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Two More Responses to Matthew Vines’s Case

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

Greg goes over the argument made in Romans 1 in light of last week’s discussion between Sean McDowell and Matthew Vines then answers questions about the new earth and whether a ceremony is...

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Jesus Didn’t Go to India

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

Greg chats with Frank Turek about the upcoming Advanced CrossExamined Instructor Academy then gives an update on Melinda, talks about the claim that Jesus went to India, and answers a question...

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Don’t Be a Couch Potato During This Crisis

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 25, 2020 2:16 AM

Greg gives some practical advice for going through this crisis, talks about the hope we have when our lives turn out differently than we thought, answers a question about becoming an apologist, and...

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Should Christians Stay out of Politics?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 29, 2020 3:57 AM

Greg talks about whether Christians ought to stay out of politics, then he answers questions about attending same-sex weddings and concerns about the political terms a church is using.

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The World Will Not Endure Sound Doctrine

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 7, 2021 3:25 AM

Greg answers a question about how he became a published author, discusses the world’s desire to follow false views of reality (2 Timothy 4:3), and talks about how to respond to someone who shows no...

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A Response to “Jesus Gave up His Weekend for Your Sins”

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 8, 2021 4:58 AM

Greg answers a question about knowing the person you’re dating is really the opposite sex, takes a follow-up call about a situation where a friend announced his daughter was transitioning to a boy,...

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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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Should Christians Make Judgments about Other Christians?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 13, 2023 8:56 PM

Greg answers questions about the differences between rules, principles, etc., Christian nationalism, Christians making judgments about other Christians, how people who haven’t heard the gospel will...

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Is Jesus Dependent on the Father?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 30, 2023 4:26 PM

Greg answers questions about whether Jesus is dependent on the Father, whether he should be quoting someone who has a mistaken view on homosexuality, whether it’s ever okay for Christians to stand...

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The Worship Effect

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

Greg discusses the worship effect, the Billy Graham Organization removing a “cult” from their website, and answers questions on how to prove that science isn’t everything, if you can argue...

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Does the Trinity Make Sense

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

Some people say the Trinity—the idea that there is one God Who subsists in three fully distinct but fully divine persons—doesn’t make sense. This depends entirely on what one means by the concept...

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When Should You Interpret a Passage of Scripture Symbolically?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 17, 2024 1:35 AM

Greg answers questions about interpreting Scripture symbolically, distinguishing between the Lord’s discipline and suffering, how to get over a fear of talking about your faith, and whether Jesus...

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Interview: Sam Allberry, How the Church Can Support Christians with Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

Greg talks with Pastor Sam Allberry about how the church can support Christians with unwanted same-sex attraction.

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A Christmas Poem

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 20, 2023 1:23 AM

Greg reads a Christmas poem, then he answers questions about being required to ask patients for their pronouns and “sex assigned at birth,” a biblical perspective on extreme sports and dealing with...

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#STRask: February 22, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

Greg talks about the extermination of the Canaanites, the magic in exodus, faith through argument, Paul’s dispute with the Grecians, and developing joy in sufferings.

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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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The Consequences of Rejecting God and Objective Truth

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 15, 2022 1:07 AM

A 30-year-old book on the fundamental ideas of the fascist worldview (a rejection of a transcendent God and moral standard) reminds us of what can happen when truth is no longer valued.

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All Truth Is God’s Truth

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM

A true scientific discovery made by an atheist scientist is just as true as the biblical teaching that God is love or that Christ died for our sins. All truth is God’s truth.

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Jihad and War in Islam and Christianity

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

Do you know the first question I get when I teach on Islam’s long history of war and killing?

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Are You Ready to Talk to a Muslim?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for November 2011 At a recent event, I was introduced as Saeed Ibn Umar. Yes, that’s a Muslim name. But no, it’s not a pseudonym and I haven’t converted to Islam.

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Finding Truth: I Lost My Faith at an Evangelical College

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

Nancy Pearcey guides us through Romans 1, using it to create a template for examining any worldview.

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How Do I Carry On When I Don’t Feel Up to the Task?

