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Interview: Corey Miller of Ratio Christi

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 1, 2020 1:56 AM

Greg talks to Corey Miller, president and CEO of Ratio Christi, about what’s happening on university campuses and his work with atheist Peter Boghossian.

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Can We Know What the Early Christians Taught?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 22, 2020 3:33 AM

Greg explains that there is such a thing as historic Christianity and we can know it, then he answers questions about the beginning of Genesis, when divorce is allowed, and ghosts.

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Justice, Law, and Morality

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 27, 2020 3:05 AM

J. Warner Wallace talks about justice and law requiring objective morality then answers questions about penal substitutionary atonement in today’s courts, prophecies in other religions, classical...

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Is It Impossible for There Not to Be a God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 17, 2020 12:05 AM

Greg responds to questions about whether it’s impossible for there not to be a God, why he would declare secular moral theories are false, Adam’s belly button, libertarian free will, salvation in...

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What Is Truth?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 24, 2020 4:55 AM

Greg talks about the difference between mind-dependent and object-dependent truth (and why it matters).

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Why I Left Atheism

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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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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Another Challenge to Objective Morality

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 12, 2020 3:04 AM

Greg responds to another challenge he received to objective morality then answers questions about whether Jesus said we need to follow the Mosaic Law in Matthew 5:17–20 and whether 1 Samuel...

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Texts Mean What the Writers Meant Them to Mean

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 14, 2020 3:07 AM

Greg talks about how the current controversy over the judicial nomination is about conflicting views on how to read texts, then he answers questions about how not to lose one’s cool in a tense...

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Would a Purely Physical Being Come up with the Idea of a Spiritual Being?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 28, 2020 1:55 AM

Greg touches on the confirmation of Amy Coney Barett, then he answers a question about whether a purely physical being could come up with the idea of a spiritual being and whether we might sin in...

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The Explanatory Power of Christianity vs. Naturalism

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 18, 2020 4:29 AM

Greg talks about the explanatory power of Christianity vs. that of naturalism, then he responds to questions about balancing spiritual development with professional development and God placing...

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The Three Things Your Worldview Needs to Explain

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 25, 2020 4:01 AM

Greg talks about three features of the world that any worldview would need to explain: the world exists, the world is ordered, the world is broken, then he answers a question about how to respond...

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Why Is It Rational to Believe in the Soul?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2021 4:56 AM

Greg gives reasons why it’s rational to believe in the soul, explaining the difference between something being rational and rationalism, then he takes calls about how evil entered the world,...

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Three Common Informal Fallacies

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 21, 2021 2:15 AM

Greg talks about how to recognize and disarm three informal fallacies, then he answers questions about cessationism, praying for someone’s salvation, whether killing one's kidnapper would be...

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Arguments for Christianity by Young Case Makers

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 16, 2021 3:12 AM

J. Warner Wallace talks about two statements by teenagers arguing for the truth of Christianity, then he answers questions about how evidence relates to Hebrews 11:1 and how to move past having an...

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CRT and Justice

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 11, 2021 3:04 AM

Greg talks with Monique Duson of the Center for Biblical Unity about CRT and justice, they answer questions about their views on CRT and what we’re responsible for in history, a caller suggests a...

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Does the Bible Limit Gender to Just Male and Female?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 5, 2021 10:54 PM

Alan responds to a trendy new argument that claims that a non-binary interpretation can be imposed on the Genesis account of creation.

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What Is Truth, and Is It Knowable?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 19, 2022 2:48 AM

Greg responds to a question about the nature of truth and whether it’s knowable, then he talks to callers about questions to ask evolutionists and the idea that truth is abstract, not concrete.

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Four Reasons Why People Reject Jesus

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 26, 2022 3:14 AM

Greg talks about a conversation he had during a car ride with an atheist listener, then he describes four reasons why people reject Jesus, answers a question about God’s relationship to time, and...

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Are Transgender People Fixing God’s Mistakes?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 11, 2022 8:12 PM

Alan responds to a tweet that suggests that transgender people are fixing God’s mistakes.

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Interview: Titus Kennedy – Excavating the Evidence for Jesus

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 25, 2022 4:02 AM

Robby talks to archaeologist Titus Kennedy, author of Excavating the Evidence for Jesus: The Archaeology and History of Christ and the Gospels, about archaeological evidence for Jesus.

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If God Became a Man, Can a Man Become a Woman?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 4, 2022 8:10 PM

A popular tweet claims that if someone can believe God became a man, then they can also believe that a man can become a woman. Alan unpacks this tweet, defines some key terms, and shows why the...

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Can Atheists Be Good without God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 24, 2022 1:38 AM

Greg talks about how you can’t have objective good without God, then he answers questions about what it means to say we’re made in the image of God, whether the image of God can be gained or lost,...

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Humans Come in Only Two Sexes

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 18, 2022 2:01 AM

Many biologists, doctors, and scientists tell us today that sex is on a spectrum or that there are more than two sexes. Alan addresses this claim by looking at the evidence from both Scripture and...

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Darwinism Can’t Account for Objective Morality

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 19, 2022 1:54 AM

Greg explains why Darwinism can’t account for objective morality, then he answers a question about whether our sins are covered or washed away and takes a follow-up call from a caller about the...

