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#STRask: November 20, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM

Greg has 4 minutes to answer questions about women working, discerning conscience issues, and the old earth view.

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#STRask: April 18, 2016

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

if Agabus was a false prophet, what it means to “pray on it”, and what the best Bible

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#STRask: May 9, 2016

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

Greg discusses whether it is necessary that the Christian read his Bible to

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First-Century Gospel Fragment?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 27, 2020 4:15 PM

If this is true, it would be the oldest fragment of the New Testament known to exist.

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We Still Need the Old Answers

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Anyone looking to technology to lead our society as a “new religion” will eventually find it can’t be counted on to create and uphold beliefs in intrinsic human value, universal human rights, or...

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Unwitting Revolutionary

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

Martin Luther was a Roman Catholic monk who taught in Wittenburg, Germany in the early 16th century.

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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 30, 2019 11:57 PM

Spend enough time in artificial worlds that are grounded in false assumptions—especially without analyzing what you’re seeing—and you’ll be changed in ways you didn’t count on.

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Interview: William Lane Craig – Atonement and the Death of Christ

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 14, 2021 11:12 PM

Greg talks to philosopher William Lane Craig about his newest book, “Atonement and the Death of Christ: An Exegetical, Historical, and Philosophical Exploration.”

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#STRask: Is It Okay to Join an Organization That Supports Abortion?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 16, 2022 7:02 PM

organization that supports abortion in order to influence the organization, whether the verse

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John Newton on Doing What’s Right

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Greg talks about the British pastor John Newton’s counsel about being faithful to what’s true and right, and then chats about knowing what’s real.

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Case Study: Deconversion

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM

Sometimes, offering an actual case study of a specific set of complaints against your convictions is a good way to learn how the process works. That’s why I decided to walk you through the process...

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Archaeologists Find A Piece of History from King Hezekiah’s Reign

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

An ancient toilet has turned out to be an interesting discovery.

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Tell Muslims Jesus Is the Son of Man

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

If you speak to a Muslim about Jesus, you may be challenged to show where in the Bible

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The Crucifixion Stories Are Embarrassing, and That’s a Good Thing

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Mar 31, 2023 9:59 PM

Familiarity with the Bible is good, but it can also lead to our missing important

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#STRask: April 27, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about the power of words, Jesus’ metaphor in John 11, and how Jesus is David’s descendant?

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Some Things Are True

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM

“It is impossible to know the meaning of any written text.” If this is true, log off the web now. If not, read this commentary to find out about self-refuting arguments.

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Less Is More: A Case for the Resurrection

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for July 2013 Go ahead and skip church this Sunday. No need to give thanks for your next meal. You might as well throw this letter in the trash, too.

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#STRask: Do Verses in Acts about Baptism Support a Oneness Understanding of God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2022 4:38 PM

Questions about whether the fact that the apostles baptized people in Jesus’ name supports a oneness understanding of God and how to reconcile the laying on of hands to receive the Holy Spirit in...

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Who Says God Is Good?

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

Sometimes the simplest questions—questions that seem so basic we never expect them

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Weighing a Chicken with a Yardstick

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM

Can science disprove the existence of the soul? Here Greg deals with advances in computer science and neurology, and the limitations of science.

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#STRask: June 12, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about Experiencing God, personality types, and sinning in dreams.

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Does God Have to Obey the Ten Commandments?

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

If you want to call moral rules absolutes in the sense that they can never be trumped

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The Ethic of Caring for the Sick

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

hospitals and clinics, was unique historically in Christianity because of what the Bible

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Are We at War with Muslims?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Just 29 days after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, Oprah Winfrey invited Queen Rania on her television show.

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Jesus’ Missing Years

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

Did Jesus study in India for the “missing” 18 years of His life and then bring back a message reflecting eastern religious thought?

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Prophecy and People: Both Design to Fit

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

Greg sees a parallel between the evidence for grand design in nature and the fulfillment of Messianic prophecy by Jesus.

