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Progressive Christians often highlight the parts of Jesus’ ministry that fit their emphasis on social reform, identifying him as a kind of social justice warrior, but does this present an accurate picture of his mission?

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Followers of Jesus face two extremes when it comes to Christianity and politics. Do we aggressively invade culture with political solutions or trust the Spirit to change hearts?

Muslims argue that since no one can produce literature as beautiful and perfect as the Quran, this proves the Quran’s divine authorship. But here are five problems with that argument.

Some believers go head-to-head with talented academics in public without taking their opponents’ skills or ideas seriously, but having the truth on your side is simply not enough to successfully persuade an audience. Here’s how you can prepare both strategically and tactically for an encounter with a thoughtful challenger.

Muslims claim you don’t have the words of Jesus in your Bible since Jesus spoke Aramaic yet the Gospels were written in Greek and you read them in English. Does this mean we’ve lost Jesus’ words and our Bible doesn’t qualify as the Word of God? 

God is real and God is good, but animals suffer. Why? This challenge is classically called the problem of gratuitous suffering—suffering that has no moral justification whatsoever. How do we respond?

Does the fact that God changes people’s names in the Bible support the practice of changing one’s name as part of a transgender transition process? Alan Shlemon explains why the answer is no.

The IVF ethical suitcase—biblical foundations, individual intents, procedures, and consequences—must be unpacked. The stakes are high, because when it comes to this technology, tiny image-bearers can be both the joyful products and the tragic victims, which leads us to the quintessential question: “Just because we can, should we?”

Is there a way to make the neo-Darwinian, blind watchmaker kind of evolution consistent with Christianity? Greg Koukl explains why he thinks the answer is no.

“Would you rather have a live son or a dead daughter?” This question has stopped many parents of transgender-identifying children in their tracks, but here’s why it’s merely emotional blackmail masquerading as compassion.

Greg concludes his series of “rapid-fire” responses to frequent challenges to Christianity: Intelligent design is just religion disguised as science, God is not a good father, evil proves God doesn’t exist, relativism doesn’t mean “anything goes,” and extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

We can appreciate the beautiful things of this world, but they don’t fully satisfy. They are merely echoes of the true, lasting kingdom that we’re longing for.

Christian transgender advocates believe the biblical data about eunuchs makes a case for people who identify as transgender today. Is that true? No, and here’s why.

Slippery slope arguments link one way of thinking to an unintended consequence that’s likely to follow. Some such appeals are faulty, but some are valid. Here’s the difference.

When trying to make sense of how our perfectly good, wise, and powerful God can coexist with all the evil and suffering in the world, we can easily be overwhelmed by looking at all evil all at once, but that is not a fair way of looking at the issue.

Evangelism is not something you do only if you feel specially called. If you are a Christian, you are already sent. But here’s why that shouldn’t scare you.

C.S. Lewis—a medieval and Renaissance literature scholar who was quite familiar with myths, legends, allegories, romances, etc.—explains his conviction that the Gospels are not myths.

Some transgender ideology advocates use examples from other species as evidence that sex is on a spectrum for human beings. Alan Shlemon explains why this kind of argument fails.

Greg continues his “rapid-fire” responses to common objections to Christianity, addressing claims that one is a good person, the need to see a miracle to believe in God, the illusion of consciousness, the inevitability of mistakes from human biblical authors, abortion protecting unwanted children, evidence vs. faith, and more.