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Truth Is a Strange Sort of Fiction: The Postmodern Turn—Part 3

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

Postmodernism is on a crash course with Christianity. In fact, we’ve already collided. Here’s how to sort through the wreckage.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy

Does God Whisper? Part 1

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

Does the Bible teach that Christians are to listen for God’s voice to guide their

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology

Tactics for Atheists

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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Jesus Is Jehovah

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

of the most persuasive passages to use with a Jehovah’s Witness from their own Bible

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The Crucifixion Stories Are Embarrassing, and That’s a Good Thing

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Mar 31, 2023 9:59 PM

Familiarity with the Bible is good, but it can also lead to our missing important

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Explaining God’s Love to Muslims

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

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An Audience of One

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

As ambassadors for Christ, we often never know the true impact of our efforts. Yet every once in a while we get a glimpse...

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Christian Living

Hell Interrupted—Part 2

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM

Conditionalists—those who hold to the annihilation of the wicked at the judgment—insist that Jesus’ and John’s descriptions be interpreted in light of other passages, texts they think give an...

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology

What Was the Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 10:08 PM

What does the Bible say?

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Tell Muslims Jesus Is the Son of Man

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM

If you speak to a Muslim about Jesus, you may be challenged to show where in the Bible

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Never Read a Qur’anic Verse

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM

understand the meaning of a passage without considering the context, whether it’s the Bible

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The Ethic of Caring for the Sick

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

hospitals and clinics, was unique historically in Christianity because of what the Bible

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How Progressive Christianity Misses Out on the Real God

Web Content Article · By guest author On May 23, 2024 5:46 PM

In this excerpt from our Reality Student Apologetics Conference, Alisa Childers challenges us to ask whether we agree with Jesus or instead choose to make ourselves our own authority.

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Unwitting Revolutionary

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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Faith Is Not Wishing

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.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology

How to Confront a Works-Based Salvation Theology

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 3, 2022 10:35 PM

Greg explains why this does not line up with the good news of the Bible and offers

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The Cyrus Cylinder

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

Until recently, the Bible contained the only evidence for the return of the Jews

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Just the Facts, Ma’am

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

There is an old TV show you may have heard of, but probably have never seen unless you are over fifty or watch reruns that are half a century old.

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Was God Pro-Life When He Sent the Flood?

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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LDS Test Is Necessary, Not Sufficient

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

Mormons often argue that because they live good lives, they pass the test given by Jesus in Matthew 7:15-23 to determine whether or not a person is following a true prophet of God.

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Constantine Didn’t Influence the Canon

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

Here’s what Brian Mattson had to say about a Newsweek article’s claim that Constantine influenced the assembling of the biblical canon.

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Iron Curtain Diary

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 17, 2020 9:30 PM

The totalitarian world Greg experienced as a young Christian while visiting fellow believers behind the Iron Curtain demonstrates an insight often quoted but frequently ignored: Ideas have...

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God Does Give You More Than You Can Handle

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Apr 28, 2021 12:40 PM

But that's not what the Bible teaches.

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Archaeologists Find A Piece of History from King Hezekiah’s Reign

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

An ancient toilet has turned out to be an interesting discovery.

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Three Things You Need to Reach Muslims

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

Any believer who knows the Gospel can be used by God to bring Muslims to the Truth.

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How to Discuss Controversial Issues in the Church

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 10:35 PM

Alan shares 3 things to remember when discussing controversial issues with other Christians.

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Were the Stories about Jesus Copied from Previous Myths?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM

Greg discusses an article that claims the stories about Jesus were copied from previous myths as he gives tools to help you assess other claims you’ll encounter.

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A Response to an Atheist’s Objection to Atheist Role Plays

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

Greg and Tim talk about Tim’s upcoming video series on Jehovah’s Witnesses, then they take a call on the Trinity and talk about a recent post an atheist wrote about Stand to Reason.

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Apologetics Roundtable: What You Can Do Right Now

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Feb 15, 2024 11:48 PM

Amy, Jon, Robby, and Tim give practical tips for how you can bloom where you’re planted and remind believers that they don’t need to know everything before they start sharing the gospel with others.

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Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

Christians and Muslims both believe there is a deity who created the universe, administrates history, and judges human actions, but they believe differently in who fills that role.

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Heretic Reformer

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

John Wycliffe was so despised by the church because of his reform efforts that 20 years after his death in 1384, declared a heretic by a church council, his bones were exhumed, burned, and strewn...

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How to Avoid the Professor’s Ploy

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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Did Jesus Not Die on the Cross?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for November 2013 It’s not uncommon to find people who deny that Jesus rose from the dead.

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What About the Inquisition?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 10:07 PM

We all expect the Spanish Inquisition to show up sooner or later in our discussions with atheists. Does the presence of the Inquisition in Christian history discredit all of Christianity? Does it...

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What’s the Price of Accepting the Idea We Worship the Same God as Muslims?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Claiming that Muslims and Christians worship the same God is an expression of Islamic theology, not Christian theology.

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January 4, 2004

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM

Greg talks about New Year’s resolutions and theistic evolution, then takes some calls on inerrancy, abortion, and assurance of salvation.

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Proclaiming the Gospel to Palestinians

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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Why You Shouldn’t Ask God if the Book of Mormon Is True

Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

There’s one question you’re likely to hear from every Mormon missionary: Will you pray and ask God if the Book of Mormon is true? Here’s why that’s not a good idea.

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Being Tactical with Jehovah’s Witnesses

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

A couple of days ago, Robin and Jack were sitting on the sofa across from me...

