
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Atheists’ Small View of Christianity
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· 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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John Newton on Speaking the Truth for the Sake of Others
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· 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.
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Topic:
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Is Christ Inferior to the Father?
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· 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?
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Topic:
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Miracles Happen: Here’s One
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· 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.
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Topic:
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Constantine Didn’t Influence the Canon
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· 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.
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Strengthen the Basics in 2015
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· 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
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· 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.
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Topic:
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What’s the Price of Accepting the Idea We Worship the Same God as Muslims?
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· 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.
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#STRask: Should the
Bible
Be Removed from Public Schools under a Law Prohibiting
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· By
greg koukl
On Aug 6, 2023 6:59 PM
Questions about a public school library that wants to remove the
Bible
because of
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Was Jesus Who He Claimed to Be?
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· 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?
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Topic:
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A Reverent Scientist
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· By
melinda penner
On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, helped lay the foundation for modern physics.
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Topic:
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Slate’s Dishonest Article on When Life Begins
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· 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...
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Topic:
Bioethics
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God Didn’t Command Child Sacrifice
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· 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.
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Topic:
Theology
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The Rap on the Rapture
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· 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.
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Topic:
Theology
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God’s Judgment Is According to the Light Available
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· 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
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Topic:
Theology
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Homosexuality: Giving Your Point of View
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
I want to make a distinction between two ways of addressing the issue of homosexuality.
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Discernment: Head or Heart?
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· 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?
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Topic:
Theology
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The Supreme Court Needs a Hermeneutics Lesson
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· By
alan shlemon
On Jun 30, 2020 12:04 AM
Discovering the meaning of words—whether in the
Bible
, a cell phone text, or the
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Topic:
Philosophy
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RFRA Is Not Jim Crow
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· By
melinda penner
On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
In the controversy over the Indiana law, comparisons are again being made between same-sex marriage and interracial marriage: We’ve all realized that banning interracial marriage was bigotry and...
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Topic:
Sexuality and Gender
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Just Doing What Comes Naturally: The Is-Ought Fallacy
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
The morality of homosexuality can
never
be defended by any appeal to nature, but...Nature alone can
never
provide us with those.
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Topic:
Philosophy
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#STRask: August 14, 2017
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about Christians sinning, Christians called bigots, and new books in the biblical canon.
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What Is Apologetics?
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· By
brett kunkle
On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
For some believers, apologetics has a questionable reputation. It amounts to intellectually bullying or argumentative one-upsmanship. It’s all head and no heart. However, is this an accurate view...
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In the Beginning God...
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· By
alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
The Christian story says God made all things. The atheist story says nothing made all things. How do we know, then, which is true?
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Topic:
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Engaging Australia’s Muslims
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· By
alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
When Muslims claim the
Bible
has been corrupted, here’s how you can show them that
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Other Worldviews
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Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation?
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
How would Nicodemus have understood Jesus words?
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Topic:
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The
Bible
Thinker: Responding to Atheist Fallacies
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· By
tim barnett
On Jan 8, 2021 4:29 AM
Tim responds to 10 fallacies offered by an atheist to disprove God.
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Abortion Is the Opposite of Loving Your Neighbor
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· By
jonathan noyes
On Sep 30, 2022 8:38 PM
A recent ad campaign claimed we can love our neighbor, as God commanded, by providing free abortions, but how does providing unfettered access to abortion constitute love?
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Topic:
Bioethics
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Seeing God Will Humble a Person
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· By
amy k. hall
On Apr 6, 2020 10:47 PM
Was Moses being proud when he wrote, “Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth”?
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Topic:
Theology
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A Response to Matthew Vines: The
Bible
Doesn’t Support Same-Sex Relationships
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Matthew Vines has set out to change Christians’ minds on the topic of homosexuality. Here’s a response to his arguments.
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Topic:
Sexuality and Gender
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What Does God’s Love Look Like?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Before we can draw any conclusions from the phrase “God is love,” we must first understand what God’s love looks like.
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Topic:
Theology
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Means and Ends
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
“The end
never
justifies the means.”
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Topic:
Philosophy
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You Can Start a
Bible
Education Program at Your Local Public School
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· By
greg koukl
On Dec 7, 2022 3:22 AM
Schwartz, a field rep for LifeWise Academy, an organization that helps people start
Bible
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Do We Need Rescue From God?
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Should the Christian message include that we need Jesus in order to be rescued from God?
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Topic:
Theology
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When Whitefield Was Mistaken about the Voice of God
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
The
Bible
gives us certainty of God’s response to us.
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Topic:
Theology
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Hebrews Doesn’t Say What Atheists Think It Says about Faith
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
An atheist asked, “Is faith not belief in the conviction/evidence of things unseen, which by their nature, do not have evidence?” Here’s the response.
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Article
Topic:
Theology
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God Has a Purpose in Suffering
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· By
tim barnett
On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
The
Bible
doesn’t give us the specific reasons for the particular sufferings we go
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Topic:
Theology
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Giving the Truth but Not the Life
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
many of us have become that which, in a time of clearer thinking, we swore we’d
never
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Topic:
Christian Living
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Now We Wait for the Ruling
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
If marriage is a particular thing, then everyone has a right to take part in that institution as it stands, regardless of their personal characteristics, but they don’t have a right to change that...
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Topic:
Sexuality and Gender
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Does Ezekiel’s Vision of a Temple Contradict Christianity?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Since Jesus ended the sacrificial system, how should we understand the prophetic vision of the temple at the end of Ezekiel?
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Article
Topic:
Theology
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Discussing “17 Points of the True Church” with Mormons
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Need some help discussing theological differences with your LDS friends? Here’s a list of points to get you started.
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Topic:
Other Worldviews
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#STRask: March 21, 2016
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 9:29 PM
Greg talks about if Jesus is less than equal to the Father, if churches should host Easter egg hunts, why Noah had to build an ark instead of just moving, burial vs. cremation, and how God is...
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Treating the Symptoms and the Disease
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Followers of Jesus Christ face two extremes in the discussion of Christianity and citizenship.
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Christian Living
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Paul, Romans and Homosexuality
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans contains what most readers consider the
Bible
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Sexuality and Gender
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Why Does It Matter if God Is a Trinity?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
If a Muslim or a Mormon asked you why it matters if God is a Trinity, would you know how to answer him? Here are some reasons for you to consider.
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Article
Topic:
Theology
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Plantinga Reviews Mind and Cosmos
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Here are excerpts from Alvin Plantinga’s excellent review of atheist philosopher Thomas Nagel’s book, Mind and Cosmos, listing the four areas where Nagel objects to materialist naturalism as being...
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Article
Topic:
Science
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A Matter of Interpretation
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
If there is no truth, that’s precisely the reason we should not be open-minded to other people’s points of view...
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Topic:
Philosophy
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#STRask: November 20, 2017
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Greg has 4 minutes to answer questions about women working, discerning conscience issues, and the old earth view.
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When Is a Couple Considered Married?
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· By
robby lashua
On May 23, 2024 9:11 PM
Robby Lashua looks at what the
Bible
has to say about this question.
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Topic:
Theology
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What Is Promised to the Two or Three Who Are Gathered in Jesus’ Name?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2022 7:37 PM
What is promised to the “two or three” who are “gathered together in Jesus’ name” according to Matthew 18:19–20, and does that promise apply to us today?
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Topic:
Theology
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Paul, Romans, and Homosexuality
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
To most readers, the first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans contains the
Bible
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Topic:
Christian Living
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Knowing What’s Coming Will Help You Endure
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2023 9:15 PM
God will bring things into your life you
never
would have chosen, but you can endure
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Topic:
Christian Living
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Kevin DeYoung: What the
Bible
Teaches about Homosexuality
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Greg talks with Tim Barnett and Kevin DeYoung, then answers questions about vaccinations, same-sex marriage laws, obligations to mosques, and more.
