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Was Eve the First Transgender Female?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 30, 2023 7:59 PM

Some people argue that since Eve was formed out of a rib containing male DNA, she was a transgender woman, and therefore God approves of people transitioning. Here’s why this argument doesn’t work.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Interview: Christopher Yuan, Holy Sexuality and the Gospel

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM

Alan interviews Christopher Yuan about his new book, Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story.

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Does God Give People the Best Opportunity to Respond to Him?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 5, 2021 3:07 PM

Greg answers a caller’s question about whether the life situation a person is born into affects their accountability before Christ and opportunity to receive him.

Media Type: Video Topic: Theology

Another Challenge to Objective Morality

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 12, 2020 3:04 AM

in Matthew 5:17–20 and whether 1 Samuel 28:15–19 contradicts other parts of the Bible

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Could Acceptance of Abortion Be a Matter of Ignorance?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Could it be that our acceptance of abortion, like acceptance of the slave trade, is still mainly a matter of ignorance?

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

42 Years Later, Here’s Where Americans Stand on Abortion

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

Today is the 42nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade and a good time to report on a recent poll that tried to get beyond the “pro-life” and “pro-choice” labels people claim for themselves to...

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

It’s Not Loving to Affirm a Damaging Lie

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 7, 2022 1:36 AM

whether Paul ever got a chance to stand before Caesar, whether we can trust 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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools

Hard Case of Abortion in Egypt

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Egyptian Christians are typically pro-life. Many, however, struggle with being consistent, especially in the case of rape. This is a vexing problem in any part of the world, but it becomes more...

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

A Biased Perspective on Pro-Gay Theology

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

When Christopher Yuan became a Christian, he had every reason to accept pro-gay theology; but when he studied it, here’s what he found.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

The Black Box of IVF

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM

Given the brave new world we live in, we can’t presume that medical technologies are consistent with Christian ethics. We must do our due diligence and investigate.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

What Is a Woman?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 5, 2023 11:36 PM

In the controversy over how to answer the question “What is a woman?” some proposed definitions are circular or even absurd. Here’s how you can respond accurately.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Slavery, Abortion, and Unalienable Rights

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM

Did the Supreme Court enact a law that encourages the concept of unequal rights, contradicting the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence?

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

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?

Media Type: Video Topic: Philosophy

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”?

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

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.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Gay Idioms Don’t Time Travel

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 30, 2022 5:43 PM

Here’s why you shouldn’t interpret phrases in ancient Scripture through the lens of modern English idioms.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

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?

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Remembering Chuck Smith

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

Greg talks about Chuck Smith, fourth trimester abortion, we were made to work, and more.

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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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Fetal Humans Are Persons Who Can Be Wronged

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

In an interview posted today on the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Frank Beckwith used an illustration to clarify the truth that unborn human beings are, in fact, persons who can be wronged by...

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

When Homosexuals Show up at Church

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

How should Christians respond when those who identify as gay or lesbian come to their church?

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

End of Life Ethics: A Primer

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

That’s the challenge I’ve heard a number of times from advocates of starving Terri Schiavo to death. It usually comes in the conversation when what they’ve offered so far in the way of...

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

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...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Surprise! Life Does Begin at Conception

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

It seems that sometimes, when it serves the story, the fact that life begins at conception is perfectly clear to both scientists and the media.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Other Worldviews

Hobby Lobby Decision Summary

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

The Supreme Court’s decision on whether or not corporations like Hobby Lobby are protected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act came down today. Here’s a quick summary.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools

An Inconvenient Truth for the Gay Rights Movement

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for December 2013 You know the gay rights narrative. Homosexuals are born that way, change is impossible, and their behavior is morally permissible.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Are We Accountable for Unchosen Sinful Desires?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM

Wrongly assuming that homosexuality is either something one is born with or a choice often leads people to the conclusion that we’re not accountable for our desires. Alan explains why this is a...

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Abortion Rhetoric

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 7:04 PM

Domestic terrorism. “A brutal, cowardly act of murder.” “Mass murder.” “A national conspiracy to commit domestic terrorism.” These are perfect descriptions of what abortion is.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

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

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Other Worldviews

Responding to Pro-Choice Memes

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 22, 2022 1:20 AM

Tim and Alan make a quick pro-life case then chat about responses to some popular pro-choice memes that claim life begins at first breath, a fetus is only a potential human, you can freeze 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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

LGBT Activist Says We Should Be Allowed to Discriminate against Ideas

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

After refusing to bake a cake that said, “Support gay marriage,” a couple in Northern Ireland was convicted of political and sexual orientation discrimination, but a LGBT activist is...

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

If I Believe Abortion Is Murder, Why Don’t I Say That?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

After speaking on abortion at a recent event, a Christian man asked me why I didn’t say, “Abortion is murder...”

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

My First Abortion Debate

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 1, 2021 9:40 PM

If you only had a ten-minute opening statement, a five-minute rebuttal, and a five minute closing statement, how would you defend the pro-life view? Alan shares his first debate on abortion.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

The Slippery Slope of the Right-to-Die Movement

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

Alan’s monthly letter for March 2009 There’s one fact about you I’m sure of: even though you’ll live forever, someday your earthly body will die.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Marriage Redefinition without Representation

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Here in California, our governor and attorney general refused to defend our democratically-established constitutional amendment maintaining the definition of marriage as one man and one woman.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Science

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

Is Homosexuality Natural?

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

The answer to this question depends on how you define “natural.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

The Church: One Family, One Body, One Temple

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Nick Roen, who has same-sex attractions, suggests “An Alternative Script for Same-Sex Attraction” for the church to offer Christians.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Scott Klusendorf, Make the Pro-life Case Persuasively and Winsomely

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Greg talks about God answering prayers, a relationship with Jesus, handling stress in debates, and more.

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