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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
We will not always desire God with the same intensity. In fact, there will be times when we can only persevere and trust that God will again revive us. Here’s what C.S. Lewis had to say about this.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Here’s why it doesn’t make sense to say you’re “personally pro-life” but support a woman’s right to an abortion.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:03 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 amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:03 PM
Pro-choice arguments have shifted from arguing against the humanity of the unborn to arguing why killing these human beings is justified. Here’s one example.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:03 PM
Alan points out that Jesus didn’t always answer questions directly. Sometimes He took a different approach. Perhaps we can take a cue from Jesus since He’s the smartest person in history. Alan...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 19, 2019 6:16 PM
This video gives the context needed to understand Planned Parenthood’s claim that abortion makes up only 3% of their services.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 30, 2019 11:45 PM
Alan explains how the birth and survival of the smallest baby challenges four tenets of abortion-choice advocacy.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 5:29 PM
Some common responses you’ll hear when making a pro-life argument aren’t actually relevant to your argument. Here’s how to spot them and keep the discussion on track.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 31, 2019 6:04 PM
The world’s smallest surviving baby, Baby Saybie, weighed 8.6 ounces or approximately the weight of a large apple.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 1, 2019 9:40 PM
Prayer is a genuine expression of love and need from children to their Father. Here’s why seeing Him as our Father is key to helping us pray.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 3, 2019 9:27 PM
Amy explains why all humans are also persons.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 8, 2019 9:36 PM
While it’s true that Christians should prioritize their understanding of Scripture and Christian theology, Alan offers four reasons why Christians should add the study of false ideas to their to-do...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 8, 2019 9:37 PM
Alan explains how the atheist’s materialistic worldview makes several miracle claims to explain reality.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 8, 2019 9:52 PM
Even though the goal of pro-lifers is to take away a woman’s legal right to an abortion, the view isn’t intolerant and discriminatory. In fact, it’s the opposite. Here’s why.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 19, 2019 9:52 PM
As part of his dissertation, Steve Jacobs surveyed biology professors at over 1,000 institutions around the world about when life begins. The results weren’t even close.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 2, 2019 5:51 AM
Some argue against Paul’s teachings about the Law by pointing to Jesus' words about following the Law in Matthew 5:17–20, but another passage in Matthew helps to clarify Jesus’ agreement with Paul.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 2, 2019 6:05 AM
An incident recorded in Daniel gives insight into some aspects of prayer and spiritual warfare.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 12, 2019 7:34 PM
Alan fills in for Greg and answers questions about ethical objections to a woman giving birth to her sister’s embryo and whether women should be required to see an ultrasound before an abortion.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 12, 2019 7:41 PM
Alan fills in for Greg and answers questions about the image of God in the mentally disabled, the drawbacks of a homosexual lifestyle, and how to pray for a family member who says she’s bisexual.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 12, 2019 8:17 PM
Alan talks about Ellen DeGeneres’s statement about being friends with people she disagrees with, answers questions about evidence vs. Holy Spirit and submitting to authority, then talks to Scott...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 12, 2019 8:20 PM
Alan talks to Tim Muehlhoff, author of Defending Your Marriage: The Reality of Spiritual Battle, about spiritual warfare.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 12, 2019 10:05 PM
Alan explains how to use a common yet powerful question to help point people to God.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 10, 2020 10:08 PM
The Columbo Tactic—asking question—is powerful. But what if you could amplify the impact you make with it? In this episode, Alan explains how to upgrade your approach to create even more powerful...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 23, 2020 10:44 PM
Abortion is often defended as necessary because of rape and the life of the mother, but it turns out these are two of the least common reasons why women have abortions in the United States.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jan 23, 2020 11:03 PM
An article in the Journal of Medical Ethics argues there’s a good possibility that fetal human beings can feel pain earlier than the previously accepted 24 weeks.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 3, 2020 8:54 PM
Athlete Julia Webb is an example of someone who neither aborted her child to achieve her goals nor gave up what she loves because she had children.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 3, 2020 9:11 PM
An organization called Faces of Choice wants to reveal what’s behind the word “choice” by showing us the faces and stories of real abortion survivors who were victims of that word.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 3, 2020 9:39 PM
While speaking on embryonic stem cell research at a church recently, Alan was challenged by an attendee.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 27, 2020 6:18 PM
Did you know it’s wrong to kill an unborn child according to California state law?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 27, 2020 10:32 PM
Alan explains how Islamic teachings were transmitted and compiled, especially regarding the words of Mohammed.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 3, 2020 8:46 PM
“I could have ended up with one of these being gone, and the one that is gone could have been one of these.”
