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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 9:51 PM
Greg talks about how the Old Testament led up to the birth of Jesus then answers questions about avoiding films with pagan elements, evidence for the soul, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about proof that color is immaterial, what the conditions are for a modern reformation, what a Christian response is to how hermaphrodites should live, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Greg talks about if there are moral limits to “let God be God,” free speech ruling, then takes calls on how to deal with other cultures’ ancient flood accounts, where faith comes from,...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
If we shouldn’t use arguments to promote the Gospel—because it’s leaning on human wisdom and not God—then what are we to say?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Does Scripture provide any examples of God’s righteous anger being placated in the context of making atonement for people?
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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 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?
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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 amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
A time will come when an experience will make suffering real to you, and then you will struggle to learn how to entrust yourself to God when you can’t trust He’ll protect you from pain and tragedy....
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Greg talks about the unseen world, the two authors of Isaiah, communication with a generation who doesn’t use logic, God not calling people, and the long lives of people in the Old Testament.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Greg talks about the claim that Jesus spent his youth in India then takes questions on the day Jesus was crucified, God’s sovereignty vs. free will, responding to the charge of...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
Greg continues responding to a question about contractualism from the previous podcast then answers questions about whether God created us to worship Him, Sam Harris’s view of morality, and more.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 4, 2020 8:26 PM
In John 16:8–11, Jesus explains to the disciples how they will benefit when He leaves and sends the Holy Spirit into the world...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 19, 2023 1:33 AM
Greg talks to callers about the extent of Satan’s influence, whether we’re now made in the image of Adam rather than God, the test for infidelity in Numbers 5, whether the right to life is truly...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Is “spiritual” discernment an objective judgment of the mind, or a subjective intuition of the spirit?
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about hypnosis, whether Jesus lied, and early Scripture.
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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 amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Before we can draw any conclusions from the phrase “God is love,” we must first understand what God’s love looks like.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Greg goes over the argument made in Romans 1 in light of last week’s discussion between Sean McDowell and Matthew Vines then answers questions about the new earth and whether a ceremony is...
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 7, 2021 3:25 AM
Greg answers a question about how he became a published author, discusses the world’s desire to follow false views of reality (2 Timothy 4:3), and talks about how to respond to someone who shows no...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 8, 2021 4:58 AM
Greg answers a question about knowing the person you’re dating is really the opposite sex, takes a follow-up call about a situation where a friend announced his daughter was transitioning to a boy,...
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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 Nov 30, 2023 4:26 PM
Greg answers questions about whether Jesus is dependent on the Father, whether he should be quoting someone who has a mistaken view on homosexuality, whether it’s ever okay for Christians to stand...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 17, 2024 1:35 AM
Greg answers questions about interpreting Scripture symbolically, distinguishing between the Lord’s discipline and suffering, how to get over a fear of talking about your faith, and whether Jesus...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
A New Reformation is a reformation we do not need. These people are organized, serious, and single-minded—and you need to be ready for them, because and they are coming to your church.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Last month, Brett Kunkle and I spent six hours training students in apologetics at Watermark Community Church, a very large church in the Dallas area.
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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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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 alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Jesus’ words in Luke 19:27, “Bring them here and kill them in front of me,” are a great example of how reading a single verse out of context can easily lead to misinterpretations.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
When you tell Jehovah’s Witnesses that Jesus is uncreated, they are likely to take you directly to Proverbs 8:22–30 in their New World Translation (NWT).
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Many people interpret Philippians 4:13 to mean, “The sky’s the limit to what I can accomplish when Jesus helps me!” but that’s not exactly what this verse is about.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
How does God most want to strengthen us when we’re at our weakest? Here’s the biblical pattern.
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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 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 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 alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Recognizing that our beliefs and values all come back to God reminds us that He is our foundation. It all starts with the first verse, “In the beginning, God...” and all things follow from there.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Last week philosopher Edward Feser raised some concerns about a recent video blog that I did on Romans 1.
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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 robby lashua On May 27, 2022 10:41 PM
When hard times come—and they will come—pray for a miracle, but understand that God may choose to use your difficult situation to make you more like Christ.
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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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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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
In John Loftus’s book, Why I Became an Atheist, he quotes “exbeliever,” one of his fellow bloggers, who gives the clearest, most accurate illustration I’ve seen to describe the mindset of...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Greg gives advice on how to keep going in ministry when you’re not feeling it and then answers questions about handling steamrollers and responding to moral relativists.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
It is very common among Christians to hear that all sins are equal. But is that really true? Are all sins equal to God?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
If we’re going to proclaim the message of the gospel to Muslims as ambassadors for Christ, we first need to know what Islam teaches and how we can respond. Here’s a good place to start.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Most of us have answered a knock on our door, only to discover a smiling, well-dressed couple—Watchtower publication in hand—standing on the other side, waiting to talk with us about the gospel...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about God’s revelation, prophecy, and Jesus’ deity
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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.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 14, 2024 8:25 PM
Greg and Amy consider what it means to do something “in your own strength” and discuss how our efforts balance with God working through us and in the world.
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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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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.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Jewish leaders have long been deeply sensitive to any characterization of Christ’s passion that would transfer guilt collectively to the Jews, a view that historically has been used as grounds for...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2024 12:57 AM
Alan Shlemon talks about how to be a good ambassador for Christ to Muslims, the largest unreached people group on the planet, explaining their foundational objection to Christianity and how to...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM
How does God speak to us?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
Some atheists have wrongly assumed Stand to Reason protects Christian students from hearing ideas they disagree with, but that’s the opposite of our philosophy to “inoculate, not isolate.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 12, 2023 9:40 PM
Greg introduces his latest STR University course, sharing two reasons why many professing Christians seem confused on controversial issues.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 6, 2024 6:27 PM
Since it seems some Christians are starting to waver on original guilt and sin, here are two passages that support these doctrines.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 19, 2023 2:11 AM
Greg answers questions about whether he’s fighting a ghost when it comes to critical race theory, whether the famous Christians who have been deconstructing were ever truly regenerated, the “Divine...
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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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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
How did Jesus answer the problem of evil presented to Him? His answer is short and to the point.
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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.
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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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
A survey commissioned by Ligonier gives a good idea of which ideas we evangelicals need to do a better job at explaining, defending, and promoting.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Last month I was asked to speak at a church on the question “Should Christians Embrace Evolution?” The way you answer this question depends entirely on what you mean by evolution.
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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).
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Since Jesus ended the sacrificial system, how should we understand the prophetic vision of the temple at the end of Ezekiel?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Need some help discussing theological differences with your LDS friends? Here’s a list of points to get you started.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On May 20, 2021 2:44 PM
Mr. B responds to a tweet by the Richard Dawkins Foundation seeking to disqualify religious people from enshrining their beliefs in law.
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