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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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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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Sexuality, Identity, Sin, and Denying Ourselves to Follow Christ

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

Sam Allberry has much to say that is relevant to everyone (not just those with same-sex attractions) and relevant to all temptations and sin (not just those related to sexuality).

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Are Homosexuals Going to Hell?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 11:00 PM

The answer to this question is easy. Yes, they’re going to hell. But guess what? Everyone is going to hell.

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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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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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Perpetual Adolescence

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On May 7, 2020 10:43 PM

We heard J.P. Moreland make the observation once that in Western culture, adolescence lasts well into the adulthood years. It's a topic well worth the attention of Christians so we can effectively...

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When You Denigrate Objective Truth, This Is What You Get

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

The insanity we’re seeing in politics right now is what happens when a culture gives up the idea of objective truth.

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The False Dilemma Propagated by Pro-Gay Advocates

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM

We’re told that if your friend identifies as gay or lesbian, then you face a choice: fidelity to your faith or fidelity to your friend. But this is a false dilemma. Those aren’t the only options.

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Our Bodies Have Purpose and Value

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Oct 20, 2022 12:03 AM

Our culture has divided the body from the person, rejecting the idea that our bodies have true things to say about who we are. But as Christians, we’re called to honor our bodies and live according...

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Answering a Case for Same-Sex Marriage

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

Alan’s monthly letter for February 2012 Every now and then a challenge comes along that leaves you unsettled. Not because you don’t know it’s wrong, but because you don’t know why.

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Should We Ban Conversion Therapy?

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

The terms “conversion therapy” and “reparative therapy” are used as general terms to refer to all attempts to change one’s sexual orientation. This is incorrect.

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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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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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Some Atheists Seek to Create Doubt, Not Reveal Truth

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 17, 2020 5:38 PM

In Peter Boghossian’s tactical approach in A Manual for Creating Atheists, anything that moves believers towards doubt is considered a success. Even invalid arguments with false premises.

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Once Gay, Always Gay?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for August 2013 The “experts” have spoken. Change in sexual orientation is not possible.

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Christian “Intolerance” of Homosexuals

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

Does a biblical view of homosexuality equate to hate?

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Greg Responds to a Charge of Moral Relativism

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 22, 2020 6:23 AM

Greg responds to a charge of moral relativism, then he answers a question about whether Psalm 90:10 is a promise and responds to someone who is troubled by seeing the spiritual world.

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Same-Sex Marriage Challenges and Responses

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM

Western civilization is shuddering under a tidal wave of activism in favor of same-sex marriage. Here is a careful response to their most compelling arguments.

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Can Believers Befriend Non-Believers without Condoning Sin?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 31, 2023 11:13 PM

Greg and Amy give an important reminder that, as with other non-believers who sin in other ways, being friends with those who identify as LGBTQ+ doesn’t imply you agree with their views on sexual...

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Do Christians Pick and Choose Which Commands to Follow?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 16, 2021 9:24 PM

Christians focus on homosexuality as a sin but ignore other Old Testament laws. Is this hypocritical? Tim Barnett uses his Red Pen Logic to respond to this common objection.

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Even Love and Hate Need to Be Clarified

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM

Because our culture ties love and hate to agreement and disagreement in some contexts, we need to ask for clarification when people call us to love or accuse us of hate.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

The Line between Rule of Law and Civil Disobedience

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

Rule of law is what makes a good society possible, but there is also a time and place for civil disobedience, grounded in a Law higher than man’s. Determining where the line should be drawn between...

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Is Intelligent Design Just God-of-the-Gaps?

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

Alan’s monthly letter for October 2012 Centuries ago, scientific knowledge was in its infancy. Although our understanding of the natural world progressed, there were gaps in the explanations.

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Are Homosexuals Going to Hell?

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

Alan’s monthly letter for March 2012 A homosexual man asked my wife, “Do you think I’m going to Hell?” That’s a tough question.

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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...

Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Other Worldviews

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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Interview: Alan Shlemon – Concerns about the Unconditional Conference

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 11, 2023 1:38 AM

Greg talks to Alan Shlemon, who attended the Unconditional Conference at Andy Stanley’s church, about the good and bad of what was taught there, how those who promote pro-gay theology viewed the...

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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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Why Knowledge Requires More Than Science

Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM

Science is good, but science isn’t everything. It’s one way to discover what is true, but it’s not the only way. To believe otherwise is to have a self-refuting view of knowledge.

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Is Homosexuality Just as Normal as Heterosexuality?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 11:08 PM

People who engage in homosexual behavior are normal in many ways. Like anyone else, they have friends and family, they work and play, they love and hate, and have fears and dreams. But it seems...

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Is Denying Same-sex Marriage Like Denying Interracial Marriage?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 4, 2020 1:43 PM

Despite the rhetorical force of making the comparison, merely claiming it’s the same does not make it so.

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Why You Need to Start with a Biblical Understanding of Human Beings

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 29, 2023 10:45 PM

When we start with the biblical understanding of human beings when responding to our culture’s claim that we can choose our own sexuality and gender identity, we accomplish four things.

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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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Counsel for Loving Same-Sex-Attracted Christians

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

Bekah Mason provides some helpful counsel for how Christians can love and support other Christians who experience same-sex attraction.

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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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Can You Have Gay Friends If You Think Homosexual Behavior Is a Sin?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 10:06 PM

You can keep your faith or you can keep your friends and family. You pick. Well, the answer for many people is obvious: relationships are more important than a theological idiosyncrasy.

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Do Pronouns Matter?

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Sep 17, 2021 9:17 PM

Doesn’t Christian witness require love, and doesn’t love require that we use people’s preferred pronouns? No, and here’s why.

