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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Can the argument really be made that the Christian view is less biased than your average scientist’s or historian’s?
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
thinking around the 15-16th centuries—and grounded on theology, the God of the Bible
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 15, 2022 1:07 AM
A 30-year-old book on the fundamental ideas of the fascist worldview (a rejection of a transcendent God and moral standard) reminds us of what can happen when truth is no longer valued.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 20, 2023 8:46 PM
Question about whether there’s anything in the Gospel of John that a Bible study
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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...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
Joseph Smith’s “First Vision” is at the root of Mormonism’s unique doctrines, but a look at the historical records reveals a problem: Its major details seem to have evolved over time.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 4, 2019 12:08 AM
Questions about how we can get over thinking we can’t serve God as well as Bible
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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.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Science
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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...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
After the Orlando shooting, there was an almost reflexive response by analysts who gave the usual talking points about how Islam is a religion of peace and its practitioners are peaceful people.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
If Mormons won’t allow polygamists to redefine Mormonism in order to include polygamists, they ought not demand that Christians accept a redefinition from Mormons as to what’s foundational to...
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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 alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for September 2008 Which of these statements is taught in the Qur’an?
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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.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy
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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 amy k. hall On Jun 23, 2021 10:55 PM
Here’s a story that illustrates why presupposing materialism is detrimental to science.
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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?
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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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.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
takes calls on if empirical knowledge is the only truth we can know, how to use the Bible
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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 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 Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Harper on the Titanic, then takes calls on what the meaning of marriage is in the Bible
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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...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Arts and Culture
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 22, 2023 2:36 AM
preaching against abortion even though people in the congregation have had abortions, Bible
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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 tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Evolutionists love to point to vestigial structures in the biological realm as evidence for evolution.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Mormonism demands perfection. Thankfully the God of Christianity offers true grace to our LDS friends and family.
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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 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 greg koukl On Mar 20, 2022 6:23 PM
science can test supernatural worldviews and how to respond to the claim that the Bible
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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 8:42 PM
with Lee Strobel, then takes calls on how to check the historical facts in the 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 9:40 PM
Greg and Wayne Rossiter discuss Theistic Evolution and the Absent God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 16, 2024 10:27 PM
move from the cosmological argument for the existence of God to the God of 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...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy
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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 amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
A recent study in Finland showed that both believers and non-believers in God showed physical evidence of emotional stress when daring God to do something that would hurt them.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 2, 2023 4:15 PM
at temporary kiosks around town, witnessing to New Age siblings who misquote the Bible
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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 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 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 9:41 PM
Any believer who knows the Gospel can be used by God to bring Muslims to the Truth.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 14, 2022 2:29 AM
talks to callers about whether there was a doctrine he couldn’t have seen in the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
opinion and is therefore subjective, and whether we should only use King James Bibles
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On May 15, 2020 7:15 PM
Tim shares the importance of eyewitness testimony in understanding the reliability of the New Testament.
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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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 9, 2020 12:35 AM
Communicating Christian theology to Mormons is very difficult, but here is a possible point of contact.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Why would Jehovah’s Witnesses care whether Jesus died on a pole or a cross? The answer to this question could help you spot less obvious cults more quickly.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 14, 2020 1:40 PM
Greg interviews Lee Strobel on the case for miracles and whether God answers prayer.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 25, 2023 4:34 PM
Greg answers questions from callers about visions of Mary, the biblical view of yoga, how we can know Hosea 11:1 is really a prophecy about Jesus, and whether people are misusing prophecies about...
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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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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for November 2012 Secular culture has given God the boot. Science has emerged as the new religion and scientists are its priests.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
If you genuinely believe there is no truth, can you still be a Christian?
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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 alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Muslims hold a deficient and distorted view of Jesus. It’s a tragic case of mistaken identity with dire consequences. Here are three ways Muslims mistake the true Jesus.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Quantum physics. Ugh. The term itself is enough to make grown men weep and send theologians scurrying. It can also send chills up the spine of the Christian marshalling evidence from science for...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Science
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 10:44 PM
What was Jesus loving and accepting regarding during His ministry? Greg clarifies a common misconception.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 30, 2021 8:02 PM
The world is held in the power of the evil one, but the truth sets us free. Greg Koukl gives a biblical case for why truth matters when we enter spiritual warfare.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 5, 2021 3:07 PM
Greg answers a caller’s question about whether the life situation a person is born into affects their accountability before Christ and opportunity to receive him.
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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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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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Does saying “God did it” short-circuit thinking and curiosity?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 20, 2022 9:02 PM
Greg explains how to use the Columbo tactic with agnostics and gives an example of directing the conversation toward a specific topic.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
The future of thoughtful Christianity does not belong to best-selling authors or popular speakers. Rather, it will be determined by people like you—committed disciples in the local church with warm...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 6, 2020 3:16 AM
Without understanding God’s immanence, one can fall into deism, which is often the route to naturalism.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 10:16 PM
Could Romans 5:18–19 be used to argue for universalism?
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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 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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