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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Guest host Don Stewart talks about Veritas Evangelical Seminary with Joe Holden, then takes calls on how a Christian deals with depression with faith, an embryo in the petri dish isn’t human...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
can navigate discussions in which they are outmatched intellectually, and which Bible
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
There are few conversations between Christians that generate as much heat as those concerning creation. It seems like there are as many interpretations of Genesis as there are Christians.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Apr 28, 2021 12:40 PM
But that's not what the Bible teaches.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Chronicles 7:14 is one of the most misinterpreted and mis-claimed verses in the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Greg Koukl, along with Alan Shlemon, respond to Matthew Vines’s 40 Questions regarding homosexuality and the Church.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 16, 2021 3:15 AM
J. Warner Wallace talks about three reasons to celebrate your Christian worldview, then he answers questions about whether Ezekiel 38 is about the future or the past, advice on being a better “one...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Few doctrines of the Christian faith are more essential than the Trinity, yet many people are deeply confused about its nature.
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Web Content Article · 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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
Greg talks about if your faith can save you in a crisis & responding to homosexual activism, then takes calls on a Christian approach to homosexual activism, allowing all viewpoints to be...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Churches are trying to be relevant, but all this relevancy is making Christianity irrelevant by removing every true and glorious thing from Christianity that makes it unique.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
[Pre-recorded before Melinda’s accident.] In 4 minutes, Greg answers questions about punishing children for parent’s sins, questioning God’s justice, and “verse of the day.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
If you try to determine the meaning of a biblical text without reading its context, you’ll create two problems that will hinder your understanding of the passage.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 28, 2020 12:38 AM
Coffee Cup Christianity violates one of the most basic and well-known principles of interpretation: context, and it leads to three dangerous problems.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
I’m told writing this post won’t matter. I can clarify until I’m blue in the face and nothing will change. It doesn’t matter what Christians actually think or believe about homosexuality. It seems...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Greg explains why we can’t “unhitch” Christianity from the Old Testament then takes questions on 2 Chronicles 7:14 and the “Empty the Pews” movement.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 10:35 PM
Alan shares 3 things to remember when discussing controversial issues with other Christians.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Nancy Pearcey has a really great article explaining a strategy for more effective conversations and public dialogue over controversial issues. In this case, she writes about sexual identity and...
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Feb 15, 2024 11:48 PM
Amy, Jon, Robby, and Tim give practical tips for how you can bloom where you’re planted and remind believers that they don’t need to know everything before they start sharing the gospel with others.
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Web Content Article · 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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
Greg talks about an evangelistic sign he saw hanging over a freeway then answers questions about Samson vs. suicide bombers, what to say to an unbeliever who says he follows the Golden Rule, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about meeting people & Facebook, keeping Christ in your Christmas cards, then takes calls on Emmanuel: why didn’t they know who he was, how death and sin enter the “old...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 26, 2020 7:13 PM
Greg addresses a situation where you may be tempted to take on the burden of proof in conversation about Christianity.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Simply put, let Scripture guide your conversation with God.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Christians need to think carefully about this issue, especially in a culture that is more than happy to co-opt Christian statements and claims in order to justify sin.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Greg Koukl discusses Brett Kunkle’s mentoring letter on whether or not religion has been the greatest cause of wars and bloodshed.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 26, 2020 4:01 AM
Greg talks about the four key virtues Christians should have as they teach, mentor, or parent in order to be more effective, then he talks about how we’re being catechized by digital media more...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM
Should you be trying to find out how God may be speaking to you so you can make sure you do the right thing? Maybe not.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
questions about the Sabbath, Jesus’ two natures, God changing, and a possible Bible
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
The biggest divide between Christians and non-Christians is not whether or not they think Christianity is true but whether or not they think Jesus is beautiful.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
God is gracious and merciful. But He is also avenging and wrathful. Sound theology never pits one against the other.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
Greg talks about Peter’s warnings against the destructive heresies of false teachers then takes questions on marrying non-Christians, attending Catholic mass, and whether Jesus really sacrificed...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 4, 2019 10:23 PM
Tim and Amy talk to Alisa Childers about “5 Signs Your Church Might Be Heading Toward Progressive Christianity.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 24, 2024 1:30 AM
Greg explains why the Apocrypha isn’t part of the canon, then he talks to callers about what to say to a good pastor who has been taking verses out of context and thoughts on cessationism.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
You may know that one of the topics Greg teaches on is “Decision Making and the Will of God.”