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Choosing Your Gender

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

Greg talks about choosing a gender, what the Bible teaches about women leaders in

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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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Misc

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:43 PM

Greg talks about misc., then takes calls on if salvation can be at the end of a rational analysis of the evidence, Calvinism is unjust and unappealing, his debate with Deepak Chopra, and more.

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Is the Truth Oppressive?

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

Greg talks about if the truth is oppressive, if having psychological confidence makes you wrong, then takes calls on if it is biblical for women to be in leadership positions over men in the...

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Is It Wrong to Claim a Religion Is True?

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

Here’s a challenge I received: You can’t claim anyone’s beliefs to be “right” or “wrong” when it’s all based on conjecture.

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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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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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Is a Second Marriage as Illegitimate as a Same-Sex Marriage?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 22, 2024 1:25 AM

Greg answers Open Mic questions about whether a second marriage is as illegitimate as a same-sex marriage, attending services that have elements you disagree with, and whether feelings of morality...

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Listen to Your Maker on Transgenderism

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 12, 2023 9:48 PM

Alan Shlemon introduces his new Stand to Reason University course, “Transgenderism: Truth and Compassion,” explaining why we should listen to God’s direction for our sexuality and clarifying some...

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Can Genuine Love Only Be a Product of Free Will?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 5:55 PM

Is true love only possible if one has the ability to do otherwise? Greg explores this question in relation to God’s love for us.

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Reaching Your LGBT Friends with Truth and Compassion

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 26, 2020 5:24 PM

Alan helps Christians know which common phrases to avoid when talking to a friend or family member who identifies as gay.

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Compromise Is Not an Option

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for June 2013 Do you agree with God? What would it take for you to declare something good that God says is bad?

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Dr. Ben Witherington III about Bart Ehrman’s Book Jesus Interrupted

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

Greg talks about Bart Ehrman’s Book Jesus Interrupted with Dr. Ben Witherington III, conversation in a restaurant about God’s existence, bloom where you're planted: how to get into apologetics...

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Risen—The Movie

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

We (most of the STR office staff) just got back from seeing the movie Risen. I think it’s one of the best Christian movies I’ve seen, and it’s a movie that would be interesting (and not...

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What Can We Learn from a Catholic Thinker? Aquinas and Natural Law

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

I want to sketch out Thomas Aquinas’ theory of natural law by distinguishing between the four kinds of law he outlines in the Summa Theologiae and then discussing his conception of the Good.

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We Need Knowledge, Not Just Belief

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

Knowledge, not just belief, about God leads to spiritual transformation. So what is knowledge, and how do we get it?

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Responding to Pride Month with Genuine Love

Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

We’re called to love our LGBT neighbors—not a mere toleration of the person, but genuine, heartfelt love. But what does genuine love look like?

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If God Became a Man, Can a Man Become a Woman?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 1, 2022 11:38 PM

Is it reasonable to claim that if someone believes in the incarnation, then they can believe a person can change their gender? Alan examines whether the two concepts are similar in a relevant way.

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Guilt and God

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

Those pangs of guilt could be telling you something.

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“Society Says” Relativism

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

For some, ethics is nothing more than a social contract to ensure survival. Compliance is the highest good and breaking ranks the greatest evil, regardless of the issue. This may make sense on...

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If God Were Real...

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

If the God of the Bible didn’t do what you think a real God would have done, that

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Doing What Comes Naturally

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

Is homosexuality “natural”? Do gays have a “right” to adopt children?

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How God Is Solving the Problem of Evil

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jan 27, 2022 9:38 PM

Jon Noyes explains why Christianity offers the best solution to the problem of evil in his latest Stand to Reason University course.

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Why “You Do You” Doesn’t Work

Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jul 6, 2022 11:32 PM

Jon Noyes discusses the roles that identity, authority, and ever-changing morality play in today’s secular world.

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Who, Really, Is Closed-Minded?

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

Alan’s monthly letter for August 2010 “Christians are closed-minded,” the saying goes. Many people think that’s true, especially on the topic of evolution.

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For Baby or For Me?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 5, 2020 5:25 PM

Euphemisms and verbal tricks aside, a woman’s question, “Do I choose for a baby or for me?” boils down to choosing between the child she already has and the life she wants to have instead. Is the...

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The Virtues of Virtue

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM

Is happiness or virtue the greater good to see and cultivate in our lives?

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The Pragmatic Benefits of God-Given Sexual Boundaries

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

A recent study reveals the damage done by the sexual revolution.

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The LGBT’s False Dichotomy of Love and Hate

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

If we uphold Jesus’ teaching that sexual activity is reserved for a married man and woman, does that mean we hate LGBT people?

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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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Where Do We Draw the Line with Homosexuality?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 12, 2020 3:39 PM

If we don’t end friendships with those who hold to errant theology, will we be contributing to the harm their views are causing in people’s lives?

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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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Belief in God, Evidence, and the Human Heart

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

The famous atheist philosopher Bertrand Russell was once asked what he would say to God if he found himself standing before Him after his death.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

When to Teach Your Children About LGBT Ideology

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 23, 2024 8:07 PM

Given our society’s aggressive promotion of LGBT ideology, when should parents teach their children about topics like homosexuality and transgenderism? Here are five principles that will help you...

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Is a Sex-Change Surgery the Same Kind of Thing as Fixing a Cleft Palate?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 31, 2024 3:18 AM

Greg talks to Tim Barnett about the release of his new book, The Deconstruction of Christianity, then he answers questions about why a sex-change surgery isn’t the same kind of thing as fixing a...

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Should Homosexuals Be Allowed to Marry Whom They Love?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 11:39 PM

Are we really depriving homosexuals the right to marry the person they love?

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

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