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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan tells the story of how he recently role-played a Muslim to a group of Christians. Find out how they responded to the Muslim challenge.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
What does the FDA and smoking have in common with the pro-life movement? Find out in this edition of “Thinking Out Loud”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan responds to the challenge that the parable of the blind men and the elephant is an argument against religious belief and Christianity.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan talks about his recent trip to Lebanon and training Egyptians on witnessing to Muslims.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan responds to the challenge that faith is gullibility or believing things in the absence of evidence.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan debates the entire philosophy club at a secular college on abortion and lives to tell about it.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan responds to the challenge that pro-life advocates are inconsistent if they favor the death penalty.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan responds to the claim that homosexuals are born that way.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan explains why atheists must accept evolution no matter what the science says.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Muslims come into the protestant prison chapel to hear Alan teach Christians how to witness to them.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
A man yells at Alan while he’s teaching and walks out of his class. Find out why in this podcast.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Since this month marks the 38th year of legalized abortion in the United States, Alan reflects on whether abortion counts as a social justice issue.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan reflects on his time in prison and the surprise that was waiting for him.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Alan’s monthly letter from July 2012 I had just given a talk at his church when Charlie asked for help.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
The purpose of this post is merely to provide clarity rather than to argue for the theist position (see all of STR for those arguments).
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
I wrote not long ago about how a change in values in 18th-century Britain (as a result of a million people coming to Christ) affected their economy.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
The values of Christianity brought a vast number of people out of material poverty as a happy byproduct of their souls being brought of spiritual poverty.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Alan explains why abortion rarely makes the social justice list and why it should be at the top of the list.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Alan explains how some Christians are compromising on the topic of homosexuality.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Research has shown there are at least four ways fathers make unique contributions to the lives of their children.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Find out what scholars—even skeptical, non-Christian ones—are saying about the facts surrounding the resurrection and how that can be used as evidence that Jesus rose from the grave.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Alan highlights a scientific study that demonstrates that homosexual orientation in adolescents is changeable.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
William Lane Craig’s organization, Reasonable Faith, created a simple, visually interesting, brief video explaining the basics of the kalam cosmological argument.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
James Sire describes naturalists as monistic materialists who deny the existence of immaterial entities and their ability to act in this world.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Does the traditional marriage definition of “one man, one woman” take away some people’s rights?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
To believe in miracles, we have to believe an immaterial God can move things in the world. Is that unreasonable?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Some atheists say that if God exists, He should show Himself to everyone so they can believe in Him and not go to Hell. Should a good God do this?
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Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
By Steve Wagner To Respond, Distinguish Two Types of Objectivity
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Alan explains that Christians shouldn’t measure their success on results, but on something else.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
As I listen to many of the subjects in debate today in our culture—the dialog between secularists and Christians—there’s a fundamental difference in perspectives that I think we need to be aware of...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Alan discusses his monthly letter for October 2013.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Alan responds to a claim from the Qur’an that Jesus didn’t die on the cross.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
This question is asked regarding the Employment Non-Discrimination Act moving through the Senate.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
William Lane Craig explains why the timeless cause of the universe must be personal, not impersonal.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Alan explains the one, inconvenient truth that undermines the gay rights narrative.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
The testimony Ryan Anderson (co-author of What Is Marriage) gave to the Indiana House Judiciary Committee earlier this week is a succinct defense of man/woman marriage. Take ten minutes to watch.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Alan answers the question of whether killing an abortionist to protect the unborn is parallel to killing a person who attempts to murder a toddler.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