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Mar 4, 2020 6:39 PM
There is a logical slippery slope that is no fallacy and this is it.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 5, 2020 1:25 AM
Starting September 2012, some people will wake up to strategically-placed graphic pictures. And they won’t like what they see. But it’s about time. Countless lives are lost because of this “choice.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 15, 2020 7:45 PM
The culture has been pressuring Christians to pick a side: celebrate homosexuality and same-sex unions or continue to consider them sinful. Alan discusses whether Christians should divide over this...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 20, 2020 2:28 PM
Our true humanity—the way we were meant to be as creatures made in the image of God—is restored by being in Christ and looking at Him, the perfect image of God.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 20, 2020 3:05 PM
Imagine you’re in a research lab when a fire breaks out, and you have to choose to save either a two-year-old or ten frozen embryos. Which do you choose?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 20, 2020 11:34 PM
There is a profound lack of understanding of basic aspects of the abortion debate among many of those who oppose pro-lifers.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 21, 2020 12:04 AM
The unhelpful term “human fetus” reverses our usual grammatical way of speaking about a stage of development and perpetuates fuzzy ideas about the identity of the unborn.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 6, 2020 11:38 PM
What does it mean to us that Christ has risen from the dead and “taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens”?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 3:12 AM
Are we grateful for God’s patience with us?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 3:29 AM
When pro-choicers speak out against sex-selection abortion, they undermine the entire pro-choice position because it’s an admission that sex-selection abortion kills little girls.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 3:34 AM
Whatever will move the people of this nation away from our sin and closer to God, that is the blessing I ask for.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 8, 2020 9:43 PM
Today’s practice of eugenics has gone beyond what Chesterton imagined.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 8, 2020 9:50 PM
People who create designer babies aren’t improving anyone or giving anyone a better “opportunity for a great life.” They’re creating many children and consigning all but one to death.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 8, 2020 11:56 PM
Christmas isn’t just about God’s love and peace. It’s also about justice.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 9, 2020 1:04 AM
If we are trying to discover our blind spots, we should be most suspicious of our culture ignoring arguments that human dignity is being violated in some way.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 9, 2020 1:39 AM
The latest tactic being used by pro-choicers is to equivocate on the word “life”—using it to refer to both the mother’s life situation and the unborn child’s life.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 9, 2020 2:28 AM
Don’t let this charge against pro-lifers neutralize you. Don’t be afraid of it. Dive into it and see if you can work through it with your friend. Here’s how.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 28, 2020 4:34 PM
What should you say to your non-Christian friend who rejects Christianity? In this episode, Alan explains an important principle to help him navigate this situation.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 29, 2020 7:08 PM
How on earth could one person’s “hopes and wishes” magically transform “unspeakable violence” against another person into something acceptable that one ought to work hard to encourage?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 29, 2020 7:34 PM
We commonly see arguments for a standard of “personhood” for rights, but few are willing to go on to consistently and logically embrace the full implications of an atheist worldview...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 8, 2020 4:43 PM
Poet Roderick Falconer’s poem is a powerful unmasking of what lies behind the word “abortion.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 18, 2020 11:06 PM
Abortion-choice advocates routinely refer to abortion as a reproductive right, but that’s misleading. Here’s why.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 20, 2020 8:45 PM
Amy shares why it makes sense to believe that a human has a soul at the moment of conception.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 15, 2020 4:09 PM
Believe it or not, there’s a valuable lesson that Christians can learn from the violent video game Mortal Kombat. Alan explains the lesson and how it should affect your conversations with people...
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 24, 2020 7:28 AM
Jon tells the story of how he came to realize atheism can’t explain reality but Christianity can.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 25, 2020 6:15 AM
David Wilkerson, pastor of Times Square Church, founder of Teen Challenge, and a man who has done a great deal of ministry in difficult places to people with little hope that are often overlooked,...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 6, 2020 7:15 PM
Skeptics and atheists find the problem of evil so repugnant and our solutions so hollow because they refuse to accept a fundamental reality that every Christian believes. Alan explains what that...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 10, 2020 12:14 AM
C.S. Lewis warned that we should not treat Christianity “as a means to anything—even to social justice.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 18, 2020 11:20 PM
Alan talks about how Christians were caught off guard by the current cultural revolution sweeping society today. He offers a two-step strategy to prepare for the next revolution and to protect...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 17, 2020 4:23 PM
Alan sounds the alarm on a pop Christian culture habit called Coffee Cup Christianity. He unpacks three of its harms and explains how they are fueling biblical illiteracy.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 8, 2020 4:53 PM
A worldview that denies God and embraces naturalism has serious repercussions, the most egregious being a logical slide to nihilism. Alan unpacks three reasons why nihilism flows logically from...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 17, 2020 7:01 PM
The efficacy of faith is dependent not on the subject who expresses faith, but on the object of faith. It doesn’t matter how much or how little faith you have. It only matters in whom you place...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 19, 2020 12:35 AM
We’re so grateful for you, our readers. Here are some short Christmas reflections we’d like to share with you to wish you a merry Christmas.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Dec 24, 2020 1:04 AM
The opening line to the CNN article reads, “It was the good news that gave the world hope.” But their good news is not the source of true hope.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 12, 2021 8:00 PM
Does God require a certain amount of faith before he accepts it? Alan addresses this question by clarifying the nature of faith.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jan 23, 2021 12:36 AM
What are the ethics involved with the COVID-19 vaccines? Can a pro-life Christian receive one in good conscience? Ryan Anderson can help you think through the issues.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 28, 2021 3:40 PM
For an argument from analogy to work, the similarities have to be significant and the differences have to be superficial. But if the opposite is true—if the differences are significant and the...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Feb 11, 2021 7:41 PM
Mr. B responds to an anti-Trinitarian meme, answering the charge that if Jesus is God, and Jesus prays to God, then Jesus is praying to himself.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 21, 2021 6:02 PM
Have you ever been called a "phobic" term like homophobic, Islamophobic, transphobic, or xenophobic? Alan discusses three reasons why you don’t have to fear the “phobic” label.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Feb 25, 2021 5:35 AM
When talking to unbelievers about Hell, it can be helpful to focus on its significant worldview implications. Hell isn’t the problem people think it is. In fact, it’s a solution to these two...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Mar 16, 2021 10:42 PM
On the cross, Jesus fulfilled the Law of Moses by satisfying the demands of it. By doing that, He paid our certificates of debt we each earned.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 20, 2021 11:32 PM
When you realize your theology is in error, do you overcorrect by swinging wildly to the opposite position? Alan offers a biblical approach to correcting your view, one that looks more like using a...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 18, 2021 4:37 PM
Alan received some harsh feedback from a recent event. He explains three steps he takes when he gets these kinds of critical comments.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 22, 2021 5:34 AM
If someone asked you how you know Christianity is true, how would you answer them? In this episode, Alan offers his response to that question by appealing to some powerful truths that people live by.
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