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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 greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
What is evil? Could it have a purpose? Here is a view of evil from an adult rather than a childish perspective.
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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 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 greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:43 PM
Greg talks about misc., then takes calls on if salvation can be at the end of a rational analysis of the evidence, Calvinism is unjust and unappealing, his debate with Deepak Chopra, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
Greg talks about if the truth is oppressive, if having psychological confidence makes you wrong, then takes calls on if it is biblical for women to be in leadership positions over men in the...
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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 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 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 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 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 greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Greg talks about Bart Ehrman’s Book Jesus Interrupted with Dr. Ben Witherington III, conversation in a restaurant about God’s existence, bloom where you're planted: how to get into apologetics...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Greg talks about the British pastor John Newton’s counsel about being faithful to what’s true and right, and then chats about knowing what’s real.
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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 brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Knowledge, not just belief, about God leads to spiritual transformation. So what is knowledge, and how do we get it?
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Oct 2, 2019 5:41 PM
If we want to be effective apologists, we should imitate how Paul engaged his audience. Here’s what we learn about his approach from Acts 17.
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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 brian seagraves On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
If the percentage of people who identify as transgender is so small, why do all parents need to be concerned about the effect this topic will have on their children?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Why are we to be “peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men,” even—no, especially—to those who treat us poorly? Paul says it’s because this is how we illustrate something very...
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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 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 8:42 PM
Greg talks about Christmas cards, then takes calls on what moral intuitions are, being uncomfortable with the word “Christmas”: because it’s tied to the Catholic Mass, if everything that happens is...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:43 PM
Greg talks about the Lost Tomb of Jesus, then takes calls on how dinosaurs square with the biblical account, advice on how to resolve an emotionally-charged religious disagreement in the family,...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:43 PM
Greg talks about keeping Christ in Christmas cards, then takes calls on how to influence the amoral university atmosphere, if secular songs with Christian words are appropriate for worship, if love...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
Greg talks about Google banning a STR ad, Ron Reagan’s speech on ESCR, then takes calls on the Presbyterian Church-USA’s political position on Palestine, same-sex marriage, religion versus civil...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
Greg talks about homeschool versus public school, arguments are good, then takes calls on if it is fair to be held accountable for the sins of others, what evidence there is for the soul, if the...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:43 PM
Greg talks about effectively addressing the culture without being captive to it, then takes calls on seeker-centered excesses, how Christian values translate into politics, his opinion on Richard...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Brett talks about how a college professor should evangelize about homosexuality when it might get him fired, if it is irrational for Christians to fear death, and how to respond to a Christian who...
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