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Evidence That Demonstrates John Is a Reliable Historical Source

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

The discovery of the Pool of Bethesda in the late 19th century confirms the historical setting in John 5 and supports John’s claim that he was an eyewitness to what he reports.

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How Can You Be Confident Christianity Is True without Looking at All the Options?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 11, 2023 10:36 PM

the many worldviews and “gods” in existence to Christianity and the God of the Bible

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Nine Early Church Fathers Who Taught Jesus Is God

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

For those who think Emperor Constantine invented the deity of Christ, here are thirty-six quotations from nine different church fathers that predate the Council of Nicea.

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Atheists Should Accept the Grim Truth Wherever They Find It

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

If atheists want to make their selling point the fact that they have “traditionally embraced” a “commitment to the naked truth,” whatever it is, however disturbing, then let them live out this...

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How We’ve Infuriated Centuries of People

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 6, 2020 11:01 PM

From Shadrach, to Peter, to Richard Wurmbrand, no law, threat, or torture can turn true Christians from loving and serving God or affirming what we know to be true.

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Indirect Claims Jesus Is Jehovah

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Tim Barnett explains the Bible’s indirect claims that Jesus is Jehovah.

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Why Should You Take a Closer Look at Islam?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

If we’re going to proclaim the message of the gospel to Muslims as ambassadors for Christ, we first need to know what Islam teaches and how we can respond. Here’s a good place to start.

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How to Be a Good Ambassador for Christ to Muslims

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2024 12:57 AM

Alan Shlemon talks about how to be a good ambassador for Christ to Muslims, the largest unreached people group on the planet, explaining their foundational objection to Christianity and how to...

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St. Patrick’s Day

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 20, 2020 11:48 PM

Like St. Patrick, let us not forget the purpose of the arguments we learn or neglect the personal communion with God that empowers us.

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Jesus Tips the Balance of the Islamic Scale

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 14, 2020 10:46 PM

If you trust Jesus to be your substitute, meeting God’s standard of perfection is possible. God will cancel your crimes and credit your account with Jesus’ record.

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A Solution to the Genealogy Problem in the Gospels

Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Dec 5, 2022 1:48 AM

When one compares Jesus’ genealogies in Matthew and Luke, two problems arise. Here’s a solution.

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Where Did These Minimal Facts about the Resurrection Come From?

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

Who are the scholars cited by Gary Habermas in his “Minimal Facts” approach to the resurrection, and is this approach an illegitimate appeal to authority? Habermas explains.

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Human Rights and an English Priest

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

Probably like most people, I wasn’t interested in history when I was a child...

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Are There Any Major New Testament Text Variants?

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

There’s going to be differences in the text, and some people have made a big deal about those differences.

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Is Mormonism Just Another Christian Denomination?

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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Wilberforce and Social Change

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

William Wilberforce is well-known for his decades-long persistence getting legislation passed to outlaw the slave trade in the British Empire.

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Why Doesn’t God Always Answer Prayer?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 11, 2021 7:42 PM

Greg and Amy explain why prayer is not just a means to an end and discuss God’s actual purpose for prayer in believers’ lives.

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Make Jesus Central to Your Conversations with Muslims

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

38,000 Muslims die every day and enter eternity without Christ. We need to hone our skills so we’re more effective at sharing the truth with them.

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Making an Impact without Knowing Anything

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for July 2007 When I heard the knock on the door I knew it was probably the Mormons.

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What Muslims Say vs. What Islam Teaches

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 31, 2019 4:06 PM

No matter who is making a claim about Islam, what they say must conform to these three authoritative sources in order for their claim to accurately represent Islam.

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Do We Know Who Wrote the Gospels?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 14, 2022 10:46 PM

Tim responds to a Muslim who claims the Gospels were not written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

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Lord, Liar, Lunatic...or Legend?

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

The first time I heard C.S. Lewis’ Trilemma challenged was nearly 20 years ago.

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The Ex-Slave Abolitionist

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

Marc Baer, author of Mere Believers, argues “that because Equiano became a believer, the enslavement of Africans by Europeans came to an end.”

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What Really Happened at Nicea?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 10, 2024 10:02 PM

Tim dispels the common yet false claim that the New Testament canon was created at the Council of Nicea.

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Ground Rules for Talking to Mormons

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 9:53 PM

You want to inform them, in as polite a way as possible, that they cannot knock on your door as missionaries promoting their religion, proselytizing and seeking to convert you, and then say you are...

