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#STRask: Aren’t There Truths I Can Only Know Because of My Lived Experience?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 10, 2022 8:48 PM

Question about how to reconcile the fact that there are things one can only know through experience with the idea that truth can be known apart from a person’s experiences.

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#STRask: Does Naturalism Necessarily Lead to Moral Relativism?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 10, 2022 8:50 PM

Questions about whether naturalism necessarily leads to moral relativism and the ways naturalists try to ground objective morality.

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#STRask: How Would You Use the Existence of Natural Rights to Argue for the Existence of God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 16, 2022 5:24 PM

Questions about how to use the topic of natural rights with someone who believes in them to discuss the existence of God, and whether the saying that “we come from God, and we will go back to God”...

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How Can We Determine Which Christian Moral Principles Should Be Made into Laws?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 9, 2022 5:23 PM

Questions about how to determine which Christian moral principles should be made into laws and which shouldn’t and why Christ suffered a temporary punishment delivered by man while he was alive if...

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#STRask: Was There an Eternal Singularity before Time Began?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 4, 2023 9:41 PM

Question about how to respond to someone who says the laws of causality and logic depend on time, that there was an eternal singularity, and time and logic only began at the Big Bang.

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#STRask: How Does Adding an Adjective to the Word “Justice” Corrupt It?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 19, 2023 12:31 AM

Questions about why Greg says that adding any adjective to the word “justice” corrupts it, whether a Christian should consider accepting an invitation to join the DEI committee at their workplace,...

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#STRask: Why Do You Need to Work so Hard to Defend Christianity if It’s True?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 22, 2023 11:22 PM

Questions from non-believers about why we need to work so hard to defend Christianity if it’s true, whether we’re just pushing the truth we chose on others while keeping them from evaluating it,...

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#STRask: How Does Grounding Morality in God’s Nature Solve the Euthyphro Dilemma?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 30, 2023 10:11 PM

Questions about how grounding morality in God’s nature solves the Euthyphro dilemma and whether we only have moral values because our culture has learned over time what does and does not benefit...

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#STRask: Does This Prove We Can’t Ground Objective Morality in God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 19, 2024 3:57 PM

Question about an objection to grounding objective morality in God that states that if God has a morally perfect nature, and he either engaged in or directly allowed genocide, slavery, and torture,...

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#STRask: If We Can’t Impose a Moral Standard from One Period of Time on Another, How Does That Affect the Moral Argument?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2024 10:52 PM

Questions about how one can use the moral argument and also say we can’t impose a moral standard from one period of time on another and responding to someone who says she would never follow a God...

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#STRask: Can You Argue Straight from the Existence of Evil to the Existence of the Christian God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 14, 2024 9:46 PM

Questions about whether one can argue from the existence of evil straight to the Christian God or if more arguments are required to get there and whether Abraham sacrificing Isaac would be...

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#STRask: Before You Argue for God from the Existence of Evil, You Have to Prove Evil Exists

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 14, 2024 2:26 PM

Questions about the need to prove evil exists before arguing for the existence of God from the existence of evil and what to say to an eleven-year-old boy who lost his dad and brother to a...

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#STRask: February 28, 2019

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

Greg answers questions on the nature of the visions of prophets in other religions and whether people are saved once for all no matter what.

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#STRask: May 23, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM

Questions about interacting with a church elder’s transgender daughter and learning to love yourself before you can love others.

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#STRask: June 3, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM

Questions about intersex people, rejecting biblical sexuality with “not my Jesus,” the so-called “Platinum Rule,” and what makes Jesus’ yoke easy and burden light.

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#STRask: June 17, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:03 PM

Questions about whether it’s special pleading to say God is uncaused, the difference between magic and the supernatural, and the definition of atheism.

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#STRask: July 4, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 4:32 PM

Questions about whether pro-lifers are only pro-birth, whether intersex female athletes should be able to compete in the female category, and whether a transgender person who becomes a Christian...

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#STRask: July 11, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 5:09 PM

J. Warner Wallace joins Amy to answer questions about Mormon missionaries, having atheists speak to youth groups, asking atheists if God exists, and figuring out whether things that happen to you...

