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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 tim barnett On May 31, 2023 10:50 PM
Tim Barnett provides three reasons why we can be confident Paul is addressing same-sex behavior in 1 Corinthians 6:9.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 29, 2022 8:27 PM
What about those who have never heard the gospel?
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Oct 24, 2023 11:46 PM
Are we the masters of our own ships, or are we God’s “workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works”? Jon Noyes explains how sex and gender fit into God’s perfect creation order and why that...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jul 30, 2019 10:26 PM
Tim Barnett and Greg Koukl explain why the most natural reading of the full corpus of Scripture on Hell supports the church’s historical position of eternal conscious torment and not nonexistence.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 30, 2021 2:06 AM
If you’ve never adopted a child, does this disqualify you from speaking out against
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
In this second installment, I want to center on the biblical fact of the Trinity.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 30, 2021 10:40 PM
Stand to Reason has helped Christians stand tall in a hostile culture for 28 years. Today, we challenge you to partner with STR and make an impact with your end-of-year gift.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
You may hear someone say, “I am a Christian. I believe that Jesus is my savior. He is the only way for me. But I can’t say He is the way for others.” Here’s why this confused confession fails.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 25, 2020 6:48 AM
What is faith according to the Bible? Are science and faith at odds?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 10, 2024 10:41 PM
Amy reframe the question of whether God limits himself with just 66 books of the Bible..., reminding us that God has defined himself in the Bible...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Here’s what the Bible has to say about the true nature of faith.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 3, 2022 6:20 PM
The pro-life case against abortion involves legal, moral, scientific, and philosophical reasoning, so why do abortion-choice advocates keep insisting pro-life arguments are religious?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 27, 2020 8:30 PM
It doesn’t matter how good, just, and true God is; we just keep branding him a conniving, cruel criminal.
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Jun 19, 2024 10:29 PM
In this excerpt from Stand to Reason University’s course “New Testament Canon,” Robby Lashua shares how the covenants found in the Old Testament lay the ground for a new covenant documented by the...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
To clear up some confusion about biology: A sperm can potentially create a human being, but an embryo already is one. Here’s why the two are not analogous.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Greg talks about the beginning of life, evolution, moral relativism, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 23, 2020 8:58 PM
How did the early church decide which books to include in the New Testament?
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Sadly, the majority of Christian students aren’t prepared for the serious intellectual challenges awaiting them, let alone the barrage of moral challenges from an increasingly secular culture....
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Most people nowadays would not say that the religious stories believers believe are actually false. At the same time, though, they do not think they’re really true, either, in any deep sense of the...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
It’s always wrong to take a human life without proper justification.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 1, 2021 7:43 PM
As Christians, we know we’re called to share the gospel. But are we held accountable for sharing the gospel with every person we come into contact with? Greg and Amy respond, explaining relevant...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 5:44 PM
It’s easy to characterize religion as a blood-thirsty enterprise, a perpetrator of witch hunts, crusades, and religious jihad. But has Christianity been the cause of such evil, or does the truth...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 24, 2022 6:01 PM
Greg and Amy consider examples of salvation from the Old Testament next to what Paul writes about general revelation and salvation in Romans.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
A Christian’s theology is minimally defined by two miraculous events.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Lady Gaga’s mega-hit song, “Born this Way,” expressed what many believe: Homosexuality is hardwired in the genes.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 7, 2020 10:37 PM
If “the life of the creature is in the blood,” as it says in Leviticus 17:11, then does that mean killing the embryo before implantation should not be described as killing a human life?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Have you ever taken a verbal beating when trying to talk about Jesus? If so, I’ve got a tip for you.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Nov 2, 2021 11:25 PM
Jon Noyes answers the question “How should I approach my atheist friends?”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
This article is disturbing. And that’s why you should read it. The euphemism “selective reduction” will become more and more common, so let us not forget what it’s referring to.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Responses to Jesus being a prophet, why the Bible doesn’t allow homosexuality, and
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
It seems like every time I turn around I hear of another prominent Christian thinker or theologian who has embraced Darwinism.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Here’s some good news, some bad news, and a warning regarding the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
If the California state statutes use the term “murder” to describe the killing of a fetus, then why can’t pro-lifers use the same language?
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Aug 10, 2022 10:32 PM
Jon Noyes answers a question about whether the Fall could justify a transgender person’s belief that they have the correct mind in the wrong body.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
As we face serious challenges on two broad fronts—trouble in the world and trouble in the church—we’re called to “contend earnestly for the faith once for all handed down to the saints,” but...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 12, 2019 10:26 PM
Does the Bible teach this in Genesis 2:7, as some claim?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 26, 2020 7:37 PM
Greg explains the first step in a tactical approach to sharing your Christian convictions with others.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 9, 2021 12:53 AM
Is it ever appropriate for Christians to tell nonbelievers they have been deceived? Greg provides biblical examples of when Jesus did exactly that.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 15, 2022 2:53 AM
A mélange is a mixture, a medley, an array of miscellany combined together for a common purpose. That is what you’ll find here—a potpourri of thoughts and reflections addressing issues that will be...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 10, 2023 2:08 AM
Greg talks to a caller about how to deal with doubts, then he talks about Hollywood’s depiction of women and answers a question about churches that do more “seeker-friendly” sermons and focus on...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 23, 2022 6:30 PM
If two women had abortions for the sake of convenience—one at one month and one at eight months—would both abortions be equally heinous?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Social justice is trendy nowadays. Homelessness. Poverty. Human trafficking. It’s cool to care about these social ills, even among non-Christians.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
From our biological blueprint, to the fine-tuning of the universe, to the human experience of beauty, morality, and guilt, God is the best explanation for the way things are.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 25, 2024 9:35 PM
Though many object to the idea of penal substitutionary atonement, here’s how we know Jesus’ blood cleanses from all sin, fully satisfies the divine demand for justice, and rescues us from the...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Imagine a woman telling you, “I’m transgender. Please call me Michael.” What do you do? Here’s how to answer with truth and compassion.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:22 PM
A solid argument can be built just like a solid house: walls first, then the roof. Here’s a building plan, plus three ways arguments collapse.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
The images are sadly familiar. Buildings ripped from their foundations. Corpses mingled with debris. Parents and friends grieving for lost loved ones. Flowers and candles and makeshift memorials.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
C.S. Lewis seems to suggest that those who sincerely pursue God the best way they know how are accepted by Him, regardless of whether or not they explicitly put their faith in Jesus. Is he right?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
I do not consider myself a particularly brave person, and I think it especially foolish, on the main, to make a frontal assault on a clearly superior force.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 8, 2020 11:00 PM
How do advancements in science outside of a mother change the value and rights of the human being growing inside a mother?
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Sep 2, 2021 12:55 AM
Jesus asks his followers to obey him and keep his commandments, but are certain actions wrong just because God said so?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 31, 2021 12:00 AM
Philippians 4:13 says, “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” Greg Koukl explains what Paul meant when he used the word “all.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Greg talks about Proverbs 23:7, When God Weeps—Bad Solutions, pro-life presentation at the public library, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 9:45 PM
There’s a lesson to be learned from using vignettes like these. Sometimes all it takes is a short reflection or a briefly explained insight to put a stone in someone’s shoe...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 10, 2024 9:53 PM
Tim responds to a progressive pastor who claims Matthew 23:37 supports men dressing in drag.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Muslim Followers of Christ?—A Look Inside the “Insider Movement”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
answers questions about whether the pro-life syllogism proves too much, whether the Bible
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Nov 15, 2022 6:06 PM
Jon Noyes explains why efforts to earn our salvation leave believers without hope and how we can find forgiveness in Jesus.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 31, 2023 9:34 PM
Tim Barnett encourages believers to find opportunities for youth to engage in critical thinking and interact with other worldviews.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
the right balance integrating Christianity and government, resolving difficult Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 21, 2022 10:12 PM
Greg offers advice on how to disciple the next generation of believers and shares examples of how spiritual mentorship has impacted his own life.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
Training Institute with Scott Klusendorf, debating truth, then takes calls on if the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
When it comes to spiritual warfare, the New Testament emphasis is not on prayer-infused power encounters, but on something completely different, and if we miss that, then I think we miss the heart...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Oct 6, 2022 7:20 PM
Tim Barnett responds to the objection that a pro-life God would have saved all pregnant women when he sent the flood.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Peter Boghossian’s A Manual for Creating Atheists teaches atheists a way to engage Christians that he calls “Street Epistemology.” Here’s where his project goes wrong and how you can respond...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Careful thinking is an indispensable tool for all who are interested in knowing the way the world really is, for those who really do love truth. Thankfully, the tools of thinking are simple ones...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 31, 2023 9:02 PM
Tim Barnett reminds us that entertaining students should not be our goal. Instead, we should “throw the ball so they jump for it.”
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On May 18, 2023 8:04 PM
Do Christians put too much focus on man’s faults while boosting God’s ego with unmerited praise? The answer is no. Tim Barnett explains why.
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Web Content Article · By j.t. wynn On Jul 31, 2019 8:42 PM
It’s not that we shouldn’t use movies to illustrate theological truths, but we need to be very careful about how far to take this for at least two reasons.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 9:58 PM
In this issue of Solid Ground I continue with my collection of short vignettes I have collected over the years.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
The unborn is not part of the mother’s body, but rather a separate body that lies within her. Scientifically, there are a number of qualities and characteristics that are different about the unborn...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 14, 2024 8:25 PM
Greg and Amy consider what it means to do something “in your own strength” and discuss how our efforts balance with God working through us and in the world.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 10, 2020 5:19 AM
The strategy used by the villains in this sci-fi movie to convince people it’s morally permissible to create human clones to harvest their body parts will sound familiar to you.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Feb 29, 2024 9:59 PM
Christianity offers a high view of human value and purpose. Jon Noyes explains how this should impact the way we interact with others, especially friends and family who identify as LGBTQ+.
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