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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Not long ago I read a stunning (and scathing) response in a blog post by a Christian woman who was furious with those taking exception with the “Christian” convictions of a well-known Mormon...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Infamous New Atheist Christopher Hitchens recently debated Privileged Planet author Jay Wesley Richards at Stanford on the existence of God. In the middle of Richards’s opening remarks, Hitchens...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
J. Warner Wallace answers questions in 4 min. or less (or more) about black lives matter and if Christianity is false.
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Feb 15, 2024 11:48 PM
Amy, Jon, Robby, and Tim give practical tips for how you can bloom where you’re planted and remind believers that they don’t need to know everything before they start sharing the gospel with others.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
All the big questions—issues of origin, meaning, morality, and destiny—and all the secondary concerns, too—issues of sex, gender, liberty, equality, bodily rights, etc.—eventually come down to one....
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Do we have any good reasons to think God has spoken supernaturally in the Bible? The way to answer this question is to look at the book itself. Here are six evidences of supernatural...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
The Supreme Court will soon be ruling on whether or not the Constitution allows for defining marriage as one man and one woman. Much is at stake, and you can’t know what is fair and just...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Last week I got a call from my brother who lives in Florida. He had stumbled upon a website apparently done by Jewish scholars and meant to serve the Jewish community that was experiencing in-roads...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Notes for the video “Witnessing to Jehovah’s Witnesses”—available in our store—are below. See Part 2.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 1, 2021 4:52 PM
Do apologetics matter to young people today, who base their convictions on feelings?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 7, 2021 11:14 PM
Since principles exist outside of ourselves, can we then ground objective morality in mere ideas? Greg Koukl responds.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Greg responds to questions about John 15:22, the moral principle of seeking to fulfill unchosen sexual desires, Genesis 30, and how to define Christian orthodoxy.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 14, 2020 1:40 PM
Greg interviews Lee Strobel on the case for miracles and whether God answers prayer.
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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...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Today’s a special day for me. It was 35 years ago today—September 28, 1973—in an apartment on Granville Street near Stoner Park in West Los Angeles that, sitting at the table with my younger...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Sometimes the simplest questions—questions that seem so basic we never expect them to be asked—can stop us in our tracks if we’re not equipped to engage them.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about teaching junior high students, severity of punishment in Hell, and moral relativism.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Greg is on a timer and answers questions about the prosperity gospel, God killing babies, publishing, and if all sin is the same.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about what to do when reasons don’t work, the Bible as history, and rejecting Jesus.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Is there a conflict between faith and science? I think not. Rather, I think the current quarrel between the two has been contrived.
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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?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
In 4 min. or less, Alan answers questions about introducing apologetics to your church, annihilationism, and “the platinum rule.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Greg discusses whether it is necessary that the Christian read his Bible to follow Jesus, his preferred Apologetic Methodology, if formal church membership is biblical, and if “Mother...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
You may hear someone say, “I am a Christian. I believe that Jesus is my savior. He is the only way for me. But I can’t say He is the way for others.” Here’s why this confused confession fails.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 7, 2020 10:34 PM
The evil one steals the gospel seeds we sow when the message is not understood. This is why we often need to do some spadework to prepare the ground before there can be a harvest—why we need...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 18, 2021 12:23 AM
Will the followers of Christ continue to thoughtfully engage—with truth and grace—the critical ideas in culture, or will we retreat from the public square again and take refuge behind the walls of...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 15, 2022 2:53 AM
A mélange is a mixture, a medley, an array of miscellany combined together for a common purpose. That is what you’ll find here—a potpourri of thoughts and reflections addressing issues that will be...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
The future of thoughtful Christianity does not belong to best-selling authors or popular speakers. Rather, it will be determined by people like you—committed disciples in the local church with warm...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Greg is on a timer and answers questions about God knowing man would sin, patriotic songs in church, Satan reading our minds, and good resources for kids.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
From our biological blueprint, to the fine-tuning of the universe, to the human experience of beauty, morality, and guilt, God is the best explanation for the way things are.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Science
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 28, 2020 12:45 AM
You need to be prepared with specific plans to help you engage atheists’ objections thoughtfully and with grace when you encounter them.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 24, 2021 11:21 PM
Human lives will be ruled by one of two fundamental forces: either truth or power. When truth is relativized, suffering will follow.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
J. Warner Wallace is on a timer and answers questions about miracles, emotional barriers to Christianity, and getting an atheist’s attention to make a case for Christianity.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Greg talks about the extermination of the Canaanites, the magic in exodus, faith through argument, Paul’s dispute with the Grecians, and developing joy in sufferings.
