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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 24, 2022 1:44 AM
Greg talks to callers about the meaning of Matthew 7:21–23, how one should respond to friends who are convinced they’re receiving messages from God, the best approach to take with militant atheist...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Sep 8, 2022 9:57 PM
Tim responds to an atheist who says there’s no proof for God and that religion is an emotional comfort that holds back progress and is used to control people.
Media Type: Video Topic: Other Worldviews
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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
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Greg talks about the Duck Commander visit, Christian family values on TV, Christians can be intelligent, and more.
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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
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 5:20 PM
Alan responds to an atheist’s challenge: “You don’t need religion to have morals. If you can’t determine right from wrong then you lack empathy, not religion.”
Media Type: Video Topic: Philosophy
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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.
Media Type: Video Topic: Other Worldviews
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 22, 2021 9:38 PM
Greg Koukl answers a listener’s question, “Is it my responsibility to educate myself on gay rights history as a family member has told me?”
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 6, 2022 10:43 PM
Greg and Amy explain why the answer to whether Christians should accept people’s self-identified sexualities without questioning them depends on whether those behaviors are morally benign.
Media Type: Video Topic: Sexuality and Gender
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 9, 2023 11:33 PM
Amy and Greg show how to use the Columbo tactic to respond to someone who says the Bible is only metaphorical.
Media Type: Video Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 23, 2021 8:09 PM
Greg and Amy explain why abortion is not the compassionate option and give advice on how to respond to someone who claims abortion is justified when the woman may suffer as a result of full-term...
Media Type: Video Topic: Bioethics
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Those who choose to believe in determinism or physicalism don’t choose to believe at all—they believe because of prior physical conditions.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
We need to evaluate movies by more than just how they make us feel.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
How to stay a Christian in college; can Christians live sinlessly?; character in public life, and more topics
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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 tim barnett On Mar 14, 2022 10:46 PM
Tim responds to a Muslim who claims the Gospels were not written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Media Type: Video Topic: History
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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
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Hawking believes that human behavior is determined by physical laws, but this has serious implications for all his work.
Media Type: Article Topic: Science
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 10:48 PM
Should a Christian not vote against abortion because their view that abortion is murder is a theological claim, not a scientific claim? Alan responds to this question and shows how the premise is...
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 25, 2021 2:17 PM
Greg answers a question about how to respond to someone who rejects God because of the problem of evil.
Media Type: Video Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Some charge that God is an imaginary “cosmic father” invented for our emotional protection, created in our image to comfort us, a phantom to fill the hollow places. But two things are wrong...
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Our societal conflict over sexuality comes down to our opposing views on what it means to be human.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Here are excerpts from Alvin Plantinga’s excellent review of atheist philosopher Thomas Nagel’s book, Mind and Cosmos, listing the four areas where Nagel objects to materialist naturalism as being...
Media Type: Article Topic: Science
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
If the God of the Bible didn’t do what you think a real God would have done, that doesn’t prove He doesn’t exist; you might just be missing something.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 7:30 PM
Greg discusses how to employ the “Rhodes Scholar” tactic in conversation.
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Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Delivered by J.P. Moreland at the Evangelical Theological Society, November 18, 2004.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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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...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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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.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 9:14 PM
Greg explains how to rephrase the question that stops Christians in their tracks.
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 10, 2024 10:41 PM
Greg and 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 and given us everything we need to know,...
Media Type: Video Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
The embryonic stem cell research debate is remarkable because neither side—pro-life or pro-abortion—seems to understand the moral logic of its views.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Bioethics
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Some contemporary scientists have argued that something can come from nothing, but it turns out they’re equivocating on the word “nothing.”
Media Type: Article Topic: Science
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
Can a person who believes in a God that does not exist still have a good grounding for objective morality? The distinction between “in principle” and “in reality” is crucial to answering...
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 1, 2019 11:05 PM
Alan uses a helpful analogy to explain the difference between the Mosaic Law and the New Covenant.
Media Type: Video Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Apr 28, 2020 4:04 PM
Before you can refute an idea, you have to actually understand the idea. Otherwise, you end up defeating a defenseless imitation of an argument—a straw man—instead of the real thing.
Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 9, 2021 12:14 AM
As ambassadors for Christ, we should understand a view we disagree with before we try to formulate a response to it. Here are three reasons why.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Theories ought not be rejected just because there’s an anomaly that can’t yet be reconciled with it. Instead, it’s legitimate to take time to work on finding an answer that resolves the alleged...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
You can huff and puff but you can’t blow this house down. Christianity is a system bolted down to reality.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
In the last issue of Solid Ground, I raised a question that may have startled some readers. I asked if the current emphasis on “hearing” the voice of God is biblically sound.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 21, 2020 9:29 PM
Today’s challenge is a common complaint. Because Christians have moral concerns with homosexual behavior, it is alleged that they shouldn’t be allowed to impose their standards on the rest of society.
