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#STRask: How Should I Respond to Someone Who Says He’s Offended?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 11, 2021 7:53 PM

Divine Mother and tactical ways to respond to someone who says he’s offended by your

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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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Theology

Why You Shouldn’t Ask God if the Book of Mormon Is True

Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

There’s one question you’re likely to hear from every Mormon missionary: Will you pray and ask God if the Book of Mormon is true? Here’s why that’s not a good idea.

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Apologetics Removes Obstacles to the Gospel

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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#STRask: Why Do Some New Testament Passages about Salvation Ignore Faith and Focus

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 20, 2023 3:07 AM

Questions about why some passages about salvation in the New Testament (e.g., Matthew 25:31–46) seem to focus on works rather than trust in Jesus and whether the symmetry between Adam and Jesus...

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How to TRAIN Youth: Test Students to Engage Interest

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 31, 2023 8:55 PM

Tim Barnett explains how we can motivate students by identifying what they don’t understand.

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#STRask: Will God Not Answer My Prayers if I’m Doubting He will?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2022 4:40 PM

in the New Testament canon if the author is unknown and whether God won’t answer your

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Did the Punishment of Ananias and Sapphira Fit the Crime?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 10:27 PM

Greg explains why the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira were just.

Media Type: Video Topic: Philosophy

Interview: Melissa Dougherty – Christians and New Age Beliefs

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 23, 2022 2:58 AM

Greg talks to apologist Melissa Dougherty about how she fell into New Age beliefs, thinking they were Christian, her return to biblical Christianity, the importance of biblical literacy and clear...

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Confusion about Grace

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 9, 2020 12:53 AM

A comment by a Mormon illustrates the difference between the Mormon and Christian understandings of grace.

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What We Can Learn about the Problem of Evil from Paul

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Feb 3, 2022 4:09 PM

Jon Noyes explains how God can use our experiences of suffering for a greater good.

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Even after His Death, Jesus Fulfilled the Law

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Aug 29, 2022 7:22 PM

Jesus fulfilled all requirements of the Law—not only during his life, but also after his death, as this little-known historical fact shows.

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The Trinity Explains This!

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Feb 11, 2021 7:41 PM

Mr. B responds to an anti-Trinitarian meme, answering the charge that if Jesus is God, and Jesus prays to God, then Jesus is praying to himself.

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Van Leeuwenhoek: Father of Microbiology

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

Antony van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch Calvinist born in the 17th century who became the father of microbiology.

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#STRask: How Would Persecuted Christians Have Understood Psalms Promising Protection and Rescue?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 25, 2023 10:28 PM

contradiction for Jesus to say that some will be put to death but also that not a hair of your

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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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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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#STRask: April 23, 2018

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM

resurrected bodies, altar calls, and deciding on a seminary when you’re unsure of your

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Interview: Justin Brierley – The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 8, 2023 1:25 AM

Greg interviews Justin Brierley, author of The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again, about the rise and fall of...

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Five Misconceptions about Holy Week

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Andreas Köstenberger and Justin Taylor wrote about “Five Errors to Drop from Your

Media Type: Article Topic: History

#STRask: What Does Boasting in Our Weaknesses Look Like?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 21, 2024 7:21 PM

our weaknesses” (2 Cor. 12:7–10), what it means to “sanctify Christ as Lord in your

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Christian Living

Who Is the God of Mormonism?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

Mormons believe God is an exalted man who became a god, but there are both biblical and philosophical problems with this understanding.

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How the Early Church Sought to Resolve Textual Variants

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

Dan Wallace of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts has an interesting article offering evidence that the transmission of the New Testament text wasn’t merely linear.

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The Fundamental Premise behind Ehrman’s Claims

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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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...

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Can Believers Befriend Non-Believers without Condoning Sin?

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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St. Patrick’s Day

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 20, 2020 11:48 PM

Like St. Patrick, let us not forget the purpose of the arguments we learn or neglect the personal communion with God that empowers us.

