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If You Don’t Know Whether the Unborn Is a Human Being, Then Don’t Kill It

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 13, 2023 12:15 AM

If you’re unsure whether your action might kill an innocent human being, then the proper decision is to hold off, not charge ahead.

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#STRask: March 28, 2016

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

Amy talks about eternity, feeling Christianity, talking to atheists, standards for clergy members, and transgender bathroom choice.

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Sexuality, Identity, Sin, and Denying Ourselves to Follow Christ

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Sam Allberry has much to say that is relevant to everyone (not just those with same-sex attractions) and relevant to all temptations and sin (not just those related to sexuality).

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Are Homosexuals Going to Hell?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 11:00 PM

The answer to this question is easy. Yes, they’re going to hell. But guess what? Everyone is going to hell.

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Finding Truth: I Lost My Faith at an Evangelical College

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Nancy Pearcey guides us through Romans 1, using it to create a template for examining any worldview.

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Why Science Does Not Disprove Miracles

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

The claim that science disproves miracles is based on a misunderstanding of what a miracle is and, therefore, how one can evaluate it.

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Why Intelligent Design Isn’t a God-of-the-Gaps Argument

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

Intelligent Design is not based on ignorance; it’s based on information. That is, ID theory rests upon what we know, not what we don’t know.

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When You Denigrate Objective Truth, This Is What You Get

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

The insanity we’re seeing in politics right now is what happens when a culture gives up the idea of objective truth.

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The False Dilemma Propagated by Pro-Gay Advocates

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM

We’re told that if your friend identifies as gay or lesbian, then you face a choice: fidelity to your faith or fidelity to your friend. But this is a false dilemma. Those aren’t the only options.

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Intrinsic Human Value Has to Be Taught

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 4, 2020 8:14 PM

We have to recognize and then fight the human tendency we have to deny the value of people who are different from us. We have to teach intrinsic human value.

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Our Bodies Have Purpose and Value

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Oct 20, 2022 12:03 AM

Our culture has divided the body from the person, rejecting the idea that our bodies have true things to say about who we are. But as Christians, we’re called to honor our bodies and live according...

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Answering a Case for Same-Sex Marriage

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for February 2012 Every now and then a challenge comes along that leaves you unsettled. Not because you don’t know it’s wrong, but because you don’t know why.

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Why We Shouldn’t Abort Babies That Are Going to Die

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

If you’re terrified by the knowledge that your baby is going to be born with a fetal abnormality or disability, I urge you to read carefully through these twenty reasons why you should not end his...

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Pro-Life Killers: An Oxymoron

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

On May 1, 2009, Scott Roeder walked into Reformation Lutheran Church, pulled out a gun, and shot George Tiller in the head at point blank range.

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Should We Ban Conversion Therapy?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

The terms “conversion therapy” and “reparative therapy” are used as general terms to refer to all attempts to change one’s sexual orientation. This is incorrect.

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The Birth of Transableism: Why Our Culture Bites Absurd Bullets

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

As rational human beings, we desire to think consistently about the world, but consistent views aren’t necessarily accurate ones.

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Missing Links

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM

The search for missing links assumes the truth of evolution. One big assumption is that similarities in the bodies imply a biogenetic relationship and ancestry.

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Three Bad Arguments against Life Beginning at Conception

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

A recent article argues “3 Ways Science Proves Life Doesn’t Begin at Conception,” but what happens when you apply those same arguments to newborns?

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Some Atheists Seek to Create Doubt, Not Reveal Truth

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 17, 2020 5:38 PM

In Peter Boghossian’s tactical approach in A Manual for Creating Atheists, anything that moves believers towards doubt is considered a success. Even invalid arguments with false premises.

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Once Gay, Always Gay?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for August 2013 The “experts” have spoken. Change in sexual orientation is not possible.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Christian “Intolerance” of Homosexuals

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

Does a biblical view of homosexuality equate to hate?

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Killing Abortionists

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

Some ask “if you consider abortion murder, doesn’t that incite the killing of abortionists?”

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Greg Responds to a Charge of Moral Relativism

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 22, 2020 6:23 AM

Greg responds to a charge of moral relativism, then he answers a question about whether Psalm 90:10 is a promise and responds to someone who is troubled by seeing the spiritual world.

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Same-Sex Marriage Challenges and Responses

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.

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Can Believers Befriend Non-Believers without Condoning Sin?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 31, 2023 11:13 PM

Greg and Amy give an important reminder that, as with other non-believers who sin in other ways, being friends with those who identify as LGBTQ+ doesn’t imply you agree with their views on sexual...

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Do Christians Pick and Choose Which Commands to Follow?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 16, 2021 9:24 PM

Christians focus on homosexuality as a sin but ignore other Old Testament laws. Is this hypocritical? Tim Barnett uses his Red Pen Logic to respond to this common objection.

