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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
The constant laws of nature that are the foundation of modern science and mathematics were a development of thinking around the 15-16th centuries—and grounded on theology, the God of the Bible.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
The most taxing objection to the biblical message of salvation that I face is: What about the good, sincere person who has never heard about Jesus?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Andreas Köstenberger and Justin Taylor wrote about “Five Errors to Drop from Your
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 8, 2023 1:25 AM
Greg interviews Justin Brierley, author of The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again, about the rise and fall of...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Mormons believe God is an exalted man who became a god, but there are both biblical and philosophical problems with this understanding.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Dan Wallace of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts has an interesting article offering evidence that the transmission of the New Testament text wasn’t merely linear.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 29, 2021 6:14 PM
Did Jesus come here to champion the cause of the poor? There’s no question God has a heart for the destitute. Even so, a careful study of the Gospels shows that Jesus’ principle purpose...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:29 PM
Just in time for Holy Week—it’s just about a tradition now for Christmas and Easter—Bart Ehrman is raising the same old doubts about the New Testament documents.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
You’ve seen plants referred to by their scientific names, such as Rosa rubiginosa. That form of naming plants and other living things was introduced by a Christian who was a scientist named Carolus...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 31, 2023 11:13 PM
Greg and Amy give an important reminder that, as with other non-believers who sin in other ways, being friends with those who identify as LGBTQ+ doesn’t imply you agree with their views on sexual...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 30, 2021 2:41 AM
respond to the charge that Christian hypocrites disprove Christianity, how to answer your
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
To many Christians, the Bible is like putty. Just add the Spirit and it can be molded into almost anything at all.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 20, 2020 11:48 PM
Like St. Patrick, let us not forget the purpose of the arguments we learn or neglect the personal communion with God that empowers us.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 23, 2020 11:51 PM
Greg responds to the objection that a tactical approach is manipulative and impersonal, then he answers questions about books to get started in apologetics and theistic evolution.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
there a way to simplify the issue so you don’t get sidetracked when they come to your
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Each new generation that emerges in culture needs a new generation of Christians to speak to it in its own cultural language.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 26, 2023 7:19 PM
with people who disagree with you, here’s an approach that will help you overcome your
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Naturalism can’t make sense of the reality we encounter every day, so when talking to naturalists, keep an eye out for these three significant ways they will “bump” into reality.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
In I Corinthians 15, Paul lists six specific individuals or groups who are reported to have been eyewitnesses of the resurrected Jesus. But are these reports credible?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Hymns are usually written as anthems of praise to God. They extol His noble characteristics and recount the benefits of his favor. But atheists have hymns, too. They celebrate the freedoms of...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
“It is not necessary to invoke God to...set the Universe going,” concludes Stephen Hawking in his latest book, The Grand Design. Denying God is old hat, but this comes from a world-class...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Some evangelicals search the Bible for a personal “word” from the Spirit that is unrelated to the text’s original meaning, and the results can be silly or even dangerous. Regardless of the outcome,...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for November 2011 At a recent event, I was introduced as Saeed Ibn Umar. Yes, that’s a Muslim name. But no, it’s not a pseudonym and I haven’t converted to Islam.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Greg talks about the boundaries of learning, how a person should deal with his church accepting homosexuality, challenging the idea of a sovereign election, and more.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 7, 2020 11:10 PM
Tim compiled some tactics, tools, and information to help you respond to Jehovah’s Witnesses’ common beliefs and challenges to the deity of Jesus and personhood of the Spirit.
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Web Content Article · 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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 24, 2022 12:45 AM
When it comes to salvation, God’s way has always been narrow. There is forgiveness available, but no one will be saved without the gospel of Jesus Christ. What does this mean for those who...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 2, 2022 2:35 AM
Greg gives a general principle and detailed examples to help a listener explain why, as a Christian, he is waiting until marriage to have sex.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
The passage of C-250 in the Canadian Parliament this spring pushed hate crime legislation to new extremes. Can one be against hate crimes, yet still oppose hate crime laws? Here are three good...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
In order to invest time in the spiritual disciplines, we first have to trust in God’s power, love, wisdom, and desire to help us. In short, we have to believe that Christianity is true.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Since the Crusades are back in the news, these excerpts from a 2005 article by Crusade historian Thomas F. Madden will help you brush up on the basics.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Jehovah’s Witnesses commonly refer to modern translations of the Bible as “Lord Bibles.” It is often used as a pejorative.
