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All You Need to Help People Rethink Abortion Is Clarity on These Three Questions

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

If you want to start conversations with people about abortion, you don’t need to be a philosopher. All you need is clarity on these three questions.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Questions to Help You Study Well

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

You’re probably interested in ideas—learning them, examining them, explaining them, and passing them on. Since this worthy passion has its own particular dangers and pitfalls, here are some...

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Religious Toleration

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Thomas Helwys was one of the early Puritans in 17th century England. He and his fellow Protestant believers met in secret to avoid punishment for dissenting with the state religion.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

How to Become a Hero

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Joe Rigney says, “The person of great sacrifice must be the person of little sacrifices.” Now is the time to practice dying by His power, looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Why the First Hospital to Do Sex-Reassignment Surgeries No Longer Does Them

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Paul McHugh (former psychiatrist in chief at Johns Hopkins) explains why Hopkins stopped doing sex-reassignment surgeries.

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Same-Sex Marriage Is “Expanding Our Sense of Possibilities”

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

There’s no consistent reason under the new definition of marriage why polyamorists should be denied what’s legally available to others.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Just As I Am

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

I heard a news story on the radio Sunday that the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., had a transgender clergy officiate at their Sunday service for the first time.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Abortion as Injustice Interview—Part 1

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

I was recently interviewed by students about the injustice of abortion. I thought I’d share my answers. This post is the first of two parts.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Abortion as Injustice Interview—Part 2

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

I was recently interviewed by students about the injustice of abortion. I thought I’d share my answers. You can read the first part of the interview here. This post is the second part of that...

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Shamed Prophets Become Fearless

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Here’s some good (albeit difficult) advice from N.D. Wilson’s article “Called to Be Uncool Christians.”

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Men Have Forgotten God

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn played a major role in the collapse of the Soviet Union more than two decades ago.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Why Take Christians to Mosques?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Sometimes people are puzzled. They think, Shouldn’t we teach Christians about Christianity? Why are you teaching them about Islam and taking them to mosques? That’s a good question.

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A Conversation with Brett and Greg on Youth Ministry

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.

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John Witherspoon: Pastor, Professor, and Patriot

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

John Witherspoon was born in Scotland in 1723 and emigrated to the colony of New Jersey when he was called as president of Princeton University in 1768.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Slate: Don’t Let the Doctor Assign a Gender to Your Newborn

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Here’s more evidence that the conflict in our culture over sexuality is, at root, a disagreement over whether human nature is fixed or malleable.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

What She Wishes She Had Known Before Going to College

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

An interview with a young Christian woman who had a difficult time in college when her worldview was challenged points to some ways you can do a better job preparing your children.

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A Shift in Rights

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

The Supreme Court’s decision on the Hobby Lobby case upholding the First Amendment protection of religious expression (and conscience) is eliciting some odd complaints from those who are unhappy...

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Why the Outrage over the Hobby Lobby Ruling?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

The response to the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision is troubling.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Cadbury Chocolate and Christianity

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Cadbury Chocolate was founded by a Quaker, John Cadbury, who has a strong sense of social responsibility motivated by his Christian convictions.

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Salt and Light in 19th Century England

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Titus Salt was a contemporary of of John Cadbury, whom I wrote about last Thursday, and there are similarities in their stories.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Wedgwood Abolitionist

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

You may be familiar with Wedgwood pottery. One of the most distinct of Josiah Wedgwood’s designs is jasper ware—most commonly with blue or green glaze with classic figures applied in white. He was...

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Apologetic Arguments Can Reshape What Our Culture Considers Plausible

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Even when the current set of beliefs held by atheists prevent them from seeing any argument for God’s existence as plausible, those arguments still have an effect on our culture.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Is Plan B an Abortifacient?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Is there any reason to think the contraceptives Hobby Lobby refused to subsidize are actually abortifacients? Dr. Rich Poupard examines this issue.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

How Did You Come to That Conclusion?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Have you ever given someone a free ride? I know you’re a nice person and have probably helped a neighbor in need. There’s one free ride, though, you need to stop giving

Media Type: Article Topic: Tactics and Tools

How Did You Come to That Conclusion?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Alan explains a tactic that can help you respond to any challenge raised against your view.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Tactics and Tools