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The Blair-Hitchens Debate

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM

Greg talks about a conversation on an airplane, the Blair-Hitchens Debate, then takes calls on what the difference is between the Trinity and tri-theism, if the multiverse theory mitigates the...

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Even Love and Hate Need to Be Clarified

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM

Because our culture ties love and hate to agreement and disagreement in some contexts, we need to ask for clarification when people call us to love or accuse us of hate.

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The Line between Rule of Law and Civil Disobedience

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

Rule of law is what makes a good society possible, but there is also a time and place for civil disobedience, grounded in a Law higher than man’s. Determining where the line should be drawn between...

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DNA’s Intelligent Design

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

Harvard researchers were able to cram 700 terabytes of data onto one gram of DNA. Here are two truths we can conclude from this—truths that point to a designer.

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Humans Are Still Evolving

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 14, 2020 9:11 PM

With Darwin Day right around the corner, a popular-level article offers evidence that humans are “still evolving,” but what do they mean by “evolving”?

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Biology’s Divorce from Teleology

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 1, 2021 5:49 PM

The medical community has historically presupposed all human organs were designed to perform a function, but this is now changing, and the implications of this shift are legion.

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Killing Roe Doesn’t Mean It’s Illegal to Kill the Unborn

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 30, 2022 12:19 AM

The reversal of Roe v. Wade didn’t make abortion illegal, so there’s still work to do if we want the laws against killing innocent human beings to consistently apply to every human being. Here’s a...

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Answering the Challenge of Back-Alley Abortions

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 28, 2023 7:01 PM

How should pro-lifers respond to the objection that making abortion illegal would force women to get dangerous, back-alley abortions? Here are three steps to address this challenge.

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Is Intelligent Design Just God-of-the-Gaps?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for October 2012 Centuries ago, scientific knowledge was in its infancy. Although our understanding of the natural world progressed, there were gaps in the explanations.

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No Stable Rights without Intrinsic Human Value

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Most pro-choicers know the fetal human being is scientifically alive. What they’re really objecting to is the idea of intrinsic human value—i.e., the idea that every member of...

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I’m Not Dead Yet

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM

Why are human beings valuable? What is a human being? You have to answer those questions before you can say that this child isn’t a human being without value.

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Are Homosexuals Going to Hell?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for March 2012 A homosexual man asked my wife, “Do you think I’m going to Hell?” That’s a tough question.

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Is Mormonism Just Another Christian Denomination?

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

Not long ago I read a stunning (and scathing) response in a blog post by a Christian woman who was furious with those taking exception with the “Christian” convictions of a well-known Mormon...

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Have Grace for Fellow Christians on the Age of the Earth

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

Have grace for those who take different positions on the age of the earth, knowing that the difference is often one of biblical interpretation rather than biblical rejection.

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Interview: Alan Shlemon – Concerns about the Unconditional Conference

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 11, 2023 1:38 AM

Greg talks to Alan Shlemon, who attended the Unconditional Conference at Andy Stanley’s church, about the good and bad of what was taught there, how those who promote pro-gay theology viewed the...

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Why Knowledge Requires More Than Science

Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM

Science is good, but science isn’t everything. It’s one way to discover what is true, but it’s not the only way. To believe otherwise is to have a self-refuting view of knowledge.

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Is Homosexuality Just as Normal as Heterosexuality?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 11:08 PM

People who engage in homosexual behavior are normal in many ways. Like anyone else, they have friends and family, they work and play, they love and hate, and have fears and dreams. But it seems...

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Is Denying Same-sex Marriage Like Denying Interracial Marriage?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 4, 2020 1:43 PM

Despite the rhetorical force of making the comparison, merely claiming it’s the same does not make it so.

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Why You Need to Start with a Biblical Understanding of Human Beings

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 29, 2023 10:45 PM

When we start with the biblical understanding of human beings when responding to our culture’s claim that we can choose our own sexuality and gender identity, we accomplish four things.

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Counsel for Loving Same-Sex-Attracted Christians

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

Bekah Mason provides some helpful counsel for how Christians can love and support other Christians who experience same-sex attraction.

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One of These Gods Is Not Like the Others

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 21, 2020 1:01 AM

Sometimes atheists make arguments that can only come from a misunderstanding of the radical differences between the ancient pagan gods and the Christian God.

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Can You Have Gay Friends If You Think Homosexual Behavior Is a Sin?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 10:06 PM

You can keep your faith or you can keep your friends and family. You pick. Well, the answer for many people is obvious: relationships are more important than a theological idiosyncrasy.

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Ida: Missing Link, Missing Evidence

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

In May of this year, a scientific paper was released that fanned the flames of the evolution/intelligent design debate to new intensity.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Science

Do Pronouns Matter?

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Sep 17, 2021 9:17 PM

Doesn’t Christian witness require love, and doesn’t love require that we use people’s preferred pronouns? No, and here’s why.

