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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 tim barnett On Mar 16, 2020 9:06 PM
Tim describes the chirality problem as evidence against creation by chance.
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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 j. warner wallace On May 5, 2020 10:57 PM
people_history_worldview27.jpg When you write a book that seeks to evaluate the Gospels as eyewitness accounts, you shouldn’t be surprised to find that some critics will attack the premise that the...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On May 7, 2020 11:12 PM
Is God just a gap-filler for lack of scientific knowledge, or does science point to God?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 8, 2020 12:02 AM
Alan encourages Christians to understand the two definitions of science in order to avoid confusion in conversation.
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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 Jun 28, 2020 1:47 AM
Is Christianity a science stopper or the modern science starter? Tim takes a look at what the history of science demonstrates.
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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 tim barnett On Oct 22, 2020 1:26 PM
Tim explains how the disciples had nothing to gain by making up what they professed about Jesus.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 2, 2021 12:04 AM
Some scientists reason that our finely-tuned universe points to the existence of a multiverse, but a recent article in Scientific American argues they’re using faulty reasoning.
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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 Mar 23, 2021 3:29 AM
Alan recommends a children’s book that shows the absurdity of trying to explain the complexity of creation by chance and time.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Apr 22, 2021 12:41 AM
One popular-level response to the fine-tuning argument is called “the puddle analogy.” But the analogy has a problem, and it’s a big one.
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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 9, 2021 11:13 PM
Perfect eclipses aren’t just works of art; they have also enabled us to make scientific discoveries and study ancient history. What incredible design!
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 10, 2021 9:05 PM
Many scientists claim the original human population size was far greater than just an Adam and Eve, but the work of conservation biologists indicates the methods used to determine this aren’t valid.
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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 Jun 30, 2021 9:43 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?
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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 amy k. hall On Aug 26, 2021 11:31 PM
In a five-minute film from Reasonable Faith, William Lane Craig discusses how the “unreasonable effectiveness” of mathematics in describing nature points to the existence of God.
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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 robby lashua On Apr 28, 2022 11:20 PM
Did Jesus truly rise from the dead? Surprisingly, something you do almost every week is powerful evidence that he did.
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Aug 29, 2022 7:22 PM
Jesus fulfilled all requirements of the Law—not only during his life, but also after his death, as this little-known historical fact shows.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 6, 2022 11:07 PM
Tim Barnett answers an objection that claims December 25th was originally the date given for the birth of pagan gods.
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Oct 3, 2023 5:37 PM
The theory that Jesus merely fainted on the cross then regained consciousness in the tomb is a popular alternative story to the resurrection of Jesus, but is it reasonable?
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Nov 2, 2023 11:30 PM
Some people claim Jesus was still alive when he was taken off the cross, but there are three major problems with this theory.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan responds to the claim that science offers an evidence-based creation story, whereas the biblical account is just based on a myth.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
It turns out that science is not the only tool to discover knowledge. Alan explains how these other ways can be more immediate and accurate.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan explains why intelligent design is not another God-of-the-gaps explanation, but rather a scientific theory that provides the best explanation of the evidence.
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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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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for March 2008 It’s hard to believe a state legislature passed a law forbidding the teaching of evolution.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
“It is not necessary to invoke God to...set the Universe going,” concludes Stephen Hawking in his latest book, The Grand Design. Denying God is old hat, but this comes from a world-class...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for June 2011 Atheists like to fancy themselves as rational people. They claim they aren’t encumbered by holy books or divine doctrine.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
The purpose of this post is merely to provide clarity rather than to argue for the theist position (see all of STR for those arguments).
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
I wrote not long ago about how a change in values in 18th-century Britain (as a result of a million people coming to Christ) affected their economy.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
The values of Christianity brought a vast number of people out of material poverty as a happy byproduct of their souls being brought of spiritual poverty.
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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 Nazi ideology—Darwinism or Christian anti-Semitism?” a listener asked, “Has Darwinism become prescriptive?...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Research has shown there are at least four ways fathers make unique contributions to the lives of their children.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Find out what scholars—even skeptical, non-Christian ones—are saying about the facts surrounding the resurrection and how that can be used as evidence that Jesus rose from the grave.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
William Lane Craig’s organization, Reasonable Faith, created a simple, visually interesting, brief video explaining the basics of the kalam cosmological argument.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
James Sire describes naturalists as monistic materialists who deny the existence of immaterial entities and their ability to act in this world.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Hawking believes that human behavior is determined by physical laws, but this has serious implications for all his work.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Does the traditional marriage definition of “one man, one woman” take away some people’s rights?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
To believe in miracles, we have to believe an immaterial God can move things in the world. Is that unreasonable?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Some atheists say that if God exists, He should show Himself to everyone so they can believe in Him and not go to Hell. Should a good God do this?
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Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
By Steve Wagner To Respond, Distinguish Two Types of Objectivity
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
His is one of the great minds of Western civilization—indeed, the history of the world.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Cappadocian Church Father, Gregory of Nyssa, lived in the 4th century and was an outspoken critic of slavery.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
As I listen to many of the subjects in debate today in our culture—the dialog between secularists and Christians—there’s a fundamental difference in perspectives that I think we need to be aware of...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Atheist philosopher Bradley Monton says that “intelligent design needs to be taken more seriously than a lot of its opponents are willing to.”
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Schooled not only in mathematics and astronomy but also in theology, [Johannes] Kepler initially intended to serve as a minister.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Someone brought this video to our attention and asked what our response is. It’s a nicely made video, but the argument is so flawed the response seems simplistic.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Dr. Peter J. Williams explains “New Evidences the Gospels Were Based on Eyewitness Accounts.”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Stephen Meyer’s response to the charge that Darwin’s Doubt makes only a negative “God-of-the-gaps” argument (i.e., “We can’t explain it, therefore God did it”) is helpful in concisely...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Dan Wallace of the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts has an interesting article offering evidence that the transmission of the New Testament text wasn’t merely linear.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
A frequent objection to a Designer of the universe and life is junk DNA.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
I listened to a fascinating discussion with Dr. Paul Nelson on the Michael Medved show about Dr. Craig Venter’s work on the human genomes.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
This question is asked regarding the Employment Non-Discrimination Act moving through the Senate.
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