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#STRask: November 14, 2019

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 12, 2019 7:41 PM

Alan fills in for Greg and answers questions about the image of God in the mentally disabled, the drawbacks of a homosexual lifestyle, and how to pray for a family member who says she’s bisexual.

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#STRask - October 26, 2020

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 18, 2020 11:09 PM

Questions about whether it’s sinful to wear a piece of clothing from the opposite gender and whether it’s meaningful for believers to say God gave them strength.

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#STRask - April 5, 2021

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 3, 2021 9:30 PM

Questions about responding to the idea that since we’re all energy, we can influence lives by having good energy, whether Paul’s command to “have nothing to do with silly myths” pertains to...

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#STRask - April 22, 2021

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 17, 2021 5:47 PM

Questions about the difference between David having many wives and someone practicing homosexuality today, whether one should have children and risk their going to Hell, and questioning the...

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#STRask - April 29, 2021

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 24, 2021 5:32 PM

Questions about whether using a transgender person’s preferred name conveys an acceptance of the idea that our gender is changeable and how to respond when we’re asked to state our pronouns in an...

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#STRask - June 28, 2021

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2021 6:11 PM

Questions about how to convince a progressive Christian she has a gender, whether someone is not trusting God if he’s preparing for retirement, and how Melinda is doing.

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#STRask: Should We Correct a Wrongly-Gendered Body Just as We Correct Bad Eyesight?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 14, 2021 1:46 AM

Question about how to respond to a progressive Christian who says one can “be the wrong gender” because we live in a fallen world, and it should be corrected just as we correct bad eyesight...

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#STRask: Why Didn’t Jesus Know the Time of His Return?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 14, 2021 1:47 AM

Questions about whether it’s okay to invite those with different worldviews and different ideas about sexuality to church or a Bible study and a better way to explain why Jesus didn’t know the time...

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#STRask: Are Wiccans’ Beliefs Proved by the Efficacy of Their Spells?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 20, 2021 6:27 PM

Questions about what to say to a Wiccan who says her beliefs are proved by the efficacy of her spells, how to explain people having spiritual experiences outside of Christianity, and recommended...

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#STRask: How Would You Tell Someone Who Believes in Her Tribe’s Gods and Goddesses about Jesus?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 17, 2021 11:49 PM

Questions about how to tell someone about Jesus when her cultural heritage, including her belief in her tribe’s gods and goddesses, is her entire identity and whether one is morally required to use...

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#STRask: Is It Okay to Read the Writings of Other Religions?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 8, 2022 4:01 AM

Questions about whether it’s okay for Christians to read the writings of other religions in order to gain a better understanding of the people they’re evangelizing and whether a Christian who...

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#STRask: How Can You Call Atheism a Worldview?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 29, 2022 11:52 PM

Questions about whether atheism can be called a worldview and whether the idea of avoiding doing something “in your own strength” is a biblical concept and how one can tell if that’s happening.

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#STRask: How Can I Lovingly Explain to Someone That I Will Not Be Using Their Pronouns?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 29, 2022 11:58 PM

Questions about how to lovingly explain to someone that you will not be using their pronouns and how to explain to an employer that you will not be announcing your pronouns.

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#STRask: Do Intersex People Get to Decide What Gender They Are?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 19, 2022 9:44 PM

Questions about whether intersex people get to decide what gender they are and whether or not that indicates gender is a matter of identity rather than biology and whether physical damage to our...

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#STRask: Is Pornography Grounds for Divorce?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 5, 2022 6:43 PM

Questions about whether looking at pornography is the same thing as committing adultery (and therefore grounds for divorce) and whether hate crime laws, which define crimes based on the mind of the...

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#STRask: How Should I Respond to Someone Who Feels Invalidated by the Christian View of Sexuality?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 1, 2022 12:57 AM

Questions about how to respond to someone who says, “But this is who I am,” and who feels their existence is being invalidated by the Christian view of sexuality and whether Paul was wrong to...