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Does Defending Christianity Discredit Christianity?

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

Kierkegaard claimed the act of defending Christianity actually discredits it. Here’s why his criticism of apologetics doesn’t work.

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#STRask: How Can Something Be Evil in Itself if Evil Is Only a Lack of Good?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 20, 2022 6:25 PM

is only a lack of good, how Jesus could have had a fully-human experience if he never

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LDS Test Is Necessary, Not Sufficient

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

Mormons often argue that because they live good lives, they pass the test given by Jesus in Matthew 7:15-23 to determine whether or not a person is following a true prophet of God.

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#STRask: “If Jesus Didn’t Come to Condemn the World, I Doubt He Sent You To”

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2023 5:17 PM

to,” and whether it’s common for God to prepare us for a specific purpose that never

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Ken Samples: Residual UFOs

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

calls on other natural explanations for UFOs, the oddity that UFO sightings are never

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#STRask: April 4, 2016

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

Greg answers questions on why Jesus didn’t raise himself from the dead, what can be used instead of Jer. 29:11 for encouragement, what the difference is between Jews, Israelites, and Israel, if a...

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Are You Ready to Talk to a Muslim?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for November 2011 At a recent event, I was introduced as Saeed Ibn Umar. Yes, that’s a Muslim name. But no, it’s not a pseudonym and I haven’t converted to Islam.

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#STRask: July 14, 2016

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

Greg talks about New Testament variants, the purpose of Satan, making disciples, and people giving accounts at the final judgment.

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Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?

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

The universe requires an explanation, and the universe requires a cause. Here’s a five-minute video to help you introduce these ideas to your friends and get a conversation started.

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#STRask: Did Jesus Ever Teach against Homosexuality?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 25, 2022 6:18 PM

Questions about how to respond to someone who claims Jesus never taught against homosexuality

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Is God Just a Crutch?

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

Are You a Christian because You Were Born in America? Would you Be a Muslim If You Were Born in Iraq? Maybe. But So What?

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#STRask: Did the Mosaic Law Include Sacrifices for Intentional Sins?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 21, 2021 11:56 PM

how to respond to someone who says he isn’t a Christian because his prayers were never

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#STRask: How Should I Respond to a Formerly Muslim Friend Who Is Unwilling to Pay the Price for Becoming a Christian?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2023 7:16 PM

challenges or discuss differences and whether Acts 17:23 implies that people who never

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Interview: Neil Shenvi on Critical Theory

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 25, 2020 2:08 AM

Greg interviews Neil Shenvi on critical theory vs. the Christian worldview.

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Pilgrim Governor

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

William Bradford was the long-serving governor of the Plymouth Colony.

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Star Light & the Age of the Universe

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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If Naturalistic Evolution Is True, People Are Not Equal

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Worldviews matter, they lead to myriad consequences, and everyone has one. Make sure you think through yours - and its implications - carefully.

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#STRask: If We Can’t Impose a Moral Standard from One Period of Time on Another, How Does That Affect the Moral Argument?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2024 10:52 PM

from one period of time on another and responding to someone who says she would never

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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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A Manual for Creating Atheists Who Create Straw Men

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

The misrepresentations of Christianity in Peter Boghossian’s A Manual for Creating Atheists are a good reminder that you can only properly respond to a view after you understand it.

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#STRask: September 4, 2017

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

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about unbiblical counsel, Zeitgeist, and how God interacts with us.

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All Truth Is God’s Truth

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

A true scientific discovery made by an atheist scientist is just as true as the biblical teaching that God is love or that Christ died for our sins. All truth is God’s truth.

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The Gospels Aren’t Ancient Fiction

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

Bernard Howard has imagined a conspiracy-creating conversation based on Dawkins’s assertion that “the Gospels are ancient fiction.”

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J. Warner Wallace: God’s Crime Scene, Part 1

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

Interview with J. Warner Wallace on God’s Crime Scene: A Cold-case Detective Examines the Evidence for a Divinely Created Universe—Part 1

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