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Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? Alan answers this question by providing a unique understanding of how to understand the notion of God.

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

Fred Sanders on Pagan vs. Biblical Propitiation

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

For people who aren’t familiar with Christianity, the word “propitiation” can bring a pagan concept to mind rather than a biblical one. Here’s a brief outline of the differences between...

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Is Faith Blind?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Is faith blind? Alan answers this question by explaining the biblical definition of faith.

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

The S.L.E.D. Test

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

The SLED Test is a simple argument against abortion.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Does Our Argument Against Same-sex Marriage Commit the Slippery Slope Fallacy?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Alan answers the challenge that opponents of same-sex marriage sometimes commit the slippery slope fallacy when they argue that same-sex marriage will lead to other forms of “marriage” like...

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

Think of the Mosaic Covenant Like a State Law

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

A caller on this week’s show had a friend challenge him with Deuteronomy 13:6–11. Shouldn’t Christians “surely kill” anyone who entices them to serve other gods, as that biblical law demands?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

It’s About the Difference between Men and Women

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

It’s not unreasonable or bigoted to treat the unique joining of sexually complementary partners uniquely. But in order to see that this is a reasonable understanding that isn’t motivated by hate,...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Should American Christians Retreat from the Same-sex Marriage Issue?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Alan responds to the challenge that American Christians should retreat from the same-sex marriage issue because it’s unwinnable for them.

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

Is Religion a Threat to Morality?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Alan addresses the following claim: Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told regardless of what is right.

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

Ask the Right Question about Evolution

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Alan provides a simple, yet powerful tactic to help you deal with the topic of evolution.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Tactics and Tools

How We Glorify God by Sleeping

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

Sleeping is more than just the way God designed us to function; it’s a daily confession of our own limitations, our dependence on God, and our trust in Him to run the world.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

All You Need to Help People Rethink Abortion Is Clarity on These Three Questions

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

If you want to start conversations with people about abortion, you don’t need to be a philosopher. All you need is clarity on these three questions.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Why the First Hospital to Do Sex-Reassignment Surgeries No Longer Does Them

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

Paul McHugh (former psychiatrist in chief at Johns Hopkins) explains why Hopkins stopped doing sex-reassignment surgeries.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Same-Sex Marriage Is “Expanding Our Sense of Possibilities”

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

There’s no consistent reason under the new definition of marriage why polyamorists should be denied what’s legally available to others.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Abortion as Injustice Interview—Part 1

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

I was recently interviewed by students about the injustice of abortion. I thought I’d share my answers. This post is the first of two parts.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Abortion as Injustice Interview—Part 2

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

I was recently interviewed by students about the injustice of abortion. I thought I’d share my answers. You can read the first part of the interview here. This post is the second part of that...

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Is Plan B an Abortifacient?

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

Is there any reason to think the contraceptives Hobby Lobby refused to subsidize are actually abortifacients? Dr. Rich Poupard examines this issue.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

How Did You Come to That Conclusion?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Alan explains a tactic that can help you respond to any challenge raised against your view.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Tactics and Tools

Why I Take Christians to Mosques

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Alan explains the details of a mosque experience and the benefits of taking Christians to mosques.

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

How God Answers Our Prayers

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

Jon Bloom points out how we may be missing the answers to our prayers.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

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

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

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

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

God Ends Suffering in His Own Time

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

The “eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison” will interrupt and put an end to all our suffering. Let’s not give up now.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

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

Bad Reasons to Adopt Pro-Gay Theology

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

If homosexuals are bullied, we need to protect them. If they’re unjustly discriminated against, we need to help them. If they’re treated with contempt, the person hurting them should be stopped.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Horus on the Old Testament Law

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

Remember Horus Ruins Christmas? Well, he’s back with a devastating argument against Christianity he learned on the internet.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Dawkins and the Lure of Pro-Gay Theology

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

Richard Dawkins once wrote, “Although atheism might have been logically tenable before Darwin, Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

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

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

All Paths Do Lead to God

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

Kevin DeYoung reminds us that “all paths lead to God, but only one path will present you before God without fault and with great joy.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

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

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

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

Ready Yourself with Joy for Whatever Opposition Comes

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

Here are some good words from David Mathis about “readying ourselves for whatever opposition comes.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

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

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

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

Where Did Jesus Claim to Be God?

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

Where did Jesus claim to be God? Jesus made this claim a number of times, and it was very clear to those He was talking to.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

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

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

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

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

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