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Proverbs Are Not Promises

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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Misquoting God Part 2

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

from a mistake virtually every Christian makes now and then when they go to the Bible

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology

The Perils of Proof-Texting and How to Avoid Them

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM

If you think you’re on safe theological ground because of a pet verse, better look twice. Simple proof-texting has its perils. Here’s how to avoid them.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology

Christianity and Culture

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

How the monasteries preserved and advanced education and culture in the middle ages...

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The New Atheists and the Old Testament

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 10:18 PM

I came across a lecture by Peter J. Williams that I found to be an excellent complement to this month’s Solid Ground (if you haven’t yet read Greg’s “The Canaanites: Genocide or Judgment?” you...

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The Changing Views of Mormons

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 16, 2019 9:55 PM

A new book details some interesting trends in the beliefs of Mormons, and one wonders how long the LDS Church can survive with only half its members being confident that its unique, foundational...

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How Can We Reconcile Differences Between the Accounts of Jesus’ Birth?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Nov 30, 2023 9:25 PM

New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman offers an example of what he believes to be an irreconcilable contradiction in the Christmas account. But, while Matthew and Luke give some different details, it’s...

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The Church and Slavery

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

In a recent post, I quoted historian Rodney Stark extensively about how religions are not all the same.

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What Luke Actually Wrote

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

A caller to the radio program asked about answering a historical challenge to Luke 2 that Bart Ehrman has raised.

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22 Historical Confirmations in Two Verses

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

Skeptics are notorious for boldly asserting that you cannot trust the New Testament documents. They will point to apparent contradictions or miracles to bolster their claim.

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Does God Promise to Heal Our Land?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 3, 2019 10:27 PM

Greg explains how 2 Chronicles 7:14 is used incorrectly by Christians thinking it’s speaking to them.

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Archaeological Find Supports Pre-Exilic Date for Biblical Texts

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

Israeli mathematicians and archaeologists say they have found evidence to suggest that key biblical texts may have been composed earlier than some scholars think.

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Five Fatal Flaws of Moral Relativism

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 6, 2023 11:44 PM

In this class from Greg Koukl’s Stand to Reason University course “Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air,” Greg shares tactics for confronting the inconsistencies that make moral relativism...

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Arguments Don’t Have to Be Argumentative

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 7, 2020 11:30 PM

Alan explains how to argue cordially and effectively.

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Star Light & the Age of the Universe

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM

When you look up into the midnight sky do you see stars? Or are the lights in the heavens mere appearances, images created in transit? The answer settles the question of whether the creation of the...

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Why Didn’t Jesus Come to Earth Sooner?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

John Piper explains how the length of Israel’s long history before the coming of Jesus acts as “a lesson book for the nations about the Gospel.”

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Generations of Medical Missionaries

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

Rev. Dr. John Scudder, Sr., founded the first Western Medical Mission in Asia in Ceylon in 1819. He also founded a family of medical missionaries whose combined service covers four...

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Islam and Terrorism

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM

Greg talks about Islam and terrorism, then takes calls on what the Christian ambassadors response regarding giving to beggars is, what happens when we die, if the old earth view is represented in...

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A Reformation the Church Doesn’t Need – Part 2

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

Since the birth of the church, no Christian authority—no theologian, no church council, no denominational confession, no seminary—ever hinted that homosexual behavior was morally legitimate.

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Take a Tip from Lt. Columbo

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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Was the Early Church Communist?

Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM

Acts 4 says the early church held all of their possessions in common. What does this mean for believers today?

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Is What Muslims Say Really What Islam Teaches?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 28, 2020 1:37 AM

Alan emphasizes the importance of looking to Islam’s authoritative sources in order to know what Islam really teaches then explains a key teaching about the Qur’an.

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Dr. Paul L. Maier: The Constantine Codex

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

Greg talks about deconstructing Sam Harris’s articles, if the Pint-Sized Preacher is preaching, then discusses the Constantine Codex with Dr. Paul L. Maier, then takes calls on what the definitions...

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Want to Share the Gospel? Start with This Question

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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Is God Wrathful?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 25, 2019 11:44 PM

Tim explains that in order to have a biblical view of God, we must acknowledge His wrath.

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Did You Miss Something in the Isaiah 7:14 Prophecy?

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Dec 20, 2023 5:48 AM

You may not have noticed before that the Isaiah 7:14 prophecy shows that God, the true author of Scripture, not only can accurately predict future events but is also sovereign over the development...

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Misquoting God Part 1

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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The Legend of the Social Justice Jesus

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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Jesus, Recycled Redeemer?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

Is Jesus of the Gospels simply recycled ancient myths?

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Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God?

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

Christians believe in the one, true God. They believe He is all-knowing, all-powerful, the creator of the universe, and the only one deserving of worship.

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Do Muslims Love Jesus?

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

Muslims love Jesus too. At least, that’s what a new billboard campaign claims. The question, though, is which Jesus do they love?

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Does God Endorse Polygamy?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 10:11 PM

If God is opposed to polygamy, why does 2 Samuel 12:8 say that God gave David wives?

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April 25, 2004

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM

Greg interviews Frank Turek on his new book “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist”, recounts his last few talks at some universities, and takes some calls on inerrancy and...

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Arguing Is a Virtue

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM

Imagine living in a world in which you couldn’t separate truth from error. You wouldn’t be able to tell food from poison, or friend from foe.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology

Does Jesus Say Not to Judge?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 30, 2021 11:55 PM

Matthew 7:1 says, “Do not judge so that you will not be judged.” Greg Koukl explains the original context and meaning of this often-misused verse.

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Blessed Are Those Who Have Not Seen and yet Believe

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

The story of doubting Thomas doesn’t promote blind faith. In fact, the text actually teaches the exact opposite: biblical faith is trusting in what you have good evidence to believe is true.

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