Why I Take Christians to Mosques

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Alan explains the details of a mosque experience and the benefits of taking Christians to mosques.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Other Worldviews

How God Answers Our Prayers

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Jon Bloom points out how we may be missing the answers to our prayers.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

What Is Marriage from a Policy Perspective?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

What is marriage, why does it matter, and what are the consequences of redefining it? Ryan Anderson explains.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Educating the Deaf

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

Gallaudet University, the first university in the United States focusing on educating deaf people, was named in honor of the founder’s father, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Use Your Knowledge to Serve Others, Not Judge Them

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

There’s a great temptation to get frustrated with the people in your church as you learn theology and apologetics, but this is a spiritually dangerous misunderstanding of how the body of Christ was...

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Quakers and Constitutional Freedom

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

You remember William Penn from history class. He was granted the colony of Pennsylvania by the king in payment for debts owed his father.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Abortion Justifications Flip Moral Reasoning Upside Down

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM

When it comes to abortion, our culture uses the very points that normally condemn violence against the young to justify it.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Utilitarian Atheists Aren’t “Just as Moral,” They’re “Differently Moral”

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

The claim that “atheists are as moral as Christians” is meaningless if we’re operating under different systems of morality.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Character at the Keyboard

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

David Brooks’s op-ed in the New York Times on “The Mental Virtues” reminds us that “character tests are pervasive even in modern everyday life. It’s possible to be heroic if you’re just...

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Your Labor and the Two Great Commandments

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Your work, whatever it is, is your opportunity to glorify God by serving others.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Christianity’s Uniqueness

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

In reply to the critics who claim Christianity was just a copy-cat religion among the ancient religions, it’s helpful to take a look at how an ancient adherent of these pagan religions viewed...

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Cal State Universities Derecognize InterVarsity Clubs

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s requirement that leaders in their campus clubs be Christian has been declared unacceptable discrimination by the Cal State University system.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Serving the Persecuted Church

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Alan gives a short recap of his trip to Beirut, Lebanon. He highlights the experiences of training the persecuted church and meeting his cousin who recently fled Baghdad, Iraq.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Christian Living

The English Hippocrates

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Thomas Sydenham, born in 1624, was a Christian physician known as the father of English medicine.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

God’s Clockmaker

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Richard of Wallingford lived in the early 14th century...

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A Finely-Tuned Universe: Necessity, Chance, or Design?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Reasonable Faith has released a short video examining this question: Is the fine-tuning of our universe a result of physical necessity, chance, or design?

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

How Same-Sex Marriage Will Affect Friendships

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Matthew Franck explains the unintended effect same-sex marriage will have on friendships in our society.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Are We at War with Muslims?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Alan answers the question of whether we are at war with Muslims. He also offers a handy tactic to help you determine whether a doctrine or behavior is truly Islamic.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Other Worldviews

“Our Minds May Be Separate from Our Brains”

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

A new study suggests “consciousness is present beyond the point at which scientists can detect it.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

How to Turn Your Theology into Communion with God

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Here’s what Tim Keller had to say about turning your theology into communion with God through biblical meditation and prayer.

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God Ends Suffering in His Own Time

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

The “eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison” will interrupt and put an end to all our suffering. Let’s not give up now.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Is All Saints’ Day on November 1st Because of a Pagan Festival?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Angie Mosteller says, “There is no indication that ancient Samhain was ever a festival of the dead or dedicated to some Lord of the Dead.”

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Must We Kill Humans to Save Other Humans?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

The test was positive. He had cancer. The tumor was only six centimeters, but because it was in his trachea (his windpipe), it had almost completely blocked his ability to breathe.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

A Countess Who Devoted Her Fortune to Christ

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, was a remarkable woman in her time. She was born in 1707 to aristocracy, suffered loss, family disputes, and bad health.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

The Right to Die May Become a Duty to Die

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

A man with ALS explains his anger against those who promote assisted suicide.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Must we kill humans to save other humans?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Alan explains why embryonic stem cell research is not only morally problematic, but ineffective at treating disease and disability. Instead, he offers a scientific alternative.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Bioethics

Kill Humans to Save Humans? Taking the Heat

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

This month, Alan asks, “Must we kill humans to save other humans?“ and Brett talks about the reaction we should expect from the world, even when we’re loving.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Don’t Assume We Should Change the Body to Match the Mind

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

When a person’s mind conflicts with his body, which should we help him to change?

