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Tactics for Conversations with Agnostics

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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How to Think about God Promoting His Own Glory

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 17, 2022 4:40 AM

If you react negatively to the idea of God doing things “for the sake of his name” and “for his glory,” here’s how you can think more clearly and accurately about this.

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Hard Case of Abortion in Egypt

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Egyptian Christians are typically pro-life. Many, however, struggle with being consistent, especially in the case of rape. This is a vexing problem in any part of the world, but it becomes more...

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#STRask: June 9, 2016

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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The Black Box of IVF

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

Given the brave new world we live in, we can’t presume that medical technologies are consistent with Christian ethics. We must do our due diligence and investigate.

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Muslim Followers of Christ?

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

Alan’s monthly letter for November 2010 I met a pastor from Bangladesh last month. He left Islam in 1978, now oversees several churches, and has a heart to see more Muslims come to Christ.

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Heaven Is for Real

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

The movie based on the book releases this week. Since this child’s account of his near death experience is consistent with Christianity, it may be tempting for Christians to find this story...

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Slavery, Abortion, and Unalienable Rights

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

Did the Supreme Court enact a law that encourages the concept of unequal rights, contradicting the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence?

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Why We Care about Truth

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM

As followers of Christ, we know we have nothing to fear from the truth, and we’re willing to work to find it. We care about the truth because we care about God.

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Did Christ Descend into Hell?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

My son is memorizing the Apostles’ Creed and asked me about the phrase, “He descended into hell.” Did Jesus really go to hell?

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When the Real Jesus Is Preached

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

An excerpt from Michael Reeves’s book Rejoicing in Christ explains what happens when the real Jesus is preached.

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Interview: Justin Brierley – The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 8, 2023 1:25 AM

Greg interviews Justin Brierley, author of The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God: Why New Atheism Grew Old and Secular Thinkers Are Considering Christianity Again, about the rise and fall of...

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How Apologetics Can Fuel the Spiritual Disciplines

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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Does God’s Will Affect Everything That Happens in Our Lives?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 12, 2023 2:25 AM

questions about whether God’s will affects everything that happens in our lives and Bible

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Remembering Chuck Smith

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

Greg talks about Chuck Smith, fourth trimester abortion, we were made to work, and more.

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Christians Should Be Able to Recognize Jesus’ Voice

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 2, 2023 2:02 AM

Greg talks about the positive response of some Christians to an imitation of a Bible

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#STRask: How Can We Square God’s Desire for All to Be Saved with the Existence of Hell?

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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Interview: David Limbaugh – The Resurrected Jesus

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 30, 2022 3:39 AM

;The Resurrected Jesus: The Church in the New Testament, about the unity of the Bible

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Two Theological Misunderstandings behind Objections to Deathbed Conversions

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

Objections to deathbed conversions offer excellent opportunities for you to explain the Christian view of God and the Gospel.

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Fetal Humans Are Persons Who Can Be Wronged

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

In an interview posted today on the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Frank Beckwith used an illustration to clarify the truth that unborn human beings are, in fact, persons who can be wronged by...

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What We Need to Learn about Prayer from the Early Church

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Feb 14, 2020 9:00 PM

The book of Acts provides a recorded history of the vital role prayer played in the lives of the disciples. If we want to improve our prayer life, it might be helpful to look to them for direction.

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How Do We Know Christianity Is True?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2023 2:44 PM

student about how we know Christianity is true, whether any religion can be proven, Bible

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A Gospel without Final Judgment Is Not the Gospel

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM

There is a tendency in our presentation of the Gospel to stick with the parts that make people feel good. Those things are true, but there’s more we need to tell them.

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#STRask: July 31, 2017

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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Why Jesus? Part 2

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM

Jesus, though a true human, was no mere mortal. Rather, He was and is God’s Son, the world’s unique, one-and-only Savior; and if Jesus were not God the Son, He could not be the Savior, either.

