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Same-Sex Marriage Challenges and Responses

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM

Western civilization is shuddering under a tidal wave of activism in favor of same-sex marriage. Here is a careful response to their most compelling arguments.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Interview: Jonathan Morrow, Welcome to College

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM

Brett interviews Jonathan Morrow, author of Welcome to College.

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Can Believers Befriend Non-Believers without Condoning Sin?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 31, 2023 11:13 PM

Greg and Amy give an important reminder that, as with other non-believers who sin in other ways, being friends with those who identify as LGBTQ+ doesn’t imply you agree with their views on sexual...

Media Type: Video Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Do Christians Pick and Choose Which Commands to Follow?

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.

Media Type: Video Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Survey Reveals a Whole Lot of Heresy in Evangelicalism

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Faith & Wishing

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

What makes the Christian’s faith any different from the Mormon’s wishing, or the Hindu’s wishing, or even the wishing of an atheist?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

The Blair-Hitchens Debate

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM

Greg talks about a conversation on an airplane, the Blair-Hitchens Debate, then takes calls on what the difference is between the Trinity and tri-theism, if the multiverse theory mitigates the...

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Christians Can’t Play Mortal Kombat

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 19, 2020 12:45 AM

Christians are often tempted to deliver a final, verbal blow when sharing their religious convictions and noting their “opponent’s” faltering view. But taking the “Finish him!” approach is...

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Why the Problem of Evil Is Still a Problem

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 29, 2020 12:26 AM

Skeptics find the problem of evil so repugnant and our solutions so hollow because they refuse to accept a fundamental reality that every Christian believes in: life after death.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Quarantine Is Not a Good Option

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On May 26, 2023 4:02 AM

As tempting as it might be to keep your children from ever encountering any evil, that strategy won’t work in the long run. Here’s a better option that we find demonstrated in Proverbs.

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#STRask: March 2, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM

Greg is on a timer and answers questions about the prosperity gospel, God killing babies, publishing, and if all sin is the same.

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

Are Homosexuals Going to Hell?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for March 2012 A homosexual man asked my wife, “Do you think I’m going to Hell?” That’s a tough question.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Why Would God Create a Massive Universe?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Atheists sometimes say the size of the universe is evidence that we’re insignificant and it wasn’t created by God. But does the size of the universe actually have a purpose?

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Does “Destruction” Mean Annihilation?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM

When the Bible talks about people being “destroyed” in Hell, is that referring

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#STRask: April 25, 2016

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

Greg answers questions about how to tell if someone is truly demon possessed, if a rational argument for determinism necessarily self destructs, if it follows that Jesus is God because he rose from...

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Christian Living

Is Mormonism Just Another Christian Denomination?

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

Not long ago I read a stunning (and scathing) response in a blog post by a Christian woman who was furious with those taking exception with the “Christian” convictions of a well-known Mormon...

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Other Worldviews

For the Student Who Wants to Be a Christian Apologist

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

Are you hoping to become an apologist but don’t know where to start? Here are some ideas for you.

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How Should You Talk to a Friend Who’s Gay?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Treat your gay friends the same way you would treat your heterosexual friends in similar circumstances.

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What the Resurrection Proves

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Apr 15, 2020 12:05 AM

But suppose He did rise from the dead, what of it? What does His resurrection prove? It proves everything that most needs to be proved. It proves everything that is essential in Christianity.

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School Is Out, so What Is Next?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 20, 2021 1:34 AM

School is out, but don’t stop learning this summer! Here are three organizations that are ready to equip you to charge through the challenges this world will throw at you.

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Jesus’ Wife Fragment

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

In the fall of 2012, Harvard historian Karen King announced she’d been given a fragment of a manuscript that mentioned Jesus’ wife.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Why Our Moral Debt Could Be Transferred to Jesus

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Derek Rishmawy responds to the objection that “penal substitutionary atonement is morally repugnant because moral guilt is not transferable.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Interview: Alan Shlemon – Concerns about the Unconditional Conference

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 11, 2023 1:38 AM

Greg talks to Alan Shlemon, who attended the Unconditional Conference at Andy Stanley’s church, about the good and bad of what was taught there, how those who promote pro-gay theology viewed the...

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Two “Don’ts” and One “Do” to Make You a Better Spouse, Parent, Friend, and Christian Ambassador

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 5, 2020 11:35 PM

Here’s a simple formula—a triad of tips—that will increase goodwill and improve harmony in every one of your relationships, especially your marriage.