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Bad Reasons to Adopt Pro-Gay Theology

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

If homosexuals are bullied, we need to protect them. If they’re unjustly discriminated against, we need to help them. If they’re treated with contempt, the person hurting them should be stopped.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Horus on the Old Testament Law

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Remember Horus Ruins Christmas? Well, he’s back with a devastating argument against Christianity he learned on the internet.

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Dawkins and the Lure of Pro-Gay Theology

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Richard Dawkins once wrote, “Although atheism might have been logically tenable before Darwin, Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Santa Claus: Defender of the Incarnation

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Even though it’s questionable how much of it is true, I still love the stories about the real St. Nicholas. Here’s what Fred Sanders had to say about him.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

You’re Not Really Pro-Life Unless...

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

The objection that pro-life advocates or organizations aren’t really pro-life because they don’t also advocate [fill in the blank] is one you’ll encounter. Here’s how Scott Klusendorf responds to it.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

The Reformation the Church Doesn’t Need

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Alan attended a ’gay Christian’ conference that intends to reform the church to make it affirm practicing homosexuals. Listen to his thoughts about his experience there.

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If God Could Save Him, God Could Save Anybody

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

If you know someone you think is beyond God’s ability to save, watch this story of how David Wood became a Christian, and have hope.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

From Emergent to Evangelical, through Apologetics

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

If you or someone you know drifted out of Christianity by way of the Emergent Church movement, listen to what Matt Rawlings discovered that brought him back.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Embryonic Stem Cell Success

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

This past November I wrote that embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) had not led to any successful human treatments. I was wrong.

Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics

Pro-Life Killers: An Oxymoron

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Alan answers the question of whether pro-lifers are inconsistent if they don’t condone the killing of abortion doctors.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Bioethics

Are the Chick-fil-A Cows on to Something?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Humans are more valuable than animals and so eating meat is permissible.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

All Paths Do Lead to God

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Kevin DeYoung reminds us that “all paths lead to God, but only one path will present you before God without fault and with great joy.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Theology

Could “Good” and “Evil” Exist without God?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Reasonable Faith has released another apologetics video, and this one explains the moral argument for the existence of God.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Anomalies Don’t Necessarily Disprove Christianity

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Theories ought not be rejected just because there’s an anomaly that can’t yet be reconciled with it. Instead, it’s legitimate to take time to work on finding an answer that resolves the alleged...

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About Those Crusades…

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Since the Crusades are back in the news, these excerpts from a 2005 article by Crusade historian Thomas F. Madden will help you brush up on the basics.

Media Type: Article Topic: History

Are the Chick-fil-A Cows on to Something?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Alan answers the question of whether people who eat meat are unjustly discriminating against sentient animals.

Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: Thinking Out Loud Topic: Philosophy

Can a Socio-Cultural Revolution Be Reversed?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

In an article in The Week, Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry addresses the popular understanding “that social change driven by appeals to science and reason is (a) good and (b) irreversible.”

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

The Biased Constraint of Scientism

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Here’s what J. Warner Wallace has to say about the charge that Christians are too biased to fairly evaluate evidence.

Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy

Truth and Compassion in Action

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Gay activists prepared to protest FIRE Church in Concord, North Carolina.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

Object to the Procedure, Not the Patient

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

A doctor in Michigan wrongly refused to take a lesbian couple’s baby as a patient. This is simply a misunderstanding and misapplication of the conscience rights people have been fighting for.

Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living

Homosexuality to Holiness

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Our hope for homosexuals is not heterosexuality, but holiness. We’re not trying to make them straight, but lead them straight to Jesus.

Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender

The Eye “Is Optimized for Our Vision Purposes”

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Calling the structure of the eye a “mystery” would require an assumption of purpose and optimal design, and that’s not an assumption that can be supported by unguided evolution.

Media Type: Article Topic: Science

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