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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
Should Christians avoid reading Harry Potter since the Bible warns against witchcraft
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Greg talks about how orthodox a person has to be in order to be saved, soul development being a higher goal than academic development, how to respond to “God made people gay, so why would he...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 24, 2021 4:39 AM
Greg continues his advice on what to do if you’re feeling spiritually dry, then he answers a question about what we mean when we say something is inspired.
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Web Content Article · By guest author On May 23, 2024 5:46 PM
In this excerpt from our Reality Student Apologetics Conference, Alisa Childers challenges us to ask whether we agree with Jesus or instead choose to make ourselves our own authority.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
To most readers, the first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans contains the Bible
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 1, 2024 11:18 PM
Whether you’re a new Christian or you’ve been following Jesus for decades, learning this essential skill needs to be your priority.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
Have you made any specific plans yet on how you’re going to focus on Christ during this season? Here’s an idea for you.
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 9, 2020 2:59 AM
Greg talks about five guidelines for students to follow for their spiritual health, then he answers questions about the correspondence theory of truth and the biblical authors’ meaning vs. God’s...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
A new twist on Ash Wednesday reveals the spirit of our age—a radical individualism that we’re all infected with.
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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Oct 1, 2019 10:15 PM
Because conspiracies are so notoriously difficult to execute and maintain, belief in them is nearly always unreasonable. Here’s how and why you should evaluate conspiracy theories.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Years ago Amy was given a piece of advice that has proved to be more valuable in her life than anything else. Here’s that advice.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Oct 6, 2022 7:20 PM
Tim Barnett responds to the objection that a pro-life God would have saved all pregnant women when he sent the flood.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
How do you choose a good church? This question comes up frequently and I’m glad it does. It shows people are asking the right questions.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
A man shouted at me during my presentation: “I vehemently disagree with you!” It was the first time in my six years of teaching on controversial topics like abortion, homosexuality, and Islam...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Mormons often argue that because they live good lives, they pass the test given by Jesus in Matthew 7:15-23 to determine whether or not a person is following a true prophet of God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 17, 2020 9:30 PM
The totalitarian world Greg experienced as a young Christian while visiting fellow believers behind the Iron Curtain demonstrates an insight often quoted but frequently ignored: Ideas have...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 11, 2021 9:25 PM
We’ve begun a new year. Why not resolve to study Scripture regularly in 2021? Here are three reasons why this is a good idea.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
I watched a conversation on one of the morning political talk shows today that was disturbing.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Apr 28, 2021 12:40 PM
But that's not what the Bible teaches.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Greg Koukl, along with Alan Shlemon, respond to Matthew Vines’s 40 Questions regarding homosexuality and the Church.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 16, 2021 3:15 AM
J. Warner Wallace talks about three reasons to celebrate your Christian worldview, then he answers questions about whether Ezekiel 38 is about the future or the past, advice on being a better “one...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for February 2010 “Thank you for existing,” a young woman recently wrote me. Then she explained. Her husband had become an atheist and began challenging her faith.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Any believer who knows the Gospel can be used by God to bring Muslims to the Truth.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
Greg talks about if your faith can save you in a crisis & responding to homosexual activism, then takes calls on a Christian approach to homosexual activism, allowing all viewpoints to be...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Churches are trying to be relevant, but all this relevancy is making Christianity irrelevant by removing every true and glorious thing from Christianity that makes it unique.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 28, 2020 12:38 AM
Coffee Cup Christianity violates one of the most basic and well-known principles of interpretation: context, and it leads to three dangerous problems.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
I’m told writing this post won’t matter. I can clarify until I’m blue in the face and nothing will change. It doesn’t matter what Christians actually think or believe about homosexuality. It seems...
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
Greg and Tim talk about Tim’s upcoming video series on Jehovah’s Witnesses, then they take a call on the Trinity and talk about a recent post an atheist wrote about Stand to Reason.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Nancy Pearcey has a really great article explaining a strategy for more effective conversations and public dialogue over controversial issues. In this case, she writes about sexual identity and...
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Feb 15, 2024 11:48 PM
Amy, Jon, Robby, and Tim give practical tips for how you can bloom where you’re planted and remind believers that they don’t need to know everything before they start sharing the gospel with others.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Christians and Muslims both believe there is a deity who created the universe, administrates history, and judges human actions, but they believe differently in who fills that role.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about meeting people & Facebook, keeping Christ in your Christmas cards, then takes calls on Emmanuel: why didn’t they know who he was, how death and sin enter the “old...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 26, 2020 7:13 PM
Greg addresses a situation where you may be tempted to take on the burden of proof in conversation about Christianity.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for November 2013 It’s not uncommon to find people who deny that Jesus rose from the dead.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Simply put, let Scripture guide your conversation with God.
