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Michael Kruger, The Question of Canon

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Greg talks with guest Michael Kruger about The Question of Canon, then discusses

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Michael Kruger on Bart Ehrman’s Claim We Can’t Trust the Holy Week Gospel Accounts

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

Greg Koukl and Michael Kruger on Bart Ehrman’s claim that we can’t trust the

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Interview with Michael Kruger on Bart Ehrman

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

Stand to Reason Interview with Michael Kruger about Bart Ehrman’s Article: “

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Michael Kruger Responds to Two Challenges to the New Testament

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM

Here are two of those responses by New Testament scholar Michael Kruger.

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The Original Text Is Not a Physical Object

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Michael Kruger responds to Bart Ehrman’s objection, “What good is it to say

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Podcast

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

podcast joins Greg in the studio.

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Textual Variants Aren’t a Problem

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Michael Kruger responds to the poorly-researched Newsweek article “The Bible

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Michael Krueger on Bart Ehrman’s New Book

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Greg talks about Christianity being rational and defensible, if God is in time, and more, then he discusses Bart Ehrman’s new book with Michael Krueger.

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Jury Duty

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

Greg talks about jury duty, using a game plan, and whether variations mean we don’t have a reliable Bible.

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Are All Sins Equal in God’s Sight?

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Christians need to think carefully about this issue, especially in a culture that is more than happy to co-opt Christian statements and claims in order to justify sin.

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Original New Testament Manuscripts Could Have Been Copied for Centuries

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

Evidence that literary manuscripts in the ancient world would last hundreds of years suggests that some of the earliest New Testament copies we posses may have been copied directly from one of...

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Bill Nye the Science Guy on Abortion

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

Greg talks about Psalm 130, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Paul’s apostolic authority, and opting out of a school trip that involves participating in spiritual rituals.

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If We Condemn Modern-Day Genocide, Why Don’t We Condemn God for Destroying the Canaanites?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 2, 2019 6:18 AM

A crucial difference between human beings and God explains His command to destroy the Canaanites, as this analogy makes clear.

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Remember That First-Century Mark Fragment?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM

We’ve all been waiting for an update on the alleged first-century fragment of Mark. Now it’s been published, and there’s good news and bad news.

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“Misquoting” Jesus? Answering Bart Ehrman

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

The story behind “The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why”

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The Fundamental Premise behind Ehrman’s Claims

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:29 PM

Just in time for Holy Week—it’s just about a tradition now for Christmas and Easter—Bart Ehrman is raising the same old doubts about the New Testament documents.

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Jesus’ Wife Fragment

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

In the fall of 2012, Harvard historian Karen King announced she’d been given a fragment of a manuscript that mentioned Jesus’ wife.

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We Still Need the Old Testament

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM

Andy Stanley’s call for pastors to “unhitch [their] teaching of what it means to follow Jesus from all things old covenant” will, sadly, lead to a diminished view of God.

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Bart Ehrman’s Latest Book: How Jesus Became God

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

I realized something about Bart Ehrman’s books reading his latest, How Jesus Became God.

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#STRask: February 17, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 29, 2020 6:45 AM

Genesis 18:6–8 and the story behind the chicken sound on the intro to the other podcast

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The New Testament Canon: Which Books and Why?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 26, 2024 1:36 AM

The church’s recognition of the inspired canon proceeded in stages over time under God’s sovereign guidance, a mysterious mixture of divine intention and human effort. Here’s what happened.

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Is Theistic Evolution a Contradiction in Terms?

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

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Why We Should Expect the New Testament

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Jun 19, 2024 10:29 PM

In this excerpt from Stand to Reason University’s course “New Testament Canon,” Robby Lashua shares how the covenants found in the Old Testament lay the ground for a new covenant documented by the...

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#STRask: May 16, 2016

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

through faith” alone and the “rules” of the NT goes, what other apologetics podcasts

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A Further Response to the Contractualism Question

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

Greg continues responding to a question about contractualism from the previous podcast

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Agreement with Ehrman

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

In Rob Bowman’s review of Bart Ehrman’s new book, How Jesus Became God, he enumerates the many points of agreement evangelicals have with Ehrman.

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Why God Is the Best Explanation for the Existence of Objective Morality

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 17, 2023 1:50 AM

best explanation for its existence in this interview from the the Reasoned Hope podcast

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Berkeley Mission Trip Phone Call With Michael Licona, Part 1

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

In this podcast, Brett plays the first half of a phone call he set up for some college

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The Real Bloodiest Day in America

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Excerpt about abortion and adoption from the February 17th, 2015 podcast with Greg

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Objections to the Moral Argument for the Existence of God

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 17, 2023 1:53 AM

responds to objections to the moral argument in this interview from the Reasoned Hope podcast

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Do We Have What They Wrote?

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:32 PM

In this podcast, Brett lays out the facts about the New Testament manuscripts.

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Why There Are Only Four REAL Gospels

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

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John aren’t the only Gospels we have from the ancient world. Here’s an easy way to remember why the New Testament only includes these four.

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Why Include Hebrews in the Bible if We Don’t Know the Author?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 30, 2023 5:47 PM

Greg and Amy discuss possible reasons why the early church fathers included Hebrews in the New Testament even though it does not appear to have been written by an apostle.

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Naturalists Still View Science as Prescriptive

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM

In an Unbelievable podcast discussing the question, “What was the primary cause of

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#STRask: January 18, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

Greg answers questions about if Christians and Muslims worship the same God, if it is probably that man can sin in Heaven, how the Samaritans in Acts 8 were baptized and believed but didn't receive...

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#STRask: October 3, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers a question about “calling”, how not to be wise but not afraid, and the OT sounds like a storybook.

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Is Theistic Evolution a Contradiction in Terms?

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

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Ancient Myth Claims Aren’t Just Like Jesus: Four Principles

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Have Biblical accounts of Jesus changed?

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Clear Thinking on the “Same God” Debate

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

Greg talks about the “Same God” debate, the Ark of the Covenant, whether the brain is a sophisticated machine, and never reading a Bible verse.

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Interview: Dr. Scott Keith, The Reformation’s 500th Anniversary

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

Greg interviews Dr. Scott Keith of the 1517 Legacy Project on the people and ideas of the Reformation.

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Al Serrato: A D.A. Examines the Evidence for Christianity

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Guest Host: J. Warner Wallace Guest: Al Serrato - A D.A. Examines the Evidence for Christianity

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Was Adam a Historical Person?

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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Be Bold

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

Greg talks about being bold, what the keys to the Kingdom mean about Peter, and whether Jesus’ mention of Jonah’s three days in a fish indicate that the story is true.

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Pro-Life Persuasion

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM

Alan speaks about pro-life persuasion, the Trinity, the Qur’an, and Beauty and the Beast.

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Jesus Prayed to a Person, Not a Nature

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 10, 2021 4:00 AM

Greg talks about the Trinity, answers questions about whether it was appropriate for a Canadian judge to be removed from the bench and whether Christianity could still be true if the universe were...

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Does Our Childlessness Mean We’re Not Fearing God Enough?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 8, 2023 1:23 AM

Greg and Amy respond to questions about whether childlessness is a sign of not fearing God enough and whether it’s a genetic fallacy to point out the eugenics philosophy of the founder of...

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A Clarification on Previous ETS Comments

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Greg amends comments he made about ETS a few weeks back, then talks with callers about family disputes, the Trinity, and worship.

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What Does “Work Out Your Salvation” Mean?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 23, 2022 1:51 AM

Greg answers a question about the meaning of “work out your salvation” in Philippians 2:12, then he answers questions about how to show love to people when you don’t agree with their life choices...

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#STRask: April 11, 2016

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

Greg answers questions about the Easter accounts, if angels can sin, how to reconcile Gold allowing David to keep Bathsheba with Jesus’ condemnation of adultery, if there is any significance...

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Interview: Dr. Rod Rosenbladt, Martin Luther and the Good News Your Will Is in Bondage

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM

Greg interviews Dr. Rod Rosenbladt of the 1517 Legacy Project on the Reformation and Martin Luther’s Bondage of the Will.

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Questions and Answers

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Greg talks about the terminology of the same-sex marriage debate, the Bible supporting Marxism, his view on presuppositional apologetics, Jesus’ suffering, James Boccardo, and church donations.

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Has the Time for Winsome Christianity Passed?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 8, 2023 1:25 AM

Greg and Amy respond to questions about why it’s okay to have plastic surgery to alter your appearance but wrong to have surgery to alter your sex, whether a tactical, winsome approach is still...

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Can a Person Justify Performing Abortions as a Christian?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM

Alan discusses an article written by an abortion doctor then takes questions on the inerrancy of the New Testament, the Alfie Evans situation, meditation on God’s word, and the power not to sin.

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Interview: J. Warner Wallace – Person of Interest

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 13, 2021 2:13 AM

Greg chats with J. Warner Wallace about his new book, Person of Interest: Why Jesus Still Matters in a World that Rejects the Bible.

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Keep Gardening

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 17, 2022 3:30 AM

Greg talks with Amy about an update she received from someone she had an interaction with a few years ago and reminds us to keep gardening, then he answers questions about whether we can thwart God...

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Gail Carter, DOLLS: Daughters of the Living Lord and Savior

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

Greg and Gail Carter discuss DOLLS, then Greg talks about evidence for and against Noah’s Ark, then gives the history behind Christmas.

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The More You Learn, the More You See

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 14, 2019 1:09 AM

Greg reflects on the Christmas story, then he talks about a principle of learning and appreciating, answers a question about apologetics curriculum, and gives a principle for interpreting difficult...

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How Should Medical Professionals Interact with Transgender Patients?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 21, 2022 3:08 AM

Greg talks about how medical professionals should interact with transgender patients, reflects on the fact that this is the one time of year when everyone extols the virtues of Jesus in song,...

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Dr. William Lane Craig, A Reasonable Response

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Greg talks about the beginning of life, evolution, moral relativism, and more.

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Top-down vs. Bottom-up Arguments

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

Greg discusses top-down vs. bottom-up arguments, divine healing, and God’s foreknowledge.

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Do Pro-Lifers Really Think Abortion Is Murder?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM

Alan responds to the claim that pro-lifers don’t really think abortion is murder if they don’t think women should get the death penalty for having an abortion, then he answers questions about God’s...

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The Supreme Court’s Leaked Draft Opinion

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 11, 2022 2:30 AM

Greg talks to Megan Almon of Life Training Institute about the Supreme Court’s leaked draft opinion, then he answers questions about relativism, having an opposite-sex roommate, and applying 1...

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The Moral Mischief of Abortion

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM

Alan exposes an inconsistency in the abortion-choice position.

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Leverage That’s Global

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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Is the Bible okay with abortion since it doesn’t address it?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM

Alan responds to the challenge that the Bible’s silence on abortion means that it approves of the behavior.