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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Devotion (in the sense I’m using the word) is different from “devotions.” My goal isn’t to squeeze a sense of well-being out of the encounter, but to focus entirely on Him, worshiping Him,...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 27, 2024 11:39 PM
Much of what passes for online dialogue is rude, hostile, and condescending, so before you post that next reply, consider these three things.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jan 25, 2024 2:45 AM
Our New Year’s resolutions stem from an internal longing for something more, but you will never be able to satisfy your hunger by your own efforts. The longing we experience points us beyond...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Greg’s on a timer, and answers questions about sexual sin and lying.
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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...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 19, 2021 3:48 AM
It’s hard to imagine anything so unsettling as learning that a spiritual hero has been living a secret life of egregious sin. Stunned, shocked, and shaken, you might not know how to process news...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 14, 2023 2:34 AM
Inoculating believers against bad ideas is one of the best ways to prepare them for what they’ll encounter. But there are some important qualifications to keep in mind before you dive into another...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
I want to start by asking three questions I hope will alert you to problems I’m willing to bet you’ve never thought about as a Christian...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
It seems like every time I turn around I hear of another prominent Christian thinker or theologian who has embraced Darwinism.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Each new generation that emerges in culture needs a new generation of Christians to speak to it in its own cultural language.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Some ideas have the tendency to self-destruct when given the opportunity. Your job is simply to point it out, and then watch the view quietly commit suicide.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Are You a Christian because You Were Born in America? Would you Be a Muslim If You Were Born in Iraq? Maybe. But So What?
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 9:53 PM
You want to inform them, in as polite a way as possible, that they cannot knock on your door as missionaries promoting their religion, proselytizing and seeking to convert you, and then say you are...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 17, 2021 7:32 PM
Greg gives five principles to consider when deciding on a new church home.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 23, 2021 4:26 AM
Disobedience always extracts a greater cost from us than faithfulness. But as fallen human beings, it’s not always easy to believe this, so we choose sin. Here’s how you can fight for faithfulness.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jul 14, 2022 6:58 PM
God calls Christians to “do justice,” but what is true justice? Jon Noyes shares a biblical picture of justice and how Christians can pursue it in his latest Stand to Reason University course.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 13, 2023 9:23 PM
Greg and Amy share how they might respond to the misuse of popular sayings like “where two or three are gathered” versus misinterpretations that might have more serious implications.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Is there a conflict between faith and science? I think not. Rather, I think the current quarrel between the two has been contrived.
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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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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Religious people are seeking to live out their convictions, and the changing values of our society are infringing on their rights.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 9, 2023 3:57 AM
It’s not wrong to be outraged by by the harmful ideologies, injustices, and mockery of God we see in our culture today, but how should we handle these feelings of outrage? Should we act on them,...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 14, 2023 4:26 PM
Tim Barnett explains three reasons why he stopped making a distinction between “good” deconstruction and “bad” deconstruction and rejected the fundamentally flawed process altogether.
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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.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
In this second installment, I want to center on the biblical fact of the Trinity.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
You may hear someone say, “I am a Christian. I believe that Jesus is my savior. He is the only way for me. But I can’t say He is the way for others.” Here’s why this confused confession fails.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 9:45 PM
There’s a lesson to be learned from using vignettes like these. Sometimes all it takes is a short reflection or a briefly explained insight to put a stone in someone’s shoe...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 9:58 PM
In this issue of Solid Ground I continue with my collection of short vignettes I have collected over the years.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
I want to talk about what I did the last couple of weeks.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 6, 2022 8:12 PM
When making a case against atheism, Christians have a powerful ally: reality. Greg Koukl shares an important reminder and strategy from Francis Schaeffer in an introductory video from his new STR...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Spending time with God won’t make up for intellectual doubts, but neither will answering intellectual doubts make up for a lack of time with God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 21, 2022 10:12 PM
Greg offers advice on how to disciple the next generation of believers and shares examples of how spiritual mentorship has impacted his own life.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Greg explains how you can respond when a young person asks this question.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
All the big questions—issues of origin, meaning, morality, and destiny—and all the secondary concerns, too—issues of sex, gender, liberty, equality, bodily rights, etc.—eventually come down to one....
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 28, 2020 12:45 AM
You need to be prepared with specific plans to help you engage atheists’ objections thoughtfully and with grace when you encounter them.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 9:22 PM
There's a reason both the Old and the New Testaments promote capital punishment. That reason was applicable then and still applies today.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 3, 2020 4:11 AM
Even though Latter-day Saint theology is radically different from Christianity, Mormons talk of Jesus with great respect, saying He is their savior. Is it possible some of them are saved?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM
Have you ever had the desire to be an apologist? Here is Greg’s sage advice to get you started on your way.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 9:34 PM
Was the faith of the Founding Fathers deism or Christianity? What does the answer mean for us today? Both the secularists and the Christians have missed the mark.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Evolution is on its way out. It’s only a matter of time before the iceberg hits.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
We have a responsibility to do this. We cannot just pawn it off on teachers, or Sunday school teachers, or our pastor, or a Christian school, if we have one. They can help, but it is our primary...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Today’s a special day for me. It was 35 years ago today—September 28, 1973—in an apartment on Granville Street near Stoner Park in West Los Angeles that, sitting at the table with my younger...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
The passage of C-250 in the Canadian Parliament this spring pushed hate crime legislation to new extremes. Can one be against hate crimes, yet still oppose hate crime laws? Here are three good...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Greg talks about how to know if one truly believes, if Christians can easily remain friends with Non-Christians, what the top 3 or 4 apologetics challenges these days are for American...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Greg talks about his mother, what the definition of faith is, and if a Christian should attend their family member’s same-sex wedding.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Sometimes the simplest questions—questions that seem so basic we never expect them to be asked—can stop us in our tracks if we’re not equipped to engage them.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Would you die for truth? Of course you would. Multitudes do everyday. Or more precisely, they die because they don’t have truth.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
The images are sadly familiar. Buildings ripped from their foundations. Corpses mingled with debris. Parents and friends grieving for lost loved ones. Flowers and candles and makeshift memorials.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
When it comes to spiritual warfare, the New Testament emphasis is not on prayer-infused power encounters, but on something completely different, and if we miss that, then I think we miss the heart...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 29, 2022 8:27 PM
What about those who have never heard the gospel? The only way to know what God wants from us for salvation is for him to tell us, so to answer this question, we must trade on biblical truths and...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
In 4 min. or less, Alan answers questions about abortion, pornography, and pride.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Jesus of Nazareth is a true man of history, but His history started long before He was born. He is a true man, but He is no ordinary man. He is the Son of David, the future King, the promised...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Imagine a woman telling you, “I’m transgender. Please call me Michael.” What do you do? Here’s how to answer with truth and compassion.
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 15, 2022 2:53 AM
A mélange is a mixture, a medley, an array of miscellany combined together for a common purpose. That is what you’ll find here—a potpourri of thoughts and reflections addressing issues that will be...
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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.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
As we face serious challenges on two broad fronts—trouble in the world and trouble in the church—we’re called to “contend earnestly for the faith once for all handed down to the saints,” but...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
The billboards read: “No God? No Problem. Be Good for Goodness’ Sake,” and “Are You Good without God? Millions Are.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
“The days drag on, the years fly by,” the saying goes. So true. Our time is precious, and the older I get the faster it seems to go.
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
C.S. Lewis seems to suggest that those who sincerely pursue God the best way they know how are accepted by Him, regardless of whether or not they explicitly put their faith in Jesus. Is he right?
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 4, 2019 12:09 AM
Because we all live in God’s world and are all made in God’s image, there are things all people know—about morality, guilt, etc.—that are embedded deep within their hearts, and this knowledge can...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 24, 2022 12:45 AM
When it comes to salvation, God’s way has always been narrow. There is forgiveness available, but no one will be saved without the gospel of Jesus Christ. What does this mean for those who...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Lady Gaga’s mega-hit song, “Born this Way,” expressed what many believe: Homosexuality is hardwired in the genes.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Sexuality and Gender
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
I do not consider myself a particularly brave person, and I think it especially foolish, on the main, to make a frontal assault on a clearly superior force.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Western civilization is shuddering under a tidal wave of activism in favor of same-sex marriage. Here is a careful response to their most compelling arguments.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Sexuality and Gender
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Greg talks about his Christmas vacation, if a Christian should attend a baby shower for his not-yet-divorced brother-in-law’s pregnant girlfriend, and if it’s possible that God created the universe...
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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....
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 29, 2021 12:46 AM
People are attracted to critical race theory out of a desire to fight racism, but the central elements of CRT turn the noble ideas of the civil rights movement of the ’60s upside down.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
J. Warner Wallace answers questions in 4 min. or less (or more) about black lives matter and if Christianity is false.
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