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Salvation: Truth, Not Just Sincerity

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 24, 2020 4:27 AM

If you do not put your faith in Jesus but are sincere in what you believe, is it that enough for salvation? Read more for Greg's answer to religious inclusivism.

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Is God a Three-Headed Dragon?

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

Does the Trinity make any sense at all? Brett explains why it makes biblical and rational sense.

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#STRask: June 26, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about dreams, a Bible discrepancy, and God

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What’s Good for the Silent Goose…

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 11, 2023 11:14 PM

Those who argue we shouldn’t believe Jesus is God because he never said the exact

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How to Confront a Works-Based Salvation Theology

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 3, 2022 10:35 PM

Greg explains why this does not line up with the good news of the Bible and offers

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People Believe What They Want

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 10:03 PM

My mind's made up. Don't confuse me with the facts. Come again? Don't get caught with this wrong-headed attitude!

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A Story of Suffering

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

We Christians don’t talk enough about suffering. Suffering is a fact of life, even for Christians. We need to be ready for it, and we can learn from others’ stories.

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Two Passages That Argue for Original Guilt and Sin

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 6, 2024 6:27 PM

Since it seems some Christians are starting to waver on original guilt and sin, here are two passages that support these doctrines.

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Why We’re Not Under the Mosaic Law

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

Here’s what the Bible says about it.

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#STRask: Why Doesn’t Every Bible Version Include Matthew 17:21?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 23, 2022 5:41 PM

Questions about why some Bible versions include Matthew 17:21 and part of Mark 9:

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Is Jesus the Only Way?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

A view called “inclusivism” has been a cancer spreading in the church for years now reaching epidemic proportions.

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Advice for Young People Leaving Home

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 18, 2024 1:55 AM

Greg gives advice to young people on how to live well on their own, then he talks to a caller about the point of glory and honor and why we need to give it to God.

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#STRask: November 8, 2018

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM

point of view of people in other identity groups, and his favorite book of the Bible

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Hell Interrupted—Part 1

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM

In recent years, opposition to the doctrine of endless punishment by those who are rethinking Hell has gained enough popular momentum that “conditional immortality”—also known as...

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Does Proverbs 8:22 Teach That Jesus Was Created?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

When you tell Jehovah’s Witnesses that Jesus is uncreated, they are likely to take you directly to Proverbs 8:22–30 in their New World Translation (NWT).

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The Truth Hasn’t Changed

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 21, 2020 3:45 AM

Greg responds to a quote promoting Progressive Christianity, then he answers questions

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Hell Interrupted—Part 2

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM

Conditionalists—those who hold to the annihilation of the wicked at the judgment—insist that Jesus’ and John’s descriptions be interpreted in light of other passages, texts they think give an...

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#STRask: August 7, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 139, 13-16, and Ephesians 2:10.

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Should Women Teach in Church?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:55 PM

What does I Tim. 2:11–15 say about the male-female “pecking order” in the church? Greg examines one of the key passes.

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Don’t Trust God to Protect You from Pain

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

An experience of suffering can be very disorienting to Christians who are trusting God to protect them from pain. This is not the kind of trust God has called us to have.

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Can You Lose Your Salvation?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 17, 2022 3:27 AM

saved person can’t lose his salvation, then he answers questions about the last verse

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Learn How to Interpret the Bible through My 10-Part Video Series

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 30, 2020 12:18 AM

Everyone has a system of biblical interpretation. Does yours help or hinder your ability to understand what God is saying in Scripture?

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Interview: Tim Barnett, What the Bible Teaches about Hell

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

Greg Koukl and Tim Barnett begin making a case against annihilationism/conditionalism. (See September and November issues of Solid Ground for more.)

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The Virtues of a Good Teacher

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 26, 2020 4:01 AM

Greg talks about the four key virtues Christians should have as they teach, mentor, or parent in order to be more effective, then he talks about how we’re being catechized by digital media more...

