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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Thomas Helwys was one of the early Puritans in 17th century England. He and his fellow Protestant believers met in secret to avoid punishment for dissenting with the state religion.

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Same-Sex Marriage Is “Expanding Our Sense of Possibilities”

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

There’s no consistent reason under the new definition of marriage why polyamorists should be denied what’s legally available to others.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Why Take Christians to Mosques?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Sometimes people are puzzled. They think, Shouldn’t we teach Christians about Christianity? Why are you teaching them about Islam and taking them to mosques? That’s a good question.

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John Witherspoon: Pastor, Professor, and Patriot

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

John Witherspoon was born in Scotland in 1723 and emigrated to the colony of New Jersey when he was called as president of Princeton University in 1768.

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Salt and Light in 19th Century England

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Titus Salt was a contemporary of of John Cadbury, whom I wrote about last Thursday, and there are similarities in their stories.

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Wedgwood Abolitionist

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

You may be familiar with Wedgwood pottery. One of the most distinct of Josiah Wedgwood’s designs is jasper ware—most commonly with blue or green glaze with classic figures applied in white. He was...

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How Did You Come to That Conclusion?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Alan explains a tactic that can help you respond to any challenge raised against your view.

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Why I Take Christians to Mosques

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Alan explains the details of a mosque experience and the benefits of taking Christians to mosques.

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What Is Marriage from a Policy Perspective?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

What is marriage, why does it matter, and what are the consequences of redefining it? Ryan Anderson explains.

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Educating the Deaf

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Gallaudet University, the first university in the United States focusing on educating deaf people, was named in honor of the founder’s father, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet.

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Quakers and Constitutional Freedom

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

You remember William Penn from history class. He was granted the colony of Pennsylvania by the king in payment for debts owed his father.

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Utilitarian Atheists Aren’t “Just as Moral,” They’re “Differently Moral”

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

The claim that “atheists are as moral as Christians” is meaningless if we’re operating under different systems of morality.

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Character at the Keyboard

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

David Brooks’s op-ed in the New York Times on “The Mental Virtues” reminds us that “character tests are pervasive even in modern everyday life. It’s possible to be heroic if you’re just...

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Christianity’s Uniqueness

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

In reply to the critics who claim Christianity was just a copy-cat religion among the ancient religions, it’s helpful to take a look at how an ancient adherent of these pagan religions viewed...

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Serving the Persecuted Church

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

Alan gives a short recap of his trip to Beirut, Lebanon. He highlights the experiences of training the persecuted church and meeting his cousin who recently fled Baghdad, Iraq.

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The English Hippocrates

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

Thomas Sydenham, born in 1624, was a Christian physician known as the father of English medicine.

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God’s Clockmaker

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

Richard of Wallingford lived in the early 14th century...

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Are We at War with Muslims?

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

Alan answers the question of whether we are at war with Muslims. He also offers a handy tactic to help you determine whether a doctrine or behavior is truly Islamic.

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Is All Saints’ Day on November 1st Because of a Pagan Festival?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Angie Mosteller says, “There is no indication that ancient Samhain was ever a festival of the dead or dedicated to some Lord of the Dead.”

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A Countess Who Devoted Her Fortune to Christ

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

Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, was a remarkable woman in her time. She was born in 1707 to aristocracy, suffered loss, family disputes, and bad health.

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Must we kill humans to save other humans?

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

Alan explains why embryonic stem cell research is not only morally problematic, but ineffective at treating disease and disability. Instead, he offers a scientific alternative.

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The Reformation the Church Doesn’t Need

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

Alan attended a ’gay Christian’ conference that intends to reform the church to make it affirm practicing homosexuals. Listen to his thoughts about his experience there.

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Pro-Life Killers: An Oxymoron

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

Alan answers the question of whether pro-lifers are inconsistent if they don’t condone the killing of abortion doctors.

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Are the Chick-fil-A Cows on to Something?

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

Humans are more valuable than animals and so eating meat is permissible.

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Could “Good” and “Evil” Exist without God?

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

Reasonable Faith has released another apologetics video, and this one explains the moral argument for the existence of God.

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About Those Crusades…

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

Since the Crusades are back in the news, these excerpts from a 2005 article by Crusade historian Thomas F. Madden will help you brush up on the basics.

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Are the Chick-fil-A Cows on to Something?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Alan answers the question of whether people who eat meat are unjustly discriminating against sentient animals.

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The Biased Constraint of Scientism

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

Here’s what J. Warner Wallace has to say about the charge that Christians are too biased to fairly evaluate evidence.

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Truth and Compassion in Action

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Alan explains whether the principle of truth and compassion works when gay activists come to protest your church.

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Every Idea Has Consequences

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

Alan talks about his recent speaking tour in Alberta and explains the impact of same-sex marriage on the Christian culture in Canada.

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How can homeschooling parents avoid sheltering their kids too much?

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

Alan explains one way homeschooling parents can avoid sheltering their kids too much.

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Finding Truth: Twilight of the Gods

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

Since secular philosophies, like religions, point to an ultimate reality, they can be evaluated, just as religions can, by identifying their idols.

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One Nation under Allah?

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

There have been a couple of incidents where a school has asked a Muslim (or perhaps just an Arabic-speaking student) to recite the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance in Arabic.

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Finding Truth: Secular Leaps of Faith

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

The third of Nancy Pearcey’s five principles for evaluating worldviews is, “Test the idol: Does it contradict what we know about the world?”

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The Christian Worldview Grounds Human Dignity

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

There are many ideas we simply take for granted as natural and obvious, when in fact they didn’t exist until the arrival of Christianity changed things completely.

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Finding Truth: Why Worldviews Commit Suicide

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

Nancy Pearcey explains how to find where a worldview contradicts itself.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Should we ban conversion therapy?

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

Alan defines some terms in the debate over whether conversion therapy should be banned and, by doing so, answers whether efforts to change a person’s same-sex attraction should ever be attempted.

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Finding Truth: How Critical Thinking Saves Faith

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

Some Christians think the way to avoid being “conformed to this world” (Rom. 12:2) is by avoiding “worldly” ideas. A better strategy is to learn the skills to critically evaluate them.

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Relativism’s Moral Hero Disproves Relativism

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

Any worldview that lacks the ability to explain what we know to be true—that there are objective moral facts, regardless of whether an individual or an entire society rejects them—is devastatingly...

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Original New Testament Manuscripts Could Have Been Copied for Centuries

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

Evidence that literary manuscripts in the ancient world would last hundreds of years suggests that some of the earliest New Testament copies we posses may have been copied directly from one of...

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More Doubling Down on Faulty Principles

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

Remember when I talked about our culture biting absurd bullets? Here’s how it works.

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Marriage Decision Is a “Totalitarian Impulse to Redefine Reality”

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

The Supreme Court decision yesterday won’t just affect marriage. Giving the government the power to redefine a pre-political institution changes the relationship of the government to all of our...

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Advice from Chesterton: Don’t Take Down the Fence until You Know Why It’s There

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

Most people—religious or otherwise—have no idea what marriage is, why it exists, and what we need it for, and it’s dangerous to fundamentally change things when you don’t understand why...

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The Fruit of Relativism Is Naked Power

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

More disturbing than the fact that a new definition of marriage is now the law of the land is the way in which this transformation was accomplished.

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Muslim Authority

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Alan explains how he knows authority is the key issue when talking to Muslims.

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Inoculate, Not Isolate

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Alan took his 10 year-old son to UCLA to engage abortion-choice advocates who were twice his son’s age. Find out how and why he did that.

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Evidence for God and the Human Heart

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Many people believe that belief in God’s existence is merely an evidence issue. That is, given enough evidence, everyone would believe. But is it really that simple? Does belief in God merely...

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The Resurrection Was a Real Event in History

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

Though miracles have a supernatural cause, the evidence of the effect is available for our scrutiny just as the evidence for any historical event is available to us. Here’s a brief outline of...

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Can You Argue Someone Into the Kingdom?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

Many Christians claim you can’t argue someone into the kingdom, suggesting that apologetics is useless for evangelism. Alan address this question and explains why he, in part, agrees.

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What Follows If You Don’t Believe Any Religion Is True?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 11:25 PM

Alan discusses the implications of not subscribing to a particular religion and the most probable beliefs that follow.

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Could God Be Merely a Function of the Brain?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 11:41 PM

Alan responds to an argument against God’s existence.

Media Type: Video Topic: Philosophy

Do Our Souls Continue to Develop in Heaven?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 4:19 PM

Alan distinguishes between two types of soul development and shares his thoughts on which one we’ll experience in Heaven.

Media Type: Video Topic: Philosophy

Do You Need Religion to Have Morals?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 5:20 PM

Alan responds to an atheist’s challenge: “You don’t need religion to have morals. If you can’t determine right from wrong then you lack empathy, not religion.”

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Why Do Other Religions Emphasize Works for Salvation?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 5:49 PM

In Christianity, salvation is a gift rather than a reward for works. Alan shares why Christianity is different from many other religions in this way.

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How Is Christianity Different From Other Religions?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 6:57 PM

Alan unpacks the unique reality of Christianity, as compared to other world religions, as the only means of salvation.

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Is Christianity the Only Way?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 26, 2019 7:01 PM

Tim highlights the eternal significance and exclusivity of Christianity.

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Do All Religions Offer a Piece of the Truth?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 26, 2019 7:11 PM

Tim offers insightful perspective on the question of other religions offering pieces of the truth.

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Challenge Response: If Christianity Were True, Enlightened Countries Would Believe It

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 9:56 PM

Here’s my response to this week’s challenge:

Media Type: Video Topic: Philosophy

Atheist Says Human Rights Aren’t Real

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 5, 2024 10:06 PM

The next time you say the words “I support the right to” or “we should all have the right to,” ask yourself whether such human rights are a fundamental part of reality or, as materialist Yuval...

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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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The Cross Is Good News for Muslims

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 15, 2024 9:43 PM

Muslims deny Jesus was crucified and rose again, but rejecting the reality of the cross means they miss out on a theological reality that has the power to rescue them from their system of works and...

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Eight Tips to Become a Professional Apologist

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 25, 2024 2:28 PM

Alan offers eight tips to help someone who is interested in pursuing part-time or full-time apologetics ministry.

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A Mission Trip to New Agers

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On May 15, 2024 3:07 AM

Robby talks about taking high schoolers on a mission trip to New Agers, then he answers questions about applying 2 Corinthians 10:5, escaping from sins, public versus Catholic school, whether Jesus...

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How Many Ancient Copies of the Quran Exist?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 28, 2024 9:38 PM

Alan answers questions about ancient copies of the Quran, an intersex person unintentionally entering into a homosexual relationship, whether Deuteronomy’s apostasy law is the same as Islam’s, and...

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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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How Aristotle Can Help Christian Morality, Part 2

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

Aristotle saw the development of habituated virtue as being central to human flourishing. How does his view match up with the biblical view?

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The Evening News

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 31, 2021 5:01 PM

These news tidbits illustrating the ideologically-driven downward trajectory of secular culture are “iceberg tips” connected to a larger story, a spiritual drama that lies behind the headlines.

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Reality Is on Christianity’s Side

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 6, 2022 8:12 PM

When making a case against atheism, Christians have a powerful ally: reality. Greg Koukl shares an important reminder and strategy from Francis Schaeffer in an introductory video from his new STR...

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The Intolerance of Tolerance

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

Tolerance, one of America’s noblest virtues, has been so distorted it’s become a vice.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy

Leaping from Frogs to Morality

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

Learn how to be consistent in your moral reasoning.

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Earth Day and Worldviews

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM

If Earth Day is justified by the moral concept of stewardship of the planet, its celebrants might be surprised about what else comes in that worldview package.

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Worldviews & Earth Day

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM

If Earth Day is justified by the moral concept of stewardship of the planet, its celebrants might be surprised about what else comes in that worldview package.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Interview with Dr. Larry Hurtado—Destroyer of the gods

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

The early Christians turned the world upside down by using both their reasoning ability and their well-lived lives to persuade others. We can learn from them how to face our cultural situation today.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Why Hate Shouldn’t Be a Crime

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...

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy

Knowledge and Truth

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM

For any knowledge at all to be possible there must be true things and there must be false things.

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