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Choosing Your Gender

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Greg talks about choosing a gender, what the Bible teaches about women leaders in

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Tom Gilson: True Reason

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

Greg talks about the Reason Rally, an update on STR Cruise-Conference, discusses True Reason with guest Tom Gilson, then takes calls on when it is moral to “pull the plug,” wisdom on how to handle...

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Misc

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:43 PM

Greg talks about misc., then takes calls on if salvation can be at the end of a rational analysis of the evidence, Calvinism is unjust and unappealing, his debate with Deepak Chopra, and more.

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Is the Truth Oppressive?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM

Greg talks about if the truth is oppressive, if having psychological confidence makes you wrong, then takes calls on if it is biblical for women to be in leadership positions over men in the...

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Is It Wrong to Claim a Religion Is True?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

Here’s a challenge I received: You can’t claim anyone’s beliefs to be “right” or “wrong” when it’s all based on conjecture.

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Buying a Gun and Getting an Abortion Aren’t the Same

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 26, 2022 3:13 AM

Should gun buyers be subjected to the same restrictions as women seeking abortions? Some people use this analogy to argue against abortion restrictions, but here’s why the two activities aren’t...

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Ask the Right Question about Evolution

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Evolution can be overwhelming. It draws upon evidence from multiple disciplines: geology, paleontology, genetics, chemistry, and others. It’s hard to know where to begin.

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Is a Second Marriage as Illegitimate as a Same-Sex Marriage?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 22, 2024 1:25 AM

Greg answers Open Mic questions about whether a second marriage is as illegitimate as a same-sex marriage, attending services that have elements you disagree with, and whether feelings of morality...

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Scientist Denies How Science Really Started

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 11, 2021 8:34 PM

Some atheists claim Christianity is a science stopper. The facts of history show the opposite. Christianity was the modern science starter.

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Listen to Your Maker on Transgenderism

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 12, 2023 9:48 PM

Alan Shlemon introduces his new Stand to Reason University course, “Transgenderism: Truth and Compassion,” explaining why we should listen to God’s direction for our sexuality and clarifying some...

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Why Are Pro-Choicers Bothered by Images of Aborted Clumps of Cells?

Web Content Article · By j.t. wynn On Dec 2, 2019 6:24 AM

If a group wrongly thought appendectomies killed human beings, we wouldn’t object to their displaying images of removed appendixes, so why do pro-choicers object to images of abortion?

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Can Genuine Love Only Be a Product of Free Will?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 5:55 PM

Is true love only possible if one has the ability to do otherwise? Greg explores this question in relation to God’s love for us.

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Reaching Your LGBT Friends with Truth and Compassion

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 26, 2020 5:24 PM

Alan helps Christians know which common phrases to avoid when talking to a friend or family member who identifies as gay.

Media Type: Video Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Compromise Is Not an Option

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for June 2013 Do you agree with God? What would it take for you to declare something good that God says is bad?

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

The Key Issues Around Terri Schiavo’s Death

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM

Greg talks about the key issues around Terri Schiavo’s death, a simple case for dating the gospels, then takes calls on if “ought imply can” or if God commands something, doesn’t that imply we...

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Jesus, Recycled Redeemer?

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

Is Jesus of the Gospels simply recycled ancient myths?

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Dr. Ben Witherington III about Bart Ehrman’s Book Jesus Interrupted

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

Greg talks about Bart Ehrman’s Book Jesus Interrupted with Dr. Ben Witherington III, conversation in a restaurant about God’s existence, bloom where you're planted: how to get into apologetics...

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Active and Passive Euthanasia

Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM

Here are some basic ethical distinctions by way of background. I won’t cover all the bases in the active/passive debate (active—taking lives, passive—letting die).

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Redeeming the Time

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.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Christian Living

Will Right and Wrong Always Be Obvious?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM

Atheists have the mistaken idea that objective morality is simply obvious to everyone, but the truth is, it’s not. All one has to do is look back through history (and in other cultures today) to...

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What Can We Learn from a Catholic Thinker? Aquinas and Natural Law

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

I want to sketch out Thomas Aquinas’ theory of natural law by distinguishing between the four kinds of law he outlines in the Summa Theologiae and then discussing his conception of the Good.

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We Need Knowledge, Not Just Belief

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

Knowledge, not just belief, about God leads to spiritual transformation. So what is knowledge, and how do we get it?

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Questions on God’s Promises, Euthanasia, Proof for Christianity

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

Greg discusses callers’ questions on God’s promises, euthanasia, proof for Christianity, and more.

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Responding to Pride Month with Genuine Love

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

We’re called to love our LGBT neighbors—not a mere toleration of the person, but genuine, heartfelt love. But what does genuine love look like?

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Why Men Can Speak on Abortion

Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 10:03 PM

If you’re a pro-life man, at some point you will likely be told you’re not allowed to speak against abortion. Here’s why you shouldn’t let that silence you.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

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