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Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Delivered by J.P. Moreland at the Evangelical Theological Society, November 18, 2004.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Never try to understand the meaning of a passage without considering the context, whether it’s the Bible or any other book.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Alan responds to a question he frequently receives when teaching on Islam.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Muslims hold a deficient and distorted view of Jesus. It’s a tragic case of mistaken identity with dire consequences. Here are three ways Muslims mistake the true Jesus.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Christians and Muslims both believe there is a deity who created the universe, administrates history, and judges human actions, but they believe differently in who fills that role.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
This month is a perfect opportunity to tell our Muslim friends the story of Christmas. Since Jesus already holds an esteemed position in Islam, we already have a head start.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Mormons believe God is an exalted man who became a god, but there are both biblical and philosophical problems with this understanding.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
After years of dialoguing with Mormons, I’ve learned to take it slow. Indeed, ex-Mormons will tell you that a patient approach is the best one.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
38,000 Muslims die every day and enter eternity without Christ. We need to hone our skills so we’re more effective at sharing the truth with them.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
How should we speak to Jehovah’s Witnesses about Jesus?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that they alone are God’s chosen witnesses to the world. As justification for their self-designation, they cite Isaiah 43:10.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Jehovah’s Witnesses commonly refer to modern translations of the Bible as “Lord Bibles.” It is often used as a pejorative.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Is it permissible to remove the terms “Son,” “Son of God,” and “Father” from Arabic translations of the Bible and insert more Muslim-friendly terms?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Some atheists state that atheism is not really a belief at all. Rather, they assert it is simply a lack of belief. But is that accurate?
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Richard Mouw, professor of Faith and Public Life and former president of Fuller Seminary, has written a piece at First Things titled “Mormons Approaching Orthodoxy.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
After the Orlando shooting, there was an almost reflexive response by analysts who gave the usual talking points about how Islam is a religion of peace and its practitioners are peaceful people.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Claiming that Muslims and Christians worship the same God is an expression of Islamic theology, not Christian theology.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
After the tragic mass shooting in Orlando, many clues pointed to a familiar explanation: Islamic terrorism...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
A couple of days ago, Robin and Jack were sitting on the sofa across from me...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Any believer who knows the Gospel can be used by God to bring Muslims to the Truth.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Atheists may not need to prove the absence of God, but their view entails a few other things that require a lot of explaining.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
Have you ever wondered what a pilgrimage to Mecca is like? See a Muslim journalist’s video of what goes into completing the rituals that are thought to achieve forgiveness of sins.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
If we’re going to proclaim the message of the gospel to Muslims as ambassadors for Christ, we first need to know what Islam teaches and how we can respond. Here’s a good place to start.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
Muslims reject the idea that Jesus died on the cross, but the Bible says the cross reveals the essence of God’s love. Here’s why Jesus’ propitiation for our sins makes all the difference.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
The misrepresentations of Christianity in Peter Boghossian’s A Manual for Creating Atheists are a good reminder that you can only properly respond to a view after you understand it.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
When Muslims claim the Bible has been corrupted, here’s how you can show them that the Quran, Mohammed, and Muslim scholars all support the idea that our Christian texts are trustworthy.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Why would Jehovah’s Witnesses care whether Jesus died on a pole or a cross? The answer to this question could help you spot less obvious cults more quickly.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
If you speak to a Muslim about Jesus, you may be challenged to show where in the Bible Jesus says He’s God. Here’s one way to answer.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 30, 2019 10:54 PM
If you ask your Muslim friend what would happen if he became a Christian, you’ll discover what’s holding him back from Jesus, and then you can help him overcome his obstacles.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 31, 2019 4:06 PM
No matter who is making a claim about Islam, what they say must conform to these three authoritative sources in order for their claim to accurately represent Islam.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 31, 2019 9:52 PM
Alan answers the question, “Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 9:53 PM
You want to inform them, in as polite a way as possible, that they cannot knock on your door as missionaries promoting their religion, proselytizing and seeking to convert you, and then say you are...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 10:18 PM
I came across a lecture by Peter J. Williams that I found to be an excellent complement to this month’s Solid Ground (if you haven’t yet read Greg’s “The Canaanites: Genocide or Judgment?” you...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 1, 2019 4:46 PM
How close are Catholics and Protestants on the issue of justification?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 2, 2019 9:30 PM
Here are two important pieces of advice you need to hear for your conversations with Muslims.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 16, 2019 9:55 PM
A new book details some interesting trends in the beliefs of Mormons, and one wonders how long the LDS Church can survive with only half its members being confident that its unique, foundational...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 4, 2019 1:37 AM
Alan explains hadith literature and its role as a source of authority in the lives of Muslims.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 7, 2020 11:10 PM
Tim compiled some tactics, tools, and information to help you respond to Jehovah’s Witnesses’ common beliefs and challenges to the deity of Jesus and personhood of the Spirit.
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Web Content Article · By keith plummer On Feb 29, 2020 5:35 AM
What issues tend to surface when non-Christians are asked what they think of Christians and Christianity? Dr. Plummer’s class assignment gives some insight into our culture.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 19, 2020 8:29 PM
What does it mean to be tolerant? In our polarized cultural climate, the definition has changed from respect to something else entirely.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 3, 2020 4:11 AM
Even though Latter-day Saint theology is radically different from Christianity, Mormons talk of Jesus with great respect, saying He is their savior. Is it possible some of them are saved?
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