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 26, 2020 4:01 AM
Greg talks about the four key virtues Christians should have as they teach, mentor, or parent in order to be more effective, then he talks about how we’re being catechized by digital media more...
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 4, 2019 10:23 PM
Tim and Amy talk to Alisa Childers about “5 Signs Your Church Might Be Heading Toward Progressive Christianity.”
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
You may know that one of the topics Greg teaches on is “Decision Making and the Will of God.”
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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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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
A couple of days ago, Robin and Jack were sitting on the sofa across from me...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 7:22 PM
Alan explains the meaning and purpose behind the genre of Proverbs.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Melinda Penner and Amy Hall discuss The Shack and take questions on the application of Old Testament Law, white privilege, and the problem of evil.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Greg gives an update on Melinda and reflects on the fact that we need to do what’s in front of us today, then he answers questions about Jeremiah 29:11, dating someone who has a different...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 24, 2024 2:38 AM
Greg discusses Alistair Begg’s advice about attending the wedding of a transgender person, then he answers a question about how Jeremiah 31:31 can apply to Christians when it says the promise is...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Greg talks about Jeremiah 29:11, what “growing up” means, if same-sex attraction is genetic, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Every year I try to offer a few words of advice for college-bound students—the kind of advice that I think could make a big difference in your spiritual survival.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
The only way to guard against false ideas about God is to fill our minds with true ideas about God. But thinking rightly about God doesn’t come naturally, so what should we do?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
In the past, we’ve focused on secular reasons for maintaining the man/woman definition of marriage, but now we need to start paying attention to specifically Christian reasons so we can respond to...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 10:18 PM
I came across a lecture by Peter J. Williams that I found to be an excellent complement to this month’s Solid Ground (if you haven’t yet read Greg’s “The Canaanites: Genocide or Judgment?” you...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 16, 2019 9:55 PM
A new book details some interesting trends in the beliefs of Mormons, and one wonders how long the LDS Church can survive with only half its members being confident that its unique, foundational...
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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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
This warning against drifting away from communion with God is a reminder that something real is happening when you meet with God daily.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Greg talks about reThink Student Apologetics, Bill Nye’s video on abortion, the roadmap to be equipped to defend the faith, and if there is a wrong way to pray.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 21, 2020 10:50 PM
This year has been out of control. Unfortunately, so have many people’s manners. This is a reminder to be gracious to others—especially when it’s easy not to.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2020 9:58 PM
Greg talks about people unknowingly extolling the virtues of Christ through Christmas carols, then he answers questions about whether people who have died can hear us, what it means to desire...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
No matter how small my audience, I never know when my own short moment of faithfulness will turn out to be the turning point in someone else’s life.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 3, 2019 10:27 PM
Greg explains how 2 Chronicles 7:14 is used incorrectly by Christians thinking it’s speaking to them.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Here are three surprising developments that stand out for us as we celebrate 25 years of equipping Christian ambassadors with knowledge, wisdom, and character.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 14, 2022 2:31 AM
Greg talks about how naturalistic philosophy, not scientific methodology, is opposed to Christianity, then he answers questions about shaping the worldview of children when the spouse isn’t a...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 7, 2022 3:24 AM
Greg answers questions about what evidence convinces him the earth is old that couldn’t be explained just as easily by a young-earth view, a book that explains what old-earth creationists believe,...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
Your role as Christ’s ambassador starts in your home, your neighborhood, your community, with the people you know personally, not with politics.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 2, 2019 6:30 PM
While it’s true that Christians should prioritize their understanding of Scripture and Christian theology, that doesn’t diminish the importance of also studying false ideas, as well. Here’s why we...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
It isn’t arrogant for Christians to believe Jesus is the only way of salvation and other biblical doctrines. In fact, it requires humility.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 6, 2023 11:44 PM
In this class from Greg Koukl’s Stand to Reason University course “Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air,” Greg shares tactics for confronting the inconsistencies that make moral relativism...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Philosophy and math must come before you can do any science. Science depends on the tools of other disciplines.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Anyone looking to technology to lead our society as a “new religion” will eventually find it can’t be counted on to create and uphold beliefs in intrinsic human value, universal human rights, or...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
As Christmas approaches, we want you to be able to talk about Jesus with the people you care about when the opportunity arises. So we put together a group of helpful videos on topics that might...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Greg talks about last weekend’s reTHINK conference and discusses a bill pending in California then takes questions on God’s character, becoming an apologetics speaker, and the day Jesus was crucified.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
We who truly enjoy our analytical side are in danger of getting caught up in thinking about arguments for Jesus at the expense of actually communing with Him and holding Him up for others to worship.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Greg has 4 minutes to answer questions about women working, discerning conscience issues, and the old earth view.
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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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