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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 greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
Greg responds to the claim that “there’s no evidence for Christianity” then answers questions about ghosts, arguing civilly, comforting the sick, and materials for teaching conversational...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 30, 2021 2:41 AM
J. Warner Wallace talks about the power of the cumulative case and how the overall weight of the evidence for Christianity convinced him it’s true, then he discusses how to respond to the charge...
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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 8:52 PM
Here’s a clever drill I’ve stumbled upon that’s got to be the simplest, most efficient way to make a spiritual investment in the lives of your kids.
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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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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 15, 2024 12:10 AM
Here’s a simple, four-step approach you can use to tell your Muslim friend about Jesus, his mission, and God’s offer of a pardon.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
In order to invest time in the spiritual disciplines, we first have to trust in God’s power, love, wisdom, and desire to help us. In short, we have to believe that Christianity is true.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
For some believers, apologetics has a questionable reputation. It amounts to intellectually bullying or argumentative one-upsmanship. It’s all head and no heart. However, is this an accurate view...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Greg gives advice for Christian students starting college, then talks about avoiding conclusions, the implications of making abortion illegal, and more.
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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 26, 2019 10:52 PM
If the wager is your life, what odds will you take? Find out how to pick a winner.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about skepticism, the OT law, and denominations
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Greg comments on whether or not it is arrogant to think we’re the only intelligent life in the universe, then answers questions about how to talk about homosexuality, why a person is held...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 14, 2024 9:46 PM
Questions about whether one can argue from the existence of evil straight to the Christian God or if more arguments are required to get there and whether Abraham sacrificing Isaac would be...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
I had a conversation with Greg Cynaumon on Friday when I was a guest on his show Southern California Live.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Greg interviews Joe Carter about what Christians should know about “intersectionality” and then talks about the centrality of the bodily resurrection to Christianity.
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Greg answers questions in 4 minutes or less on the difference between religion and spirituality, using verses out of context, Catholicism, and free will.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Greg talks about the Duck Commander visit, Christian family values on TV, Christians can be intelligent, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Greg answers a question about balancing being a light and sharing the truth, then he takes calls on original sin, apathetic people, the retroactive effects of the cross, talking to Mormons, and...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about free-will and Calvinism, the five points of Calvinism being one, then takes calls on if God knows us in the womb, why isn’t everyone saved, explaining parables, if Hell is a real...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
Greg answers questions on reaching people who are apathetic about spiritual things, Molinism, God “regretting” making man, and witnessing in the workplace.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
Greg talks about Islam and terrorism, then takes calls on what the Christian ambassadors response regarding giving to beggars is, what happens when we die, if the old earth view is represented in...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Greg talks about the sufficiency of Scripture, public schools, prideful people, and suicide.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Greg Koukl answers questions in 4 minutes or less on deciding a career, the apocrypha, worship songs, self-promotion, and Starbucks.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM
Greg talks about putting together the pieces into the big picture, if there can be a creator, then takes calls on if circumstances are relevant in moral objectivism, what repentance is, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Greg talks about his spiritual birthday, respect and tolerance, King James Only Controversy with James White, then takes calls on if we can waste God’s time in prayer, if morality can be explained...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Greg talks about the debate in Calgary, Berlinski’s Debate, where Bart Ehrman has erred with Mike Licona, then takes calls on evaluating the historical evidence for Jesus, what kind of evidence we...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about The Better Hour: The Legacy of William Wilberforce with Sheila Weber, then takes calls on what we know historically about Paul, if timelessness requires immateriality, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 26, 2024 7:37 PM
Questions about apologetics strategies to use with an agnostic who says it’s pointless to worry about whether there is a God because we can’t know if he exists and whether it’s a bad strategy to...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Have you ever taken a verbal beating when trying to talk about Jesus? If so, I’ve got a tip for you.
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Greg talks about freedom then takes calls on biases, biblical interpretation, and lust.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about if God’s existence can be proved, then takes calls on what the proper way is to contextualize the Gospels without changing the message, if prayer changes things, if doubt is sin,...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:43 PM
Greg talks about the grip of materialism, Virginia Tech: media overreaction, then takes calls on if there is any moral authority for a relativist, where someone goes immediately after death, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Is faith in opposition to knowledge? Are Christians ignorant by definition or is there a place for reason and faith?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Greg talks about Christless Christianity with Mike Horton, the Christian Story: Why All Religions Aren’t the Same, then takes calls on what the biblical view of the power of words is, nationalized...
