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An LGBT Defense Misses a Biblical Point

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

For Christ, the cross literally meant giving up everything, even His own life. He denied His own will to do the will of the Father. God expects no less from us when it comes to the matter of sex.

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An Evaluation of the Dialogue between Sean McDowell and Matthew Vines

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

Greg in discussing Sean McDowell’s dialogue with Matthew Vines on “What Does the Bible

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How Can I Believe Incredible Stories in the Bible?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

How I can believe incredible biblical stories in which the sun stands still, a man survives inside a sea creature, a donkey speaks, or the Red Sea is parted? Here’s how.

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#STRask: April 10, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about hypnosis, whether Jesus lied, and early Scripture.

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Taking Jesus at Face Value

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 9:19 PM

Coming to believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God by letting Jesus speak for

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#STRask: Should Feelings Have Any Epistemological Weight in Our Decision Making?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 23, 2023 7:05 PM

any epistemological weight in our decision making and how to interpret several verses

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Palestinian Culture Creates Unique Challenges

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM

Different cultures create different challenges, and that makes speaking internationally both challenging and interesting. Here’s one way this played out in Alan’s recent trip to the West Bank.

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#STRask: Is Genesis 1–11 Historical or Mytho-History?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 13, 2023 5:18 PM

Genesis 1–11 is historical or mytho-history, why Jesus referenced people “we know never

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Talking to a Mormon on a Plane

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

Commentaries on talking to a mormon on a plane, praying the Bible, and discussing

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Textual Variants Aren’t a Problem

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Michael Kruger responds to the poorly-researched Newsweek article “The Bible

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#STRask: May 15, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about biblical joy and Bible inspiration.

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Gary Habermas: Witnessing to Atheists

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

research with Alan Shlemon, then takes calls on advice to witness to Mormons, taking verses

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Is All Scripture Really God-Breathed?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 10:24 PM

Does 2 Timothy 3:16 refer to itself and the New Testament or to the Old Testament only?

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No Neutral Ground for World Vision

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 10, 2022 9:39 PM

It looks like World Vision intended to choose the path that would cause the least distraction from their mission, and they deceived themselves into thinking a neutral position on this was possible.

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#STRask: How Do We Know Which Commands in the Bible Apply to Everyone?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 29, 2022 8:54 PM

Question about how we can know when commands and instructions given in the Bible

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Does Jesus Endorse Blind Faith?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 3, 2019 10:18 PM

Greg looks at the whole passage to clarify the true meaning of the verse.

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What the Bible Doesn’t Say about Gender Identity

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 30, 2020 8:39 PM

Alan explains what 1 Corinthians 6:9–10 says about gender identity.

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#STRask: Is It a Bad Sign if a Church Says the Bible Is Inerrant “in the Original

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 1, 2023 4:23 PM

whether it’s a bad sign when a church’s statement of faith says they believe the Bible

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Three Pieces of Evidence that Corroborate the Gospels

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Sep 23, 2021 8:20 PM

Is there evidence outside of the Bible for the history presented in the Gospels?

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#STRask: Do These Verses Support the Idea That Everyone Will Be Saved?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2024 9:01 PM

Question about whether Romans 5:18, 1 Corinthians 15:22, and 1 John 2:2 support the idea that everyone will be saved (universalism) as a New York Times opinion piece by David Bentley Hart claims.

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Michael Kruger on Bart Ehrman’s Claim We Can’t Trust the Holy Week Gospel Accounts

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

Greg Koukl and Michael Kruger on Bart Ehrman’s claim that we can’t trust the Holy Week Gospel accounts.

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#STRask: June 26, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about dreams, a Bible discrepancy, and God

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No Evidence for God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 1, 2023 1:10 AM

Greg talks about an atheist’s response to his quote summarizing some evidence for

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How to Confront a Works-Based Salvation Theology

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 3, 2022 10:35 PM

Greg explains why this does not line up with the good news of the Bible and offers

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Why the Gospel of Luke Should Be Dated Earlier than AD 67

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Here’s an argument from Glenn Peoples for an early date for the Gospel of Luke.

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#STRask: Why Doesn’t Every Bible Version Include Matthew 17:21?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 23, 2022 5:41 PM

Questions about why some Bible versions include Matthew 17:21 and part of Mark 9:

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Unique Understanding and Unique Hope for Transgender People

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Transgender people will never find the answers to their problems in themselves, no

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What Does the Bible Mean by “One God”?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 14, 2021 8:33 PM

How can Christians respond to the Mormon claim that “Heavenly Father” is the only god “for us”? Greg offers one question that will help focus the conversation.

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#STRask: November 8, 2018

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM

point of view of people in other identity groups, and his favorite book of the Bible

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Gender Neutral Bathrooms and Locker Rooms

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

talks about gender neutral bathrooms, an abortion argument, a response to “I’ll never

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#STRask: August 7, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 139, 13-16, and Ephesians 2:10.

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Tim Challies: The Transgender Conversation You Need to Have with Your Family

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Guest Host: J. Warner Wallace Guest: Tim Challies - The Transgender Conversation You Need to Have with Your Family

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Four Questions about the Love of God to Ask Jehovah’s Witnesses

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Oct 3, 2022 7:28 PM

Here are four questions you can ask Jehovah’s Witnesses about the love of God to help you demonstrate the truth of the divinity of Jesus.

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Atheists’ Small View of Christianity

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM

On the heels of the Reason Rally, where Dawkins exhorted the crowd to “Mock them! Ridicule them! In public,” Tom Gilson wrote a post about the New Atheists’ practice of trivializing...

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#STRask: Are We Only Interpreting the Bible This Way Because of Our Post-Enlightenment

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 3, 2024 3:42 PM

Questions about whether we’re only interpreting the Bible according to authorial

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Constantine Didn’t Influence the Canon

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Here’s what Brian Mattson had to say about a Newsweek article’s claim that Constantine influenced the assembling of the biblical canon.

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#STRask: Do These Verses Contradict “Once Saved, Always Saved”?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 6, 2022 3:19 AM

Questions about whether Revelation 2:1–7 and Colossians 1:21–23 can be reconciled with a belief in “once saved, always saved.”

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Aren’t We All Children of God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 16, 2023 8:57 PM

Greg explains the difference between being offspring of God in the sense of being made in his image and being children of God as heirs in Christ.

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What’s the Price of Accepting the Idea We Worship the Same God as Muslims?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Claiming that Muslims and Christians worship the same God is an expression of Islamic theology, not Christian theology.

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#STRask: Should the Bible Be Removed from Public Schools under a Law Prohibiting

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 6, 2023 6:59 PM

Questions about a public school library that wants to remove the Bible because of

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Was Jesus Who He Claimed to Be?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

Did He never exist at all? Or was He who He claimed to be?

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Is Friendship with Unbelievers Being Unequally Yoked?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 5, 2020 12:48 AM

What does it really mean to be unequally yoked?

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Homosexuality: Giving Your Point of View

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

I want to make a distinction between two ways of addressing the issue of homosexuality.

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RFRA Is Not Jim Crow

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

In the controversy over the Indiana law, comparisons are again being made between same-sex marriage and interracial marriage: We’ve all realized that banning interracial marriage was bigotry and...

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#STRask: August 14, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about Christians sinning, Christians called bigots, and new books in the biblical canon.

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The Bible Thinker: Responding to Atheist Fallacies

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 8, 2021 4:29 AM

Tim responds to 10 fallacies offered by an atheist to disprove God.

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Engaging Australia’s Muslims

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

When Muslims claim the Bible has been corrupted, here’s how you can show them that

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#STRask: June 15, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions on extra-biblical sources, creation, and theism.

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A Response to Matthew Vines: The Bible Doesn’t Support Same-Sex Relationships

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

Matthew Vines has set out to change Christians’ minds on the topic of homosexuality. Here’s a response to his arguments.

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#STRask: How Can We Apply the Bible to Our Lives if We’re Not Supposed to Read Our

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 31, 2024 11:42 PM

Questions about how to apply the Bible to our lives if we’re supposed to read it

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