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Should Christians Pray for Atheists?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 31, 2023 10:44 PM

God has invited us to pray for unbelievers. And when we do, it’s not arrogance; it’s kindness.

Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living

What Does It Mean to Have a Relationship with God?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 31, 2023 10:48 PM

Just because you don’t know some trivial things about God, like his favorite color or movie, that doesn’t mean you don’t have a relationship with him.

Media Type: Video Topic: Theology

Should Christians Expect Miracles or Suffering?

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Feb 9, 2023 12:29 AM

Robby Lashua reflects on the purpose of miracles and how God uses suffering to disciple and grow his followers.

Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living

Darwinism Is More Than Just a Theory

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Feb 14, 2023 1:10 AM

Jon Noyes explains how Darwinism impacts every area of our lives when it’s allowed to become an ideology.

Media Type: Video Topic: Other Worldviews

How to TRAIN Youth: Nurture the Wounds of Our Youth

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 31, 2023 9:39 PM

Tim Barnett explains why we need to encourage, defend, and pray for our youth.

Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools

A Christ-Honoring Way to Discuss the Gospel with Transgender Friends and Family

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On May 31, 2023 10:35 PM

Jon Noyes describes how he asks questions, talks about the common ground we share as sinners and people made in the image of God, and explains the truth about our sex and the hope of the...

Media Type: Video Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Should I Decline to Attend a Same-Sex Wedding?

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On May 31, 2023 10:41 PM

Jon Noyes explains his personal convictions regarding whether a Christian should attend a same-sex wedding.

Media Type: Video Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Be Careful with How You Define “Pro-Life”

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 15, 2023 8:08 PM

The term “pro-life” does not mean “against all killing.” Tim Barnett clarifies how the same God who sent the flood can still be considered “pro-life.”

Media Type: Video Topic: Bioethics

Don’t Be a Jerk for Jesus

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 15, 2023 9:25 PM

Jon Noyes explains how to avoid falling into the trap of cancel culture in how we treat others.

Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living

Recognize the Person Behind the Struggle

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 15, 2023 9:35 PM

Behind every objection is a person struggling to escape the snares of the devil. Let’s not forget the value of those we speak to as we share the gospel.

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Why Do People Go to Hell?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Aug 17, 2023 7:03 PM

Tim Barnett uses the illustration of a just judge to explain why God sends some to Hell and why those who reject Jesus can’t just choose not to go there.

Media Type: Video Topic: Theology

A Response to the Sparkle Creed

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Aug 17, 2023 7:13 PM

A recent “creed” to surface on the internet mentions God, Jesus, and the Spirit but is more about affirming progressive values than confessing truth.

Media Type: Video Topic: Theology

Did Jesus Merely Faint on the Cross?

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Oct 3, 2023 5:37 PM

The theory that Jesus merely fainted on the cross then regained consciousness in the tomb is a popular alternative story to the resurrection of Jesus, but is it reasonable?

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Was Jesus Still Alive When He Was Taken off the Cross?

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Nov 2, 2023 11:30 PM

Some people claim Jesus was still alive when he was taken off the cross, but there are three major problems with this theory.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

How to Relate to the Next Generation

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 4, 2024 1:50 AM

We were all created to be in relationship with God and with each other. In this excerpt from Tim Barnett’s Stand to Reason University course “Reaching the Next Generation,” Tim shares five...

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Why a Defining Feature of Deconstruction Is Also a Fundamental Flaw

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 9, 2024 8:08 PM

Deconstruction is built on subjective preference and has no set destination. Tim Barnett explains how this contrasts starkly with what Jesus said.

Media Type: Video Topic: Other Worldviews

The Problemless Problem of Evil

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM

Alan offers a simple question that neutralizes the claim that the problem of evil is evidence against God’s existence.

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

Is Faith Gullibility?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM

Alan responds to the challenge that faith is gullibility or believing things in the absence of evidence.

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

The Problemless Problem of Evil

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

Alan’s monthly letter from July 2012 I had just given a talk at his church when Charlie asked for help.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Atheism and Universal Human Rights

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM

The purpose of this post is merely to provide clarity rather than to argue for the theist position (see all of STR for those arguments).

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Virtues and the Economy

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM

I wrote not long ago about how a change in values in 18th-century Britain (as a result of a million people coming to Christ) affected their economy.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Values Fight Poverty

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM

The values of Christianity brought a vast number of people out of material poverty as a happy byproduct of their souls being brought of spiritual poverty.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Fathers Don’t Mother

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

Research has shown there are at least four ways fathers make unique contributions to the lives of their children.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Less Is More: A Case for the Resurrection

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

Find out what scholars—even skeptical, non-Christian ones—are saying about the facts surrounding the resurrection and how that can be used as evidence that Jesus rose from the grave.

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

A Simple Explanation of the Cosmological Argument

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

William Lane Craig’s organization, Reasonable Faith, created a simple, visually interesting, brief video explaining the basics of the kalam cosmological argument.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Christianity and Naturalism

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

James Sire describes naturalists as monistic materialists who deny the existence of immaterial entities and their ability to act in this world.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

We’re Arguing Definitions, Not Rights

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

Does the traditional marriage definition of “one man, one woman” take away some people’s rights?

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Can a Non-Physical Being Affect the Physical World?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

To believe in miracles, we have to believe an immaterial God can move things in the world. Is that unreasonable?

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Should God Appear to Atheists?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

Some atheists say that if God exists, He should show Himself to everyone so they can believe in Him and not go to Hell. Should a good God do this?

