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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
We don’t reach out to non-Christians because they’re different from us. We reach out because they’re like us. We were once God’s enemy, and now we proclaim the message of reconciliation.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Greg answers questions on our responsibility to express concern for another’s salvation, Greg’s opinion on the idea of corporate election, and how we can know God is not a “cosmic jerk.”
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Let me ask you a question: What would happen if the bones of Jesus were discovered tomorrow? Paul gives us a definitive answer. If Jesus has not been raised, then seven disastrous consequences...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
A common response to the Kim Davis situation is to say, “If you can’t do your job, you need to quit.” Perhaps that’s the way it should be in some cases, but that’s not what the law...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Here’s another clarification as to what Kim Davis is actually asking for.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Here’s an update on the details of the accommodation Kim Davis is requesting.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Ironically, in this atheist’s illustration of the idea that subjective reasons for believing in your religion are not persuasive to anyone else, his argument is ultimately a subjective,...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Alan’s recent trip to Beirut, Lebanon prompted him to answer the question of whether God promises us prosperity or persecution.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Alan explains the benefit and possible downside of the recent videos exposing Planned Parenthood.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
I recently found myself reflecting on what it means to be thankful. Thankfulness for something only makes sense if there is someone to be thankful to—thankfulness is always expressed towards other...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Are faith and reason at odds? Is belief in Christianity a blind leap in the dark? In this week’s podcast, Tim explores the relationship between faith and reason, and shows how biblical faith is the...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
I have become increasingly concerned at the cavalier attitude many people have about how they approach God. There are many people who believe that it doesn’t matter how you come to God, so long as...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Alan explains why bringing up Jesus when talking to Muslims is a great idea.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Stephen Nichols explains how our worldview affects our gratefulness and expression of thanks, and what this means for an increasingly-secular society.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Is it just for God to sent billions of people to Hell for eternity for a finite number of sins committed while on Earth? Does this punishment really fit the crime? Many people don’t think so....
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
According to Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jesus cannot have a God if He is God.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Is it unloving to tell people they are sinners. While thinking about this question, an analogy immediately came to mind that I think brilliantly articulates why telling people they are sinners...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Someone tried to dismiss Alan’s pro-life view by claiming it was merely a product of his religious beliefs. Listen how he responds to this challenge.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
As Christian ambassadors we must strive to be as effective as possible at communicating our point of view. This entails using accurate and helpful terminology. This month Tim explains why he avoids...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Many people don’t feel like their moral crimes deserve Hell, but the fact that people feel this way doesn’t mean the feeling is based on truth.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
What if Lieutenant Columbo was a Christian? How would he present the Gospel? What would he say and how would he say it? Alan says Columbo would ask three questions. Find out what they are in this...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Christopher Morgan gave a fantastic response in a recent interview to the question “If God’s ultimate purpose is to glorify himself, does that mean God is selfish?”
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
There are a host of reasons why I believe Christians should not embrace macroevolution. Among the most serious is the theistic evolutionist’s rejection of a historical Adam.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
The new definition of tolerance—i.e., the idea that it’s wrong for you to think my ideas are wrong—turns out to be nothing but a political tool to accomplish the very opposite of tolerance.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
This month, I want to offer you a helpful way for categorizing the evidence that is offered in support of macroevolution.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:29 PM
Getting married and having kids is part of being human—given to us for our good and His glory, but it doesn’t follow that if one does not take part in those things that one is not fully human.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:29 PM
Derek Rishmawy describes “the triune shape of the gospel,” correcting the idea that the Father had to be convinced by the Son to love us.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:29 PM
Kenneth Samples says Christianity’s most dangerous idea—the idea that most challenges the standard naturalist paradigm—is that Jesus Christ died but didn’t stay dead.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
There’s only one way to Heaven because there’s only one God that exists who’s made only one offer of forgiveness through His only one Son.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Alan recently explained in a single tweet (138 characters) why Jesus is the only way to heaven. Find out what he said and how he said it.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
When a Jehovah’s Witness tells you that they believe in the resurrection of Jesus, they mean something very different than what Christians mean.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Jesus showed us that being a servant is essential to Christianity. It’s good to seek to increase your knowledge, but how can you use the abundance you already have to serve those who are...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Alan offers three quick thoughts about the recent statement made by Target to “welcome transgender team members and guests to use the restroom or fitting room facility that corresponds with their...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Alan explains how he is able to keep his cool when he faces hostile criticism.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
In a New York Times op-ed titled “Stop Saying ‘I Feel Like,’” Molly Worthen says we need to pay attention to a recent evolution in language.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Some LGBT activists and Frozen fans have created the viral hashtag #GiveElsaAGirlfriend to urge the sequel’s writers to make Elsa Disney’s first lesbian queen. They believe that Disney is long...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Beauty itself is an apologetic for God because it reveals His beauty, just as making a case for the truth of the gospel through apologetic arguments reveals His truth.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
