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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
If the resurrection is just our make-believe-to-make-me-feel-happy kind of story, then we are a sorry bunch.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 27, 2022 1:45 AM
Greg answers questions about whether Zaccheus’s statement about giving back four times as much as he stole supports the idea of reparations, the biblical evidence that babies go to Heaven, where we...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 25, 2023 1:36 AM
Greg adds another quick thought about the last call on the previous episode, then he answers questions about atheists claiming they used to be “real Christians,” whether the word “relationship”...
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
According to New Atheist Sam Harris, “Faith is generally nothing more than the permission religious people give one another to believe things strongly without evidence.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 28, 2020 1:43 AM
Last week, an issue came up that hinged specifically on the definitions of words.
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Web Content Article · By keith plummer On Feb 29, 2020 5:35 AM
What issues tend to surface when non-Christians are asked what they think of Christians and Christianity? Dr. Plummer’s class assignment gives some insight into our culture.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Mystery is talked about a lot in the Church these days, but it’s not usually defined. Mystery isn’t divorced from knowledge; rather, it’s a result of a deep knowledge of God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 11:53 PM
Greg explains why it matters what you believe, not just how sincerely you believe it.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
What is the problem with evolutionists referring to “Mother Nature?”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
What makes you think the ability to take away evil from the world has anything to do with God’s strength?
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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...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Science
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Greg is on a timer and answers questions about doing the Lord’s work, the Orlando shooting, and major doctrines that Greg has changed his mind on over the years.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
There is discomfort that grabs us because we simply don’t understand the gravity of our sin in the presence of a perfectly holy God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 1, 2019 4:46 PM
How close are Catholics and Protestants on the issue of justification?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Stephen Jay Gould, evolution’s popular icon from Harvard, has fired his latest salvo against creation in his new book, Rocks of Ages.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Greg talks about meeting former mormons, the “gay reformation” in the church, discerning genuine questions, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Recent studies suggest that animals are capable of rudimentary forms of moral behavior. God isn’t the source of morality, evolutionists say; Mother Nature is. The evolutionary answer, though, does...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Understanding the author’s message is one of the fundamental skills needed to know how to read the Word accurately.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 25, 2021 2:17 PM
Greg answers a question about how to respond to someone who rejects God because of the problem of evil.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Richard Mouw, professor of Faith and Public Life and former president of Fuller Seminary, has written a piece at First Things titled “Mormons Approaching Orthodoxy.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about other creation stories, Matthew 27’s historicity, and if God gave light during creation.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
“Can God do anything?” I asked an audience of Christians at a recent apologetics conference.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Greg gives an answer to this question that is both biblical and rational.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 7, 2023 12:59 AM
Greg and Amy explain why people have different interpretations of their near-death experiences and how near-death experiences can support biblical views on the soul and the afterlife.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about the web and Christianity, Heaven, and what if Christianity is false?
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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...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 25, 2022 8:02 PM
Greg explains why believers may apply “hate the sin, love the sinner” to their own lives but should be cautious about trying to apply this saying to God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Greg and guest Frank Turek discuss the Cross Examined Instructor’s Academy, then Greg answers questions on if the age of accountability is consistent with election, the professor’s ploy, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 21, 2023 12:27 AM
How much sin can God forgive? Does it matter if we evolved? Why did God...? What role should Christianity play in our government? Greg addresses these topics and more in this issue of Solid Ground.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 1, 2021 4:52 PM
Do apologetics matter to young people today, who base their convictions on feelings?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 5, 2023 10:14 PM
Greg and Amy explain how God’s purposeful justice displays his glory.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
When scientists claim that any intelligent design inference is an example of God of the Gaps, they are presuming that there actually is an explanation gap, that is, there simply is no explanation...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 23, 2020 12:25 AM
How do you respond when someone challenges the notion that God can forgive a Hitler or a mass-murderer?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
In scientific debate, the Christian is often saddled with a handicap similar to that of the famed Australian racehorse Phar Lap.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
The ancient fable of the blind men and the elephant is often used to illustrate the fact that every faith represents just one part of the larger truth about God. However, the attempt is doomed...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 10, 2024 9:42 PM
Greg and Amy respond to the accusation that choosing God isn’t really a matter of free will if we’re being threatened with Hell if we don’t choose him.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Were John and Matthew reliable witnesses to the life of Christ? Did Jesus claim to be the Messiah? Did He work miracles? Did He rise from the dead? The court is convened.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
As New Testament Christians in the New Covenant, which commands or moral principles are obligatory and would apply regardless of the covenants because they are universal morals that transcend the...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 23, 2021 10:41 PM
At times, the tsunami of change we’re facing seems overwhelming for its force, dizzying for its speed, and chilling for its darkness. It’s easy to begin feeling helpless, but that is not our path....
