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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
salvation that I face is: What about the good, sincere person who has never heard about Jesus
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
I believe that Jesus is my savior. He is the only way for me....But I can’t say He is the way for...
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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...
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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...He is the Son of David, the future King, the promised Rescuer, the Messiah, the...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
Lewis seems to suggest that those who sincerely pursue God the best way they know...accepted by Him, regardless of whether or not they explicitly put their faith in...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
important questions anyone could ever ask about the remarkable man from Nazareth: Why
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
The question “Do you take the Bible literally?” comes up with some frequency, and it deserves a response. But it’s an ambiguous question, making it awkward to answer. Here’s how to understand...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
experience of beauty, morality, and guilt, God is the best explanation for the way
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 25, 2024 9:35 PM
many object to the idea of penal substitutionary atonement, here’s how we know Jesus
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 29, 2021 6:14 PM
Did Jesus come here to champion the cause of the poor?...Even so, a careful study of the Gospels shows that Jesus’ principle purpose was...
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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 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 9:46 PM
actual case study of a specific set of complaints against your convictions is a good way...That’s why I decided to walk you through the process...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 29, 2022 8:27 PM
The only way to know what God wants from us for salvation is for him to tell us,
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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...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:22 PM
Here’s a building plan, plus three ways arguments collapse.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 2, 2019 10:10 PM
like Pilate, are more concerned with satisfying the crowd than being faithful to Jesus
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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 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Most people nowadays would not say that the religious stories believers believe are actually false. At the same time, though, they do not think they’re really true, either, in any deep sense of the...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Most of us have answered a knock on our door, only to discover a smiling, well-dressed
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
day, so when talking to naturalists, keep an eye out for these three significant ways
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 24, 2020 1:04 AM
The Trinity is a huge speed bump for many, especially atheists, Muslims, Mormons, and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Here are some tactical questions you can use to show objectors the Trinity is a solution,...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
The way to answer this question is to look at the book itself.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Careful thinking is an indispensable tool for all who are interested in knowing the way
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
During this “silly season” of presidential politics, it is not uncommon to hear something I think is odd.
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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 11:09 PM
But faith—and its relation to evidence—is often deeply misunderstood in a way that
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 7, 2020 10:34 PM
This is why we often need to do some spadework to prepare the ground before there...can be a harvest—why we need gardeners as well as harvesters.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Jesus was not a victim. No one took His life from Him. Not Jews. Not Romans.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
How to Read Less More, and Twice as Fast
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 27, 2020 11:33 PM
When you encounter these three common challenges, having a few good questions at the ready can help you navigate an otherwise difficult interaction graciously, safely, and effectively.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
When you look up into the midnight sky do you see stars? Or are the lights in the heavens mere appearances, images created in transit? The answer settles the question of whether the creation of the...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Understanding the Trinity may be impossible, but proving the Trinity is not especially difficult. You don’t need to master theology and philosophy. All you need is one irrefutable argument. Here it...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
If you genuinely believe there is no truth, can you still be a Christian?
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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 8:35 PM
It’s one of the most effective ways to strengthen your understanding of the
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Have you ever taken a verbal beating when trying to talk about Jesus?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Peter Boghossian’s A Manual for Creating Atheists teaches atheists a way to engage
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Conditionalists—those who hold to the annihilation of the wicked at the judgment—insist that Jesus
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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
Does the Bible teach that Christians are to listen for God’s voice to guide their decisions?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
A New Reformation is a reformation we do not need. These people are organized, serious, and single-minded—and you need to be ready for them, because and they are coming to your church.
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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 Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
I never like the question, “Do you take the Bible literally?”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Here’s why.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 21, 2023 12:27 AM
Why did God...? What role should Christianity play in our government?
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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 29, 2022 6:53 PM
Many Christians have rejected the idea that sex is only for marriage, buying into...Here’s why this “try before you buy” mentality reflects...
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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 26, 2019 11:09 PM
A few years back I participated in a debate in which I had almost every reason to believe I would get crushed.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
If there was one bit of wisdom, one rule of thumb, one single skill I could impart, one useful tip I could leave that would serve you well the rest of your life, what would it be?
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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 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 26, 2019 11:21 PM
Does the archeological accuracy of the Bible have anything to do with it’s truth claims? Not according to many world-class archaeologists. There’s a catch, however, which tells us volumes about...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Muslim Followers of Christ?—A Look Inside the “Insider Movement”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
A Christian’s theology is minimally defined by two miraculous events.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
In the last issue of Solid Ground, I raised a question that may have startled some readers. I asked if the current emphasis on “hearing” the voice of God is biblically sound.
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
What does it mean to be human? You can’t answer a single question of consequence regarding human beings without answering that question first. Everything vital, meaningful, and moral about us hangs...
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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 alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Since the birth of the church, no Christian authority—no theologian, no church council, no denominational confession, no seminary—ever hinted that homosexual behavior was morally legitimate.
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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 Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
There is an old TV show you may have heard of, but probably have never seen unless you are over fifty or watch reruns that are half a century old.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Aug 23, 2024 10:03 PM
When we rely on everything the world can give us, when we trust in our individual effort to make our lives meaningful or to deliver us from trials and loss, we will ultimately be consumed with...
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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 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 Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
In 1982, I lived in Thailand for seven months supervising a feeding program in a Cambodian refugee camp named Sakaeo. My charge: 18,250 Khmer refugees who had escaped the holocaust perpetrated...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Hymns are usually written as anthems of praise to God. They extol His noble characteristics and recount the benefits of his favor. But atheists have hymns, too. They celebrate the freedoms of...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 20, 2020 8:18 PM
As a Christian ambassador, your biggest challenge may be making sense of the problem of evil. Surprisingly, though, evil is actually evidence for God, not against Him.
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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
To many Christians, the Bible is like putty. Just add the Spirit and it can be molded into almost anything at all.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Postmodernism is on a crash course with Christianity. In fact, we’ve already collided. Here’s how to sort through the wreckage.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy