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Why Believe the Holy Spirit Is a Person?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

The New Testament attributes the three primary characteristics of personhood to the Holy Spirit: will, mind, and emotions.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Jesus Is More Than a Superhero

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 29, 2022 1:23 AM

Alan Shlemon uses the illustration of various superheroes to explain the two natures of Christ, why the incarnation was necessary for our salvation, and the uniqueness of Christianity.

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Are We at War with Muslims?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Just 29 days after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, Oprah Winfrey invited Queen Rania on her television show.

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Are Christians to Blame for the Orlando Shooting?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Despite the obvious connection to Islam, some people speculated that Christians were also to blame.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Understand the Same-Sex Marriage Issue

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

The Supreme Court will soon be ruling on whether or not the Constitution allows for defining marriage as one man and one woman. Much is at stake, and you can’t know what is fair and just...

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

God Was Canceling People before It Was Cool

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 25, 2020 10:39 PM

Since long before the woke awoke, someone else has been the chief of cancel culture: Yahweh. But there are five significant differences between our culture’s approach to canceling and God’s.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Essential Christian Doctrines

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM

A list of the key elements of Christianity

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

#STRask: How Can Something Be Evil in Itself if Evil Is Only a Lack of Good?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 20, 2022 6:25 PM

is only a lack of good, how Jesus could have had a fully-human experience if he never

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LDS Test Is Necessary, Not Sufficient

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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Is God More Tolerant Today?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM

God relates to people in the Old Testament differently from how He relates to people in the New Testament, but it’s not because of a change in His character. If God hasn’t changed, then what has?

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Bart Ehrman’s Latest Book: How Jesus Became God

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

I realized something about Bart Ehrman’s books reading his latest, How Jesus Became God.

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One Way to Tell the New Testament Is True

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Aug 7, 2020 12:53 PM

Tim shows how some details in the Gospel of Luke help point to the truthfulness of the New Testament.

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Why Is Homosexuality Bad in Itself?

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

There are passages in the Old Testament and in the New Testament that give us some indication of what is really wrong with homosexuality from God’s perspective.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Sam Allberry’s Advice for Conversations about Sexual Identity

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

If you’re afraid to have conversations about sexuality with your LGBT friends and family because you don’t know what to say, here’s some good advice from Sam Allberry.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Does Isaiah 45:7 Teach That God Created Evil?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 22, 2022 2:52 AM

What does it mean when God says he “creates evil” in Isaiah 45:7?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

#STRask: “If Jesus Didn’t Come to Condemn the World, I Doubt He Sent You To”

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2023 5:17 PM

to,” and whether it’s common for God to prepare us for a specific purpose that never

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#STRask: April 4, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

Greg answers questions on why Jesus didn’t raise himself from the dead, what can be used instead of Jer. 29:11 for encouragement, what the difference is between Jews, Israelites, and Israel, if a...

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Acts and the Voice of God

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM

How does God speak to us?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Three Common Objections to the Personhood of the Holy Spirit

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

Is the personhood language used for the Holy Spirit merely personification? Why doesn’t the Holy Spirit have a personal name? How can a person fill people?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Is the Rapture Biblical?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 9, 2021 7:23 PM

Is the concept of the rapture found in Scripture? Greg shares his findings with a caller.

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Are You Ready to Talk to a Muslim?

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

Alan’s monthly letter for November 2011 At a recent event, I was introduced as Saeed Ibn Umar. Yes, that’s a Muslim name. But no, it’s not a pseudonym and I haven’t converted to Islam.

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#STRask: July 14, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Greg talks about New Testament variants, the purpose of Satan, making disciples, and people giving accounts at the final judgment.

