1396 Results for never quote a bible verse

No results were found that matched the keywords: never quote a bible verse.
Search Results
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Sometimes when a person discovers I teach apologetics, they say, “You can’t argue someone into the Kingdom.”
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 5:14 PM
Greg reflects on how Mr. Rogers’ parting words exemplified a common misunderstanding of God’s grace.
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Greg talks about deconstructing news stories, selecting a Christian college, if a Christian should help non-Christians clarify their world views, and more.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 11, 2020 8:20 PM
Greg encourages Christians not to underestimate the importance of sowing seeds of truth in a person’s life.
Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 6, 2021 12:08 AM
If you feel like Christians are losing the battle, you’re not alone. But Greg Koukl and Jon Noyes remind us that we’re “more than conquerors through him who loved us” (Romans 8:37).
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 15, 2020 4:14 AM
Greg’s brother had a good friend who died of cancer roughly a week after becoming a Christian. Here is the eulogy he wrote for that friend.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Learning more and more apologetic answers won’t necessarily lead to real conversations with the people who have the questions. It’s not knowledge of facts that will propel you towards this; it’s...
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By natasha crain On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
Fewer women than men seem to be passionate about apologetics right now, but this might not be primarily a function of gender.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 4, 2020 7:21 PM
Sometimes we suffer without restoration or any humanly discernible good resulting. We keep the faith because of the cross.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Apr 20, 2020 11:33 PM
No one ever measures up. That’s the reality of fallenness. We all need hope, but not every worldview provides it. Here’s a truth Christians can lean on in times of hopelessness.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Nov 24, 2020 7:08 AM
When we seek to do God’s will with whatever gifts he’s given us, and focus on using those gifts to build his kingdom, we don’t become distracted by despair or doubt. Instead, we become overwhelmed...
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 27, 2021 9:02 PM
Here are three reasons why you shouldn't let the label “phobic” bother you when it’s falsely applied to you because of your Christian convictions.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Feb 3, 2022 3:45 PM
Jon Noyes explains how the problem of evil points to our need for a savior.
Media Type: Video Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 13, 2023 12:15 AM
If you’re unsure whether your action might kill an innocent human being, then the proper decision is to hold off, not charge ahead.
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
web-content
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...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living
web-content
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.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 9:28 PM
Greg shares how to use tactics to make a case for life.
Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 1, 2019 10:37 PM
Are we allowed to eat pig’s meat today or not? That’s the challenge that I want to address, and it comes from a Muslim who is citing Isaiah 65 as evidence for his case.
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Aug 27, 2021 6:43 PM
In an excerpt from our “Why Apologetics?” Stand to Reason University course, Tim Barnett explains how even a trained apologist like himself benefits from a practical application of apologetics.
Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 8, 2022 12:06 AM
This is who we are to be as Christians—people who respond to the truth of who God is and what he’s done for us in a manner worthy of that truth. But first, we must see that truth.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Jesus’ teaching does not leave Christians the option to make flippant or cruel and uncaring remarks about others.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 14, 2021 7:51 PM
Greg discusses whether or not new converts should anticipate affective encounters with God.
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 4, 2020 8:14 PM
We have to recognize and then fight the human tendency we have to deny the value of people who are different from us. We have to teach intrinsic human value.
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 31, 2023 8:42 PM
Tim Barnett introduces the concept of TRAIN, sharing why we should test our students, require more from them, arm them with the truth, involve them in the battlefield of ideas, and nurture them as...
Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
The aspects of God’s character we learn about now as a result of living in a fallen world will make our time with Him in eternity even more glorious.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Christianity changed the West’s understanding of power. Our culture is saturated with its ideas today, so it’s easy to forget how radical this was.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
If you’re terrified by the knowledge that your baby is going to be born with a fetal abnormality or disability, I urge you to read carefully through these twenty reasons why you should not end his...
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
On May 1, 2009, Scott Roeder walked into Reformation Lutheran Church, pulled out a gun, and shot George Tiller in the head at point blank range.
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
As rational human beings, we desire to think consistently about the world, but consistent views aren’t necessarily accurate ones.
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
web-content
Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Historian Rodney Stark explains why the theology of God in different religions produces very different religions.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 4, 2020 2:24 PM
Alan shares how you can make the most impact in the lives of your LGBT friends and family.
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 9:00 PM
Is baptism purely symbolic, or is it necessary to be reborn?
Media Type: Video Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 5:45 PM
Greg discusses the standard of God’s law.
Media Type: Video Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 16, 2023 5:51 PM
In this excerpt from Stand to Reason University, Jon Noyes explains why religious pluralism does not work and examines the biblical evidence for salvation through Christ alone.
Media Type: Video Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
In a post-Christian culture, people are unfamiliar with Christianity, so there’s much we need to explain before they can understand the Gospel.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
We need to be more intentional about sharing our lives with our neighbors so they can see who God is through us—through our good behavior as well as our moral failures.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
A recent article argues “3 Ways Science Proves Life Doesn’t Begin at Conception,” but what happens when you apply those same arguments to newborns?
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
Everyone has doubts. So the question isn’t really, “Can Christians have doubts?” but rather, “What should we do when doubts come?”
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for June 2010 Is apologetics a biblical concept? This is a fair question. Christians want to know if apologetics is sanctioned by God. It turns out that God cares a lot about...
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Rod Dreher explains why “gay marriage is not just a social revolution but a cosmological one.”
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Some ask “if you consider abortion murder, doesn’t that incite the killing of abortionists?”
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 1, 2020 9:50 PM
See what you and STR have achieved together in this crazy and chaotic year.
Media Type: Article Topic: Announcements
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 5, 2021 3:24 PM
Why did Jesus come to earth? Was it to help the poor and promote social justice? Greg explains that though Jesus cared about those issues, his main purpose was much weightier than resolving...
Media Type: Video Topic: Theology
web-content
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...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living
web-content
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...
Media Type: Video Topic: Sexuality and Gender
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 16, 2021 9:24 PM
Christians focus on homosexuality as a sin but ignore other Old Testament laws. Is this hypocritical? Tim Barnett uses his Red Pen Logic to respond to this common objection.
Media Type: Video Topic: Sexuality and Gender
web-content
Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Our worldviews influence the way we live, the values that guide us. Some worldviews support and ground values better than others. Christianity explains human value better than any other worldview,...
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 28, 2019 10:54 PM
A thought-provoking image depicting a nativity scene with Mary, Joseph, and Jesus in separate cages is powerful, especially in light of the current political climate. But is it truthful?
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 30, 2022 12:19 AM
The reversal of Roe v. Wade didn’t make abortion illegal, so there’s still work to do if we want the laws against killing innocent human beings to consistently apply to every human being. Here’s a...
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 28, 2023 7:01 PM
How should pro-lifers respond to the objection that making abortion illegal would force women to get dangerous, back-alley abortions? Here are three steps to address this challenge.
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Most pro-choicers know the fetal human being is scientifically alive. What they’re really objecting to is the idea of intrinsic human value—i.e., the idea that every member of...
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Do you know someone who thinks legalizing same-sex marriage won’t change anything?
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
There’s going to be differences in the text, and some people have made a big deal about those differences.
Media Type: Video Topic: History
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
A suggestion to be intentional and vigilant about being an attractive ambassador in everyday life.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Disagree with the Christian on this and you disagree with Christ. That’s why this should be your first line of response when answering this query.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Why are human beings valuable? What is a human being? You have to answer those questions before you can say that this child isn’t a human being without value.
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
The word “submission” puts people on edge, but leadership and submission exist for the sake of beauty, fulfillment, fruitfulness, and peace. Here’s an illustration to help you see this.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
One of the marks of a good ambassador for Christ is an accurately informed mind. The mind must be informed with knowledge adequate for its task.
Media Type: Article Topic: Announcements
web-content
Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
I recently heard Dr. Hugh Ross share some ideas he’s learned from long experience that I thought would be helpful because a lot of people ask about this.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
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...
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 8, 2022 12:54 AM
Is evangelism disrespectful since the Christian is assuming he’s right and the other person is wrong? Here are three things to keep in mind when answering this question.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Greg gives his thoughts on the movie The Case for Christ.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
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...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 13, 2022 3:56 AM
What can believers do to remain humble when they engage non-believers? Here are three quick thoughts.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 11, 2021 7:42 PM
Greg and Amy explain why prayer is not just a means to an end and discuss God’s actual purpose for prayer in believers’ lives.
Media Type: Video Topic: Other Worldviews
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
J. Warner Wallace answers questions in 4 min. or less (or more) about black lives matter and if Christianity is false.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 9:38 PM
Brett helps young people know where to begin if they want to study Christianity and apologetics effectively.
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 21, 2021 5:43 PM
There are troubles facing Christians both in the world and in the church. Greg describes what form these troubles take, explaining why Christians need to be alert and equipped with the truth.
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jul 27, 2020 5:25 PM
Even if it is true that Jesus didn’t say anything about the unborn (and we don’t actually know that), nothing logically follows from it. We certainly cannot conclude that the unborn didn’t matter...
Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
If Jesus is worth a painful death, is He not worth an uncomfortable life?
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 14, 2022 10:46 PM
Tim responds to a Muslim who claims the Gospels were not written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
Media Type: Video Topic: History
web-content
Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jan 31, 2023 10:55 PM
Jon Noyes explains how you can approach Christian friends who seem to support ideas or causes inconsistent with biblical morality.
Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
It’s better to develop good habits rather than merely make resolutions. Here’s some practical advice on how to go about doing this.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 10:40 PM
Alan shares how to continue a Gospel-centered conversation with a friend or family member who says, “Enough of that!”
Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 10:48 PM
Should a Christian not vote against abortion because their view that abortion is murder is a theological claim, not a scientific claim? Alan responds to this question and shows how the premise is...
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living