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End of Life Ethics: A Primer

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

That’s the challenge I’ve heard a number of times from advocates of starving Terri Schiavo to death. It usually comes in the conversation when what they’ve offered so far in the way of...

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Faithfulness Is Not Theologically Complicated

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 2, 2019 10:10 PM

Many in Christendom today, like Pilate, are more concerned with satisfying the crowd than being faithful to Jesus. Culture may be confused on salvation, abortion, gender, marriage, and sex. Don’t...

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#STRask: August 17, 2017

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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The Romans 12:2 Approach to Knowing God’s Will

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

According to Romans 12:2, decision making isn’t about trying to hear special messages from God.

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Evil as Evidence for God

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 20, 2020 8:18 PM

As a Christian ambassador, your biggest challenge may be making sense of the problem of evil. Surprisingly, though, evil is actually evidence for God, not against Him.

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Guard Yourself against the Dangers of Fame

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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STRask: Why Should We Try to Understand the Author’s Intent When Interpreting the Bible

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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Arguments Don’t Have to Be Argumentative

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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Surprise! Life Does Begin at Conception

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

It seems that sometimes, when it serves the story, the fact that life begins at conception is perfectly clear to both scientists and the media.

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If God Is Good

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Aug 1, 2019 4:54 PM

One thing I’ve been struggling to come to terms with the last few years is the sheer weight of all the evil and suffering in the world. Is good really stronger than evil?

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Hobby Lobby Decision Summary

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

The Supreme Court’s decision on whether or not corporations like Hobby Lobby are protected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act came down today. Here’s a quick summary.

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#STRask: What Parenting Advice Would You Give Christian Fathers?

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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The Problem with Altar Calls

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 22, 2023 2:30 AM

Greg talks about the problem with altar calls, then he answers questions about why it matters what kind of arguments we make for Christianity if only God can change a person’s mind and how best to...

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A Parent’s Guide to the 5 Skeptics Who Want to Shame Your Kids for Being Christian

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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Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times—Mentoring Letter June 2013

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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Abortion Rhetoric

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 7:04 PM

Domestic terrorism. “A brutal, cowardly act of murder.” “Mass murder.” “A national conspiracy to commit domestic terrorism.” These are perfect descriptions of what abortion is.

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The Problem Is Not with the Evidence

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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We Still Need the Old Testament

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM

Andy Stanley’s call for pastors to “unhitch [their] teaching of what it means to follow Jesus from all things old covenant” will, sadly, lead to a diminished view of God.

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Responding to Pro-Choice Memes

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 22, 2022 1:20 AM

Tim and Alan make a quick pro-life case then chat about responses to some popular pro-choice memes that claim life begins at first breath, a fetus is only a potential human, you can freeze an...

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#STRask: August 28, 2017

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

on a timer and answers questions about what to do when reasons don’t work, the Bible

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You Are Going to See God

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

You, Mr. or Ms. Ordinary, are actually, in reality, going to stand before God and see Him for yourself one day. What is your reaction to that certain fact?

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If I Believe Abortion Is Murder, Why Don’t I Say That?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

After speaking on abortion at a recent event, a Christian man asked me why I didn’t say, “Abortion is murder...”

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Do You Desire God above All Else? (A Thought Experiment)

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

Gary Habermas offers a thought experiment to help us examine our motives concerning what we’re asking God for in prayer.

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My First Abortion Debate

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 1, 2021 9:40 PM

If you only had a ten-minute opening statement, a five-minute rebuttal, and a five minute closing statement, how would you defend the pro-life view? Alan shares his first debate on abortion.

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The Slippery Slope of the Right-to-Die Movement

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

Alan’s monthly letter for March 2009 There’s one fact about you I’m sure of: even though you’ll live forever, someday your earthly body will die.

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Scott Klusendorf, Make the Pro-life Case Persuasively and Winsomely

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

Greg talks about God answering prayers, a relationship with Jesus, handling stress in debates, and more.

