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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.”

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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

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.

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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

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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

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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

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+.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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.

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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...

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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

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...

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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

Was Paul a Universalist?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 10:16 PM

Could Romans 5:18–19 be used to argue for universalism?

Media Type: Video Topic: Philosophy

Always Ask What They Mean by “God”

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM

When people tell me they don’t believe God exists, I have a specific question for them: What do you mean by “God”?

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Why Is Apologetics so Important?

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living

Bosnia, Rape and the Problem of Evil

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2020 11:35 PM

Greg responds to a letter to the editor in which the writer’s pain causes him to ask the age-old question of why God allows evil to exist.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Archaeological Find Supports Pre-Exilic Date for Biblical Texts

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

Israeli mathematicians and archaeologists say they have found evidence to suggest that key biblical texts may have been composed earlier than some scholars think.

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Born Atheist?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

Glenn Peoples responds to the popular atheist claim that we’re all “born atheist.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Are Miracles Illogical?

Web Content Article · By keith plummer On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM

Someone might conclude on the basis of the observed regularity of nature that miracles are impossible and therefore illogical, but are they really contrary to the laws of logic?

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Cultivate the Moral Imagination to Develop Character

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

If you’re trying to teach your children moral virtues (or you’re being intentional about developing them in yourself), here’s some good advice from Hillsdale College professor Daniel Coupland.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Do Extraordinary Claims Demand Extraordinary Evidence?

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM

Hume offered this challenge in “Of Miracles” in Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Arguments Don’t Have to Be Argumentative

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 7, 2020 11:30 PM

Alan explains how to argue cordially and effectively.

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How the New Meaning of “Dignity” Is Changing Everything

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

Roberta Green Ahmanson explains why our culture’s new understanding of human dignity “may well be the harbinger of a social transformation the likes of which we have not seen in the West for 1400...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

There Can Be No Moral Progress if There’s No Standard

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 5:45 PM

The moral relativist who is fighting for a moral principle is living in tension with his beliefs, and this provides a great starting point for a spiritual conversation.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Atheist Gives Four Reasons He Doesn’t Believe in God

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.

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Father of Modern Taxonomy

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

You’ve seen plants referred to by their scientific names, such as Rosa rubiginosa. That form of naming plants and other living things was introduced by a Christian who was a scientist named Carolus...

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Generations of Medical Missionaries

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Rev. Dr. John Scudder, Sr., founded the first Western Medical Mission in Asia in Ceylon in 1819. He also founded a family of medical missionaries whose combined service covers four...

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A Very Pagan Christmas?

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Dec 16, 2021 12:35 AM

You might have heard that we celebrate Christmas on December 25th because Emperor Constantine decided to Christianize a pagan holiday. But is that story true?

Media Type: Article Topic: History

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