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#STRask: How Do We Discern between Our Own Inner Voice and the Holy Spirit Telling Us What We’re Supposed to Say?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 31, 2024 11:43 PM

what we are supposed to say if, according to Matthew 10:20, “it is the Spirit of your

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology

Jesus Is Jehovah

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

there a way to simplify the issue so you don’t get sidetracked when they come to your

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#STRask: Is Abortion Just a Culture-War Issue, Not a Biblical One?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 26, 2023 7:00 PM

is not a black or white issue, that other people having abortions won’t affect your

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Bioethics

The Eyewitnesses

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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Answering the New Atheists—Part 3

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

Hymns are usually written as anthems of praise to God. They extol His noble characteristics and recount the benefits of his favor. But atheists have hymns, too. They celebrate the freedoms of...

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Are You Ready to Talk to a Muslim?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for November 2011 At a recent event, I was introduced as Saeed Ibn Umar. Yes, that’s a Muslim name. But no, it’s not a pseudonym and I haven’t converted to Islam.

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#STRask: July 10, 2017

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

J. Warner Wallace is on a timer and answers questions about miracles, emotional barriers to Christianity, and getting an atheist’s attention to make a case for Christianity.

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Talking to Jehovah’s Witnesses? Start Here

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 7, 2020 11:10 PM

Tim compiled some tactics, tools, and information to help you respond to Jehovah’s Witnesses’ common beliefs and challenges to the deity of Jesus and personhood of the Spirit.

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Unwitting Revolutionary

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

Martin Luther was a Roman Catholic monk who taught in Wittenburg, Germany in the early 16th century.

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How to Explain to a Non-Christian Why You’re Waiting until Marriage

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 2, 2022 2:35 AM

Greg gives a general principle and detailed examples to help a listener explain why, as a Christian, he is waiting until marriage to have sex.

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#STRask: January 4, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

Greg responds to questions about John 15:22, the moral principle of seeking to fulfill unchosen sexual desires, Genesis 30, and how to define Christian orthodoxy.

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#STRask: March 16, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM

Greg is on a timer and answers questions about the God Jews and Muslims worship, application of Jesus’ instructions, and where Israel crossed the Red Sea.

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About Those Crusades…

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Since the Crusades are back in the news, these excerpts from a 2005 article by Crusade historian Thomas F. Madden will help you brush up on the basics.

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Can’t Consistently Affirm the Reliability of the New Testament

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

Jehovah’s Witnesses commonly refer to modern translations of the Bible as “Lord Bibles.” It is often used as a pejorative.

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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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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.

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#STRask: August 5, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 3, 2019 11:32 PM

Questions about arguments against the idea that we’re living in a simulation and how one should address the fear that if you pray for growth, then God will send trials.

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#STRask - October 8, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 5, 2020 3:07 PM

Questions about how Yahweh can know he’s the only God and how to respond to a movie that documents a Mormon miracle.

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#STRask: April 4, 2016

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

Greg answers questions on why Jesus didn’t raise himself from the dead, what can be used instead of Jer. 29:11 for encouragement, what the difference is between Jews, Israelites, and Israel, if a...

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Do All Religions Offer a Piece of the Truth?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 26, 2019 7:11 PM

Tim offers insightful perspective on the question of other religions offering pieces of the truth.

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Is It Wrong to Use Cells from an Aborted Baby for Medical Research?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 9, 2021 10:55 PM

Is it wrong to use cells from an aborted baby for medical research? While Christians disagree on this issue, Greg gives his own response, explaining the distinctions and dangers we need to...

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#STRask: October 6, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg discusses miracles, trials and suffering, and if God is a crutch.

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#STRask: January 31, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

Greg answers questions about the immaculate conception, whether everything happens for a reason, three-in-one shampoo as an analogy for the Trinity, and more.

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#STRask: April 29, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM

Questions about why we don’t see more demon-possessed people, explaining God’s miracles with science, and whether referring to Jesus as the “firstborn of all creation” implies He was created.

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#STRask: May 4, 2017

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

Greg’s on a timer, and answers questions about sexual sin and lying.

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#STRask: July 25, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 5:46 PM

Questions about the difference between the Old Covenant and New Covenant, whether we could be wrong about the Day of Judgment, and whether the Bible implies God is not all-knowing.

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#STRask - April 8, 2021

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 3, 2021 9:36 PM

Questions about whether stoning to death was too harsh a punishment for breaking the Sabbath in Numbers 15:32–36 and whether one can divorce a non-adulterous spouse if he has broken all of his...

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Oprah’s Religion: A Brief Evaluation of Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth

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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Muslim Authority

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

Have you ever talked with a Muslim? I can tell you how it probably went. Why? Virtually every conversation with a Muslim comes down to one issue: authority.

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What Does the Bible Mean by “God the Son” and “Only Begotten”?

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. Tim Barnett explains two ways you can respond to Jehovah’s Witnesses in an excerpt from his Stand to Reason...

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#STRask: February 8, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

Greg talks about friends who live in sin, temptation from man’s nature, Roman Catholic doctrine and practices, and how one should handle relatives who undermine the teaching of one’s child.

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#STRask: October 26, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about using the Bible to witness, getting people interested in apologetics, and one of the toughest questions about God to answer.

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#STRask: September 17, 2018

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM

Greg answers questions about people in Hell, how we can get someone thinking about truth, going through a book of the Bible with an atheist, and why Christians react differently to suffering.

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A Conversation between a Former Christian and a Christian Apologist

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 23, 2020 12:15 AM

On the podcast a couple of weeks ago, Greg spoke about an event he attended—a conversation between Ryan Bell (a former pastor who is now an atheist) and Sean...

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#STRask: June 16, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Why it’s necessary the Bible be inerrant, why the Pharisees are condemned, and what it means to worship God in truth.

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Are We Christians Because of Constantine?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 5, 2020 6:46 PM

Greg corrects the common misconception that Constantine gave Christianity its place in history.

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#STRask: December 3, 2018

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM

Greg answers questions on using answered prayer as evidence, why God says no to things you’ve asked for, why God wasn’t mad at Moses when he destroyed the tablets, and space exploration.

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#STRask: October 21, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 4, 2019 1:52 AM

Questions about why Christ’s sacrifice suffices, why God didn’t stop Jephthah from sacrificing His daughter, how one can rekindle love for God, and whether different witnessing approaches should be...

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#STRask: March 28, 2016

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

Amy talks about eternity, feeling Christianity, talking to atheists, standards for clergy members, and transgender bathroom choice.

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#STRask: February 9, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about God’s revelation, prophecy, and Jesus’ deity

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#STRask: November 9, 2015

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

Greg Koukl answers questions in 4 minutes or less on hearing the voice of God, the Law, Roman Catholicism, multiple personality disorder, raising children, and how to deal with Christians living in...

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#STRask: Is Romans 14 Saying That Christians Can Just Make up Their Own Rules?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 28, 2023 6:58 PM

Questions about whether the Christian liberty described in Romans 14 is the same thing as making up our own rules, weaker and stronger Christians in Romans 14 and 1 Corinthians 8, and the claim...

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#STRask: June 6, 2016

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

Greg talks about child dedication, the miracle of Pentecost, and the responsibility of Christians.

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What the Bible and Science Say about Transgenderism

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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#STRask: April 25, 2016

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

Greg answers questions about how to tell if someone is truly demon possessed, if a rational argument for determinism necessarily self destructs, if it follows that Jesus is God because he rose from...

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Did Jesus Have the Fully Human Experience?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 31, 2023 8:26 PM

Greg and Amy explain how accidental versus essential qualities of humanity help us to understand why Jesus could be fully human without experiencing anything that results from having a fallen nature.

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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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Mercy in the Ancient World

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Historian Rodney Stark writes in The Triumph of Christianity about the significant contrast Christian mercy and compassion was in comparison to pagan religions.

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