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Gay Idioms Don’t Time Travel

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 8, 2023 5:46 PM

Alan addresses a progressive Christian who claims that Jesus wants LGBT people to “come out,” by explaining how he misuses a common literary device.

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Man or Maker: Who Has the Answers to Humanity’s Most Critical Questions?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 12, 2023 7:46 PM

When it comes to answering critical questions about how we humans should live, identify, and behave sexually, who should we listen to? Man or our Maker?

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A-Theory vs. B-Theory of Time

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 22, 2023 2:02 AM

Greg answers questions about how to think through the issue of A-theory vs. B-theory of time, practical tips for sharing the gospel with family members who aren’t interested in hearing about it,...

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Disagreement Is Not Oppression

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 31, 2023 2:51 AM

Greg talks about the relatively new idea that we can be oppressed through others’ ideology, then he answers questions about whether Christian fellowship is simply brainwashing, the need for...

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Are We Claiming to Know the Unknowable?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 7, 2023 2:30 AM

Greg corrects some of his speculations about Neanderthals from the previous episode, then he answers questions about what “weeping and gnashing of teeth” indicates, the influence of the Jesus...

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Thoughts about D-Day

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 14, 2023 1:34 AM

Greg talks about D-Day and thanks D-Day veterans for their service, then he answers questions about indoctrination, what we can do about what’s happening in public schools, whether someone can be...

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Master These Three Informal Fallacies

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 18, 2023 1:55 AM

Greg talks about how to recognize and handle three informal fallacies you’ll encounter in spiritual conversations, then he answers questions about whether Satan knows what we’re thinking and how to...

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Is It Difficult to Define a Woman?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 10, 2023 8:48 PM

Why has it become so hard to define a woman? Alan looks at a few definitions that are offered, explains what’s wrong with them, and then offers his own definition.

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What Are My Concerns with Andy Stanley’s Unconditional Conference?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 27, 2023 4:13 PM

Alan attended Andy Stanley’s Unconditional Conference, an event intended to equip parents and ministry leaders how to reach out to LGBTQ youth. In this episode, Alan provides his assessment of the...

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Should You Violate Your Conscience to Maintain Your Relationship with an LGBT Person?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 10, 2023 7:08 PM

People who identify as LGBT routinely ask their Christian friends and family to accommodate various requests. Are you justified in declining to go along even if it might damage your relationship...

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The Problem with Positive Rights

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 29, 2023 2:55 AM

Greg talks about the difference between positive rights and negative rights, then he answers questions about how to respond when a spouse initiates divorce, whether it’s moral to kill abortionists,...

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Why It’s Reasonable to Refuse to Use Preferred Pronouns

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 15, 2023 7:59 PM

Alan addresses whether it’s reasonable to refuse to use a transgender person’s preferred pronouns.

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What Is the Nature of Consciousness?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2024 2:50 AM

Greg talks about the soul, then he answers questions about why God made it so hard for humans to know he exists, the informal fallacy of special pleading, and how Christians can effect positive...

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You Need to Understand the Notion of Entailment

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 9, 2024 12:44 AM

Greg talks about the notion of entailment, then he talks to callers about how to respond to someone who says Christianity took ideas from older religions, whether or not there are still descendants...

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The Problem with a Christian Attending a Same-Sex Wedding

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 14, 2024 2:55 PM

Should a Christian attend a same-sex wedding? Alan has attended a same-sex wedding in the past but believes he made the wrong decision. In this episode, he unpacks his past reasoning, explains why...

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Interview: Titus Kennedy – The Essential Archaeological Guide to Bible Lands

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On May 15, 2024 3:04 AM

Robby talks to archaeologist Titus Kennedy, author of The Essential Archaeological Guide to Bible Lands: Uncovering Biblical Sites of the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean World, about...

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Pro-Gay Theology Follows a Pattern of Past Interpretive Mistakes

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 29, 2024 7:32 PM

Alan points out how the interpretive mistakes made by pro-gay theology advocates today are the same mistakes people have made in the past.

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People No Longer Know What the “Final Solution” Was

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 5, 2024 1:53 AM

Greg talks about people no longer knowing about the Nazi phrase “Final Solution,” then he talks to callers about questions to ask an atheist family member who’s extremely moral and how to respond...

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Does Eve Provide Evidence for Transgenderism?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 6, 2024 3:13 PM

Alan addresses the claim that because Eve was formed from a male rib, this means God created the first transgender person, and therefore he approves of people transitioning.

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Is Morality Just Based on Society’s Definition of Human Flourishing?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 18, 2024 1:54 AM

Greg answers questions about interpreting and using Paul’s list of qualifications for elders, the vetting process for church leaders and workers, what charismatics think about speaking in tongues,...

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Is the A-Theory vs. B-Theory of Time a False Dichotomy?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 16, 2024 2:12 AM

Greg answers questions about whether the A-theory vs. B-theory of time is a false dichotomy, why Jesus had to suffer before dying for our sin, gender dysphoria, and how we know we haven’t simply...

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God Sovereignly Works through the Means of Human Actions

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

Greg gives his thoughts on God’s sovereignty and human actions and then answers questions about interacting with transgender coworkers, opting out of same-sex marriage ceremonies, and more.