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#STRask: How Would You Share the Gospel with an Animist or Buddhist?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 12, 2022 12:28 AM

Questions about good ways to share the gospel with an animist or Buddhist, whether the mark of the beast could be a microchip, and whether a Christian could take the mark unwittingly.

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#STRask: Should I Speak up about a Student Handing out Pro-Gay Stickers in My Fifth-Grader’s Class?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 29, 2022 6:46 PM

Questions about piquing the interest of teenage daughters who believe the resurrection probably happened but don’t really care and whether a parent should speak up when a student in his...

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#STRask: Are You Really Being Unfaithful to Reality if You Use Someone’s Preferred Pronouns?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 23, 2022 5:38 PM

Question about the idea that you’re not being unfaithful to reality by using someone’s preferred pronouns since those pronouns correspond to the person’s actual gender identity.

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#STRask: Can a Case Be Made against Homosexuality and Transgenderism without Using the Bible?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 29, 2022 7:31 PM

Question about making a case against homosexuality and transgenderism to non-believers who do not trust the Bible.

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#STRask: Did Jesus Ever Teach against Homosexuality?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 25, 2022 6:18 PM

Questions about how to respond to someone who claims Jesus never taught against homosexuality, who also doesn’t consider anything outside the Gospels to be authoritative, and advice for befriending...

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#STRask: Should We Use Preferred Pronouns When Not Sure of a Person’s Biological Sex?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 22, 2022 11:36 PM

Questions about using a person’s preferred pronouns when we’re not sure of their biological sex and whether we should ask why our employer is requesting we use pronouns in our email signature in...

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#STRask: How Should I Respond to News of a Same-Sex Marriage?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 9, 2022 11:26 PM

Questions about how to respond to a friend’s enthusiastic news of a same-sex marriage, whether one should send a gift to a same-sex wedding, and whether there’s any merit to Christians withdrawing...

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#STRask: What’s the Most Important Distinction I Can Make between Christianity and the Book of Mormon?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2022 5:23 PM

Question about the most important distinction one can make between Christianity and the Book of Mormon when talking to a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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#STRask: How Do You Know You’re Not a Man Trapped in a Woman’s Mind?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 20, 2023 3:03 AM

Questions about whether there’s any issue with responding to “I’m a woman trapped in a man’s body” with “How do you know you’re not a man trapped in a woman’s mind” and how to respond to a meme...

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#STRask: What’s the Best Way to Talk to Mormon Missionaries about Their View of Baptism?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 5, 2023 9:36 PM

Question about the best way to talk to Mormon missionaries about their view of baptism and their belief that only they have the authority to baptize.

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#STRask: Are Homosexuals Harder to Reach with the Gospel?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 8, 2023 8:04 PM

Questions about how to respond to a friend who says she doesn’t like the God of the Old Testament and is glad she has Jesus who forgives and whether Romans 1:26–28 indicates homosexuals are harder...

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#STRask: How Can I Explain the Trinity to a Muslim?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 27, 2023 7:53 PM

Questions about how to explain the Trinity to a Muslim in a way that helps him understand the oneness of God, whether one could say the Trinity is similar to a person who has multiple...

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#STRask: Is It Okay to Attend a Pride-Themed Happy Hour at Work?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 23, 2023 2:50 AM

Questions about the acceptability of attending a Pride-themed happy hour at work and how to respond to two phrases heard at a Pride event: “Love is love” and “We’re here to be with ‘family.’”

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#STRask: Is There Anything in the Gospel of John That a Mormon Might Object To?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 20, 2023 8:46 PM

Question about whether there’s anything in the Gospel of John that a Bible study leader should be prepared to discuss with a Mormon who is interested in attending the study.

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#STRask: Do Atheists Read the Bible More Literally Than Christians?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 16, 2023 7:23 PM

Questions about whether atheists read the Bible more literally than Christians because they don’t have to make up excuses for what it says and how to make a case for the attributes of God by...

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#STRask: There’s No Such Thing as an Atheist Argument

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 6, 2023 3:28 PM

Questions about whether there’s such a thing as an atheist argument, whether one can ask a nonbeliever to prove a negative, and how to respond to an atheist who says morality is determined by...

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