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#STRask: April 28, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Greg answers questions about what the biblical basis is for thinking people go to hell immediately at death, if imprecatory psalms are still usable, why God didn’t make Adam, Eve, Cain, and Jesus...

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Do Your Work Heartily, as for the Lord

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 7, 2022 1:32 AM

interpret John 20:23 about forgiving people’s sins and why we should think the Bible

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A Training Model for Equipping Young People

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 24, 2023 2:11 AM

about a argument for the certainty of coming judgment that doesn’t refer to the Bible

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Why You Need an Advance Directive

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM

There are some important questions about future medical decisions that you need to think through now so that your care will reflect both your wishes and the truth of Christianity.

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Christ Is Still Renewing Cities Through His People

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 10, 2022 9:04 PM

Goodness, truth, and beauty follow Christ wherever He goes because that is who He is. Here’s one example.

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God’s Amazing Grace Could Only Have Been Revealed in a Fallen World

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 16, 2023 9:47 PM

John Newton revealed God’s amazing grace to the world—not just through his hymn, but through his life. Here’s how this relates to the problem of evil.

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Why Did God Create the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 10, 2022 7:19 PM

Greg and Amy consider how and why God tested man with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden.

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What Was the Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 10:08 PM

What does the Bible say?

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Should Followers of Christ Observe the Torah?

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

There’s an increasing amount of confusion among Christians as to whether we’re obligated to follow the Mosaic Law in the Torah. Here’s what the New Testament has to say about this.

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#STRask: June 2, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Greg discusses what Jesus meant when He referred to Himself as “The Truth”, how to show respect in another country or to another religion without compromising our own beliefs, and if...

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#STRask: February 8, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

Greg talks about friends who live in sin, temptation from man’s nature, Roman Catholic doctrine and practices, and how one should handle relatives who undermine the teaching of one’s child.

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Did Jephthah Kill His Daughter to Fulfill a Vow to God?

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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No Other Name—Part 1

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

During this “silly season” of presidential politics, it is not uncommon to hear something I think is odd.

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#STRask: January 16, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg talks about The Shack and cursing.

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God’s Wrath Is His Love Reacting to Evil

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

God’s triune nature makes Him different from all other conceptions of gods. He is love because He is three Persons who love. His wrath is simply what happens when He, a being of love, encounters...

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Romans Prescribes the Gospel, Not Execution

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

The New York Times claims that Romans 1 calls for the execution of gays. A Republican congressman read the passage at a committee hearing. I don’t know the congressman’s purpose, but it couldn’t be...

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Seven Pro-Life Action Steps

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM

Being pro-life is not merely an attitude. It’s a behavior—it’s something you do. Here are seven steps you can take to make a difference in the lives of the unborn and their mothers.

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Are Pro-Lifers Who Are Pro-Capital Punishment Being Inconsistent?

Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jul 31, 2019 4:27 PM

The objection that pro-lifers are being inconsistent if they support capital punishment is sometimes raised. Here are some ideas to help you think through this.

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The Law and the Christian

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 9, 2020 3:10 AM

If Christians were elected to office, would they want to reinstitute the Mosaic Law with all of its prescribed punishments?

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My Body, My Choice?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2020 6:39 AM

Alan discusses whether or not the unborn is merely a part of the mother’s body.

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Sticks and Stones

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

Ever get called names when you get into conversations about Christianity? Alan shows how to deal with that situation.

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Belief as Saving Faith

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Yesterday, a Summit student asked me, “If Christianity is true, why do we need faith?”...

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Inside Out

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 4, 2019 12:09 AM

Because we all live in God’s world and are all made in God’s image, there are things all people know—about morality, guilt, etc.—that are embedded deep within their hearts, and this knowledge can...

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Street Tactics – Part 2

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 28, 2020 12:45 AM

You need to be prepared with specific plans to help you engage atheists’ objections thoughtfully and with grace when you encounter them.

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