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#STRask: Should We Only Study the Truth in the Bible and Not Learn About Other Beliefs

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 10, 2024 3:31 PM

Questions about whether we should only study the truth in the Bible and not learn

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What Does It Mean for Jesus to Be the Son of God?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

“Jesus never calls Himself God,” exclaimed my Jehovah’s Witness friend in a

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When Debating Biblical Inspiration, Let God Do the Heavy Lifting

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 16, 2022 11:16 PM

If you want people to believe in the Bible, the best way to succeed is not simply

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#STRask: Why Emphasize Evangelism When the Bible Only Mentions the Great Commission

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 16, 2024 4:12 PM

Questions about why evangelism is emphasized above other commands in the Bible, what

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John Newton on Speaking the Truth for the Sake of Others

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

If disguising the truth is “an act of treachery to men,” then speaking the truth is part of what it means to serve them in love.

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#STRask: Are We Only Interpreting the Bible This Way Because of Our Post-Enlightenment

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 3, 2024 3:42 PM

Questions about whether we’re only interpreting the Bible according to authorial

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Is Christ Inferior to the Father?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

If “the head of Christ is God,” doesn’t that prove Jesus is a lesser deity than the Father?

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Miracles Happen: Here’s One

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

Painful seasons in our lives can cause us to doubt God’s ability to act, but He is always working in our lives, and sometimes He even does miracles. Here’s one.

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Strengthen the Basics in 2015

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 4, 2020 5:09 PM

Maintaining a spiritual habit is much easier than starting one, so it’s best to start it once and then maintain it day by day for the long term. Here’s how you can do that this coming year.

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#STRask: Do These Verses Contradict “Once Saved, Always Saved”?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 6, 2022 3:19 AM

Questions about whether Revelation 2:1–7 and Colossians 1:21–23 can be reconciled with a belief in “once saved, always saved.”

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The “Heathen” and the Unknown God – Part 1

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 24, 2022 12:45 AM

What does this mean for those who have never heard of him?

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Clarification on Confession

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

To put it simply, the one who says, “I don’t need forgiveness,” is at odds with God and doesn’t get it.

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Aren’t We All Children of God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 16, 2023 8:57 PM

Greg explains the difference between being offspring of God in the sense of being made in his image and being children of God as heirs in Christ.

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#STRask: Should the Bible Be Removed from Public Schools under a Law Prohibiting

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 6, 2023 6:59 PM

Questions about a public school library that wants to remove the Bible because of

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God’s Judgment Is According to the Light Available

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

is the only means by which we can be saved, how can God judge the person who has never

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Is Friendship with Unbelievers Being Unequally Yoked?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 5, 2020 12:48 AM

What does it really mean to be unequally yoked?

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God Didn’t Command Child Sacrifice

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

Some atheists claim God commanded child sacrifice in the Old Testament Law, but a look at the biblical passages that address this topic shows why they’re wrong.

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The Rap on the Rapture

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

What is the apocalyptic event described in First Thessalonians 4 and First Corinthians 15? Perhaps not exactly what you think it is.

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Discernment: Head or Heart?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

Is “spiritual” discernment an objective judgment of the mind, or a subjective intuition of the spirit?

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#STRask: August 14, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about Christians sinning, Christians called bigots, and new books in the biblical canon.

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#STRask: June 15, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions on extra-biblical sources, creation, and theism.

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What Is Apologetics?

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

For some believers, apologetics has a questionable reputation. It amounts to intellectually bullying or argumentative one-upsmanship. It’s all head and no heart. However, is this an accurate view...

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Tiffany Gelpi: Change Collegian Network

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM

Greg talks about raising Christian kids, Christian bias, and discusses Change Collegian Network with guest Tiffany Gelpi.

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Is Baptism Necessary for Salvation?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

How would Nicodemus have understood Jesus words?

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Seeing God Will Humble a Person

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 6, 2020 10:47 PM

Was Moses being proud when he wrote, “Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth”?