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Web Content Article · By natasha crain On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
There’s a lot of secular wisdom out there that sounds good but has layers of problems. Here’s an example of how you can teach your children to evaluate what they hear.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 26, 2020 7:37 PM
Greg explains the first step in a tactical approach to sharing your Christian convictions with others.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 25, 2019 11:44 PM
Tim explains that in order to have a biblical view of God, we must acknowledge His wrath.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Greg talks about the best question you can ask, biblical manuscript evidence, New Testament manuscript evidence, then takes calls on what makes us believe in Jesus, how to prove we will be raised...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Greg talks about whether to home-school or not and principles to train children, utilitarianism, then takes calls on what things should lead a Christian to leave a church, if it is possible to be a...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about the worldview of movies: Juno & Prince Caspian, Common Ground Without Compromise with Steve Wagner, CrossExamined Instructor Academy with Frank Turek, then takes calls on the...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
“It is impossible to know the meaning of any written text.” If this is true, log off the web now. If not, read this commentary to find out about self-refuting arguments.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
Because we’re created in God’s image, nothing can negate our intrinsic value, not even sin. But lately, our culture has been saying otherwise.
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
J. Warner Wallace talks about courage to engage the culture, fighting over Genesis 1, Apologetics.com Canada with Andy Steiger, Why Do You Believe That with Mary Jo Sharp, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM
Greg talks about leaving a legacy for the kingdom, claims of prophesy, categorizing morality, then takes calls on if Christianity is guilty of “God of the Gaps,” if the prophesies about Jesus were...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Greg talks about Christians’ relationship to the law, in but not of: a robust Christian worldview, then takes calls on why there is one universe and not many, alternative explanations for...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 12, 2020 3:47 AM
There’s a problem with asking, “Who made God?” Greg explains the problem with this complex question then gives advice for how to answer it when children ask.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Christians believe in the one, true God. They believe He is all-knowing, all-powerful, the creator of the universe, and the only one deserving of worship.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Muslims love Jesus too. At least, that’s what a new billboard campaign claims. The question, though, is which Jesus do they love?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 10:11 PM
If God is opposed to polygamy, why does 2 Samuel 12:8 say that God gave David wives?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Greg tells a story of how he used tactics with a waitress over the weekend, then he answers questions about the command to kill the Amalekites and women not instructing their husbands.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 30, 2021 11:55 PM
Matthew 7:1 says, “Do not judge so that you will not be judged.” Greg Koukl explains the original context and meaning of this often-misused verse.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 28, 2022 11:47 PM
If you practice simple things like these, spending a few extra minutes valuing someone you’ve come in contact with, you’ll be on your way to becoming a warm, attractive ambassador for Christ.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Greg talks about tornadoes and the problem of evil, same-sex marriage Q&A, the right to love, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 22, 2022 7:02 PM
Natasha Crain and Greg Koukl compare the “authority of self” to a biblical view of God’s authority.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
We are at war. It’s not a war of bombs and bayonets. It’s not a war against flesh and blood. In fact, it’s not a physical war at all. It’s a spiritual war, and here’s how we fight.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Greg talks to Frank Turek about the upcoming CrossExamined Instructor Academy and Peter Boghossian’s definition of atheism, then he takes questions on substance dualism, Catholicism, and Calvinism.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Our goal isn’t merely to argue that Christianity is true, but also to introduce people to a Person. How can we demonstrate the reality, centrality, and desirability of Jesus as part of our approach?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 6, 2020 11:01 PM
From Shadrach, to Peter, to Richard Wurmbrand, no law, threat, or torture can turn true Christians from loving and serving God or affirming what we know to be true.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Greg explains why you need to find down-to-earth ways of communicating your convictions to others.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 12, 2022 11:38 PM
Robby talks to Eric Johnson of Mormonism Research Ministry about the rules Mormons have to follow, the LDS view of authority and the way they view their prophets, the LDS need to keep all their...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Some people say the Trinity—the idea that there is one God Who subsists in three fully distinct but fully divine persons—doesn’t make sense. This depends entirely on what one means by the concept...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 24, 2020 1:04 AM
The Trinity is a huge speed bump for many, especially atheists, Muslims, Mormons, and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Here are some tactical questions you can use to show objectors the Trinity is a solution,...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 10:03 PM
My mind's made up. Don't confuse me with the facts. Come again? Don't get caught with this wrong-headed attitude!
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Greg talks about the extermination of the Canaanites, the magic in exodus, faith through argument, Paul’s dispute with the Grecians, and developing joy in sufferings.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Tim Barnett explains the Bible’s indirect claims that Jesus is Jehovah.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 15, 2022 1:07 AM
A 30-year-old book on the fundamental ideas of the fascist worldview (a rejection of a transcendent God and moral standard) reminds us of what can happen when truth is no longer valued.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
A true scientific discovery made by an atheist scientist is just as true as the biblical teaching that God is love or that Christ died for our sins. All truth is God’s truth.
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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.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Do you know the first question I get when I teach on Islam’s long history of war and killing?
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