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How Do We Know That God Can Sympathize with Our Weaknesses?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 5:53 PM

Since God is perfect and never does anything wrong, can He really understand our

Media Type: Video Topic: Theology

Did the Council of Nicea Invent the Deity of Christ?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Emperor Constantine invented the deity of Christ in the fourth century, but a look at quotes

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Do the Facts Matter?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

It is not important for the truthfulness of Christianity for the Bible to be without

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

#STRask: Did Jesus Ever Teach against Homosexuality?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 25, 2022 6:18 PM

Questions about how to respond to someone who claims Jesus never taught against homosexuality

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Does God Whisper? Part 3

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 1, 2019 9:16 PM

Civil war battles were tumultuous affairs. The thundering of guns and muskets was not just deafening, it was dangerous, drowning out the one means of group communication: the bugles.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Is Consciousness an Illusion?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

an illusion, Christmas card messages, if it is fair to send people to Hell who never

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Jesus Didn’t Go to India

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

Greg chats with Frank Turek about the upcoming Advanced CrossExamined Instructor Academy then gives an update on Melinda, talks about the claim that Jesus went to India, and answers a question...

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“Forced Love” Is the Wrong Way to Look at It

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

People often compare the Calvinist view of salvation (i.e., that God gives spiritual life to those whom He chooses so that they will inevitably love and trust in Him) to an image of worthless...

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

To Give a Good Answer, Sometimes You Have to Change the Question

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM

Sometimes we need to explain the bigger biblical picture in order to answer a person’s specific question.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Apologetics Roundtable: Be a Better Listener

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 16, 2024 5:21 PM

Sometimes, an intellectual response not only misses the mark but also comes across as unloving. Tim Barnett explains why it’s important to work on being a better listener when answering people’s...

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#STRask: Did the Mosaic Law Include Sacrifices for Intentional Sins?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 21, 2021 11:56 PM

how to respond to someone who says he isn’t a Christian because his prayers were never

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology

Why Is It Okay to Wear Mixed Fibers?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM

In The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally...Jacobs, succeed in following the whole Bible...

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Interview: J. Warner Wallace – Updated and Expanded Cold-Case Christianity

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 5, 2023 5:45 PM

Greg talks to J. Warner Wallace about the updated and expanded version of Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels—what’s new in the book, chain of...

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#STRask: How Should I Respond to a Formerly Muslim Friend Who Is Unwilling to Pay the Price for Becoming a Christian?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2023 7:16 PM

challenges or discuss differences and whether Acts 17:23 implies that people who never

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The Sin of Forgiveness?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 20, 2020 8:25 PM

Is it possible to forgive a wrong done to someone else? Should only those who repent be forgiven? Is forgiveness a selfish act, a way to make ourselves feel better? Greg grapples with these issues...

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Hearing God’s Voice

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM

Should you be trying to find out how God may be speaking to you so you can make sure you do the right thing? Maybe not.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Cosmic Child Abuse?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

Speaking of dads on this Father’s Day, I want to talk about the Heavenly Father for a moment and transition here into a theological issue dealing with fathers and sons; this would be the Father...

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What Does It Mean That Jesus Is God’s Only Begotten Son?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

The phrase “only begotten” has been ammunition for false teachers since at least the fourth century at the Council of Nicea.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Does Homosexual Behavior in Animals Mean It's Natural for Humans?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 4, 2020 1:38 AM

Yes, humans are an animal of sorts, but we’re more than that.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Jesus Is Not an Egomaniac

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

If Jesus is God—our sovereign Creator—and is morally perfect and blindingly good and loving, then is it wrong for Him to call us to love Him above all others?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Hell and the Gospel

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM

Hell is an offensive idea to a lot of people. Eternal punishment seems harsh to both believers and unbelievers. It could even be a stumbling block.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

#STRask: If We Can’t Impose a Moral Standard from One Period of Time on Another, How Does That Affect the Moral Argument?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2024 10:52 PM

from one period of time on another and responding to someone who says she would never

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When (and Why) Feminism Is Anti-Feminine

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

The denial of differences between male and female doesn’t reflect reality, and it leads to a loss of appreciation for the diverse male and female traits.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

If Pro-Gay Theology Advocates Could Change the Past, Would That Change the Future Like They Want?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 13, 2024 3:19 PM

explains what would happen if someone was to go back in time to 1946 and stop the RSV Bible...He unpacks whether this would change the Bible’s...

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Theology

A Manual for Creating Atheists Who Create Straw Men

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

The misrepresentations of Christianity in Peter Boghossian’s A Manual for Creating Atheists are a good reminder that you can only properly respond to a view after you understand it.

