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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan responds to the claim that homosexuals are born that way.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for June 2012 President Obama became the first sitting U.S. President to support same-sex marriage.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
I think discrimination is great. I think we should discriminate based on age, sex, disability, and sexual orientation. And I bet most Americans agree with me.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
It’s cool to be gay. That’s what the younger generation thinks. Our culture not only tolerates homosexuality, it’s often celebrated and considered trendy.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
The term “marriage equality,” if it means “the right to marry whomever you want,” is simply not an accurate term for what same-sex marriage supporters are advocating—not if they favor any...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Our marriage law should reflect the truth about what marriage is: a pre-political institution springing from human nature itself.
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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).
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Ryan Anderson, Robert George, and Sherif Girgis have written a post explaining why the central issue in the marriage debate—even more central than the question of whether the state should recognize...
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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.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
The lessons learned from both parents are valuable and unique to the strengths of each sex, and children are in desperate need of both.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
There are three points that especially stand out from Joni Eareckson Tada’s list of God’s purposes in our suffering.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
I explained here how God’s destruction of the Canaanites through the Israelites had a dual purpose.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
To follow up on yesterday’s post on the judgment of the Canaanites, here’s the summary of Clay Jones’s article in the Christian Research Journal, “Killing the Canaanites”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
When God judged the Canaanites through the Israelites, He gave the Israelites a warning: But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come about that...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Sometimes people cite polygamy as evidence that the definition of marriage has changed over time, proving it to be malleable according to the culture.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Richard Wurmbrand’s book about the sufferings of Christians under the Communists helps us see with our own “eyes” the reality of the unique role suffering plays in our purpose as Christians.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Today, on this Good Friday, we think about an event that was not only the result of evil but also the reason for allowing evil to exist in the first place.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Federal Judge Vaughn R. Walker wrote in his decision on the California proposition defining marriage as one man and one woman
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
While it’s still unclear how LOST will ultimately end up, some recent developments seem to provide a good illustration of one way people have chosen to resolve the problem that has plagued humanity...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Alan explains how some Christians are compromising on the topic of homosexuality.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
I was saddened and surprised to hear that Exodus International is closing down.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Extra legislation is needed to try to artificially create a similarity between same-sex marriage and opposite-sex marriage because the two are inherently different in ways that are...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
To equip you for your conversations about the Supreme Court ruling on Prop 8 and DOMA, Ryan Anderson has a helpful, concise article titled “5 Things You Need to Know about the Supreme Court’s...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Alan highlights a scientific study that demonstrates that homosexual orientation in adolescents is changeable.
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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.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Is there a “gay gene,” and should it change our view of homosexual behavior if there is?
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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?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
If God is sovereign over history, why should we pray?
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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?
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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 guest author On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
By Steve Wagner To Respond, Distinguish Two Types of Objectivity
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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...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Adam Parker of Bring the Books has an interesting take on why the Israelites were commanded not to use mixed threads in their clothing.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Hebrews 10:32–36 has a very relevant exhortation for our postmodern times.
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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.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Most of the world seems to believe that same-sex attraction can’t be changed.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Who is this Jesus whom we are celebrating this Christmas? Alistair Begg and Sinclair Ferguson explain the meaning of the title Jesus used to refer to Himself.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Dorothy Sayers expresses well and in clear vernacular the reason for Christmas, the purpose of the incarnation: “God chose to make man as he is—limited and suffering and subject to sorrows and...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
When we consider what Jesus came to do for us, His enemies, as one of us, the birth of Christ becomes something even more astounding: a demonstration of perfect love.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Alan explains the one, inconvenient truth that undermines the gay rights narrative.
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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.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Here’s how Croatian theologian Miroslav Volf came to understand that “God isn’t wrathful in spite of being love. God is wrathful because God is love.”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Why is the resurrection so celebrated if our sins were paid for on the cross? What did it accomplish? Why was it necessary? Here’s what we learn about the work of Christ in Hebrews 7–10.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Here’s how being open about your own weakness and sin brings glory to God.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? Alan answers this question by providing a unique understanding of how to understand the notion of God.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
For people who aren’t familiar with Christianity, the word “propitiation” can bring a pagan concept to mind rather than a biblical one. Here’s a brief outline of the differences between...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
This isn’t the first time a proponent of same-sex marriage has been open about her ultimate goal of destroying marriage, but it’s certainly one of the most straightforward.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Is faith blind? Alan answers this question by explaining the biblical definition of faith.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Alan answers the challenge that opponents of same-sex marriage sometimes commit the slippery slope fallacy when they argue that same-sex marriage will lead to other forms of “marriage” like...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
A caller on this week’s show had a friend challenge him with Deuteronomy 13:6–11. Shouldn’t Christians “surely kill” anyone who entices them to serve other gods, as that biblical law demands?
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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,...
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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.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
A supporter of same-sex marriage argues that “gay marriage really will change the institution of marriage, shifting conceptions around monogamy and intimacy.”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Sleeping is more than just the way God designed us to function; it’s a daily confession of our own limitations, our dependence on God, and our trust in Him to run the world.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Here’s more evidence that the conflict in our culture over sexuality is, at root, a disagreement over whether human nature is fixed or malleable.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Jon Bloom points out how we may be missing the answers to our prayers.
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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.
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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.
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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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Matthew Franck explains the unintended effect same-sex marriage will have on friendships in our society.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
The “eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison” will interrupt and put an end to all our suffering. Let’s not give up now.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
When a person’s mind conflicts with his body, which should we help him to change?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
If homosexuals are bullied, we need to protect them. If they’re unjustly discriminated against, we need to help them. If they’re treated with contempt, the person hurting them should be stopped.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Remember Horus Ruins Christmas? Well, he’s back with a devastating argument against Christianity he learned on the internet.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Richard Dawkins once wrote, “Although atheism might have been logically tenable before Darwin, Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Alan attended a ’gay Christian’ conference that intends to reform the church to make it affirm practicing homosexuals. Listen to his thoughts about his experience there.
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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.
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