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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.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 7:22 PM
Alan explains the meaning and purpose behind the genre of Proverbs.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
from a mistake virtually every Christian makes now and then when they go to the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Melinda Penner and Amy Hall discuss The Shack and take questions on the application of Old Testament Law, white privilege, and the problem of evil.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Greg gives an update on Melinda and reflects on the fact that we need to do what’s in front of us today, then he answers questions about Jeremiah 29:11, dating someone who has a different...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 24, 2024 2:38 AM
Greg discusses Alistair Begg’s advice about attending the wedding of a transgender person, then he answers a question about how Jeremiah 31:31 can apply to Christians when it says the promise is...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Greg talks about Jeremiah 29:11, what “growing up” means, if same-sex attraction is genetic, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
If you think you’re on safe theological ground because of a pet verse, better look twice. Simple proof-texting has its perils. Here’s how to avoid them.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Every year I try to offer a few words of advice for college-bound students—the kind of advice that I think could make a big difference in your spiritual survival.
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Web Content Article · 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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
In the past, we’ve focused on secular reasons for maintaining the man/woman definition of marriage, but now we need to start paying attention to specifically Christian reasons so we can respond to...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Nov 30, 2023 9:25 PM
New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman offers an example of what he believes to be an irreconcilable contradiction in the Christmas account. But, while Matthew and Luke give some different details, it’s...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
This warning against drifting away from communion with God is a reminder that something real is happening when you meet with God daily.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Brett talks about how to best help students navigate the cultural challenges of today, then answers questions on God’s gender, Mormon revelation vs. Christian experience, and atheistic evangelism.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 19, 2022 1:56 AM
Greg answers questions about “replacement theology,” whether pro-life advocacy is wrong since if the children live, many will go to Hell, and whether there are still apostles in the church today...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM
There’s is not a sharp dichotomy between God working and our working. They go hand in hand. God works through our initiative.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Greg talks about reThink Student Apologetics, Bill Nye’s video on abortion, the roadmap to be equipped to defend the faith, and if there is a wrong way to pray.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 21, 2020 10:50 PM
This year has been out of control. Unfortunately, so have many people’s manners. This is a reminder to be gracious to others—especially when it’s easy not to.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2020 9:58 PM
Greg talks about people unknowingly extolling the virtues of Christ through Christmas carols, then he answers questions about whether people who have died can hear us, what it means to desire...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
No matter how small my audience, I never know when my own short moment of faithfulness will turn out to be the turning point in someone else’s life.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 3, 2019 10:27 PM
Greg explains how 2 Chronicles 7:14 is used incorrectly by Christians thinking it’s speaking to them.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 3, 2022 10:44 PM
Some gender theorists say we should abandon the use of he/him pronouns for God and instead use they/them, but there are good, biblical reasons not to do this.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for November 2010 I met a pastor from Bangladesh last month. He left Islam in 1978, now oversees several churches, and has a heart to see more Muslims come to Christ.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Brett talks about his apologetics mission trips and how these Gospel-driven, real-life activities change the students.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Here are three surprising developments that stand out for us as we celebrate 25 years of equipping Christian ambassadors with knowledge, wisdom, and character.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 21, 2020 3:34 AM
Greg revisits his discussion from last week about respecting the original meaning of a text, then he answers questions about discerning between different views and adjusting how you communicate...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Greg reflects on his time in San Antonio with the Berry family, highlighting how their devotional life impacted him. Then he answers questions about Lucifer’s sin and a Greek word in Mathew 5:6.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
As followers of Christ, we know we have nothing to fear from the truth, and we’re willing to work to find it. We care about the truth because we care about God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 15, 2023 1:47 AM
Greg answers questions about why God would create a world that has so much evil in it, how a book written by men could be the divine word of God, whether it’s okay to date a Christian who doesn’t...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
Your role as Christ’s ambassador starts in your home, your neighborhood, your community, with the people you know personally, not with politics.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 2, 2019 6:30 PM
While it’s true that Christians should prioritize their understanding of Scripture and Christian theology, that doesn’t diminish the importance of also studying false ideas, as well. Here’s why we...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
why Greg uses straw men arguments against the young earth view, whether the Bible
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
It isn’t arrogant for Christians to believe Jesus is the only way of salvation and other biblical doctrines. In fact, it requires humility.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 12, 2023 2:03 AM
Greg explains how to interpret promises God made in the Old Testament and when to apply them to Christians today, then he answers a question about whether verses in Romans about the Holy Spirit...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 8, 2024 2:04 AM
Greg talks about how we were enemies of God before we were reconciled to him through the atonement, then he answers questions about how to determine a guest pastor’s theology and whether all...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 2, 2019 5:56 AM
Some Bible terminology can seem strange to our modern ears, and understanding its
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 7, 2021 8:17 PM
Questions about whether there’s a second chance for salvation after death and how there can be no sin in Heaven if we’re all sinners by nature.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 6, 2023 11:44 PM
In this class from Greg Koukl’s Stand to Reason University course “Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air,” Greg shares tactics for confronting the inconsistencies that make moral relativism...
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Web Content Article · 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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