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#STRask: October 3, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers a question about “calling”, how not to be wise but not afraid, and the OT sounds like a storybook.

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Stand to Reason’s 25th Anniversary

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM

Reason, gives an update on AB 2943, and takes questions on Jesus’ statement “I never

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#STRask: September 4, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about unbiblical counsel, Zeitgeist, and how God interacts with us.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology

What Jesus Said about Homosexuality

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

That’s the challenge offered to Christians who cite the Bible as the basis for their

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Getting Science Right

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 27, 2023 9:14 PM

Tim Barnett explains the difference between scientific methodology and scientific philosophy and shares how this key distinction impacts how we view evidence for Christianity.

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Apologetics Roundtable: Shape Your Character to Be More Like Jesus

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jan 22, 2024 10:30 PM

Amy, Jon, Robby, and Tim share how our love of Christ can motivate and shape our apologetics.

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Proverbs Are Not Promises

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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Jihad and War in Islam and Christianity

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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Why Does Justice Matter?

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Aug 22, 2022 11:19 PM

Here are four reasons why we need to understand the biblical concept of justice.

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Does Gender Identity Matter?

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

Alan explains gender identity and what the Bible says about it.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Sexuality and Gender

#STRask: Will People Make Mistakes in Heaven?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 17, 2021 11:51 PM

will still be fallible and make mistakes in Heaven, whether the people who will never

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What Easter Says to Those Who Are Suffering

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

With the cross and resurrection at its core, Christianity need never deny the reality

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“The Secret”: A Fatal Attraction

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

Oprah Winfrey is the “pastor” of the largest church in the country. “The Church of O,” Christianity Today noted, has a congregation of 22 million vigorous, faithful, evangelistic members,...

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An Illustration to Help Reconcile God’s Sovereignty with Evil

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 17, 2021 5:38 AM

How can one reconcile God’s sovereignty with the existence of evil? Here’s one illustration.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Can a Christian Take His Own Life and Still Go to Heaven?

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Apr 6, 2022 6:15 PM

Jon Noyes explains that the manner in which we die does not determine our eternal destiny and reminds believers that, at the same time, God’s lavish grace is not an excuse to sin.

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Adam Harwood’s Argument against Original Guilt

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Oct 1, 2019 9:50 PM

Tim looks at Adam Harwood’s argument that infants inherit only a sinful nature from Adam, not guilt.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

The Hardest Question to Answer

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

The most difficult question to answer isn’t what you might expect.

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Why Christians Must Share the Gospel in Deed and Word

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2023 5:39 PM

Greg Koukl explains why “preach the gospel and use words if necessary” is an incomplete and dangerous saying to live by.

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Relationship vs. Religion?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM

Greg comments on the often-used phrase “Christianity is not a religion; it’s a relationship.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

All the Scriptures Speak of Jesus

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

He wove recurring images and themes into history that appear throughout the Bible

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Explaining Romans 1

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 12, 2020 11:35 PM

Alan shares the most straightforward passage in the Bible about homosexuality and

Media Type: Video Topic: Theology

Does the Bible Limit Gender to Just Male and Female?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 5, 2021 10:54 PM

Alan responds to a trendy new argument that claims that a non-binary interpretation can be imposed on the Genesis account of creation.

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Are Christians Just Blind Followers?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 7, 2023 10:03 PM

makes sense for people who are convinced Christianity is true to believe what the Bible

Media Type: Video Topic: Philosophy

What Does It Mean to Avoid Every Appearance of Evil?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Does 1 Thessalonians 5:22 really mean that if anyone thinks a particular action is wrong (e.g., drinking, smoking, playing cards, etc.), then no Christian ought to engage in it?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Does the Biblical Teaching on Homosexuality Inflame Violence?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 11:56 PM

Alan responds to the question of whether or not the classical biblical teaching on sexuality causes violence.

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#STRask: November 1, 2018

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM

Greg answers questions about whether God would ever command someone to rape, the difference between inerrant and infallible, and whether we should say we’re spiritual or religious.

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Orlando Shooting

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

As Al Mohler tweeted, “The Bible honors weeping with those who weep.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

How to Avoid the Professor’s Ploy

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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