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What Is Marriage from a Policy Perspective?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

What is marriage, why does it matter, and what are the consequences of redefining it? Ryan Anderson explains.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Use Your Knowledge to Serve Others, Not Judge Them

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

There’s a great temptation to get frustrated with the people in your church as you learn theology and apologetics, but this is a spiritually dangerous misunderstanding of how the body of Christ was...

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Abortion Justifications Flip Moral Reasoning Upside Down

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

When it comes to abortion, our culture uses the very points that normally condemn violence against the young to justify it.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Utilitarian Atheists Aren’t “Just as Moral,” They’re “Differently Moral”

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

The claim that “atheists are as moral as Christians” is meaningless if we’re operating under different systems of morality.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Character at the Keyboard

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

David Brooks’s op-ed in the New York Times on “The Mental Virtues” reminds us that “character tests are pervasive even in modern everyday life. It’s possible to be heroic if you’re just...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Your Labor and the Two Great Commandments

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

Your work, whatever it is, is your opportunity to glorify God by serving others.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Cal State Universities Derecognize InterVarsity Clubs

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

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s requirement that leaders in their campus clubs be Christian has been declared unacceptable discrimination by the Cal State University system.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Serving the Persecuted Church

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Alan gives a short recap of his trip to Beirut, Lebanon. He highlights the experiences of training the persecuted church and meeting his cousin who recently fled Baghdad, Iraq.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Christian Living

A Finely-Tuned Universe: Necessity, Chance, or Design?

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

Reasonable Faith has released a short video examining this question: Is the fine-tuning of our universe a result of physical necessity, chance, or design?

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

Are We at War with Muslims?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Alan answers the question of whether we are at war with Muslims. He also offers a handy tactic to help you determine whether a doctrine or behavior is truly Islamic.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Other Worldviews

“Our Minds May Be Separate from Our Brains”

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

A new study suggests “consciousness is present beyond the point at which scientists can detect it.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

How to Turn Your Theology into Communion with God

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

Here’s what Tim Keller had to say about turning your theology into communion with God through biblical meditation and prayer.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Must We Kill Humans to Save Other Humans?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

The test was positive. He had cancer. The tumor was only six centimeters, but because it was in his trachea (his windpipe), it had almost completely blocked his ability to breathe.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

The Right to Die May Become a Duty to Die

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

A man with ALS explains his anger against those who promote assisted suicide.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Must we kill humans to save other humans?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Alan explains why embryonic stem cell research is not only morally problematic, but ineffective at treating disease and disability. Instead, he offers a scientific alternative.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Bioethics

Kill Humans to Save Humans? Taking the Heat

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

This month, Alan asks, “Must we kill humans to save other humans?“ and Brett talks about the reaction we should expect from the world, even when we’re loving.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Santa Claus: Defender of the Incarnation

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

Even though it’s questionable how much of it is true, I still love the stories about the real St. Nicholas. Here’s what Fred Sanders had to say about him.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

You’re Not Really Pro-Life Unless...

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

The objection that pro-life advocates or organizations aren’t really pro-life because they don’t also advocate [fill in the blank] is one you’ll encounter. Here’s how Scott Klusendorf responds to it.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

The Reformation the Church Doesn’t Need

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Alan attended a ’gay Christian’ conference that intends to reform the church to make it affirm practicing homosexuals. Listen to his thoughts about his experience there.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Sexuality and Gender

If God Could Save Him, God Could Save Anybody

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

If you know someone you think is beyond God’s ability to save, watch this story of how David Wood became a Christian, and have hope.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

From Emergent to Evangelical, through Apologetics

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

If you or someone you know drifted out of Christianity by way of the Emergent Church movement, listen to what Matt Rawlings discovered that brought him back.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Embryonic Stem Cell Success

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

This past November I wrote that embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) had not led to any successful human treatments. I was wrong.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Pro-Life Killers: An Oxymoron

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Alan answers the question of whether pro-lifers are inconsistent if they don’t condone the killing of abortion doctors.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Bioethics

Are the Chick-fil-A Cows on to Something?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Humans are more valuable than animals and so eating meat is permissible.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Could “Good” and “Evil” Exist without God?

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

Reasonable Faith has released another apologetics video, and this one explains the moral argument for the existence of God.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Anomalies Don’t Necessarily Disprove Christianity

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Theories ought not be rejected just because there’s an anomaly that can’t yet be reconciled with it. Instead, it’s legitimate to take time to work on finding an answer that resolves the alleged...

