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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On May 27, 2022 10:41 PM
When hard times come—and they will come—pray for a miracle, but understand that God may choose to use your difficult situation to make you more like Christ.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
It is very common among Christians to hear that all sins are equal. But is that really true? Are all sins equal to God?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
If we’re going to proclaim the message of the gospel to Muslims as ambassadors for Christ, we first need to know what Islam teaches and how we can respond. Here’s a good place to start.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 29, 2020 5:41 AM
How can we make sense of the bad things that happen to us? Greg responds to a question from Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus originated.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions on C.S. Lewis’s theology, evidence for God in creation, and someone identifying as gay.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 14, 2021 7:51 PM
Greg discusses whether or not new converts should anticipate affective encounters with God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 30, 2020 9:51 PM
If Jesus rose from the dead, then everything critical to Christianity is true. If Jesus stayed dead, everything uniquely important about Christianity is false.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
We need to ask ourselves an honest question: Where does my view of God look more like the world than God’s Word?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 31, 2023 8:42 PM
Tim Barnett introduces the concept of TRAIN, sharing why we should test our students, require more from them, arm them with the truth, involve them in the battlefield of ideas, and nurture them as...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 4, 2020 2:24 PM
Alan shares how you can make the most impact in the lives of your LGBT friends and family.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2024 12:57 AM
Alan Shlemon talks about how to be a good ambassador for Christ to Muslims, the largest unreached people group on the planet, explaining their foundational objection to Christianity and how to...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 9:00 PM
Is baptism purely symbolic, or is it necessary to be reborn?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Jesus either directly or indirectly made many profound claims for Himself.
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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.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Greg talks about why we listen to the wisdom of the elderly then answers questions about Jeremiah 29:11 being yes in Christ and whether it’s impossible there will be an eternal man/woman union in...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 14, 2020 10:46 PM
If you trust Jesus to be your substitute, meeting God’s standard of perfection is possible. God will cancel your crimes and credit your account with Jesus’ record.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 18, 2022 3:04 PM
J. Warner Wallace talks about how the claims about Jesus are historical and can be tested (unlike claims about Peter Pan), then he answers a question about whether one should be happy that a child...
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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
How did Jesus answer the problem of evil presented to Him? His answer is short and to the point.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 5, 2021 3:24 PM
Why did Jesus come to earth? Was it to help the poor and promote social justice? Greg explains that though Jesus cared about those issues, his main purpose was much weightier than resolving...
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Web Content Article · By derek white On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
In his 2009 book The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life, Ben Sherwood describes an intriguing phenomenon known as the Stockdale Paradox (after Admiral James...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Western civilization is shuddering under a tidal wave of activism in favor of same-sex marriage. Here is a careful response to their most compelling arguments.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 31, 2023 11:13 PM
Greg and Amy give an important reminder that, as with other non-believers who sin in other ways, being friends with those who identify as LGBTQ+ doesn’t imply you agree with their views on sexual...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 16, 2021 9:24 PM
Christians focus on homosexuality as a sin but ignore other Old Testament laws. Is this hypocritical? Tim Barnett uses his Red Pen Logic to respond to this common objection.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
A survey commissioned by Ligonier gives a good idea of which ideas we evangelicals need to do a better job at explaining, defending, and promoting.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
What makes the Christian’s faith any different from the Mormon’s wishing, or the Hindu’s wishing, or even the wishing of an atheist?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 29, 2020 12:26 AM
Skeptics find the problem of evil so repugnant and our solutions so hollow because they refuse to accept a fundamental reality that every Christian believes in: life after death.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
There’s going to be differences in the text, and some people have made a big deal about those differences.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Greg is on a timer and answers questions about the prosperity gospel, God killing babies, publishing, and if all sin is the same.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Atheists sometimes say the size of the universe is evidence that we’re insignificant and it wasn’t created by God. But does the size of the universe actually have a purpose?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 24, 2020 12:40 AM
In this fourth part of Tim’s “Why Apologetics?” series, he explains how apologetics does the work of pre-evangelism by responding to people’s ideas at the worldview level, removing obstacles to the...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
When the Bible talks about people being “destroyed” in Hell, is that referring
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Not long ago I read a stunning (and scathing) response in a blog post by a Christian woman who was furious with those taking exception with the “Christian” convictions of a well-known Mormon...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Apr 15, 2020 12:05 AM
But suppose He did rise from the dead, what of it? What does His resurrection prove? It proves everything that most needs to be proved. It proves everything that is essential in Christianity.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
In the fall of 2012, Harvard historian Karen King announced she’d been given a fragment of a manuscript that mentioned Jesus’ wife.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Derek Rishmawy responds to the objection that “penal substitutionary atonement is morally repugnant because moral guilt is not transferable.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 11, 2021 7:42 PM
Greg and Amy explain why prayer is not just a means to an end and discuss God’s actual purpose for prayer in believers’ lives.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
J. Warner Wallace is on a timer and answers questions about free will, consistent pro-life views, and Jesus dying for sin.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 9:38 PM
Brett helps young people know where to begin if they want to study Christianity and apologetics effectively.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Would you allow a teenager to perform brain surgery on you?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Guest host Don Stewart talks about Veritas Evangelical Seminary with Joe Holden, then takes calls on how a Christian deals with depression with faith, an embryo in the petri dish isn’t human...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
is a way of knowing things, but that’s not the definition of faith we see in the Bible
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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 alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
38,000 Muslims die every day and enter eternity without Christ. We need to hone our skills so we’re more effective at sharing the truth with them.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jul 27, 2020 5:25 PM
Even if it is true that Jesus didn’t say anything about the unborn (and we don’t actually know that), nothing logically follows from it. We certainly cannot conclude that the unborn didn’t matter...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for July 2007 When I heard the knock on the door I knew it was probably the Mormons.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Since God regulated slavery in the Old Testament, does this mean He approves of it? And if He doesn’t, why did He allow it?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
There are both practical and theological problems with telling someone, “God hates the sin but loves the sinner.” We have better news to tell than this.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 31, 2019 4:06 PM
No matter who is making a claim about Islam, what they say must conform to these three authoritative sources in order for their claim to accurately represent Islam.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jan 31, 2023 10:55 PM
Jon Noyes explains how you can approach Christian friends who seem to support ideas or causes inconsistent with biblical morality.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
J.P. Moreland’s article “The Rationality of Belief in Inerrancy” argues it’s rational to believe in inerrancy even in the face of some unexplained counterexamples. Here’s a summary.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Christian meditation isn’t an emptying of the mind but a filling of the mind with truth. Here’s how Tim Keller describes it in his book Prayer.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 10:40 PM
Alan shares how to continue a Gospel-centered conversation with a friend or family member who says, “Enough of that!”
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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...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 10, 2024 10:02 PM
Tim dispels the common yet false claim that the New Testament canon was created at the Council of Nicea.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Greg ruminates on what we might someday experience with senses we do not yet possess.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
In May of this year, a scientific paper was released that fanned the flames of the evolution/intelligent design debate to new intensity.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Christmas is about Jesus. But what is it about Jesus? How exactly is Jesus the reason for Christmas? The answer to this question lies in the reasons why Jesus came to this world.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
As the church continues to face cultural challenges from outside the church, we must strengthen our views of God’s Word within the church...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 10:53 PM
Greg helps Christians understand what characterizes a false teacher.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 9:53 PM
You want to inform them, in as polite a way as possible, that they cannot knock on your door as missionaries promoting their religion, proselytizing and seeking to convert you, and then say you are...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 19, 2020 1:52 AM
Do Christians say God “cares more about theology than behavior” as some people who object to Christianity claim? The truth is, Christianity says God cares more about behavior than most people think.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
There are many out there who see Christianity as being mainly about teaching us how to be better people. Here’s why this moralistic focus is likely a major contributor to a relativistic view of...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Jared Wilson explains how local church involvement plays an important role in confronting our tendency to reject authority and embrace an unhealthy individualism.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Apr 23, 2024 6:19 PM
Many Muslims love to cite Mark 13:32 as proof that Jesus cannot be God. Tim Barnett explains why this objection doesn’t work.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 9:29 PM
The three aspects of faith – knowledge, assent, and trust – are all necessary for saving faith.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jan 12, 2022 10:44 PM
As we observe the law of causality at work in the world around us, the explanation for our existence begins to look a lot like God.
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Feb 8, 2024 10:22 PM
Amy, Tim, Jon, and Robby remind us that treating people with kindness as we’re engaging in apologetics isn’t just about being a nice person, but rather it’s about modeling Christ in how we act.
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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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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 11, 2021 8:34 PM
Some atheists claim Christianity is a science stopper. The facts of history show the opposite. Christianity was the modern science starter.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 12, 2023 9:48 PM
Alan Shlemon introduces his new Stand to Reason University course, “Transgenderism: Truth and Compassion,” explaining why we should listen to God’s direction for our sexuality and clarifying some...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 5:55 PM
Is true love only possible if one has the ability to do otherwise? Greg explores this question in relation to God’s love for us.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Sep 25, 2020 1:41 PM
Tim shows how the inclusion of embarrassing personal details in the New Testament points to the reliability of the accounts.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
How did you get your soul? Even to ask the question is a little awkward since “you” are your soul.
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