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#STRask: July 6, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

J. Warner Wallace answers questions in 4 min. or less (or more) about black lives matter and if Christianity is false.

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#STRask: May 22, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

J. Warner Wallace is on a timer and answers questions about free will, consistent pro-life views, and Jesus dying for sin.

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

Is Faith Blind?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Would you allow a teenager to perform brain surgery on you?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Joe Holden: Veritas Evangelical Seminary

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

Guest host Don Stewart talks about Veritas Evangelical Seminary with Joe Holden, then takes calls on how a Christian deals with depression with faith, an embryo in the petri dish isn’t human...

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Faith Isn’t a Way of Knowing; It’s a Way of Trusting

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

is a way of knowing things, but that’s not the definition of faith we see in the Bible

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Resource: A Helpful List of Short Apologetic Videos

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

Sunday school teachers, youth workers, small group leaders, pastors, and other church leaders are always on the lookout for good resources to help equip their people.

Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools

Pro-Choicer Thinks Jesus’ Silence on Abortion Affirms Abortion...It Doesn’t!

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jul 27, 2020 5:25 PM

Even if it is true that Jesus didn’t say anything about the unborn (and we don’t actually know that), nothing logically follows from it. We certainly cannot conclude that the unborn didn’t matter...

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Is Homosexuality Just as Normal as Heterosexuality?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 11:08 PM

People who engage in homosexual behavior are normal in many ways. Like anyone else, they have friends and family, they work and play, they love and hate, and have fears and dreams. But it seems...

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Is Denying Same-sex Marriage Like Denying Interracial Marriage?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 4, 2020 1:43 PM

Despite the rhetorical force of making the comparison, merely claiming it’s the same does not make it so.

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Why You Need to Start with a Biblical Understanding of Human Beings

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 29, 2023 10:45 PM

When we start with the biblical understanding of human beings when responding to our culture’s claim that we can choose our own sexuality and gender identity, we accomplish four things.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Did God Condone Slavery?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

Since God regulated slavery in the Old Testament, does this mean He approves of it? And if He doesn’t, why did He allow it?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Counsel for Loving Same-Sex-Attracted Christians

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

Bekah Mason provides some helpful counsel for how Christians can love and support other Christians who experience same-sex attraction.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Rethinking “God Hates the Sin but Loves the Sinner”

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM

There are both practical and theological problems with telling someone, “God hates the sin but loves the sinner.” We have better news to tell than this.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Can You Have Gay Friends If You Think Homosexual Behavior Is a Sin?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 10:06 PM

You can keep your faith or you can keep your friends and family. You pick. Well, the answer for many people is obvious: relationships are more important than a theological idiosyncrasy.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

How to Approach Believers with Unbiblical Beliefs

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jan 31, 2023 10:55 PM

Jon Noyes explains how you can approach Christian friends who seem to support ideas or causes inconsistent with biblical morality.

Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools

Moreland’s Defense of Inerrancy

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

J.P. Moreland’s article “The Rationality of Belief in Inerrancy” argues it’s rational to believe in inerrancy even in the face of some unexplained counterexamples. Here’s a summary.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Stand in the Fortifying Love of God

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

Christian meditation isn’t an emptying of the mind but a filling of the mind with truth. Here’s how Tim Keller describes it in his book Prayer.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

How Do You Revisit the Gospel with Someone Who Won’t Listen?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 10:40 PM

Alan shares how to continue a Gospel-centered conversation with a friend or family member who says, “Enough of that!”

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A Whole New World of Pleasures

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM

Greg ruminates on what we might someday experience with senses we do not yet possess.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Ida: Missing Link, Missing Evidence

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

In May of this year, a scientific paper was released that fanned the flames of the evolution/intelligent design debate to new intensity.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Science

Three Reasons to Celebrate Your Christian Worldview

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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Three Reasons Why Jesus Came

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

Christmas is about Jesus. But what is it about Jesus? How exactly is Jesus the reason for Christmas? The answer to this question lies in the reasons why Jesus came to this world.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

The Authority of the Scriptures

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

As the church continues to face cultural challenges from outside the church, we must strengthen our views of God’s Word within the church...

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Choosing Your Gender

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Greg talks about choosing a gender, what the Bible teaches about women leaders in

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Can Your Faith Save You in a Crisis?

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...

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living

Do Pronouns Matter?

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Sep 17, 2021 9:17 PM

Doesn’t Christian witness require love, and doesn’t love require that we use people’s preferred pronouns? No, and here’s why.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

How Can You Spot a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 10:53 PM

Greg helps Christians understand what characterizes a false teacher.

Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools

God Cares More about Behavior Than Most People Think

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 19, 2020 1:52 AM

Do Christians say God “cares more about theology than behavior” as some people who object to Christianity claim? The truth is, Christianity says God cares more about behavior than most people think.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

The Centrality of Jesus’ Death Defies Relativism

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

There are many out there who see Christianity as being mainly about teaching us how to be better people. Here’s why this moralistic focus is likely a major contributor to a relativistic view of...

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

How Being Part of a Local Church Shapes Us

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

Jared Wilson explains how local church involvement plays an important role in confronting our tendency to reject authority and embrace an unhealthy individualism.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

How Can Jesus Be God if He Didn’t Know This?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Apr 23, 2024 6:19 PM

Many Muslims love to cite Mark 13:32 as proof that Jesus cannot be God. Tim Barnett explains why this objection doesn’t work.

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What Does Faith in Christ Mean?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 9:29 PM

The three aspects of faith – knowledge, assent, and trust – are all necessary for saving faith.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Tom Gilson: True Reason

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

Greg talks about the Reason Rally, an update on STR Cruise-Conference, discusses True Reason with guest Tom Gilson, then takes calls on when it is moral to “pull the plug,” wisdom on how to handle...

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Misc

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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Is the Truth Oppressive?

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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Were the Stories about Jesus Copied from Previous Myths?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM

Greg discusses an article that claims the stories about Jesus were copied from previous myths as he gives tools to help you assess other claims you’ll encounter.

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A Response to an Atheist’s Objection to Atheist Role Plays

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

Greg and Tim talk about Tim’s upcoming video series on Jehovah’s Witnesses, then they take a call on the Trinity and talk about a recent post an atheist wrote about Stand to Reason.

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Living with a Tactics Mentality

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 26, 2022 3:16 AM

Greg reads a letter from a listener who’s living with a tactics mentality, talks about concerning trends in the top 100 Christian books, then answers questions about the place of Israel in the end...

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Kenneth Samples: 7 Truths That Changed the World

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

Greg talks about why Americans are becoming more pro-life, Christians and military service, then discusses the book “7 Truths that Changed the World” with author Kenneth Samples, and answers...

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Is a Second Marriage as Illegitimate as a Same-Sex Marriage?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 22, 2024 1:25 AM

Greg answers Open Mic questions about whether a second marriage is as illegitimate as a same-sex marriage, attending services that have elements you disagree with, and whether feelings of morality...

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Apologetics Roundtable: Be Committed to Human Dignity

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Feb 8, 2024 10:22 PM

Amy, Tim, Jon, and Robby remind us that treating people with kindness as we’re engaging in apologetics isn’t just about being a nice person, but rather it’s about modeling Christ in how we act.

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Listen to Your Maker on Transgenderism

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 12, 2023 9:48 PM

Alan Shlemon introduces his new Stand to Reason University course, “Transgenderism: Truth and Compassion,” explaining why we should listen to God’s direction for our sexuality and clarifying some...

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They Told the Truth Even When It Hurt

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Sep 25, 2020 1:41 PM

Tim shows how the inclusion of embarrassing personal details in the New Testament points to the reliability of the accounts.

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A Useful Tactic

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

A couple of years ago I suggested an approach to dealing with challenges that I used in my national radio debate with American atheist Michael Shermer.

Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools

Communicating the Gospel on a Road Sign

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

Greg talks about an evangelistic sign he saw hanging over a freeway then answers questions about Samson vs. suicide bombers, what to say to an unbeliever who says he follows the Golden Rule, and more.

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Keeping Christ in your Christmas Cards

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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Apologetics Feeds the Mind, Theology Feeds the Soul

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Greg talks about Savior for who, apologetics feeds the mind, theology feeds the soul, then takes calls on the accurate interpretation of a common misunderstanding (Gal. 5:24), what the Christian...

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How Did You Get a Soul? Creationism versus Traducianism

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

How did you get your soul? Even to ask the question is a little awkward since “you” are your soul.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Understanding Biblical Law

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 1, 2019 11:05 PM

Alan uses a helpful analogy to explain the difference between the Mosaic Law and the New Covenant.

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Reaching Your LGBT Friends with Truth and Compassion

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 26, 2020 5:24 PM

Alan helps Christians know which common phrases to avoid when talking to a friend or family member who identifies as gay.

Media Type: Video Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Understand the Views You Don’t Agree With

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 9, 2021 12:14 AM

As ambassadors for Christ, we should understand a view we disagree with before we try to formulate a response to it. Here are three reasons why.

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