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

Are the Chick-fil-A Cows on to Something?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Alan answers the question of whether people who eat meat are unjustly discriminating against sentient animals.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Philosophy

Can a Socio-Cultural Revolution Be Reversed?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

In an article in The Week, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry addresses the popular understanding “that social change driven by appeals to science and reason is (a) good and (b) irreversible.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

The Biased Constraint of Scientism

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Here’s what J. Warner Wallace has to say about the charge that Christians are too biased to fairly evaluate evidence.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Object to the Procedure, Not the Patient

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

A doctor in Michigan wrongly refused to take a lesbian couple’s baby as a patient. This is simply a misunderstanding and misapplication of the conscience rights people have been fighting for.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

The Eye “Is Optimized for Our Vision Purposes”

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Calling the structure of the eye a “mystery” would require an assumption of purpose and optimal design, and that’s not an assumption that can be supported by unguided evolution.

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

Advice on Becoming an Apologetics Speaker

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

How can you become an apologetics speaker? Here’s some advice on getting started.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Pastor Calls Trinity “The First Throuple”

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

The number of things you’ll be called a “bigot” for not endorsing will only increase, and possibly even in your own church. Are you ready?

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Truth and Compassion in Action

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Alan explains whether the principle of truth and compassion works when gay activists come to protest your church.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Read Nancy Pearcey’s Finding Truth with Me

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Nancy Pearcey has the unique ability of getting to the heart of things in the cultural conversation, and her penetrating critique of the worldview “idols” of our age is chock-full of gems.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

RFRA Reaction Is Driven by Agenda, Not Principle

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

The kind of response we’re seeing from people who oppose Indiana’s RFRA proves just how much we need these laws if we’re to continue to function as a diverse society.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Refusing to Serve Individuals vs. Refusing to Participate in Events

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Christians do not want to “refuse service to gay people.” There’s an important distinction between refusing to serve individuals and refusing to participate in events.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Got Ten Seconds?

Web Content Article · By stand to reason On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Ten seconds is plenty of time to defend your pro-life views.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Why Same-Sex Marriage Can’t Afford to Be Tolerant

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Mere Orthodoxy’s Matt Anderson explains why “an anti-liberal approach toward dissenting views is part of the DNA of the logic of the current gay rights argument.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Every Idea Has Consequences

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Alan talks about his recent speaking tour in Alberta and explains the impact of same-sex marriage on the Christian culture in Canada.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Sexuality and Gender

How can homeschooling parents avoid sheltering their kids too much?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Alan explains one way homeschooling parents can avoid sheltering their kids too much.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Christian Living

Finding Truth: Twilight of the Gods

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Since secular philosophies, like religions, point to an ultimate reality, they can be evaluated, just as religions can, by identifying their idols.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Fetal Homicide Laws Are a Problem for Pro-Choicers

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

It seems some politicians are worried about consistent, logical thinking leading from a fetal homicide law to fetal human rights.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Finding Truth: Secular Leaps of Faith

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

The third of Nancy Pearcey’s five principles for evaluating worldviews is, “Test the idol: Does it contradict what we know about the world?”

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

The Christian Worldview Grounds Human Dignity

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

There are many ideas we simply take for granted as natural and obvious, when in fact they didn’t exist until the arrival of Christianity changed things completely.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Finding Truth: Why Worldviews Commit Suicide

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Nancy Pearcey explains how to find where a worldview contradicts itself.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Should we ban conversion therapy?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Alan defines some terms in the debate over whether conversion therapy should be banned and, by doing so, answers whether efforts to change a person’s same-sex attraction should ever be attempted.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Finding Truth: How Critical Thinking Saves Faith

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

Some Christians think the way to avoid being “conformed to this world” (Rom. 12:2) is by avoiding “worldly” ideas. A better strategy is to learn the skills to critically evaluate them.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Relativism’s Moral Hero Disproves Relativism

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

Any worldview that lacks the ability to explain what we know to be true—that there are objective moral facts, regardless of whether an individual or an entire society rejects them—is devastatingly...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Natural Selection Can’t Select a Future Function

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

In this short video from the Discovery Institute, Paul Nelson shows how even tiny little worms “carry the signal of design unmistakably.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

More Doubling Down on Faulty Principles

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

Remember when I talked about our culture biting absurd bullets? Here’s how it works.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Why Is Evolution so Widely Believed?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

A common question that comes up after I give my talk titled Why I Am Not an Evolutionist is, “If there are so many good scientific arguments against evolution, why is it so widely believed?”

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

Every Parent Is in Youth Ministry

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

I believe parents are responsible for their children’s spiritual training. Of course, pastors, youth leaders, and Sunday school teachers can help. But parents have to do most of the work.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

InterVarsity Is Back on Cal State Campuses

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

In a happy turn of events, InterVarsity has announced they’ll be allowed back on CSU campuses without having to compromise their commitment to having Christians lead their Christian groups on campus.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Supreme Court Ruling on Marriage

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

God isn’t surprised by this ruling, and by His sovereign will He’s allowed this to happen. And He’s put us here in this time for a purpose.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Marriage Decision Is a “Totalitarian Impulse to Redefine Reality”

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

The Supreme Court decision yesterday won’t just affect marriage. Giving the government the power to redefine a pre-political institution changes the relationship of the government to all of our...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Advice from Chesterton: Don’t Take Down the Fence until You Know Why It’s There

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

Most people—religious or otherwise—have no idea what marriage is, why it exists, and what we need it for, and it’s dangerous to fundamentally change things when you don’t understand why...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

The Fruit of Relativism Is Naked Power

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

More disturbing than the fact that a new definition of marriage is now the law of the land is the way in which this transformation was accomplished.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Abusing Freedom

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

“Freedom is destroyed not only by its retraction; it is also devastated by its abuse.”—Ravi Zacharias

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Why Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions Should Continue

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Since Time is saying “Now’s the Time to End Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions,” it’s important we understand why our government has not taxed religious institutions in the past.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Muslim Authority

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Alan explains how he knows authority is the key issue when talking to Muslims.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Other Worldviews

Inoculate, Not Isolate

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Alan took his 10 year-old son to UCLA to engage abortion-choice advocates who were twice his son’s age. Find out how and why he did that.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Bioethics

Communicate a Pro-Life Argument in Two Minutes or Less

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Could you make a pro-life case that doesn’t employ religious reasons? Scott Klusendorf explains how to communicate a secular pro-life argument in two minutes or less.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Praying for Unsaved Loved Ones

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

What is the appropriate response when our arguments and evidence seem to be ineffective with our unsaved loved ones? In a word: prayer. In this podcast, Tim highlights two responses that you need...

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Clear-Thinking Christianity Topic: Christian Living

Two Things to Remember When Discussing Creation with Other Christians

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. In this podcast, Tim outlines two principles to keep in mind when discussing creationism with...

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Clear-Thinking Christianity Topic: Tactics and Tools

The Planned Parenthood Videos: Organ Donations and Euphemisms

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

The abortion industry has been hiding behind a curtain of euphemisms for so long that even pro-lifers have become somewhat accustomed to its existence. Let these videos shake you back into...

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Evidence for God and the Human Heart

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Many people believe that belief in God’s existence is merely an evidence issue. That is, given enough evidence, everyone would believe. But is it really that simple? Does belief in God merely...

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Clear-Thinking Christianity Topic: Philosophy

The Government Isn’t Neutral on Personhood

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

When the state leaves the choice of pregnancy termination solely to the individual, it affirms that the fetus is not worthy of state protection. This is not a neutral position.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

The Seventh Planned Parenthood Video: Ordinary, Everyday Evil

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

This is how an entire culture loses its ability to see the evil right in front of its nose. All it sees are regular people, working in ordinary offices, doing something everybody knows about, and...

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Can You Argue Someone Into the Kingdom?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

Many Christians claim you can’t argue someone into the kingdom, suggesting that apologetics is useless for evangelism. Alan address this question and explains why he, in part, agrees.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Christian Living

A Secular Argument for Intrinsic Human Value

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

If we can convince people our value comes not from the abilities we’re expressing at a particular moment in time but from the kind of being we are, then a case for universal intrinsic human...

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

If God Requires Atonement, Does He Lack Something?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 25, 2019 10:05 PM

Is God really God if He needs something? Tim responds.

Media Type: Video Topic: Theology

Why Can’t More Christians Perform Miracles?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 25, 2019 10:21 PM

Tim explains what Jesus means by believers doing “greater things” in John 14:12.

Media Type: Video Topic: Theology

Tactics for Online Discussions

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 10:57 PM

Alan shares important tips for having productive interactions about your convictions on the internet.

Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools

Real Faith Isn’t Blind

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 25, 2019 11:04 PM

Tim clarifies a common misconception about the biblical definition of faith.

Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living

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