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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 raising children to be adults, if there is any power of positive thinking, then takes calls on how a person can share his concerns with his pastor about “emergent” teachings...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2024 10:54 PM
Questions about whether Christianity is about following Jesus rather than a story of reality, what John the Baptist meant when he said, “He must increase, but I must decrease,” and why John the...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Nervously I asked my friend, “Is your daughter a Christian?” “No,” she replied, “but that’s okay!” I thought to myself, That’s strange. Why would a mother be okay that her...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Christians and Jehovah’s Witnesses have fundamentally different views not only on why Jesus died on the cross but also on whether Jesus died on a cross. Here are five reasons to think He did.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Verses Commonly Misunderstood, Mischaracterized, or Maligned It doesn’t happen often, but this time I was caught completely flatfooted, struck dumb by a challenge from a young Christian woman in...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 29, 2021 6:14 PM
Did Jesus come here to champion the cause of the poor? There’s no question God has a heart for the destitute. Even so, a careful study of the Gospels shows that Jesus’ principle purpose...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Greg talks about God’s fingerprints on our lives, discusses What We Can & Cannot Learn from Near Death Experiences with guest Gary Habermas, and more.
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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 8:49 PM
Greg talks about speaking before a hostile audience, his view on surrogacy, what Hebrews teaches about eternal security, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
J. Warner Wallace is on a timer and answers questions about miracles, emotional barriers to Christianity, and getting an atheist’s attention to make a case for Christianity.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Is Jesus of the Gospels simply recycled ancient myths?
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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 8:57 PM
Sometimes things that confound us have a simple side to them. In a certain sense, this is true with the Trinity. The mystery may be confounding, but the biblical facts on the matter are really not...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Last week I was asked a question by a friend whether I was really a Calvinist or not and, if so, if I was a five-point Calvinist.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Should the Christian message include that we need Jesus in order to be rescued from God?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Imagine living in a world in which you couldn’t separate truth from error. You wouldn’t be able to tell food from poison, or friend from foe.
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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 Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Greg talks about don’t win an argument: put a stone in his shoe, how to learn from the Old Testament, Not God’s Type: A Rational Academic Finds a Radical Faith with Holly Ordway, then he takes...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Greg talks about Jesus’ definition of marriage, how to answer conspiracy theorists, and how to introduce spiritual topics into conversation.
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Apr 27, 2023 12:49 AM
In Judges 11, did Jephthah kill his daughter to fulfill a vow to God? There are three clues within the text that suggest something different happened with Jephthah’s daughter.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Greg explains why there is no such thing as a pluralist Christian.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
I recently had a conversation with a man about hearing from God. He referenced Dallas Willard’s book, Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship With God. I’ve benefited greatly from...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
If “the head of Christ is God,” doesn’t that prove Jesus is a lesser deity than the Father?
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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 9:46 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 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 9:52 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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