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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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Are Miracles Illogical?

Web Content Article · By keith plummer On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM

Someone might conclude on the basis of the observed regularity of nature that miracles are impossible and therefore illogical, but are they really contrary to the laws of logic?

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Cultivate the Moral Imagination to Develop Character

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

If you’re trying to teach your children moral virtues (or you’re being intentional about developing them in yourself), here’s some good advice from Hillsdale College professor Daniel Coupland.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Do Extraordinary Claims Demand Extraordinary Evidence?

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM

Hume offered this challenge in “Of Miracles” in Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

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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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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#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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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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

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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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’s

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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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How the New Meaning of “Dignity” Is Changing Everything

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

Roberta Green Ahmanson explains why our culture’s new understanding of human dignity “may well be the harbinger of a social transformation the likes of which we have not seen in the West for 1400...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

There Can Be No Moral Progress if There’s No Standard

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 5:45 PM

The moral relativist who is fighting for a moral principle is living in tension with his beliefs, and this provides a great starting point for a spiritual conversation.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

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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#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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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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Faith & Wishing

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

If you “just take Christianity on faith” you may be in trouble...

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

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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Debating Christian Physicalism

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

Alan reflects on a panel discussion he saw at the recent Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

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?

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Dominoes, Determinism, and Naturalism

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM

Those who choose to believe in determinism or physicalism don’t choose to believe at all—they believe because of prior physical conditions.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

#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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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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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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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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Who Created God?

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

Why does the argument for a first cause of the universe conveniently stop with God? Where did God come from?

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Privatize Marriage?

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

Should the government “get out of the marriage business”?

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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.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

#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.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology

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