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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: Should I Patronize Businesses That Collide with My Moral Beliefs?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 23, 2022 4:59 PM

Questions about whether we should patronize businesses that collide with our moral beliefs, promote the LGBTQ lifestyle, or pay for employees to travel to other states for abortions and why God...

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#STRask: Is It Wrong to Get a Job Instead of Volunteering My Time to Help Others?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 29, 2022 7:30 PM

Questions about whether it’s a sin to get a job for extra money instead of volunteering one’s time to help others and a biblical response to the phrase “I don’t want to put the Holy Spirit in a...

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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: How Should I Respond When My Employer Asks Me to Wear a Pride Pin?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 11, 2022 9:56 PM

Questions about how to respond to an employer who asks why you’re not wearing the pride pin he gave you to wear and whether 1 Peter 3:15 is about hope in times of suffering rather than apologetics.

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#STRask: How Can I Help Young Men Who Accept Pornography Addiction as Normal?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 1, 2022 5:53 PM

Questions about the ideology behind pro-prostitution advocates’ argument that using your body to do work in other jobs is the same as selling your body in prostitution and how to get through to a...

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#STRask: What Questions Should I Ask Pastors When Looking for a New Church?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 11, 2022 5:08 PM

Questions about what to ask pastors and other church leaders when looking for a new church.

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#STRask: Should I Pretend to Have a Greater Degree of Conviction Than I Actually Have?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 25, 2022 6:16 PM

Questions about whether we should pretend to have a greater degree of conviction than we actually have in order to make our arguments more persuasive and whether the uptick in violence is a purely...

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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: What Do I Say to Friends Who Have Deconstructed and Left the Faith?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 12, 2022 11:04 PM

Questions about what to say to friends who have deconstructed and left the faith that will acknowledge their pain but also point them back to God and how to respond to someone who says Christians...

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#STRask: If You Had $100 to Donate, How Would You Decide Who to Give It To?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 26, 2022 7:40 PM

Questions about how to decide which ministry or organization to donate to and whether one should support ministries and non-profits that do good work but treat their employees and volunteers horribly.

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#STRask: How Can I Keep from Looking Legalistic on Social Media?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 26, 2022 7:42 PM

Questions about how to respond to someone who doesn’t see how Jesus could be God, who wants every question answered before believing Christianity is true, and how to keep from looking legalistic...

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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: “If Jesus Didn’t Come to Condemn the World, I Doubt He Sent You To”

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2023 5:17 PM

Questions about how to respond to a meme that says, “If Jesus didn’t come to condemn the world, I doubt he sent you to,” and whether it’s common for God to prepare us for a specific purpose that...

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#STRask: Are Christians Not Supposed to Judge?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 9, 2023 7:43 PM

Questions about a response to the claim that Christians are not supposed to judge, what John 7:24 means when it says we are to “judge with righteous judgment,” and advice about how to choose...

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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: Is Deconversion Grounds for Divorce?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 26, 2023 10:29 PM

Questions about whether deconversion is grounds for divorce, why non-Christians misuse the Lord’s name, whether the sower in the parable deliberately sowed seed upon the hard ground and into thorns...

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#STRask: What Should I Say to Someone Who Claims to Be a Christian but Doesn’t Live Like It?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 5, 2023 9:38 PM

Questions about how to talk to someone who claims to be a Christian, but doesn’t live like it, without pushing her away and what a church should do about a “married” LGBTQ couple that’s been...

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#STRask: What if They Think Christianity Is True, but They’re Apathetic about Becoming Christians?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 25, 2023 10:31 PM

Questions about what to say to coworkers who are convinced Christianity is factually true but are apathetic about actually becoming Christians and arguments for those with a Reformed view who think...

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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: STR Ruined the Experience of Corporate Prayer for Me

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 22, 2023 11:20 PM

Questions about how to handle being aware of people misusing Scripture or misunderstanding how God works during corporate prayer, whether Jesus’ followers would have understood his references to...

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#STRask: How Do I Begin My Journey to Become an Apologist?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 26, 2023 6:57 PM

Questions about how to begin one’s journey to become an apologist and whether, in light of Jesus driving people who were buying and selling out of the temple in Matthew 21:12, it’s okay for...

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#STRask: If I’m Scared of Death, Does That Mean I’m Not a True Christian?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 1, 2023 4:24 PM

Questions about the difference between trusting your heart and trusting your human faculties to evaluate evidence, whether having a fear of death means you’re not a true Christian, and whether...

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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: What Parenting Advice Would You Give Christian Fathers?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 11, 2023 8:12 PM

Questions about whether the Bible considers medicine to be sorcery, making the case for the existence of God to someone who believes in the spirit realm, whether religion was made up for people who...

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#STRask: How Should I Respond to Christians Who Disbelieve My Faith Because I Still Experience Homosexual Temptations?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 11, 2023 8:14 PM

Questions about how to respond to Christians who disbelieve your faith because you still experience homosexual temptations, whether Christians are morally obligated to refuse to do business with...

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#STRask: Judging Hurts People, so It’s Okay for Me to Judge You for Judging

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

Questions about how to respond to the claim that it’s okay to judge someone who is hurting another person by judging them and good ways to respond to the claim that we are just animals.

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#STRask: What Should I Do When People I’m Teaching Don’t find Apologetics Interesting or Relevant?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 26, 2023 4:28 PM

Questions about what to do when the people you’re teaching don’t find apologetics interesting or relevant, resting one’s faith on experience vs. objective evidence, and an elevator speech answer to...

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#STRask: Should Christians Really Be so Concerned about Homosexuality, Abortion, and Science?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 31, 2023 3:40 PM

Questions about whether Christians should really be so concerned about homosexuality, abortion, and science when Jesus doesn’t seem to care about those things and thoughts on AI leading a...

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