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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Once you accept the reasoning for same-sex marriage, there’s no rational reason to legally discriminate against three people who love each other.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 1, 2019 11:55 PM
BreakPoint’s symposium on “purity culture” has some interesting thoughts from Christian thinkers on sexual purity and how we should advance the biblical sexual ethic.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 26, 2023 9:36 PM
It’s one thing to deny your preferences for the sake of others, but if accommodating another person’s requests requires you to violate your conscience, then it’s reasonable to decline.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
The Nashville Statement on the biblical vision of sex and sexuality was released last week, and many people have objected, calling it unloving.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Peter Boghossian’s A Manual for Creating Atheists teaches atheists a way to engage Christians that he calls “Street Epistemology.” Here’s where his project goes wrong and how you can respond...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
It would often be easier to compromise, but we’re called to do church God’s way, even if it’s the more messy, difficult, and uncomfortable way.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Mar 31, 2023 9:02 PM
Tim Barnett reminds us that entertaining students should not be our goal. Instead, we should “throw the ball so they jump for it.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 10:44 PM
It’s often said that if you repeat something loud enough and long enough, people will begin to believe it.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
There has to be a better way to show compassion to the few children who suffer from gender confusion that doesn’t involve destroying a healthy understanding of the distinction between boys and girls.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM
Greg talks about if “listening prayer” is taught in the Bible, how to teach
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
A rather lengthy passage in which Paul seems to use homosexuality as indicative both of man’s deep seated rebellion against God and God’s proper condemnation of man.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
These twelve points have provided me with a strategy to keep in the back of my mind when asked about the veracity of the Christian faith.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about LGBTQ in the Bible, who designed
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
question about facts and discusses “choosing your jury” and how to study your Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Greg and Brett Kunkle discuss Summit Ministries Student Conferences, then Greg talks about how to deal with legalistic Christians, how to tactically start a conversation in a barber shop, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2022 5:25 PM
notch, how to reconcile friends’ experiences encountering ghosts with what the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 22, 2021 2:13 AM
for a woman to be an apologist, how to respond to a Mormon interpretation of the Bible
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Feb 29, 2024 9:59 PM
Christianity offers a high view of human value and purpose. Jon Noyes explains how this should impact the way we interact with others, especially friends and family who identify as LGBTQ+.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 26, 2023 7:19 PM
If you shy away from discussing controversial aspects of the Christian worldview with people who disagree with you, here’s an approach that will help you overcome your fear and get into...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 2, 2023 1:20 PM
underlining text in books, and whether we should always find something new in the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 5, 2024 1:47 AM
of persecution indicates anything about a person’s Christianity, and where the Bible
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
If our culture’s highest ideal for marriage is sameness between the partners (not to mention barrenness), then it naturally follows that the new ideal is same-sex marriage.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Stand to Reason wants to give you courage for every encounter, and courage begins with expecting and accepting ridicule and rejection.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 13, 2024 10:00 PM
Christians are not only called to love people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender, but we—more than anyone else in our culture—can give a justification for loving them even...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
I never set out to win someone to Christ.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Talking about Jesus and Christianity isn’t always about reasoning because people don’t always have rational reasons for the things they believe.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
discrimination, God being unfair to the Israelites in Egyptian slavery, a book on Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
I’ve worked out a few principles I think will make a tough job easier, and I’d like to pass them on to you.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
and the is-ought fallacy helps us to answer an important question about what the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 10:44 PM
What was Jesus loving and accepting regarding during His ministry? Greg clarifies a common misconception.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Greg discusses consideration, gender identity, and bathrooms, then proceeds to answer calls about if the people with demons Jesus cast out were really mentally ill, and how to evaluate...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 30, 2023 7:59 PM
Some people argue that since Eve was formed out of a rib containing male DNA, she was a transgender woman, and therefore God approves of people transitioning. Here’s why this argument doesn’t work.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Alan interviews Christopher Yuan about his new book, Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 7, 2022 1:36 AM
whether Paul ever got a chance to stand before Caesar, whether we can trust the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 20, 2022 9:02 PM
Greg explains how to use the Columbo tactic with agnostics and gives an example of directing the conversation toward a specific topic.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
When Christopher Yuan became a Christian, he had every reason to accept pro-gay theology; but when he studied it, here’s what he found.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 5, 2023 11:36 PM
In the controversy over how to answer the question “What is a woman?” some proposed definitions are circular or even absurd. Here’s how you can respond accurately.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
In order to invest time in the spiritual disciplines, we first have to trust in God’s power, love, wisdom, and desire to help us. In short, we have to believe that Christianity is true.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 30, 2022 5:43 PM
Here’s why you shouldn’t interpret phrases in ancient Scripture through the lens of modern English idioms.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
How should Christians respond when those who identify as gay or lesbian come to their church?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 7, 2020 11:30 PM
Alan explains how to argue cordially and effectively.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for December 2013 You know the gay rights narrative. Homosexuals are born that way, change is impossible, and their behavior is morally permissible.
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Web Content Article · By natasha crain On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Kids need to understand these emotion-laden shaming attempts they’ll encounter. Here’s how parents can prepare them.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Wrongly assuming that homosexuality is either something one is born with or a choice often leads people to the conclusion that we’re not accountable for our desires. Alan explains why this is a...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Greg uses Solomon’s advice for engaging an opponent in a biblical way.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
on a timer and answers questions about what to do when reasons don’t work, the Bible
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
After refusing to bake a cake that said, “Support gay marriage,” a couple in Northern Ireland was convicted of political and sexual orientation discrimination, but a LGBT activist is...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Here in California, our governor and attorney general refused to defend our democratically-established constitutional amendment maintaining the definition of marriage as one man and one woman.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
The answer to this question depends on how you define “natural.”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Nick Roen, who has same-sex attractions, suggests “An Alternative Script for Same-Sex Attraction” for the church to offer Christians.
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