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You Need to Understand the Whole to Understand the Parts

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 24, 2021 2:02 AM

Greg talks about how we need to understand the big picture in the Bible so we’re

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Philosophy

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

Is it really correct to say that just as a horse cannot describe us, so we cannot describe God? Are the two situations analogous? Francis Schaeffer has a great insight in The God Who Is There that...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

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

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Greg Answers Questions from an Atheist

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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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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Bioethics

I’d Like to Have an Argument, Please

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

The Nazareth Inscription

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

A first-century marble tablet containing an “edict of Caesar” calls for the death penalty for anyone who removes a body from a tomb. Is there a connection to Christianity?

Media Type: Article Topic: History

How to TRAIN Youth: Require More From Students

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.”

Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools

Does God Have a Big Ego?

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Theology

Daring God to Do Evil Makes Atheists Nervous

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews

America’s Unchristian Beginnings?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 24, 2020 4:05 AM

Greg responds to an L.A. Times Op-Ed article by this title.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

#STRask: How Can I Start a Conversation with the Jehovah’s Witnesses I See around Town?

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

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Other Worldviews

Truth vs. Relativism in the Church

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM

Greg talks about truth vs relativism in the church, Avatar movie review, “oldest Bible

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Philosophy

Dr. Mark D. Roberts: Can We Trust the Gospels?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Greg talks about if you should take the Bible literally, Can We Trust the Gospels

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Philosophy

The Three Things Your Worldview Needs to Explain

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 25, 2020 4:01 AM

how to respond to three challenges to the reliability and trustworthiness of the Bible

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Philosophy

The Gospel Is the Only Stable Source of Identity and Value

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

Whether you find your identity and value in living up to an objective, external standard or through having your subjective, personal standard affirmed, the Gospel offers a better way.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Christian Living Is Not a Solitary Enterprise

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living

Would We Know Good without Evil?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Aug 7, 2020 12:37 AM

Would we know good without evil? Could good exist without evil? Can God truly be good if he can’t choose evil? Amy responds to some questions from a reader.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews

Four Reasons Why Biblical Anthropology Matters

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+.

Media Type: Video Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Literature and the Gospels’ Genre

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

C.S. Lewis is well known for being an apologist and writer. But first, he was a literature scholar.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Eternal Punishment

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

Is Hell eternal or everlasting? We have to be careful how we define the words.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

What the New Testament Writers Wanted You to Know

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Theology

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living

Framework for Discussing Evolution

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM

being different, federal funding of abortion in the health care bill, what the Bible

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Philosophy

Evil as Evidence for God

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM

The presence of evil in the world is considered by some to be solid evidence against the existence of God. I think it proves just the opposite.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

White Lies and Other Deceptions

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM

I think lying is wrong. However, we have to be clear on what constitutes lying, that is, immoral deception.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

A Second Endowment Ceremony?

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews

Watch Out for This Tactic Used by Cults

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews

The Case for Miracles

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Philosophy

Visions of Mary, Yoga, and Prophecies about Jesus

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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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...

Media Type: Article Topic: History

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...

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Disagreement Is Not Oppression

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 31, 2023 2:51 AM

fellowship is simply brainwashing, the need for epistemological certainty, whether the Bible

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Truth Is a Strange Sort of Fiction: The Postmodern Turn—Part 2

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?

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy

Euthyphro’s Dilemma

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM

Plato’s challenge concerning the nature of goodness is still being heard today: Is an act right because God says it’s so, or does God say it’s so because it’s right...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews

The Cost Muslims Pay for Missing Jesus

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews

Restoring People: The Leprosy Doctor

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Paul Brand was born to missionary parents in India. He became a surgeon in England and returned to India to care for leprosy patients.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

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...

Media Type: Article Topic: History

What Does It Mean for Jesus to Be Affirming?

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Sexuality and Gender

How Should Christians Approach Spiritual Warfare?

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living

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...

Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews

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...

Media Type: Video Topic: History

Another Challenge to Objective Morality

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 12, 2020 3:04 AM

in Matthew 5:17–20 and whether 1 Samuel 28:15–19 contradicts other parts of the Bible

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Does God Give People the Best Opportunity to Respond to Him?

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Theology

Try This Powerful Question to Throw Light on Enigmas like the Problem of Evil

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 2, 2019 9:38 PM

Here is a question I want to encourage you to start asking: What’s the alternative? In the right circumstances, it can be a powerful query. Let me tell you why.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Tactics for Conversations with Agnostics

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

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