The May issue of Christianity Today features a cover story on Bethel Church in Redding, CA. Their pastor, Bill Johnson, was asked about his association with the New Apostolic Reformation.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
We can know, through the Gospel, that God is indeed all-powerful, all-good, and all-knowing, despite the existence of evil.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
We are continuing our series on Answering Gosptacles with what might be the most pervasive gosptacle that we’ve looked at so far. The exclusivity of Christ as the only way of salvation is deeply...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Mark Galli has a good editorial in the current Christianity Today issue. I disagree with a couple of points. But I appreciate his primary message—reminding Christians that we’re to love and care...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
People want the judge in the Brock Turner case recalled because he’s not a good judge. He did not uphold justice. The arguments for leniency were not good ones...yet they’re the same arguments...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Strong feelings of compassion and empathy coupled with a desire to help people and make them happy can sometimes obscure the path of true compassion.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
At the end of John 13, after Jesus washes the disciples’ feet, He tells them He’s going away, and when they’re upset by this, Jesus gives them these words of comfort.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Alan responds to the claim that Christians are partly to blame for the Orlando shooting.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Our country deserves nothing but judgment. But oh, see His grace and love on the cross! And dare to pray to Him for what we don’t deserve.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
On a recent episode of the Stand to Reason weekly podcast, a supporter of STR took issue with one of the ways Greg Koukl and I argue against theistic evolution.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Tim Barnett wrote this month’s Solid Ground to help you prepare for conversations with Jehovah’s Witnesses. He says the best thing you can do is to focus on the most important question.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Andrew Walker warns of our society’s need for allowing religious dissent and the danger of denying religious liberty.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Contrary to Christopher Hitchens’s claim, religion isn’t what poisons everything. The problem is much deeper, more pervasive, and far more personal.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
The question of the so-called Canaanite “genocide” is a difficult one to answer...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Lately, I’ve begun to realize just how much relativism is ingrained in our culture, particularly when it comes to religion...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Alan discusses how he created the confidence in Christians to share their pro-life convictions with anyone.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Alan explains the importance of learning a good system of biblical interpretation and uses an example from his recent trip to Cairo, Egypt.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Does Mark’s Gospel present Jesus as a mere man, or is the deity of Christ presented even in the earliest Gospel?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
C.S. Lewis expert Jerry Root explains how experiences and earthly loves awaken desires in us that will ultimately point us to God.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Alan explains how to understand the most modern case for pro-gay theology and how to undermine it in one step.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Why you shouldn’t be tempted to fear what you might encounter in the future as a Christian.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
It would be odd to think that we alone (who were created in God’s image), and not God Himself, were by nature relational beings who interacted with and loved others.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Don’t go by your feelings. Look at the cross. There’s solid proof of His love there—not to mention His wisdom and sovereignty.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
If God really is good, if He loves us, if He knows everything and is powerful enough to prevent any harm from coming to us, why do we suffer?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Alan responds to the common question why people are punished in hell forever when they’ve only committed a finite amount of sin.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Alan draws upon a component of Jesus’ ministry to help believers transform their relationships with people they disagree with.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Rather than complain that I’m being persecuted, I’ll consider it pure joy whenever I face any trial because I’m sharing in the sufferings of Christ.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
I recently gave a talk at the University of Toronto on the topic of science and faith. I argued that modern science was birthed out of a theistic worldview. But if this is the case, why did the...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
In our discussions with Jehovah’s Witnesses, we need to be tactical. That is, we need to anticipate their typical maneuvers to better guide the conversation. This will give us the best opportunity...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Despite claim to the contrary, the facts overwhelmingly confirm that the deity of Christ was not invented at the Council of Nicea. In fact, Jesus’ words and actions led the disciples to the...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Alan explains how his recent failure to convince an abortion-choice advocate helps us rethink how we measure success.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Humility is crucial to seeing and loving goodness, and in the Gospels we see that it’s the key to living the Christian life.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
How is it that the early church grew so dramatically at the very time when the culture was so hostile towards it? Here’s what we can learn from them.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Alan explains why although atheists may not have to prove the absence of God, their view still entails three incredible assertions that require a lot of explaining.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
Watch Reasonable Faith’s new short, animated apologetics video answering the question “Who did Jesus think He was?”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
In this video, you can see the consistency of R.C. Sproul’s message of God, His holiness, and the gospel over the decades. His passion is infectious, and his God is glorious.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
Correct beliefs about God can provide comfort, inspire wonder, cause us to worship, and more. But what are the consequences of thinking wrongly about God?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
What do you do when you are tempted to make scripture submit to your own thinking? Do you try to find someone who has provided a possible interpretation that neutralizes the teaching you don’t...
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