Media Type: Article Topic: Arts and Culture
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 6, 2020 2:43 AM
There’s no need (in fact, it’s wrong) to be rude or demonize our opponents the way we do. Here are five quick suggestions to elevate debate in a healthy way.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 21, 2021 5:43 PM
There are troubles facing Christians both in the world and in the church. Greg describes what form these troubles take, explaining why Christians need to be alert and equipped with the truth.
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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
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 31, 2023 11:39 PM
In today’s relativistic, postmodern world, “tolerance” has come to mean the opposite of its classical definition. Here’s how you can recognize the “tolerance trick” and respond with confidence and...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Bad worldviews, even if deeply believed, cannot undo reality. God has given every human being the ability to know truth about his world. Reality, then, becomes our ally, even with postmoderns.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 5:45 PM
Greg discusses the standard of God’s law.
Media Type: Video Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 16, 2023 5:51 PM
In this excerpt from Stand to Reason University, Jon Noyes explains why religious pluralism does not work and examines the biblical evidence for salvation through Christ alone.
Media Type: Video Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Those pangs of guilt could be telling you something.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
For some, ethics is nothing more than a social contract to ensure survival. Compliance is the highest good and breaking ranks the greatest evil, regardless of the issue. This may make sense on...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 4, 2020 10:51 PM
Many movies promote unbiblical ideas, so identify what’s wrong, but don’t forget to also find what’s good. Here’s a three-part approach to watching movies: remember, recognize, and respond.
Media Type: Article Topic: Arts and Culture
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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
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Anyone looking to technology to lead our society as a “new religion” will eventually find it can’t be counted on to create and uphold beliefs in intrinsic human value, universal human rights, or...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
We should begin teaching our kids apologetics as early as possible. Here’s how Tim translated an answer to the problem of evil into language even four-year-olds could understand.
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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?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
People who call you closed-minded rather than wrong have a problem with their own view.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Greg and guest Rodney Lake discuss Thinking Matters, New Zealand, then Greg talks about tolerance or discrimination on campus, if early Christians recycled pagan myths, and more.
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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.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Life Unworthy of Life?
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Bioethics
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
On February 12, evolutionists everywhere will gather for Darwin Day, a celebration of Charles Darwin’s birthday. Darwin can’t make it, but that won’t stop the celebrations planned worldwide.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 14, 2021 8:33 PM
How can Christians respond to the Mormon claim that “Heavenly Father” is the only god “for us”? Greg offers one question that will help focus the conversation.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Mar 22, 2022 12:35 AM
What does true justice look like? Here are four elements of true, biblical justice.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 5, 2019 11:56 PM
Alan responds to the challenge that the Bible contains and condones multiple definitions of marriage.
Media Type: Video Topic: Sexuality and Gender
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
We’re dealing with a mixed culture, a clash of the modern with the postmodern. It therefore requires an eclectic approach best summed up by the word “ambassador.”
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Web Content Article · By keith plummer On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
The winning of arguments is not more important than winning people, but neither is it necessarily in conflict with that end. Here’s how you can do both.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 30, 2020 12:04 AM
Words have meaning, and that meaning matters. Discovering the meaning of words—whether in the Bible, a cell phone text, or the Constitution—is called hermeneutics.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for October 2012 Centuries ago, scientific knowledge was in its infancy. Although our understanding of the natural world progressed, there were gaps in the explanations.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
If animals do have souls, how are they different from humans? And can human beings have different kinds of souls as well?
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Our preparation is different when we have an expectation that preparation will make a difference. And when we have a plan, we are more likely to act.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
One of us must be wrong, at bare minimum. Maybe we both are. But one thing that we can never say is that we’re both right.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
The “Who are you to say?” challenge is used by non-Christians and Christians, especially by those who deplore the “heresy hunters” in the church. This rejoinder, though, deftly sidesteps...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Why is it a national tragedy when 39 people commit suicide? Answering that question tells us something important about the existence of God and about a special way of knowing.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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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.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Sexuality and Gender
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:55 PM
Is capital punishment compatible with Christianity? Greg outlines a biblical argument for capital punishment, makes a case for retributive punishment, and responds to objections.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
The billboards read: “No God? No Problem. Be Good for Goodness’ Sake,” and “Are You Good without God? Millions Are.”
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Science
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Web Content Article · By j.t. wynn On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Some professors teach that “truth” depends on our perceptions, but does it?
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy