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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.

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#STRask: December 14, 2015

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

torture babies because it objectively harms them,” and why people call the Bible

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The Meaning of Christmas vs. the Spirit of Christmas

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 22, 2021 2:45 AM

person and how to distinguish between the power of the tongue talked about in the Bible

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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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How to Think about God Promoting His Own Glory

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 17, 2022 4:40 AM

If you react negatively to the idea of God doing things “for the sake of his name” and “for his glory,” here’s how you can think more clearly and accurately about this.

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#STRask: June 9, 2016

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

Greg talks about head coverings, people in heaven praying on our behalf, and open theism.

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Muslim Followers of Christ?

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

Alan’s monthly letter for November 2010 I met a pastor from Bangladesh last month. He left Islam in 1978, now oversees several churches, and has a heart to see more Muslims come to Christ.

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Heaven Is for Real

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

The movie based on the book releases this week. Since this child’s account of his near death experience is consistent with Christianity, it may be tempting for Christians to find this story...

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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?

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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”?

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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.

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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.

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Why We Care about Truth

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM

As followers of Christ, we know we have nothing to fear from the truth, and we’re willing to work to find it. We care about the truth because we care about God.

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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.”

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Did Christ Descend into Hell?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

My son is memorizing the Apostles’ Creed and asked me about the phrase, “He descended into hell.” Did Jesus really go to hell?

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When the Real Jesus Is Preached

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

An excerpt from Michael Reeves’s book Rejoicing in Christ explains what happens when the real Jesus is preached.

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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?

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Oreos and Origins

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM

Many scientists exclude God as an explanation for any event. In some cases, agent causation is the only rational conclusion.

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Does God’s Will Affect Everything That Happens in Our Lives?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 12, 2023 2:25 AM

questions about whether God’s will affects everything that happens in our lives and Bible

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Christians Should Be Able to Recognize Jesus’ Voice

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 2, 2023 2:02 AM

Greg talks about the positive response of some Christians to an imitation of a Bible

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#STRask: How Can We Square God’s Desire for All to Be Saved with the Existence of Hell?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 19, 2021 9:33 PM

whether Christians should be looking for the signs in the stars mentioned in the Bible

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Interview: David Limbaugh – The Resurrected Jesus

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 30, 2022 3:39 AM

;The Resurrected Jesus: The Church in the New Testament, about the unity of the Bible

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Two Theological Misunderstandings behind Objections to Deathbed Conversions

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

Objections to deathbed conversions offer excellent opportunities for you to explain the Christian view of God and the Gospel.

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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.

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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.

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What We Need to Learn about Prayer from the Early Church

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Feb 14, 2020 9:00 PM

The book of Acts provides a recorded history of the vital role prayer played in the lives of the disciples. If we want to improve our prayer life, it might be helpful to look to them for direction.

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How Do We Know Christianity Is True?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2023 2:44 PM

student about how we know Christianity is true, whether any religion can be proven, Bible

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A Gospel without Final Judgment Is Not the Gospel

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

There is a tendency in our presentation of the Gospel to stick with the parts that make people feel good. Those things are true, but there’s more we need to tell them.

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Why Jesus? Part 2

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM

Jesus, though a true human, was no mere mortal. Rather, He was and is God’s Son, the world’s unique, one-and-only Savior; and if Jesus were not God the Son, He could not be the Savior, either.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology

Faithfulness Is Not Theologically Complicated

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 2, 2019 10:10 PM

Many in Christendom today, like Pilate, are more concerned with satisfying the crowd than being faithful to Jesus. Culture may be confused on salvation, abortion, gender, marriage, and sex. Don’t...

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#STRask: August 17, 2017

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

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about neo-Darwinism and free will, getting baptized, why God created man, and how to apply Scripture personally.

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The Romans 12:2 Approach to Knowing God’s Will

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

According to Romans 12:2, decision making isn’t about trying to hear special messages from God.

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STRask: Why Should We Try to Understand the Author’s Intent When Interpreting the Bible

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 2, 2023 4:59 PM

Questions about how to argue in favor of an “authorial intent” hermeneutic and why we don’t see more demon-possessed people today.

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Evil as Evidence for God

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 20, 2020 8:18 PM

As a Christian ambassador, your biggest challenge may be making sense of the problem of evil. Surprisingly, though, evil is actually evidence for God, not against Him.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology

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...

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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.

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If God Is Good

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Aug 1, 2019 4:54 PM

One thing I’ve been struggling to come to terms with the last few years is the sheer weight of all the evil and suffering in the world. Is good really stronger than evil?

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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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New Evidence Quantum Events Are Not Uncaused?

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

Recent experiments call into question the interpretation of quantum mechanics that says there are uncaused events at the subatomic level.

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What Science Can’t Prove

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

If science can’t even disprove the existence of unicorns, how can it disprove the existence of God?

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The Problem with Altar Calls

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 22, 2023 2:30 AM

Greg talks about the problem with altar calls, then he answers questions about why it matters what kind of arguments we make for Christianity if only God can change a person’s mind and how best to...

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Faith & Wishing

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

If you “just take Christianity on faith” you may be in trouble...

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy

We Still Need the Old Testament

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM

Andy Stanley’s call for pastors to “unhitch [their] teaching of what it means to follow Jesus from all things old covenant” will, sadly, lead to a diminished view of God.

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Is What Muslims Say Really What Islam Teaches?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 28, 2020 1:37 AM

Alan emphasizes the importance of looking to Islam’s authoritative sources in order to know what Islam really teaches then explains a key teaching about the Qur’an.

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Debating Christian Physicalism

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

Alan reflects on a panel discussion he saw at the recent Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting.

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You Are Going to See God

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

You, Mr. or Ms. Ordinary, are actually, in reality, going to stand before God and see Him for yourself one day. What is your reaction to that certain fact?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Do You Desire God above All Else? (A Thought Experiment)

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

Gary Habermas offers a thought experiment to help us examine our motives concerning what we’re asking God for in prayer.

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The Universe Was Not a Result of Blind Forces

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On May 15, 2024 9:55 PM

Jon Noyes explains just a few of the ways we can confidently conclude that the universe is fine-tuned by a designer.

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Dominoes, Determinism, and Naturalism

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM

Those who choose to believe in determinism or physicalism don’t choose to believe at all—they believe because of prior physical conditions.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

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