245 Results for age of the earth

No results were found that matched the keywords: age of the earth.
Search Results
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Greg has 4 min. to answer questions about the mind and brain relationship, God cursing the ground, and what the resurrection was for.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions on luck, praying for peace, teaching students apologetics, and “God of the gaps.”
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
I believe parents are responsible for their children’s spiritual training. Of course, pastors, youth leaders, and Sunday school teachers can help. But parents have to do most of the work.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Greg is on a timer and answers questions about the Gap Theory, the existence of objective morality, and Jesus praying in Gethsemene.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Science
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:43 PM
Brett Kunkle talks about the power of yes, guest Dr. Paul Maier, then takes calls on Brian McLaren’s take on the hope of believers in other religions, dealing with hostile professors in the...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
High school students love to say they’re dating “to get to know each other better” and “to see if we’re compatible.” Here’s how parents can respond.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Greg talks about saving the planet, taking Jesus seriously, how Jesus can be punished for Adam’s sin, and the questions we should ask when studying the Bible.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Alan Shlemon fills in for Greg and answers questions about when a baby receives his or her soul, demonic activity during the time of Jesus, spiritual gifts, and whether a pastor can lose his...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jul 30, 2019 11:40 PM
Here’s a resource that can protect your young kids from pornography addiction by preparing them to recognize pornography, realize its dangers, and respond in a safe way.
Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 12, 2020 3:47 AM
There’s a problem with asking, “Who made God?” Greg explains the problem with this complex question then gives advice for how to answer it when children ask.
Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Greg Koukl answers questions in 4 minutes or less about Jesus’ second coming, the Trinity, sanctification, school policies regarding transgender children, and ISIS.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Michael Horton discussed youth ministry with Brett and Greg recently on the White Horse Inn. Here are the links to listen to their conversations.
Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about death before the Fall, prophecy, extra-biblical evidence for the Bible, and why we need church.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 20, 2024 11:20 PM
Greg and Amy discuss the motivations behind good deeds performed by believers, considering heavenly rewards, the value of the deeds themselves, and the desire to honor God.
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Greg answers questions about movies in Heaven, free will with election, the explanatory power of Christianity, and more.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 23, 2020 11:19 PM
Questions about why we need bodies, whether the desire to remain alive indicates there’s no Heaven, responding to the idea that we’re our own authority, and how to know if someone is a good choice...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Philosophy
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 31, 2023 3:38 PM
Questions about how we know the Protestant canon of Scripture is the correct one, how we can know the New Testament books are inspired if we don’t know who the authors were, and how to talk to a...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Greg talks about raising Christian kids, Christian bias, and discusses Change Collegian Network with guest Tiffany Gelpi.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 21, 2024 7:23 PM
Questions about why God didn’t start humanity over right away by destroying Adam and Eve instead of waiting for the flood, whether another fall will be possible in the new creation (and what that...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 12, 2024 4:49 PM
Questions about whether the Bible says that someday everyone in the world will worship God, the purpose of worshiping God, and whether it might be the case that God has created another universe...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Greg talks about increasing cultural conflict, STR’s reTHINK Apologetics Conference, then takes calls on what he thinks of an argument against Roman Catholic doctrine on justification, what a...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about Savior for who, apologetics feeds the mind, theology feeds the soul, then takes calls on the accurate interpretation of a common misunderstanding (Gal. 5:24), what the Christian...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 29, 2020 6:42 AM
Brett talks to John Dyer, author of From the Garden to the City: The Redeeming and Corrupting Power of Technology.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 8, 2023 2:50 AM
Greg reads a note from a student whose grad school program is requiring that he join an association that explicitly promotes values he disagrees with, then he answers questions about leaving a...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Greg talks about vacations not turning out the way one expects, the Trivium learning steps, talking to Jehovah’s witnesses, immaterial things, cutting off relationships with family members,...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Sadly, the majority of Christian students aren’t prepared for the serious intellectual challenges awaiting them, let alone the barrage of moral challenges from an increasingly secular culture....
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 3, 2023 2:00 AM
Greg talks about the first 30 years of Stand to Reason, then he answers questions about universalism, the Roman Catholic view of the authority of tradition, and the difference between tradition and...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Stand to Reason Weekly Audio Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jul 14, 2022 6:58 PM
God calls Christians to “do justice,” but what is true justice? Jon Noyes shares a biblical picture of justice and how Christians can pursue it in his latest Stand to Reason University course.
Media Type: Video Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
In his insightful article “Why Harry Potter Is Great Literature,” Brian Brown argues that J.K. Rowling’s Potter books “are easily the most morally and socially insightful works of fantasy...
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
We have a responsibility to do this. We cannot just pawn it off on teachers, or Sunday school teachers, or our pastor, or a Christian school, if we have one. They can help, but it is our primary...