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

Greg gives advice on how to keep going in ministry when you’re not feeling it and then answers questions about handling steamrollers and responding to moral relativists.

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Questions about Nuns, Euthanasia, the Trinity

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Greg talks with callers about becoming a nun, euthanasia, witnessing to family members, and the Trinity.

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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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Ready for the Knock on Your Door

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Most of us have answered a knock on our door, only to discover a smiling, well-dressed couple—Watchtower publication in hand—standing on the other side, waiting to talk with us about the gospel...

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#STRask: February 9, 2017

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about God’s revelation, prophecy, and Jesus’ deity

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Interview: Rosaria Butterfield, Openness Unhindered, Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Greg talks with Rosaria Butterfield about her conversion, sexual identity, and the Christian’s union with Christ.

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Justin Brierley’s Upcoming Apologetics Conference

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 8, 2019 9:29 PM

Greg talks to Justin Brierley about his upcoming apologetics conference, updates listeners on what happened with his school board, then answers questions about proving Christianity false, biblical...

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Ancient New Testament Manuscripts

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Greg talks about ancient new testament manuscripts, the relationship between Jonathan and David, how to determine biblical meaning, and more.

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Thanksgiving Trip to Seattle

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Greg talks about his Thanksgiving trip to Seattle, how to distinguish discrimination of race and same-sex couples, someone’s niece becoming their nephew, and more.

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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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God Can’t Do Everything

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

Are non-Christians claiming that a half-full glass has more in it than a full glass? It would appear so.

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Alan Shlemon: Matthew Vines’s Reformation Project Conference

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Greg and guest Alan Shlemon talk about the Matthew Vines’s Reformation Project Conference, then Greg talks about Veteran’s day, how it is just that we’re accountable for Adam’s sin, and more.

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Michael Kruger on Bart Ehrman’s Claim We Can’t Trust the Holy Week Gospel Accounts

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

Greg Koukl and Michael Kruger on Bart Ehrman’s claim that we can’t trust the Holy Week Gospel accounts.

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Sometimes Judgment Is a Virtue

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 30, 2019 11:25 PM

Greg talks about different kinds of judgment (and what Jesus condemned), then he answers questions about being an employer, premarital sex, confronting a roommate about his theology, and evolution.

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Count the Cost of Following Jesus

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 2, 2022 1:48 AM

Greg responds to Doug the atheist’s comments on one of Tim Barnett’s videos, then he answers questions about what Christians mean when they say God told them to do something, slavery, going on...

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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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Interview: J. Warner Wallace – Updated and Expanded Cold-Case Christianity

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 5, 2023 5:45 PM

Greg talks to J. Warner Wallace about the updated and expanded version of Cold-Case Christianity: A Homicide Detective Investigates the Claims of the Gospels—what’s new in the book, chain of...

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Facing Danger

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Greg discusses facing danger, if kids need moms and dads, and more.

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Denny Burk, The Meaning of Sex

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Greg Koukl interviews guest Denny Burk on his book “What Is the Meaning of Sex?”

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I’d Like to Have an Argument, Please.

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:22 PM

A solid argument can be built just like a solid house: walls first, then the roof. Here’s a building plan, plus three ways arguments collapse.

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Discussing “17 Points of the True Church” with Mormons

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

Need some help discussing theological differences with your LDS friends? Here’s a list of points to get you started.

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J. Warner Wallace: God’s Crime Scene, Part 1

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

Interview with J. Warner Wallace on God’s Crime Scene: A Cold-case Detective Examines the Evidence for a Divinely Created Universe—Part 1

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J. Warner Wallace: God’s Crime Scene, Part 2

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

Interview with J. Warner Wallace on God’s Crime Scene: A Cold-case Detective Examines the Evidence for a Divinely Created Universe—Part 2

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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 30, 2019 11:57 PM

Spend enough time in artificial worlds that are grounded in false assumptions—especially without analyzing what you’re seeing—and you’ll be changed in ways you didn’t count on.

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Five Things to Look for in a Christian College

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 20, 2021 5:00 AM

Greg talks about five things to look for in a Christian college, then he answers questions about universalism, a “too high” view of Scripture, whether Jews and Christians worship the same God, your...

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#STRask: July 17, 2017

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

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about saving faith, the probability of resurrections, and ending life support.

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#STRask: July 31, 2017

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

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about truth in other religions, yoga, and God’s character.

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#STRask: August 14, 2017

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

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about Christians sinning, Christians called bigots, and new books in the biblical canon.

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How to Stay a Christian in College

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

How to stay a Christian in college; can Christians live sinlessly?; character in public life, and more topics

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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Greg suggests his top book picks to ask for for Christmas, and talks with callers about the image of God, “morning and evening,” testing God, and the “true Israel” today.

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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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One of These Gods Is Not Like the Others

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 21, 2020 1:01 AM

Sometimes atheists make arguments that can only come from a misunderstanding of the radical differences between the ancient pagan gods and the Christian God.

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Do All Babies Automatically Go to Heaven?

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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Does It Make Sense for an Atheist to Claim He Used to Be a Real Christian?

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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Tom Gilson, Answering Atheist Tactics

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Greg talks about haunted houses, the inspiration of Scripture, disqualification from Christianity, and more.

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Dr. William Lane Craig, A Reasonable Response

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Greg talks about the beginning of life, evolution, moral relativism, and more.

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Worship Music and Aesthetics

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Greg talks about worship music and aesthetics, how to respond to a friend who wants to pursue same-sex relationships, if spanking is wrong because Jesus is a pacifist, and more.

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Frank Turek, Stealing from God

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Greg and guest Frank Turek discuss stealing from God, then Greg talks about the trip to Calgary, his personal experience with the New Apostolic Reformation, what Satan’s access is to God, if Hell...

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#STRask: February 8, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

Greg talks about friends who live in sin, temptation from man’s nature, Roman Catholic doctrine and practices, and how one should handle relatives who undermine the teaching of one’s child.

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#STRask: August 10, 2017

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

In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about catering a same-sex wedding, visits from dead relatives, and preparing for attacks on students’ faith.

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Intuition: A Special Way of Knowing

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

Why is it a national tragedy when 39 people commit suicide? Answering that question tells us something important about the existence of God and about a special way of knowing.

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Where Do Jehovah’s Witnesses Get Their Name?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that they alone are God’s chosen witnesses to the world. As justification for their self-designation, they cite Isaiah 43:10.

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How to Get Over Your Fear of Engaging Critics of Christianity

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

Greg talks about how the get over your fear of engaging critics of Christianity, how to witness to Mormon missionaries, and how to evaluate a church leader who is sincere but bears bad fruit.

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#STRask: March 2, 2017

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

Greg is on a timer and answers questions about the prosperity gospel, God killing babies, publishing, and if all sin is the same.

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#STRask: March 28, 2016

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

Amy talks about eternity, feeling Christianity, talking to atheists, standards for clergy members, and transgender bathroom choice.

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#STRask: July 18, 2016

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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“The Secret”: A Fatal Attraction

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM

Oprah Winfrey is the “pastor” of the largest church in the country. “The Church of O,” Christianity Today noted, has a congregation of 22 million vigorous, faithful, evangelistic members,...

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An Argument for Jehovah’s Witnesses: Jesus Is Jehovah

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

How should we speak to Jehovah’s Witnesses about Jesus?

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Podcast and Book Recommendations

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

Greg talks about which podcasts and books he recommends.

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What Are the Most Powerful Arguments for the Existence of God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 12, 2020 3:51 AM

Greg explains his two favorite arguments for the existence of God.

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Worldviews and Reality

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

Bad worldviews, even if deeply believed, cannot undo reality. God has given every human being the ability to know truth about his world. Reality, then, becomes our ally, even with postmoderns.

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“Gay Reformation” in the Church?

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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#STRask: March 30, 2017

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

In 4 min. or less, Alan answers questions about introducing apologetics to your church, annihilationism, and “the platinum rule.”

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#STRask: February 23, 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 to answer questions in under 4 min. Topics: God is egotistical, Greg’s daily prayer, the gift of prophecy

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