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The Word Atheists Don’t Want to Say

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jan 12, 2022 10:44 PM

As we observe the law of causality at work in the world around us, the explanation for our existence begins to look a lot like God.

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Were the Stories about Jesus Copied from Previous Myths?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM

Greg discusses an article that claims the stories about Jesus were copied from previous myths as he gives tools to help you assess other claims you’ll encounter.

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A Response to an Atheist’s Objection to Atheist Role Plays

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

Greg and Tim talk about Tim’s upcoming video series on Jehovah’s Witnesses, then they take a call on the Trinity and talk about a recent post an atheist wrote about Stand to Reason.

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Hannah More: Guided by Christian Convictions

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Hannah More, born in the 18th century, became an author, social activist, and philanthropist because of her brilliant mind and Christian convictions.

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How to Understand the Distinction Between Islam and Muslims—Mentoring Letter August 2016

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

After the tragic mass shooting in Orlando, many clues pointed to a familiar explanation: Islamic terrorism...

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Answering the Galileo Myth

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

When we look at the facts, we see that the response to Galileo in his time doesn’t prove Christianity is anti-science. What we actually do learn from his story is important to keep in mind today.

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Confusion about Grace

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 9, 2020 12:53 AM

A comment by a Mormon illustrates the difference between the Mormon and Christian understandings of grace.

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What We Have Is What Was Written

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

Because of the age and number of ancient manuscripts we have, we can determine with great accuracy the text of the original biblical documents.

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Textual Variants: It’s the Nature, Not the Number, That Matters

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM

Does the New Testament we possess correctly reflect the words the authors penned in the first century?

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Why There Are Only Four REAL Gospels

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John aren’t the only Gospels we have from the ancient world. Here’s an easy way to remember why the New Testament only includes these four.

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Islam and Terrorism

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

Greg talks about Islam and terrorism, then takes calls on what the Christian ambassadors response regarding giving to beggars is, what happens when we die, if the old earth view is represented in...

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Dr. Paul L. Maier: The Constantine Codex

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

Greg talks about deconstructing Sam Harris’s articles, if the Pint-Sized Preacher is preaching, then discusses the Constantine Codex with Dr. Paul L. Maier, then takes calls on what the definitions...

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#STRask: February 20, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM

In this special episode with a live audience, Greg still has 4 min. to answer questions about different religions worshipping God and “born this way.”

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Answering the New Atheists—Part 2

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

Infamous New Atheist Christopher Hitchens recently debated Privileged Planet author Jay Wesley Richards at Stanford on the existence of God. In the middle of Richards’s opening remarks, Hitchens...

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April 25, 2004

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

Greg interviews Frank Turek on his new book “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist”, recounts his last few talks at some universities, and takes some calls on inerrancy and...

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The Real Murderers: Atheism or Christianity?

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

Is it legitimate to condemn religion for historical atrocities? First we had better examine the facts.

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Critical Race Theory: Civil Rights Upside Down

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 29, 2021 12:46 AM

People are attracted to critical race theory out of a desire to fight racism, but the central elements of CRT turn the noble ideas of the civil rights movement of the ’60s upside down.

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Interview: Eric Johnson – Misconceptions about Mormons

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 12, 2022 11:38 PM

Robby talks to Eric Johnson of Mormonism Research Ministry about the rules Mormons have to follow, the LDS view of authority and the way they view their prophets, the LDS need to keep all their...

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Is It Possible Some Mormons Are Saved?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 3, 2020 4:11 AM

Even though Latter-day Saint theology is radically different from Christianity, Mormons talk of Jesus with great respect, saying He is their savior. Is it possible some of them are saved?

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How Do We Know the Gospels Are Inspired?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 6:39 PM

Greg offers reasons we can know the gospels are the inspired Word of God both from objective and personal standpoints.

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Answering the New Atheists—Part 3

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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Do Atheists Lack Belief in God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Some atheists think they escape the burden of proof by claiming they lack belief rather than have a belief there is no God.

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Could Buddhism Be True?

Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM

An Examination of the Buddhist Worldview by Ted Miyake.

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An Early and Reliable Account of Jesus’ Resurrection

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

In I Corinthians 15:3–8, Paul records a list of witnesses to Jesus’ post-mortem appearances.

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Is Critical Race Theory Really an Issue?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 19, 2023 2:11 AM

Greg answers questions about whether he’s fighting a ghost when it comes to critical race theory, whether the famous Christians who have been deconstructing were ever truly regenerated, the “Divine...

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