No amount of reasoned arguments can trump a suspicion of bad motives once it’s firmly implanted, and unfortunately, people are currently assuming the worst of religious conservatives.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Alan answers the challenge from abortion-choice advocates who ask pro-lifers, “How many babies have you adopted?”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Philosopher Alvin Plantinga made a few quotable points about atheism in an interview posted by the New York Times on Sunday.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God? Alan answers this question by providing a unique understanding of how to understand the notion of God.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Is faith blind? Alan answers this question by explaining the biblical definition of faith.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Alan answers the challenge that opponents of same-sex marriage sometimes commit the slippery slope fallacy when they argue that same-sex marriage will lead to other forms of “marriage” like...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
It’s not unreasonable or bigoted to treat the unique joining of sexually complementary partners uniquely. But in order to see that this is a reasonable understanding that isn’t motivated by hate,...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Alan responds to the challenge that American Christians should retreat from the same-sex marriage issue because it’s unwinnable for them.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Alan addresses the following claim: Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told regardless of what is right.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Alan provides a simple, yet powerful tactic to help you deal with the topic of evolution.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
There’s no consistent reason under the new definition of marriage why polyamorists should be denied what’s legally available to others.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Alan explains a tactic that can help you respond to any challenge raised against your view.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Alan explains the details of a mosque experience and the benefits of taking Christians to mosques.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
What is marriage, why does it matter, and what are the consequences of redefining it? Ryan Anderson explains.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
The claim that “atheists are as moral as Christians” is meaningless if we’re operating under different systems of morality.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
David Brooks’s op-ed in the New York Times on “The Mental Virtues” reminds us that “character tests are pervasive even in modern everyday life. It’s possible to be heroic if you’re just...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Alan gives a short recap of his trip to Beirut, Lebanon. He highlights the experiences of training the persecuted church and meeting his cousin who recently fled Baghdad, Iraq.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Alan answers the question of whether we are at war with Muslims. He also offers a handy tactic to help you determine whether a doctrine or behavior is truly Islamic.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Alan explains why embryonic stem cell research is not only morally problematic, but ineffective at treating disease and disability. Instead, he offers a scientific alternative.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Alan attended a ’gay Christian’ conference that intends to reform the church to make it affirm practicing homosexuals. Listen to his thoughts about his experience there.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Alan answers the question of whether pro-lifers are inconsistent if they don’t condone the killing of abortion doctors.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Humans are more valuable than animals and so eating meat is permissible.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Reasonable Faith has released another apologetics video, and this one explains the moral argument for the existence of God.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Alan answers the question of whether people who eat meat are unjustly discriminating against sentient animals.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Here’s what J. Warner Wallace has to say about the charge that Christians are too biased to fairly evaluate evidence.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Alan explains whether the principle of truth and compassion works when gay activists come to protest your church.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Alan talks about his recent speaking tour in Alberta and explains the impact of same-sex marriage on the Christian culture in Canada.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Alan explains one way homeschooling parents can avoid sheltering their kids too much.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Since secular philosophies, like religions, point to an ultimate reality, they can be evaluated, just as religions can, by identifying their idols.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
The third of Nancy Pearcey’s five principles for evaluating worldviews is, “Test the idol: Does it contradict what we know about the world?”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
There are many ideas we simply take for granted as natural and obvious, when in fact they didn’t exist until the arrival of Christianity changed things completely.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Nancy Pearcey explains how to find where a worldview contradicts itself.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Alan defines some terms in the debate over whether conversion therapy should be banned and, by doing so, answers whether efforts to change a person’s same-sex attraction should ever be attempted.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Some Christians think the way to avoid being “conformed to this world” (Rom. 12:2) is by avoiding “worldly” ideas. A better strategy is to learn the skills to critically evaluate them.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Any worldview that lacks the ability to explain what we know to be true—that there are objective moral facts, regardless of whether an individual or an entire society rejects them—is devastatingly...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Remember when I talked about our culture biting absurd bullets? Here’s how it works.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
The Supreme Court decision yesterday won’t just affect marriage. Giving the government the power to redefine a pre-political institution changes the relationship of the government to all of our...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Most people—religious or otherwise—have no idea what marriage is, why it exists, and what we need it for, and it’s dangerous to fundamentally change things when you don’t understand why...
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