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

“You’re Not Objective So Your Opinion Doesn’t Count”

Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

By Steve Wagner To Respond, Distinguish Two Types of Objectivity

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Blaise Pascal: Biography

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

His is one of the great minds of Western civilization—indeed, the history of the world.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Early Abolitionist

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

Cappadocian Church Father, Gregory of Nyssa, lived in the 4th century and was an outspoken critic of slavery.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

The Second Story

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

As I listen to many of the subjects in debate today in our culture—the dialog between secularists and Christians—there’s a fundamental difference in perspectives that I think we need to be aware of...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Based on Eyewitness Accounts

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

Dr. Peter J. Williams explains “New Evidences the Gospels Were Based on Eyewitness Accounts.”

Media Type: Article Topic: History

How the Early Church Sought to Resolve Textual Variants

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Who Would God Discriminate Against?

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

This question is asked regarding the Employment Non-Discrimination Act moving through the Senate.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Why Must the Cause of the Universe Be Personal?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

William Lane Craig explains why the timeless cause of the universe must be personal, not impersonal.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

The Early Power of the Press

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

William Brewster was one of the leading separatists who protested religious intolerance in England.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

The Original Text Is Not a Physical Object

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

Michael Kruger responds to Bart Ehrman’s objection, “What good is it to say that the autographs (i.e., the originals) were inspired? We don’t have the originals!”

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Updated Numbers for Ancient Manuscripts

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

Because of all the recent discoveries of copies of ancient texts, many Christian apologists may be working with outdated numbers. Here’s an update.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Horus? Mithras? Jesus?

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

Here’s some Christmas fun from Lutheran Satire: “Horus Ruins Christmas.”

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Only One Question: What Is Marriage?

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

The testimony Ryan Anderson (co-author of What Is Marriage) gave to the Indiana House Judiciary Committee earlier this week is a succinct defense of man/woman marriage. Take ten minutes to watch.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Beckwith: They Don’t Understand Religious Conservatives

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

No amount of reasoned arguments can trump a suspicion of bad motives once it’s firmly implanted, and unfortunately, people are currently assuming the worst of religious conservatives.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Plantinga Interview: Is Atheism Irrational?

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

Philosopher Alvin Plantinga made a few quotable points about atheism in an interview posted by the New York Times on Sunday.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Pioneering Women’s Education in China

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Eliza Bridgman’s lifelong ambition was to be a missionary. She began her work in China in 1844.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

The Bruno Martyr Myth

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

Giordano Bruno is often wrongly hailed as a martyr of science. Here’s the real story.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Caring for the Sick

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Christians have been at the forefront of building hospitals and providing care for the sick for centuries.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Christians Who Made a Difference

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Arthur Guinness founded the Guinness Brewing Co. in 1755. He learned the art of brewing from his father and succeeded in establising a flourishing company.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

The Angel of Prisons

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Elizabeth Fry was a British Quaker Christian who led the movement for prison reform in the 19th century. She was also the driving force behind reform legislation.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Agreement with Ehrman

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

In Rob Bowman’s review of Bart Ehrman’s new book, How Jesus Became God, he enumerates the many points of agreement evangelicals have with Ehrman.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

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

Five Misconceptions about Holy Week

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 Easter Sermon” in Christianity Today. Here’s a summary.

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More Charges of Forgery Leveled against Jesus’ Wife Fragment

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

New evidence regarding the “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” fragment has come to light that may once again point to forgery.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

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

George Cuvier: Zoologist, Biologist, and Christian

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

George Cuvier launched modern vertebrate paleontology. He originated the major classification of living things based on the nervous system: Vertebrata, Articulata, Mollusca, and Radiata.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

First-Century Synagogue Discovered in Magdala

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

The decision of the Rev. Juan M. Solana to build a retreat center in Galilee has led to an interesting archaeological find: “the presumed hometown of Mary Magdalene and an ancient synagogue where...

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Religious Toleration

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Thomas Helwys was one of the early Puritans in 17th century England. He and his fellow Protestant believers met in secret to avoid punishment for dissenting with the state religion.

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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

John Witherspoon: Pastor, Professor, and Patriot

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

John Witherspoon was born in Scotland in 1723 and emigrated to the colony of New Jersey when he was called as president of Princeton University in 1768.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Salt and Light in 19th Century England

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Titus Salt was a contemporary of of John Cadbury, whom I wrote about last Thursday, and there are similarities in their stories.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Wedgwood Abolitionist

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

You may be familiar with Wedgwood pottery. One of the most distinct of Josiah Wedgwood’s designs is jasper ware—most commonly with blue or green glaze with classic figures applied in white. He was...

Media Type: Article Topic: History

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

Educating the Deaf

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Gallaudet University, the first university in the United States focusing on educating deaf people, was named in honor of the founder’s father, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Quakers and Constitutional Freedom

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

You remember William Penn from history class. He was granted the colony of Pennsylvania by the king in payment for debts owed his father.

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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...

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Christianity’s Uniqueness

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

In reply to the critics who claim Christianity was just a copy-cat religion among the ancient religions, it’s helpful to take a look at how an ancient adherent of these pagan religions viewed...

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The English Hippocrates

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Thomas Sydenham, born in 1624, was a Christian physician known as the father of English medicine.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

God’s Clockmaker

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Richard of Wallingford lived in the early 14th century...

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Is All Saints’ Day on November 1st Because of a Pagan Festival?

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

Angie Mosteller says, “There is no indication that ancient Samhain was ever a festival of the dead or dedicated to some Lord of the Dead.”

Media Type: Article Topic: History

A Countess Who Devoted Her Fortune to Christ

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, was a remarkable woman in her time. She was born in 1707 to aristocracy, suffered loss, family disputes, and bad health.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

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

About Those Crusades…

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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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

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