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Brett has 4 min. to answer questions about fearing God, Yahweh, and other religions.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Yes, the fine-tuning of the universe for life is highly unlikely, but unlikely things happen all the time, right? Here’s why this objection to the fine-tuning argument doesn’t work.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Tim continues to respond to objections to the argument that the universe is fine-tuned to permit the existence of life.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Alan responds to an article claiming that women’s equality can’t exist until the government doesn’t regulate a woman’s body, in the same way it doesn’t regulate a man’s body.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Alan is on a timer and answers questions about Satan, Hell, and idols.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
In 4 min. or less, Alan answer questions about Old Testament xenophobia, false teachers, and Hell.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Church discipline isn’t a remnant of the first-century church. It’s a New Covenant principle that can and should be applied today.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Alan evaluates a church’s decision to dismiss a man from membership because he engaged in a homosexual relationship.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
If you are living with disappointment today, take heart! God has promised He is working all things together to make you like Christ.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Some contemporary scientists have argued that something can come from nothing, but it turns out they’re equivocating on the word “nothing.”
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
There is a tendency in our presentation of the Gospel to stick with the parts that make people feel good. Those things are true, but there’s more we need to tell them.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Jehovah’s Witnesses often cite Mark 13:32 as proof that Jesus cannot be God. The answer to their objection can be explained by the incarnation of Jesus.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Alan explains three ways that Muslims miss the true Jesus and why it should matter to them.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Alan recently spent the week teaching in the world’s first country that declared itself atheist by its constitution.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Alan talks about teaching at a prison and then answers questions about fostering/adopting under anti-Christian government policies, the basic beliefs of Christianity, and the millennial kingdom...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
A new book details the occult practices and pagan worldview of Hitler and the Nazis.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Are you worried that your faith is weak? Here’s an analogy to help you understand that it’s His work and strength that matters, not yours.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Is knowledge discovered by science un-Christian or anti-God? Alan addresses the question of how we come to gain knowledge and what sources are credible.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
There are many reasons why pro-gay theology is mistaken. Alan addresses a particular defense that fails to understand what Scripture is saying.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
Sometimes, when answering an apologetics question about science, you just need to appeal to the facts. But do you know the facts?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
As we gain knowledge, it’s easy to start looking down on others, but we see in Jesus a different image of who we’re supposed to be as His followers and representatives.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Alan shows how you can use two simple questions to show that the Christian story of creation is true and reasonable.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Alan describes the significant shift that is occurring in our society that affects how human beings are valued.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
The two sexes of the human race are not interchangeable or expendable, and we don’t exist as men and women by accident. God created us this way for a purpose.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Scientists can’t figure out why the asymmetry between matter and antimatter that’s necessary for life exists in this universe. Is this another case of fine-tuning?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
How did the Wise Men know about the coming Jewish king? The answer may go back hundreds of years.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
Even in the midst of our pain, today we sing with all our hearts, “Joy to the World!” What joy! What hope! What strength in God! We have nothing to fear and the greatest of joys to gain.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
This month is a perfect opportunity to tell our Muslim friends the story of Christmas. Since Jesus already holds an esteemed position in Islam, we already have a head start.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
How do most Muslims become Muslim, and why is it difficult for them to convert to another religion?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
God knew when He created matter that its properties would necessitate a massive universe in order to support life, so why create the kind of matter He created?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Alan explains one of the challenges that ambassadors for Christ will face in 2018.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
A single-person god could not be loving by nature, for love is only possible when someone else exists to love. But fellowship overflows from our triune God, and our Father calls us into it.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Alan responds to the challenge that his work is misguided because he cares more about apologetics than the Gospel.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
Alan answers the question of whether our soul continues to develop in heaven and, if so, in what way or capacity.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
Alan talks about how every apologetic subject comes back to God and that often times it’s more prudent to discuss God’s existence rather than a secondary issue.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
Greg has a new book you might want to have on hand to offer people after spiritual conversations, and it’s especially helpful around Easter.
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