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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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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
What would you say to a group of Palestinian Christians and Muslims if you had the chance to teach them theology and apologetics? Here’s what Alan did.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 26, 2019 7:11 PM
Tim offers insightful perspective on the question of other religions offering pieces of the truth.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 9, 2021 10:55 PM
Is it wrong to use cells from an aborted baby for medical research? While Christians disagree on this issue, Greg gives his own response, explaining the distinctions and dangers we need to...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
It’s funny that many secularists believe that Christian myths about Jesus evolved over time until they were written down generations later.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Western civilization is shuddering under a tidal wave of activism in favor of same-sex marriage. Here is a careful response to their most compelling arguments.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Is Oprah’s religion (ala Eckhart Tolle) compatible with Christianity and the Bible?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Have you ever talked with a Muslim? I can tell you how it probably went. Why? Virtually every conversation with a Muslim comes down to one issue: authority.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Aug 5, 2022 6:43 PM
The Bible is clear that the Son of God, God’s only begotten, is God in the flesh. Tim Barnett explains two ways you can respond to Jehovah’s Witnesses in an excerpt from his Stand to Reason...
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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 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 greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
I never like the question, “Do you take the Bible literally?”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about using the Bible to witness, getting people interested in apologetics, and one of the toughest questions about God to answer.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 23, 2020 12:15 AM
On the podcast a couple of weeks ago, Greg spoke about an event he attended—a conversation between Ryan Bell (a former pastor who is now an atheist) and Sean...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 5, 2020 6:46 PM
Greg corrects the common misconception that Constantine gave Christianity its place in history.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
The question “Do you take the Bible literally?” comes up with some frequency, and it deserves a response. But it’s an ambiguous question, making it awkward to answer. Here’s how to understand...
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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 jonathan noyes On Jun 6, 2022 10:30 PM
Jon Noyes presents two perspectives on why both biological sex and gender are binary.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Historian Rodney Stark writes in The Triumph of Christianity about the significant contrast Christian mercy and compassion was in comparison to pagan religions.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 31, 2023 8:26 PM
Greg and Amy explain how accidental versus essential qualities of humanity help us to understand why Jesus could be fully human without experiencing anything that results from having a fallen nature.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
C.S. Lewis is well known for being an apologist and writer. But first, he was a literature scholar.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
You can’t talk to a skeptic for long without hearing objections about the reliability of the biblical text, so this is a topic we all need to be familiar with.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
Greg has an interview with Dr. Phillip Johnson on his new book “The Right Questions: Truth, Meaning & Public Debate” and takes some calls on “witness wear”, cultural relativism, and...
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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? The only way to know what God wants from us for salvation is for him to tell us, so to answer this question, we must trade on biblical truths and...
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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 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about truth in other religions, yoga, and God’s character.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
Sometimes, when answering an apologetics question about science, you just need to appeal to the facts. But do you know the facts?
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
“Religion is the cause of most wars.” This cultural mantra has been uttered so often and with so much force, it has come to be accepted as an undeniable declaration.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Oct 3, 2019 9:59 PM
Tim introduces a series of videos he’ll be presenting called “Why Apologetics?” that explains what apologetics is and why it’s so vital.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Greg discusses reTHINK Student Conference with Brett Kunkle, then talks about if unconditional election is cultish, the pope’s comments on atheists, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 2, 2023 1:20 PM
Questions about whether most Christians are only Christians because they were indoctrinated at a young age, whether getting pregnant out of wedlock was “just God’s plan,” underlining text in books,...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 11:07 PM
If a pro-life atheist doesn’t believe in a Moral Law Giver, can their view be consistent?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Is it permissible to remove the terms “Son,” “Son of God,” and “Father” from Arabic translations of the Bible and insert more Muslim-friendly terms?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 16, 2024 10:27 PM
In this compilation of calls from an atheist, Greg answers questions about the nature of objective morality, who goes to Hell, and how one can move from the cosmological argument for the existence...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Verses Commonly Misunderstood, Mischaracterized, or Maligned It doesn’t happen often, but this time I was caught completely flatfooted, struck dumb by a challenge from a young Christian woman in...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
Muslims reject the idea that Jesus died on the cross, but the Bible says the cross reveals the essence of God’s love. Here’s why Jesus’ propitiation for our sins makes all the difference.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
“The Bible has been changed and translated so many times over the last 2000 years, it’s impossible to have any confidence in its accuracy. Everyone knows that.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
“More Sweat, Less Blood”—that’s the title of the final chapter in my recent book, Tactics. I took the idea from a Marine Corps training motto: The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 29, 2021 12:46 AM
People are attracted to critical race theory out of a desire to fight racism, but the central elements of CRT turn the noble ideas of the civil rights movement of the ’60s upside down.
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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 Mar 16, 2022 11:16 PM
If you want people to believe in the Bible, the best way to succeed is not simply by giving them reasons. Instead, invite others to engage the ideas first, then let God do the heavy lifting for you.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 5, 2023 10:14 PM
Greg and Amy explain how God’s purposeful justice displays his glory.
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