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Christmas Cards
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about Christmas cards, then takes calls on what moral intuitions are, being uncomfortable with the word “Christmas”: because it’s tied to the Catholic Mass, if everything that happens is...
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First-Century Gospel Fragment?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Feb 27, 2020 4:15 PM
If this is true, it would be the oldest fragment of the New Testament known to exist.
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Topic:
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An Audience of One
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
As ambassadors for Christ, we often
never
know the true impact of our efforts.
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“Jesus Said You Shouldn’t Judge”
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· By
tim barnett
On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
A while back, I posted the following comment on my Facebook Page: Everyone—Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jew, New Ager, Atheist—needs to answer the same question: What makes humans valuable...
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Theology
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How to Keep from Getting Spiritually Weird
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
One of my students observed that a whole lot of folks who have gone spiritually weird seemed to start out great, but their lives as honorable Christians ended early.
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Topic:
Christian Living
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He’ll Do Something He Would Not Have Done
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· By
amy k. hall
On Apr 9, 2020 1:13 AM
I hope they’ll move you to pray like
never
before.
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Christian Living
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We Still Need the Old Answers
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Anyone looking to technology to lead our society as a “new religion” will eventually find it can’t be counted on to create and uphold beliefs in intrinsic human value, universal human rights, or...
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Article
Topic:
Science
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How to Respond to Questions That Aren’t Really Questions
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· By
robby lashua
On Oct 31, 2022 7:58 PM
Sometimes the questions people ask aren’t real questions; they’re statements proving a point. Here are three things we can learn from Jesus’ example about how to respond.
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Urgent Prayer Request for Melinda
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
Melinda had a serious accident yesterday morning. Read the update for details, and then please pray.
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Jesus Is the Only Cure
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
merely had a theological point wrong, but because they had a real disease (sin) and
never
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Topic:
Theology
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Don’t Let Popular Culture Shape Your View of Reality
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jul 30, 2019 11:57 PM
Spend enough time in artificial worlds that are grounded in false assumptions—especially without analyzing what you’re seeing—and you’ll be changed in ways you didn’t count on.
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Topic:
Philosophy
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Learn to Defend God’s Beauty
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
After listening to a few of Christopher Hitchens’s debates with Christians, one quickly sees (because of how many times he returns to the subject) that his core problem with Christianity is that he...
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Article
Topic:
Theology
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Unwitting Revolutionary
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· By
melinda penner
On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Martin Luther was a Roman Catholic monk who taught in Wittenburg, Germany in the early 16th century.
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Don’t Take a Leap of Faith
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
nbsp;as religious wishful thinking, not the kind of intelligent step of trust the
Bible
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Christian Living
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How Will Those Saved by God’s Grace View Hell?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 24, 2020 12:38 AM
How will those who have been forgiven by God view Hell throughout eternity? Will they be saddened forever by its continued existence?
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Article
Topic:
Theology
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European Trip Teaching Christians
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Greg talks about the European trip teaching Christians, talking with atheists on Unbelievable, and why God is hidden.
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Was Adam a Real Person?
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· By
tim barnett
On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Last month I was asked to speak at a church on the question “Should Christians Embrace Evolution?” The way you answer this question depends entirely on what you mean by evolution.
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Topic:
Theology
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Will the Punishment in Hell Be Experienced Forever?
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· By
amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
This month’s issue of Solid Ground looks at what the
Bible
says about this topic.
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Topic:
Theology
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Frank Turek: CrossExamined Instructor Academy
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Greg talks about a review of the Craig-Hitchens Debate, CrossExamined Instructor Academy with Frank Turek, then takes calls on who created the Creator, if an atheist can prove the non-existence of...
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Dr. David Noebel & John Stonestreet, Summit Ministries Preparing Christian Students for College
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· By
greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about why early Christians didn’t join the military, Summit Ministries preparing Christian students for college with Dr. David Noebel & John Stonestreet, then takes calls on...
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