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What Does God’s Love Look Like?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

Before we can draw any conclusions from the phrase “God is love,” we must first understand what God’s love looks like.

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You Can Start a Bible Education Program at Your Local Public School

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 7, 2022 3:22 AM

Schwartz, a field rep for LifeWise Academy, an organization that helps people start Bible

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#STRask: How Can We Apply the Bible to Our Lives if We’re Not Supposed to Read Our

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 31, 2024 11:42 PM

Questions about how to apply the Bible to our lives if we’re supposed to read it

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Do We Need Rescue From God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

Should the Christian message include that we need Jesus in order to be rescued from God?

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When Whitefield Was Mistaken about the Voice of God

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

The Bible gives us certainty of God’s response to us.

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Is Jesus the Only Way?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM

message of salvation that I face is: What about the good, sincere person who has never

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God Has a Purpose in Suffering

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM

The Bible doesn’t give us the specific reasons for the particular sufferings we go

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Giving the Truth but Not the Life

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM

many of us have become that which, in a time of clearer thinking, we swore we’d never

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Differences Between Protestants and Catholics

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 24, 2024 2:05 AM

Greg talks to callers about differences between Protestants and Catholics, whether Jesus ever told people to worship him, how to tell if an experience was spiritual, emotional, or demonic, whether...

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Hebrews Doesn’t Say What Atheists Think It Says about Faith

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM

An atheist asked, “Is faith not belief in the conviction/evidence of things unseen, which by their nature, do not have evidence?” Here’s the response.

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Apologetics Roundtable: What You Can Do Right Now

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Feb 15, 2024 11:48 PM

Amy, Jon, Robby, and Tim give practical tips for how you can bloom where you’re planted and remind believers that they don’t need to know everything before they start sharing the gospel with others.

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Does Ezekiel’s Vision of a Temple Contradict Christianity?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Since Jesus ended the sacrificial system, how should we understand the prophetic vision of the temple at the end of Ezekiel?

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Why Does It Matter if God Is a Trinity?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

If a Muslim or a Mormon asked you why it matters if God is a Trinity, would you know how to answer him? Here are some reasons for you to consider.

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Treating the Symptoms and the Disease

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

Followers of Jesus Christ face two extremes in the discussion of Christianity and citizenship.

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#STRask: March 21, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:29 PM

Greg talks about if Jesus is less than equal to the Father, if churches should host Easter egg hunts, why Noah had to build an ark instead of just moving, burial vs. cremation, and how God is...

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Does God Whisper? Part 2

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

In the last issue of Solid Ground, I raised a question that may have startled some readers. I asked if the current emphasis on “hearing” the voice of God is biblically sound.

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#STRask: April 18, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

if Agabus was a false prophet, what it means to “pray on it”, and what the best Bible

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When Is a Couple Considered Married?

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On May 23, 2024 9:11 PM

Robby Lashua looks at what the Bible has to say about this question.

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#STRask: November 20, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM

Greg has 4 minutes to answer questions about women working, discerning conscience issues, and the old earth view.

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The Rescue—Why Did Jesus Come?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

In this part of the Story I answer the second of the two most important questions anyone could ever ask about the remarkable man from Nazareth: Why did He come? It is a question there is far too...

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Knowing What’s Coming Will Help You Endure

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2023 9:15 PM

God will bring things into your life you never would have chosen, but you can endure

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#STRask: May 9, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Greg discusses whether it is necessary that the Christian read his Bible to

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What Is Promised to the Two or Three Who Are Gathered in Jesus’ Name?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2022 7:37 PM

What is promised to the “two or three” who are “gathered together in Jesus’ name” according to Matthew 18:19–20, and does that promise apply to us today?

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Paul, Romans, and Homosexuality

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

To most readers, the first chapter of Paul’s letter to the Romans contains the Bible

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An Audience of One

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

As ambassadors for Christ, we often never know the true impact of our efforts.

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No “Lost” Books

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM

Is it possible that Christians don’t have the true Bible?