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 23, 2020 2:28 AM
Classical education depends on a three-part process of training the mind, and you can use this approach to teach your children apologetics.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
C.S. Lewis expert Jerry Root explains how experiences and earthly loves awaken desires in us that will ultimately point us to God.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Oct 1, 2019 10:15 PM
Because conspiracies are so notoriously difficult to execute and maintain, belief in them is nearly always unreasonable. Here’s how and why you should evaluate conspiracy theories.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
In a New York Times op-ed titled “Stop Saying ‘I Feel Like,’” Molly Worthen says we need to pay attention to a recent evolution in language.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
We should begin teaching our kids apologetics as early as possible. Here’s how Tim translated an answer to the problem of evil into language even four-year-olds could understand.
Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about the web and Christianity, Heaven, and what if Christianity is false?
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
One fun and effective means of helping your child memorize information is through call outs, where the parent calls out a word or phrase, and the child responds. Here are some examples.
Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 2, 2019 5:47 PM
In a recent podcast, Greg gave advice for speaking up at public school board meetings, and he read a statement he prepared for his local school board. Here is his statement.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about other creation stories, Matthew 27’s historicity, and if God gave light during creation.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 20, 2021 1:34 AM
School is out, but don’t stop learning this summer! Here are three organizations that are ready to equip you to charge through the challenges this world will throw at you.
Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 13, 2022 3:56 AM
What can believers do to remain humble when they engage non-believers? Here are three quick thoughts.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
John Newton found prayer to be difficult, but here’s what gave him hope.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Humility is the key to many different aspects of the Christian life, but what does it look like? Here are four marks of humility from the classic book The Godly Man’s Picture.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
We’re at war, but it’s a spiritual war, not a physical one. We’re eager to help you this year to destroy “speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God.”
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Our country needs prayer right now. Here’s some encouragement to remind you why we can pray in hope.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 25, 2019 12:40 AM
Ellen DeGeneres and Elton John had some good words to say to people who don’t believe friendship and love are possible with those who differ on significant issues.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
A study on why young people are leaving the Church shows we’re not taking the life of the mind seriously enough.
Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By brian seagraves On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
If the percentage of people who identify as transgender is so small, why do all parents need to be concerned about the effect this topic will have on their children?
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Aug 1, 2019 4:38 PM
Long ago, I heard Greg recommend praying Colossians 1:9–12, and that has stuck with me.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for June 2007 Did you know you speak for God?
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 9:02 PM
Greg offers three tips for tactical evangelism gleaned from overhearing a conversation on a flight.
Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Our obstinacy has been getting us into trouble for 2,000 years whenever a government makes the upsetting discovery that Christians place the authority of Jesus above that of civil authorities...
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Most Americans believe people of all races and ethnicities are equally valuable. What worldview makes sense of this belief?
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
When our culture hears the word “holiness,” it imagines dour-looking people sitting primly in dark rooms. But God has always been a God of joy, and He intends for us to be joyful in Him.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 30, 2020 4:42 PM
How do we fight being lured away from our reasoned convictions about the truth of Christianity during a time of upheaval? Here’s some advice from C.S. Lewis and practical help from Trevin Wax.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Leviticus 18:22–23 “You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any...
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Here’s a plan for a year’s worth of reading in theology, Bible, and apologetics.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
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
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
web-content
Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 27, 2019 5:44 PM
A comprehensive look at what a Bible promise is, how we should understand its contextual meaning, a detailed look at the parts of a promise, and a step by step analysis of particular biblical...
Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
There are all kinds of modern-day idols that attempt to displace God from His rightful place. But how does idolatry start? Fortunately, we are not left guessing.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
You may not perfectly remember every word of a particular book of the Bible you’ve memorized, but the intimate knowledge you will carry of that book will remain with you.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
Your role as Christ’s ambassador starts in your home, your neighborhood, your community, with the people you know personally, not with politics.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 12, 2019 10:24 PM
Neil Shenvi explains how critical theory suppresses healthy arguments and why we should not let pressure from critical theorists prevent us from analyzing controversial topics.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Businesses, be honest about the views you’re for and the views you reject, the people you’ll tolerate and the people you’ll require to fully recant their views or face the consequences. But let’s...
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:29 PM
Greg talks about if Jesus is less than equal to the Father, if churches should host Easter egg hunts, why Noah had to build an ark instead of just moving, burial vs. cremation, and how God is...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
God has called you to the place where you are to bring redemptive life to the people you encounter, to your profession, and to those whom you serve through your work.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
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.”
Media Type: Video Topic: Tactics and Tools
web-content
Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
The existence of so many religions has prompted some to wonder how they should respond. Here’s what we can’t do in response, and here’s what we should do.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Have you ever felt “the big chill”...
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Hey, did you hear anything about that recent Noah movie?
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
In today’s culture, people take “faith” and “belief” as religious wishful thinking, not the kind of intelligent step of trust the Bible has in mind when it uses those words.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Disagree with the Christian on this and you disagree with Christ. That’s why this should be your first line of response when answering this query.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Apr 20, 2020 11:33 PM
No one ever measures up. That’s the reality of fallenness. We all need hope, but not every worldview provides it. Here’s a truth Christians can lean on in times of hopelessness.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Porn isn’t a problem, it’s an epidemic. Here are suggestions for steps the church can take to lead the way in fighting back.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
web-content
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.
Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools