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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 31, 2019 6:05 PM
Apologetics Tip #7: Alan shares the right questions to ask when reading the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 6, 2021 5:27 PM
Greg and Amy address a common misconception about the Bible’s view of women and offer...counterexamples to the claim that the Bible associates sin...
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On May 15, 2024 3:04 AM
to archaeologist Titus Kennedy, author of The Essential Archaeological Guide to Bible
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 8, 2020 4:08 PM
Alan shares the right questions to ask when reading the Bible so that you can get
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 21, 2022 11:55 PM
There’s good news and bad news about verse numbers. The good news is, they make it easier to find stuff. The bad news is, they make it easier to get stuff wrong.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Because of the age and number of ancient manuscripts we have, we can determine with great accuracy the text of the original biblical documents.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
nbsp;trades on two obvious features of language, and it will help you weed out bad Bible
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On May 15, 2020 7:15 PM
Tim shares the importance of eyewitness testimony in understanding the reliability
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On May 23, 2024 9:32 PM
Tim responds to a KJV-only pastor who says he can correct the Greek text using the King James Version.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Reading the Qur’an, going to mosques, listening to Islamic scholars—these all sound like the behaviors of a Muslim.
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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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Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 27, 2019 5:44 PM
A comprehensive look at what a Bible promise is, how we should understand its contextual
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 31, 2022 11:31 PM
course, Alan Shlemon provides three examples of how the background history behind a Bible
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Aug 5, 2022 6:43 PM
The Bible is clear that the Son of God, God’s only begotten, is God in the flesh.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 5:44 PM
Even though marriage ceremonies today look a lot different from those in biblical times, the nature of what makes a marriage hasn’t changed.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 5:18 PM
Amy shares God’s view of unborn children, how we are to supposed to treat them, and then offers encouragement to those facing unplanned pregnancies.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
When external sources corroborate incidental details in the Gospels, we have more evidence that the Gospels can be trusted.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 7, 2023 5:49 PM
Greg and Amy discuss how, even apart from the Bible, we can know some of God’s attributes
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 25, 2019 10:14 PM
Do the discrepancies contained in the gospel accounts point to collaboration or corroboration?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 6, 2023 4:40 PM
There are three key principles of biblical interpretation, and each has a corresponding question to ask about any biblical text. Here’s a simple way to remember these three crucial questions.
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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
What difference does it make to say the original biblical writings were inerrant if all we have today are copies with errors?
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 11, 2023 10:36 PM
the many worldviews and “gods” in existence to Christianity and the God of the Bible
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Because of all the recent discoveries of copies of ancient texts, many Christian apologists may be working with outdated numbers. Here’s an update.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Charles Babbage was born in London in 1791 and is considered the father of the computer and one of the most influential scientists in history.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 30, 2023 5:47 PM
Greg and Amy discuss possible reasons why the early church fathers included Hebrews in the New Testament even though it does not appear to have been written by an apostle.
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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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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Aug 5, 2019 11:23 PM
Here’s my response to this week’s challenge.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for July 2013 Go ahead and skip church this Sunday. No need to give thanks for your next meal. You might as well throw this letter in the trash, too.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
In I Corinthians 15, Paul lists six specific individuals or groups who are reported to have been eyewitnesses of the resurrected Jesus. But are these reports credible?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 6, 2021 1:21 AM
Many people no longer look to an external, objective reference for guidance but instead give their inner desires total authority. As Christians, we can’t adopt this secular way of thinking.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 11:53 PM
Greg explains why it matters what you believe, not just how sincerely you believe it.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 1, 2021 4:52 PM
Do apologetics matter to young people today, who base their convictions on feelings?
