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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Devotion (in the sense I’m using the word) is different from “devotions.” My goal isn’t to squeeze a sense of well-being out of the encounter, but to focus entirely on Him, worshiping Him,...
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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 amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
If our culture’s highest ideal for marriage is sameness between the partners (not to mention barrenness), then it naturally follows that the new ideal is same-sex marriage.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Stand to Reason wants to give you courage for every encounter, and courage begins with expecting and accepting ridicule and rejection.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Tim Keller had this to say about doubt in The Reason for God.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 13, 2024 10:00 PM
Christians are not only called to love people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender, but we—more than anyone else in our culture—can give a justification for loving them even...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 14, 2020 1:40 PM
Greg interviews Lee Strobel on the case for miracles and whether God answers prayer.
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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 jonathan noyes On Feb 14, 2023 1:54 AM
Here are five simple things you can do if you think a friend or loved one might be considering suicide.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Greg talks about his trip to Poland and the European Mission Field, if evolution can explain morality, how to convince a Christian who gets their theology from personal revelation and visions, and...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
who aren’t in heaven, reconciling two key ideas in Christianity, and an alleged Bible
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Brett interviews Gabriel Pagel, the head bible teacher at Upland Christian Academy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
a four-minute timer and answers questions about why God spoke to us through the Bible
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
As followers of Christ, we’re told to emulate His humility and kindness towards those who are suffering, including those who don’t yet know Him.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 18, 2023 1:55 AM
means that divorced people who remarry are living in continuous adultery, whether Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
I never set out to win someone to Christ.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
I want to talk about what I did the last couple of weeks.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Talking about Jesus and Christianity isn’t always about reasoning because people don’t always have rational reasons for the things they believe.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
discrimination, God being unfair to the Israelites in Egyptian slavery, a book on Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
anything we want within the dual parameters of God’s moral will (revealed in the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 10:44 PM
What was Jesus loving and accepting regarding during His ministry? Greg clarifies a common misconception.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
I’ve worked out a few principles I think will make a tough job easier, and I’d like to pass them on to you.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Greg discusses consideration, gender identity, and bathrooms, then proceeds to answer calls about if the people with demons Jesus cast out were really mentally ill, and how to evaluate...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 30, 2021 8:02 PM
The world is held in the power of the evil one, but the truth sets us free. Greg Koukl gives a biblical case for why truth matters when we enter spiritual warfare.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
and the is-ought fallacy helps us to answer an important question about what the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Greg talks about his mother, what the definition of faith is, and if a Christian should attend their family member’s same-sex wedding.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 5, 2021 3:07 PM
Greg answers a caller’s question about whether the life situation a person is born into affects their accountability before Christ and opportunity to receive him.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 16, 2022 5:26 PM
Questions about how to respond to someone who says adhering to biblical inerrancy, studying Scripture, seeking to obey the Word, and adhering to its core truths is “bibliolatry” and how to explain...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Sometimes we’re tempted to think evil is stronger than God, but the answer to making sense of the destructive power of evil all comes down to this simple truth.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Rachael Slick, the daughter of an apologist, has written an article recounting her theological and apologetic training growing up—and her subsequent rejection of Christianity.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
As Christians, we are not exiles from Christendom. We are expatriates from heaven. Here’s what that means for us.
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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 alan shlemon On Nov 30, 2023 7:59 PM
Some people argue that since Eve was formed out of a rib containing male DNA, she was a transgender woman, and therefore God approves of people transitioning. Here’s why this argument doesn’t work.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Alan interviews Christopher Yuan about his new book, Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
We are facing a full-court press against everything we cherish and value.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 20, 2022 9:02 PM
Greg explains how to use the Columbo tactic with agnostics and gives an example of directing the conversation toward a specific topic.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
The future of thoughtful Christianity does not belong to best-selling authors or popular speakers. Rather, it will be determined by people like you—committed disciples in the local church with warm...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
torture babies because it objectively harms them,” and why people call the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 7, 2022 1:36 AM
whether Paul ever got a chance to stand before Caesar, whether we can trust the Bible
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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 alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
When Christopher Yuan became a Christian, he had every reason to accept pro-gay theology; but when he studied it, here’s what he found.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Greg talks about head coverings, people in heaven praying on our behalf, and open theism.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 5, 2023 11:36 PM
In the controversy over how to answer the question “What is a woman?” some proposed definitions are circular or even absurd. Here’s how you can respond accurately.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 10:16 PM
Could Romans 5:18–19 be used to argue for universalism?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Oct 3, 2019 9:59 PM
Tim introduces a series of videos he’ll be presenting called “Why Apologetics?” that explains what apologetics is and why it’s so vital.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Joni Eareckson Tada, who was paralyzed in a diving accident at the age of 17, has this to say about her suffering over the decades...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 9:22 PM
There's a reason both the Old and the New Testaments promote capital punishment. That reason was applicable then and still applies today.
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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 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 Aug 30, 2022 5:43 PM
Here’s why you shouldn’t interpret phrases in ancient Scripture through the lens of modern English idioms.
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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 amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education argues that accreditation ought to be denied to Christian colleges that require professors to sign statements of faith or otherwise “draw lines...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 19, 2021 9:33 PM
whether Christians should be looking for the signs in the stars mentioned in the Bible
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
How should Christians respond when those who identify as gay or lesbian come to their church?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about truth in other religions, yoga, and God’s character.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about neo-Darwinism and free will, getting baptized, why God created man, and how to apply Scripture personally.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Facing our sin and developing our character by focusing on the Gospel is as integral to being an ambassador of Christ as both knowledge and wisdom.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Sep 8, 2022 9:57 PM
Tim responds to an atheist who says there’s no proof for God and that religion is an emotional comfort that holds back progress and is used to control people.
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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 May 26, 2021 2:22 AM
need to guard ourselves against the dangers of fame, then he takes calls about the Bible
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for December 2013 You know the gay rights narrative. Homosexuals are born that way, change is impossible, and their behavior is morally permissible.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 2, 2023 4:59 PM
Questions about how to argue in favor of an “authorial intent” hermeneutic and why we don’t see more demon-possessed people today.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 11, 2023 8:12 PM
Questions about whether the Bible considers medicine to be sorcery, making the case
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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 natasha crain On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Kids need to understand these emotion-laden shaming attempts they’ll encounter. Here’s how parents can prepare them.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Wrongly assuming that homosexuality is either something one is born with or a choice often leads people to the conclusion that we’re not accountable for our desires. Alan explains why this is a...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Greg uses Solomon’s advice for engaging an opponent in a biblical way.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 13, 2023 3:08 AM
Greg encourages Christians not to be discouraged when people don’t respond to their arguments, then he answers callers’ questions about whether Christians should be involved in the stock market and...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
If you’re wondering what to think about Halloween, here are seven issues to consider.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
After refusing to bake a cake that said, “Support gay marriage,” a couple in Northern Ireland was convicted of political and sexual orientation discrimination, but a LGBT activist is...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 3:01 AM
It’s difficult to love real people in real churches when you’re trying to attain an ideal that does not exist.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Here in California, our governor and attorney general refused to defend our democratically-established constitutional amendment maintaining the definition of marriage as one man and one woman.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Part of Utah’s law against bigamy was recently struck down by a U.S. District Judge, allowing for polygamy in practice and leaving no principled reason for not recognizing it legally, but here’s...
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