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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
The embryonic stem cell research debate is remarkable because neither side—pro-life or pro-abortion—seems to understand the moral logic of its views.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Bioethics
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
What does it mean to be human? You can’t answer a single question of consequence regarding human beings without answering that question first. Everything vital, meaningful, and moral about us hangs...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 21, 2023 12:27 AM
How much sin can God forgive? Does it matter if we evolved? Why did God...? What role should Christianity play in our government? Greg addresses these topics and more in this issue of Solid Ground.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
What kind of God would allow a Hitler to go to heaven if he believed in Jesus and a Mother Teresa to go to hell if she didn’t?
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
While waiting in line at the theater, I spoke to a young man named Ira who was a musician from Canada.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
If the wager is your life, what odds will you take? Find out how to pick a winner.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 23, 2021 10:41 PM
At times, the tsunami of change we’re facing seems overwhelming for its force, dizzying for its speed, and chilling for its darkness. It’s easy to begin feeling helpless, but that is not our path....
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Other Worldviews
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
What caused God? J.P. Moreland gives a brief response to this challenge.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Many evolutionary naturalists attempt to ground morality in naturalistic evolution. This is fraught with serious difficulties that form an insurmountable case against evolution as the foundation of...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Clear-Thinking Christianity Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
John Mark Reynolds spoke at Acton recently on “Beauty and the Destruction of the Individual,” explaining how a proper belief in the existence of objective beauty fuels a culture.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Some people take offense when we say everyone has a worldview, but it’s not an insult. Here’s what we mean by the term.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
Most of us believe the decisions we make with our minds are not determined by physical forces. What story of creation can account for such free-willed decisions?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
Here’s a heartbreaking story out of Australia about a boy who circumvented the law in order to start his transitioning process at age 12...and then changed his mind.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
The increasingly-common belief that human beings only have instrumental value leads to disturbing real-world results.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Tim Barnett is on a timer, and answers questions about Hell, the Kingdom of God, and if Christianity were false.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
The definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman is not the result of bigotry; it’s the result of the unchangeable facts of biology.
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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
What does it mean for something to be true? Historically, there have been three dominant theories of truth, but only the common sense view stands up under scrutiny.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
The existence of God is necessary for meaning to exist. A new Reasonable Faith video explains why and responds to the common challenges atheists offer against this claim.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
If a person makes the claim “My hair is black,” can that claim be true for him but not for you?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Does the Modal Ontological Argument prove the existence of God? It at least demonstrates that God’s existence, if possible, would be necessary.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
The law of non-contradiction isn’t just a Western convention. In fact, it’s not a convention at all. The laws of logic aren’t invented; they’re discovered. They are facts about reality.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
French ex-atheist Guillaume Bignon explains why the existence of evil points to the existence of God.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Reasonable Faith has a new apologetics video on Leibniz’s contingency argument for the existence of God.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
After my talk titled “The Truth about Truth,” a young girl asked me why I didn’t use the term “absolute” when describing truth. How could I give a 45-minute talk on truth and not once use...
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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...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Clear-Thinking Christianity Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Philosopher Peter Kreeft explains why objective morality can only come from a source higher than anything in the natural world.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
If two guys walk into a bar and the bartender says, “I can’t serve people like you—get out!” Is that wrong? Illegal? One can’t say until one knows why the discrimination is occurring.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
There‘s a similarity between our ability to perceive (and have knowledge of) moral reality and our ability to perceive physical reality.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Since God has created every one of us and He’s given us His manual for what we need to know, Christians have some insight that others may not have because they’re still running from God.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Our societal conflict over sexuality comes down to our opposing views on what it means to be human.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Many people think all religions are equally true, but this isn’t possible. Here’s why.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Tim Barnett gives a great illustration to help explain the nature of the problem with atheism and objective morality.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Watch a fun little video from Impact 360 on relativism, tolerance, and Christianity’s claim to be objectively true.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
The cultural debates happening today offer us opportunities to talk about the fundamental worldviews behind the divide.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
If the goodness we desire is not inherently in people, and there is no moral standard higher than society, how could “goodness” ever reign in a society?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
What is a worldview? Sean McDowell gives a brief explanation.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
Alan explains the implications of being made in the image of God and why society is shooting itself in the foot for rejecting this principle.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
Can a person who believes in a God that does not exist still have a good grounding for objective morality? The distinction between “in principle” and “in reality” is crucial to answering...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
In this intense short film, a professor finds himself facing someone who embodies the naturalistic ideas about morality he’s been promoting, and it doesn’t turn out well for him.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Sometimes people claim that the only reason someone is a Christian is because they were born in the United States. In this episode, Alan gives three reasons why such a claim is wrong headed.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
The ideas of critical theory are driving much of our current cultural conversation, even among some Christians, but are they compatible with Christianity?
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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jul 30, 2019 11:30 PM
The most common objection raised against Christian theism is the problem of evil. Here are some tips to help you prepare your answer to this inevitable question.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 2, 2019 9:20 PM
Some atheists who believe in objective moral values and duties argue that they’re simply brute facts of the universe, existing without explanation or foundation. Here’s how you can respond.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 2, 2019 9:25 PM
The answer to whether or not proving Christianity false would be a good thing depends on whether or not Christianity is true, whether or not God exists, and what kind of “good” we’re talking about.
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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 amy k. hall On Nov 25, 2019 1:26 AM
Relativism was embraced by our culture as a way to put an end to conflicts, but its result has been the exact opposite. Here’s why.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 2, 2019 1:14 AM
Here’s a simple and clear response from William Lane Craig to the increasingly common charge from atheists, “We’re both atheists about most gods. I just believe in one fewer God than you do.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 4, 2019 12:20 AM
We commonly use a powerful and rational process to draw conclusions from evidence, and we can use this process to make a case for Christianity. Here’s how.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 4, 2019 1:22 AM
In this third part of the “Why Apologetics?” series, Tim talks about the value of developing the mind through apologetics as a way of pushing back against anti-intellectualism in the church.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 4, 2020 5:47 PM
When we remove the key component of sexual complementarity from the definition of marriage, none of the other aspects of marriage logically hold.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 21, 2020 12:38 AM
The Greeks’ view of the nature of the universe held them back from scientific discovery, but Kepler’s Christian view drove him on towards science.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 2:21 AM
What have we lost, both as individuals and as a culture, without the presence of death?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 3:20 AM
Both atheists and theists care about right and wrong, love and compassion. Are we merely being fooled by survival instincts, or are we apprehending objective reality?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 9, 2020 2:03 AM
Thomas Nagel says materialism fails to explain the world we actually find ourselves in, and to atheists, this is heretical.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Apr 9, 2020 10:26 PM
Jonathan discusses the difference between subjective and objective truth using two helpful analogies.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 24, 2020 4:24 AM
Tim gives a helpful analogy for biblical faith.
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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 jonathan noyes On Jun 25, 2020 2:26 AM
Since we all—Christian or non-Christian—have to explain the existence of evil, the real issue here is figuring out who has the best answer.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 25, 2020 5:31 PM
Jonathan Noyes answers the question “What is truth?”
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jul 1, 2020 9:08 PM
Moral dilemmas based on circumstances always demonstrate objectivism, not subjectivism.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Aug 18, 2020 12:39 AM
Reasonable Faith has a new video answering the question “How do we explain the astonishing applicability of math to the physical world?”
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Aug 21, 2020 1:16 PM
Jon explains what happens when moral relativism is followed to its logical conclusion.
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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 amy k. hall On Feb 15, 2021 11:48 PM
Some argue the universe has always existed, but an eternal universe would mean there’s an actually infinite number of past events, and such a thing is impossible. Here’s why.
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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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 23, 2021 9:48 PM
The fulfillment of human longings (eternal love, triumph over evil, life out of death) that we find in beautiful stories can be found in reality.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 20, 2021 5:47 PM
You've heard of the Big Bang, but are you aware of the other two big bangs, each of which represents the beginning of a fundamentally new thing that didn't exist before? Alan explains what they are...
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Aug 12, 2021 9:24 PM
We all want to be “tolerant” people. We want to be kind and respectful of others, even when we disagree. The problem is, this isn’t what tolerance means anymore.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Aug 12, 2021 11:43 PM
When we’re afraid discussions about truth will get us labeled intolerant, that fear stifles critical thought and hampers productive discussions about religion, values, ethics, morals, and...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 9, 2021 10:35 PM
Alan takes notice of a cultural trend to reject teleological language when describing human anatomy and shows how this explains modern thinking on sex and sexuality.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 22, 2022 11:15 PM
Those who recognize, through their experience of the world, that justice is objectively real and not merely a matter of preference should ask themselves, what must be true for ultimate justice...
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Mar 10, 2022 4:17 AM
Jon Noyes considers three realities concerning the soul, guilt, and human value and discusses why only Christianity provides a reasonable explanation.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan offers a simple question that neutralizes the claim that the problem of evil is evidence against God’s existence.
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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.
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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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