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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Atheists may not need to prove the absence of God, but their view entails a few other things that require a lot of explaining.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Alan explains why although atheists may not have to prove the absence of God, their view still entails three incredible assertions that require a lot of explaining.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
What does it mean to be human? Our culture is deeply divided on this question, and a great deal depends on the answer.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
Alan explains the implications of being made in the image of God and why society is shooting itself in the foot for rejecting this principle.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
Scientism claims we can’t have knowledge about religion or ethics because the only way to know reality is through the five senses. Here are three reasons why this view is problematic.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
It’s tempting to think belief in God comes down to the evidence and nothing else. But is it really that simple? Does belief in God merely depend on evidence?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
What happens when scientists discover evidence that undermines evolutionary theory? It’s disqualified by definition. It’s ruled inadmissible. Atheists have no choice but to accept Darwin’s account....
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
Can a person who believes in a God that does not exist still have a good grounding for objective morality? The distinction between “in principle” and “in reality” is crucial to answering...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
In this intense short film, a professor finds himself facing someone who embodies the naturalistic ideas about morality he’s been promoting, and it doesn’t turn out well for him.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Sometimes people claim that the only reason someone is a Christian is because they were born in the United States. In this episode, Alan gives three reasons why such a claim is wrong headed.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
The ideas of critical theory are driving much of our current cultural conversation, even among some Christians, but are they compatible with Christianity?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 30, 2019 10:54 PM
If you ask your Muslim friend what would happen if he became a Christian, you’ll discover what’s holding him back from Jesus, and then you can help him overcome his obstacles.
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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jul 30, 2019 11:30 PM
The most common objection raised against Christian theism is the problem of evil. Here are some tips to help you prepare your answer to this inevitable question.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 31, 2019 9:52 PM
Alan answers the question, “Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 2, 2019 9:20 PM
Some atheists who believe in objective moral values and duties argue that they’re simply brute facts of the universe, existing without explanation or foundation. Here’s how you can respond.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 2, 2019 9:25 PM
The answer to whether or not proving Christianity false would be a good thing depends on whether or not Christianity is true, whether or not God exists, and what kind of “good” we’re talking about.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 2, 2019 9:30 PM
Here are two important pieces of advice you need to hear for your conversations with Muslims.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 8, 2019 9:37 PM
Alan explains how the atheist’s materialistic worldview makes several miracle claims to explain reality.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Nov 25, 2019 1:26 AM
Relativism was embraced by our culture as a way to put an end to conflicts, but its result has been the exact opposite. Here’s why.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 2, 2019 1:14 AM
Here’s a simple and clear response from William Lane Craig to the increasingly common charge from atheists, “We’re both atheists about most gods. I just believe in one fewer God than you do.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 4, 2019 12:20 AM
We commonly use a powerful and rational process to draw conclusions from evidence, and we can use this process to make a case for Christianity. Here’s how.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 4, 2019 1:22 AM
In this third part of the “Why Apologetics?” series, Tim talks about the value of developing the mind through apologetics as a way of pushing back against anti-intellectualism in the church.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 4, 2019 1:37 AM
Alan explains hadith literature and its role as a source of authority in the lives of Muslims.
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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 amy k. hall On Mar 21, 2020 12:17 AM
When evaluating worldviews, we need to consider which one takes seriously and accounts for all of the reality we experience.
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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 alan shlemon On Jun 24, 2020 4:20 AM
Alan shares one of the first steps in sharing the gospel with your Muslim friends.
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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 Jul 1, 2020 9:08 PM
Moral dilemmas based on circumstances always demonstrate objectivism, not subjectivism.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 28, 2020 1:59 AM
Unless we address a worldview problem at its core, no amount of symptom alleviation will solve the problem.
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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 tim barnett On Aug 26, 2020 6:34 PM
It has become increasingly common to hear atheists say, “Christians are atheists too. They’re just atheists of one less god than me.” If that sounds weird, it should.
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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 jonathan noyes On Sep 7, 2020 11:57 PM
Though you may have only recently heard of it, Critical Race Theory has actually been around a long time, and it differs from the Christian worldview.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Sep 16, 2020 3:36 AM
In today’s example, we look at some self-defeating inconsistencies in a new book titled In Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterweil.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 30, 2020 6:15 PM
A worldview that denies God and embraces naturalism has serious repercussions, the most egregious being a logical slide into nihilism. Here are three reasons why nihilism flows logically from...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 8, 2020 4:53 PM
A worldview that denies God and embraces naturalism has serious repercussions, the most egregious being a logical slide to nihilism. Alan unpacks three reasons why nihilism flows logically from...
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Web Content Article · By stand to reason On Dec 22, 2020 3:09 PM
Have you seen the most recent STR book club? Jon, Alan, and Tim discuss James Sire’s worldview book, The Universe Next Door.
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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 May 6, 2021 1:21 AM
Many people no longer look to an external, objective reference for guidance but instead give their inner desires total authority. As Christians, we can’t adopt this secular way of thinking.
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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 10, 2021 7:39 PM
What if secular culture’s rising emphasis on the bad news—our individual guilt and need for justification—will actually end up serving the good news of the gospel?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 15, 2021 2:40 AM
Criticism of Islam is not the same thing as hatred towards Muslims, but current usage of the term “Islamophobia” conflates these two ideas.
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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 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 Jul 16, 2021 7:17 PM
Jon Noyes and Tim Barnett discuss how Christians can lovingly respond to a deconverting loved one in a way that both maintains boundaries and continues the conversation.
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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 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 jonathan noyes On Jan 6, 2022 11:15 PM
The philosophy behind cancel culture is a false story of reality that needs to be countered with the true story.
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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 robby lashua On Feb 24, 2022 12:20 AM
Mormons and JWs are typically kind, pleasant, and respectful, but their evangelism is driven by their need to fulfill specific requirements. Christians have a different motivation for sharing the...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 7, 2022 10:11 PM
Why have the culture wars become so intense? One reason for this is the fact that, in the West, there is a deep, worldview division between two systems of morality.
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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 Oct 24, 2022 8:13 PM
Robby Lashua provides three criteria for evaluating worldviews in this class from his latest Stand to Reason University course.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 31, 2023 10:40 PM
Tim Barnett responds to a video that claims an infinite being would express itself an infinite number of ways and that all religions must be valid since they all have good teachers and similar...
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Feb 14, 2023 1:10 AM
Jon Noyes explains how Darwinism impacts every area of our lives when it’s allowed to become an ideology.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 17, 2023 11:50 PM
If you feel unprepared, unqualified, or simply apprehensive about talking to your Muslim friends and neighbors about Jesus, check out this simple, practical advice Alan gave in a recent interview.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Mar 21, 2023 2:12 AM
When Jon went looking for answers to several important questions as an atheist, he found that atheism didn’t seem to match up with reality.
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Jul 27, 2023 3:09 AM
Robby’s Latter-day Saint friend isn’t interested in trying to convert him to Mormonism, and his view of the afterlife helps explain why.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 9, 2024 8:08 PM
Deconstruction is built on subjective preference and has no set destination. Tim Barnett explains how this contrasts starkly with what Jesus said.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan Shlemon talks about whether or not Muslims and Christians believe and worship the same God.
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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 talks about taking Christians on the “Muslim Mission,” a 4-day trip to practice engaging Muslims on the street and in mosques.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM
Alan tells the story of how he recently role-played a Muslim to a group of Christians. Find out how they responded to the Muslim challenge.
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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 8:34 PM
Alan explains why atheists must accept evolution no matter what the science says.
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