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:29 PM
Just in time for Holy Week—it’s just about a tradition now for Christmas and Easter—Bart Ehrman is raising the same old doubts about the New Testament documents.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 30, 2020 12:18 AM
Everyone has a system of biblical interpretation. Does yours help or hinder your ability to understand what God is saying in Scripture?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
on a timer and answers questions about what to do when reasons don’t work, the Bible
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John aren’t the only Gospels we have from the ancient world. Here’s an easy way to remember why the New Testament only includes these four.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 7, 2023 10:03 PM
makes sense for people who are convinced Christianity is true to believe what the Bible
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Greg discusses reTHINK Student Conference with Brett Kunkle, then talks about if unconditional election is cultish, the pope’s comments on atheists, and more.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
The misrepresentations of Christianity in Peter Boghossian’s A Manual for Creating Atheists are a good reminder that you can only properly respond to a view after you understand it.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 17, 2021 3:27 AM
Greg explains why the source of a supernatural experience matters and gives advice for how to respond to a “Christian” friend who dabbles in the occult and claims to have premonitions.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
The Muslim mission field is huge. The question Christians need to be asking is, how do we reach them with the gospel?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 30, 2020 6:15 PM
A worldview that denies God and embraces naturalism has serious repercussions, the most egregious being a logical slide into nihilism. Here are three reasons why nihilism flows logically from...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Jesus’ “powerful and appealing” life, ethics, and personality were not likely invented by a few simple men.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
I never thought it would happen. There I was, at a dead standstill in the middle of the 405 in Los Angeles traffic, and I didn’t care. The gridlock could continue all day as far as I was concerned.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Sometimes, offering an actual case study of a specific set of complaints against your convictions is a good way to learn how the process works. That’s why I decided to walk you through the process...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 9, 2020 2:38 AM
Here’s why it’s illegitimate to disqualify circumstantial evidence from consideration.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 23, 2020 8:58 PM
How did the early church decide which books to include in the New Testament?
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
The fulfilled prophecies, unity, and impact of the Bible all point to a divine Author
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Infamous New Atheist Christopher Hitchens recently debated Privileged Planet author Jay Wesley Richards at Stanford on the existence of God. In the middle of Richards’s opening remarks, Hitchens...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
We should begin teaching our kids apologetics as early as possible. Here’s how Tim translated an answer to the problem of evil into language even four-year-olds could understand.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 5, 2019 11:56 PM
Alan responds to the challenge that the Bible contains and condones multiple definitions
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 24, 2022 7:46 PM
Greg answers a listener’s question about why Christians doubt and shares how he responds to his own misgivings.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Greg answers in 4 min. or less, questions on miracles, the Trinity, and Bible translations
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Does the New Testament we possess correctly reflect the words the authors penned in the first century?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 8, 2022 1:55 AM
How can someone study hermeneutics to learn how to correctly interpret the Bible
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Web Content Article · By keith plummer On Feb 29, 2020 5:35 AM
What issues tend to surface when non-Christians are asked what they think of Christians and Christianity? Dr. Plummer’s class assignment gives some insight into our culture.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Is Oprah’s religion (ala Eckhart Tolle) compatible with Christianity and the Bible
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 6, 2022 10:30 PM
Jon Noyes presents two perspectives on why both biological sex and gender are binary.
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
arguments on any topic as he discusses an article challenging the historicity of the Bible
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 12, 2020 1:11 AM
Simply put, people don’t know their Bibles.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 20, 2023 1:32 AM
Greg recommends a film about the Bible and talks about a conversation he had with...love one another trumps the command to love God and explains how he annotates his...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
tips for interacting in a public forum then answers questions on slavery in the Bible
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 17, 2020 11:48 PM
Here’s why reading Bible verses or passages in isolation from their context is a
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Differences between Christian and Muslim views on homosexuality, convincing a Muslim the Bible
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Learn a Secret Skill of Pastors to Help You Understand the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 12, 2023 12:08 AM
Can Christianity be proven? It depends on what one means by “proof.” Greg describes three different standards of proof that the skeptic you’re talking to might be using to evaluate Christianity.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Greg answers questions about the transmission of the Bible, “Aunt Sally’s secret
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 27, 2020 11:21 PM
Christians base their hopes, theology, and major life decisions on what the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 20, 2023 8:46 PM
Question about whether there’s anything in the Gospel of John that a Bible study
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 1, 2023 1:40 AM
Greg and Amy share how a Bible study leader can gently correct study members who
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 16, 2022 11:16 PM
If you want people to believe in the Bible, the best way to succeed is not simply
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