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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about God’s healing, OT law similarities to secular sources, and the rapture.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
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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.
Media Type: Video Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Here are excerpts from Alvin Plantinga’s excellent review of atheist philosopher Thomas Nagel’s book, Mind and Cosmos, listing the four areas where Nagel objects to materialist naturalism as being...
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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.
Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
When it comes to spiritual warfare, the New Testament emphasis is not on prayer-infused power encounters, but on something completely different, and if we miss that, then I think we miss the heart...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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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.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
The images are sadly familiar. Buildings ripped from their foundations. Corpses mingled with debris. Parents and friends grieving for lost loved ones. Flowers and candles and makeshift memorials.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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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 9:41 PM
The New Testament attributes the three primary characteristics of personhood to the Holy Spirit: will, mind, and emotions.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 1, 2019 11:05 PM
Alan uses a helpful analogy to explain the difference between the Mosaic Law and the New Covenant.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 10, 2021 7:39 PM
What if secular culture’s rising emphasis on the bad news—our individual guilt and need for justification—will actually end up serving the good news of the gospel?
Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Muslims love Jesus too. At least, that’s what a new billboard campaign claims. The question, though, is which Jesus do they love?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Greg talks about using evidence for Christianity, what to say to someone considering converting to Catholicism, and more, then discusses Questioning the Bible: 11 Major Challenges to the Bible with...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Theories ought not be rejected just because there’s an anomaly that can’t yet be reconciled with it. Instead, it’s legitimate to take time to work on finding an answer that resolves the alleged...
Media Type: Article Topic: Science
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Alan is on a timer, and answers question about the death penalty, the Sabbath, utilitarianism, and why Jesus had to die.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Bioethics
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about women teaching in the church, psychopaths, Christian doctors, and Bible contradictions.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM
Should you be trying to find out how God may be speaking to you so you can make sure you do the right thing? Maybe not.
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
In the last issue of Solid Ground, I raised a question that may have startled some readers. I asked if the current emphasis on “hearing” the voice of God is biblically sound.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
I recently had a conversation with a man about hearing from God. He referenced Dallas Willard’s book, Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship With God. I’ve benefited greatly from...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 31, 2023 10:48 PM
Just because you don’t know some trivial things about God, like his favorite color or movie, that doesn’t mean you don’t have a relationship with him.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 5:45 PM
Greg discusses the standard of God’s law.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about “The Shack,” women’s head coverings, and Jesus’ end times comments.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 16, 2023 5:51 PM
In this excerpt from Stand to Reason University, Jon Noyes explains why religious pluralism does not work and examines the biblical evidence for salvation through Christ alone.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Greg discusses what the Bible teaches about the true nature of spiritual warfare—truth encounters, rather than power encounters
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
I have become increasingly concerned at the cavalier attitude many people have about how they approach God. There are many people who believe that it doesn’t matter how you come to God, so long as...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 30, 2023 1:00 AM
It may sound strange to hear an apologist say you will never be able to change anyone’s mind on the truth of any spiritual issue, but here’s why it’s true.
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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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
A time will come when an experience will make suffering real to you, and then you will struggle to learn how to entrust yourself to God when you can’t trust He’ll protect you from pain and tragedy....
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
I am astounded in many ways by why it is so difficult for us as a church to simply follow the directions.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
STR speaker, Alan Shlemon, recently wrote about a Tweet he sent that packed a lot of theology into 138 characters. I liked it so much I’m passing his advice on to you. Here’s what Alan wrote.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 10:18 PM
I came across a lecture by Peter J. Williams that I found to be an excellent complement to this month’s Solid Ground (if you haven’t yet read Greg’s “The Canaanites: Genocide or Judgment?” you...
Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Since the birth of the church, no Christian authority—no theologian, no church council, no denominational confession, no seminary—ever hinted that homosexual behavior was morally legitimate.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
On February 12, evolutionists everywhere will gather for Darwin Day, a celebration of Charles Darwin’s birthday. Darwin can’t make it, but that won’t stop the celebrations planned worldwide.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Because of God’s artistry, just as there are layers of meaning in a painting, there is an unfathomable depth to the world He created and the words He revealed.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Why would God punish non-believers with an eternity in Hell for a finite amount of sin? People who raise this complaint fail to understand the nature of two things: the nature of the offender and...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 14, 2021 8:33 PM
How can Christians respond to the Mormon claim that “Heavenly Father” is the only god “for us”? Greg offers one question that will help focus the conversation.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Adam Parker of Bring the Books has an interesting take on why the Israelites were commanded not to use mixed threads in their clothing.
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Arguing from Jesus’ silence on issues is not only a logical misstep, but theologically incorrect.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Muslims hold a deficient and distorted view of Jesus. It’s a tragic case of mistaken identity with dire consequences. Here are three ways Muslims mistake the true Jesus.
Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
So, how is it that Jehovah’s Witnesses can claim that Jesus was never worshipped?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
In John Loftus’s book, Why I Became an Atheist, he quotes “exbeliever,” one of his fellow bloggers, who gives the clearest, most accurate illustration I’ve seen to describe the mindset of...
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
If Mormons won’t allow polygamists to redefine Mormonism in order to include polygamists, they ought not demand that Christians accept a redefinition from Mormons as to what’s foundational to...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Greg discusses what Jesus meant when He referred to Himself as “The Truth”, how to show respect in another country or to another religion without compromising our own beliefs, and if...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Why did God destroy Sodom and Gomorrah?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
The billboards read: “No God? No Problem. Be Good for Goodness’ Sake,” and “Are You Good without God? Millions Are.”
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Science
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Greg shows how Jesus received worship and therefore is one with the Father. In doing so, he gives a good lesson on how we, too, might approach constructing arguments on issues like these.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Atheists may not need to prove the absence of God, but their view entails a few other things that require a lot of explaining.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Nov 15, 2022 6:06 PM
Jon Noyes explains why efforts to earn our salvation leave believers without hope and how we can find forgiveness in Jesus.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 6, 2023 12:42 AM
After Jephthah made his foolish vow, did the Mosaic Law require him to keep his vow or break it? A principle found in the laws for vows can help answer this question not only for Jephthah’s vow,...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
One of the resources I like best in Logos Bible Software is the library of Timothy Keller’s sermons from over 20 years at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about dreams, a Bible discrepancy, and God’s nature.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Jesus’ long journey is almost over. In a matter of hours the Messiah will be dead, but those hours will tick by slowly.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Evolution can be overwhelming. It draws upon evidence from multiple disciplines: geology, paleontology, genetics, chemistry, and others. It’s hard to know where to begin.
Media Type: Article Topic: Science
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
If homosexuals are bullied, we need to protect them. If they’re unjustly discriminated against, we need to help them. If they’re treated with contempt, the person hurting them should be stopped.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Conditionalists—those who hold to the annihilation of the wicked at the judgment—insist that Jesus’ and John’s descriptions be interpreted in light of other passages, texts they think give an...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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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 May 6, 2021 5:27 PM
Greg and Amy address a common misconception about the Bible’s view of women and offer counterexamples to the claim that the Bible associates sin with women more often than with men.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Could it be the evolutionists who are being irrational? Is it possible that God design everything using natural selection?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:55 PM
If the answer is yes, then we are in trouble.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
It’s tempting to think belief in God comes down to the evidence and nothing else. But is it really that simple? Does belief in God merely depend on evidence?
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
In four min. or less, Brett answers questions about morality, listening prayer, and man’s ambition.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 8, 2021 4:29 AM
Tim responds to 10 fallacies offered by an atheist to disprove God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 3, 2023 7:57 AM
Greg and Amy answer a question about why we should think God, rather than other explanations people offer, is the best explanation for the existence of the universe.
Media Type: Video Topic: Science
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
From our biological blueprint, to the fine-tuning of the universe, to the human experience of beauty, morality, and guilt, God is the best explanation for the way things are.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Science
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 1, 2019 9:16 PM
Civil war battles were tumultuous affairs. The thundering of guns and muskets was not just deafening, it was dangerous, drowning out the one means of group communication: the bugles.
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM
Have you ever been asked “Isn’t it arrogant of God to demand that we praise Him?” Find out what Greg has to say about God’s worthiness, and our own vanity.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
When science reasons it reasons inductively and it reasons basically the same way as we would reason about the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
In this part of the Story I answer the second of the two most important questions anyone could ever ask about the remarkable man from Nazareth: Why did He come? It is a question there is far too...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology