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How We’ve Infuriated Centuries of People
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amy k. hall
On Apr 6, 2020 11:01 PM
From Shadrach, to Peter, to Richard Wurmbrand, no law, threat, or torture can turn true Christians from loving and serving God or affirming what we know to be true.
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Our Bodies Have Purpose and Value
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jonathan noyes
On Oct 20, 2022 12:03 AM
Our culture has divided the body from the person, rejecting the idea that our bodies have true things to say about who we are. But as Christians, we’re called to honor our bodies and live according...
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Beckwith: They Don’t Understand Religious Conservatives
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amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
No amount of reasoned arguments can trump a suspicion of bad motives once it’s firmly implanted, and unfortunately, people are currently assuming the worst of religious conservatives.
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The Reformation the Church Doesn’t Need
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alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
The Church has always been under attack.... Although many threats are external, some come from within.
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Today’s Tumultuous Times Are the Result of a Worldview
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alan shlemon
On Jul 28, 2020 1:59 AM
Unless we address a worldview problem at its core, no amount of symptom alleviation will solve the problem.
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Look for Your Moral Blind Spots
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jonathan noyes
On Jul 28, 2022 1:47 AM
What injustices of our generation are we unaware of? We need to remind ourselves that we’re all blind to certain issues and intentionally look for our moral blind spots.
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Tom Gilson and Tom Woodward, Telling Christianity’s True Story
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greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Greg talks about Psalm 63 and emotions, effects of same-sex marriage on individual rights, trading the gospel for social justice, and more.
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Prayer and Free Will
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
The phrase, “God won’t tamper with our free will” makes all answers to prayer impossible, except answers of direct intervention.
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Challenge to Equip More Ambassadors - Mentoring Letter December 2015
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greg koukl
On May 21, 2020 7:41 PM
headline issues like same-sex marriage, the Bible and homosexuality, gender confusion,
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Not a Hint of Politics
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Does Christian involvement in politics do nothing for the Kingdom?
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When to Teach Your Children About LGBT Ideology
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alan shlemon
On May 23, 2024 8:07 PM
Given our society’s aggressive promotion of LGBT ideology, when should parents teach their children about topics like homosexuality and transgenderism? Here are five principles that will help you...
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Rejecting Your Maker Means Rejecting Your True Identity
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alan shlemon
On Jun 20, 2023 4:32 AM
When people reject their Maker, they no longer have an external source to tell them who they are, so they often tap into their inner thoughts and feelings to create their own identity. This...
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Do You Know What Your Child Is Being Taught about Sex?
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jonathan noyes
On Nov 22, 2023 5:01 AM
Our public school system has become a way for the government to indoctrinate your children according to a highly divisive view of sex and sexuality. Here’s how you can respond.
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Are Homosexuals Born that Way?
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alan shlemon
On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Is there a “gay gene,” and should it change our view of homosexual behavior if there is?
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Letting God Take the Heat
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alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Over the last decade as a Stand to Reason speaker, I’ve been yelled at, cursed at, and even threatened. How do I keep my cool? Here’s my secret: I let God take the heat.
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Is the Bible Sufficient?
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Are “Bible only” advocates right in claiming that any combination of man’s philosophy and biblical wisdom is poison?
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Christians Are Getting Upset about Cloning for the Wrong Reasons
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greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
In the movie, “The Boys from Brazil,” it was used to try to recreate Hitler. In “Jurassic Park,” it was employed to bring back an entire prehistoric era to life. In...
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Why We Need to Go Back to Basics and Make a Case for Our Worldview
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melinda penner
On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Culture is changing fast, and it’s becoming more of a challenge to speak effectively to others about Christianity, and it’s only going to get more difficult. But that is our job as ambassadors.
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Finding Truth: False Worldviews Reduce the Human Person
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amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Every false worldview, since it puts something that is less than God (an idol) in the place of God (as the ultimate reality and source of all things), will have an understanding of the human person...
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An Assessment of Andy Stanley’s Unconditional Conference
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alan shlemon
On Oct 11, 2023 8:40 PM
Alan Shlemon explains three serious concerns about the Unconditional Conference hosted by Andy Stanley, gives reasons why we can’t simply agree to disagree on LGBTQ issues, and describes how...
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It’s Not Wrong to Long for Justice
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amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
We have seen much evil over the past week, and it’s not wrong to long for justice.
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The Intolerance of Tolerance
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greg koukl
On May 7, 2020 9:34 PM
Probably no concept has more currency in our politically correct culture than the notion of tolerance. Unfortunately, one of America’s noblest virtues has been so distorted it’s become a vice.
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White Lies and Other Deceptions
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
I think lying is wrong. However, we have to be clear on what constitutes lying, that is, immoral deception.
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Stand to Reason’s Statement of Faith
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greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Stand to Reason represents classical Christianity—orthodox Christian beliefs that have been affirmed since the first Christians.
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I Am Not a Freak
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
The same thing that made the Elephant Man a human being makes a fetus a human being.
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Two Important Models of Discipleship
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greg koukl
On Apr 21, 2022 10:12 PM
Greg offers advice on how to disciple the next generation of believers and shares examples of how spiritual mentorship has impacted his own life.
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Does “God Visit the Iniquities of the Fathers” on the “Third & Fourth Generations”?
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Greg interprets a commonly misunderstood and difficult passage by looking at the details of the context.
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Life Unworthy of Life
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Things like great steps of moral depravity are not really taken in great steps; they’re taken in little pieces.
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The Bible and Capital Punishment
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:55 PM
Is capital punishment compatible with Christianity? Greg outlines a biblical argument for capital punishment, makes a case for retributive punishment, and responds to objections.
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Is God Just an Idea?
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Some charge that God is an imaginary “cosmic father” invented for our emotional protection, created in our image to comfort us, a phantom to fill the hollow places. But two things are wrong...
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The Myth of Moral Neutrality
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Moral relativism. It sounds so reasonable, so tolerant, and so neutral. But there’s a fundamental flaw.
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Is God Just a Crutch?
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
Are You a Christian because You Were Born in America? Would you Be a Muslim If You Were Born in Iraq? Maybe. But So What?
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“Society Says” Relativism
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
For some, ethics is nothing more than a social contract to ensure survival. Compliance is the highest good and breaking ranks the greatest evil, regardless of the issue. This may make sense on...
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Bosnia, Rape and the Problem of Evil
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greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2020 11:35 PM
Greg responds to a letter to the editor in which the writer’s pain causes him to ask the age-old question of why God allows evil to exist.
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#STRask: September 11, 2017
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greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about the age of accountability, knowing what Bible passages refer to us, and children trusting Jesus.
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Another Planned Parenthood Video
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amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Normal people are capable of great evil. That’s all I could think as I watched this latest video exposing Planned Parenthood.
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Does the Fertility Clinic Illustration Disprove the Value of Human Embryos?
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greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
A fire breaks out in a fertility clinic. You have the choice of saving one two-year-old or 1,000 embryos. Which do you save, and what does that prove?
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Are Pro-Lifers Being Inconsistent if They Save the Mother’s Life Rather than the Baby’s?
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greg koukl
On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Do pro-lifers really believe the unborn has equal value to the born if they’re willing to sacrifice the unborn when the mother’s life is in danger?
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Compassion Means to Suffer With
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alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
If only our society would once again define compassion not as offering to help people kill themselves, but as offering to walk with them through a difficult time.
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David Barash’s Theological Reason for Creating Human-Chimp Hybrids
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amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
In a recent article in a science magazine, David Barash argues for creating “humanzees” in order to make a theological point.
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Why You Need an Advance Directive
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amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
There are some important questions about future medical decisions that you need to think through now so that your care will reflect both your wishes and the truth of Christianity.
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Surprise! Life Does Begin at Conception
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amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
It seems that sometimes, when it serves the story, the fact that life begins at conception is perfectly clear to both scientists and the media.
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Great Evil Begins with Respect for Evil Ideas
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amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Wesley J. Smith called Princeton to account for hiring Peter Singer with his horrendous views on infanticide.
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When Does Life Begin?
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melinda penner
On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Scientists have discovered in a recent study that it isn’t the mother’s body directing embryonic activity; the embryo determines that itself.
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The Tragic Consequences of the IVF Industry
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amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
Most people, including Christians, have not thought through the issue of in vitro fertilization carefully enough, and the results have been tragic.
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The Black Box of IVF
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alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
Given the brave new world we live in, we can’t presume that medical technologies are consistent with Christian ethics. We must do our due diligence and investigate.
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How IVF Is Changing Our View of Human Beings
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amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
The common, accepted practices employed in IVF are shaping the way we view human beings in an alarming way.
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How the Deity of Christ Reminded Me of a Pro-Life Argument
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alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Alan came across an unexpected similarity between C.S. Lewis’s case for Christ’s divinity and an argument for the humanity of the unborn.
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Is a Fetal Human Being a Person?
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amy k. hall
On Oct 3, 2019 9:27 PM
Amy explains why all humans are also persons.
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Does Human Life Begin When We Take Our First Breath?
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amy k. hall
On Dec 12, 2019 10:26 PM
Does the fact that unborn children don’t breathe air mean they aren’t yet live human beings? Does the Bible teach this in Genesis 2:7, as some claim?
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It May Be Human, but It’s Not a Person?
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greg koukl
On Jan 10, 2020 9:20 PM
Is there a legitimate dividing line between human persons and human non-persons? Greg explains why we need to be sure about the answer to this question.
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Moral Factors to Take into Account if You’re Considering IVF
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brett kunkle
On Mar 3, 2020 8:40 PM
Infertility is a reality for many and can be unimaginably painful. We need God’s grace to help us walk through such pain, and we need God’s truth to help us navigate the possible road ahead.
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More Than Just a “Reduction”
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amy k. hall
On Mar 3, 2020 8:46 PM
“I could have ended up with one of these being gone, and the one that is gone could have been one of these.”
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Intrinsic Human Value Has to Be Taught
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amy k. hall
On Mar 4, 2020 8:14 PM
We have to recognize and then fight the human tendency we have to deny the value of people who are different from us. We have to teach intrinsic human value.
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Size Is Irrelevant to Human Value
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greg koukl
On Mar 12, 2020 11:51 PM
Greg explains why a difference in size does not disqualify someone from being a person.
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The Burning Research Lab Objection
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amy k. hall
On Mar 20, 2020 3:05 PM
Imagine you’re in a research lab when a fire breaks out, and you have to choose to save either a two-year-old or ten frozen embryos. Which do you choose?
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Fetal Humans
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amy k. hall
On Mar 21, 2020 12:04 AM
The unhelpful term “human fetus” reverses our usual grammatical way of speaking about a stage of development and perpetuates fuzzy ideas about the identity of the unborn.
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Genetic Selection Involves Killing
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amy k. hall
On Apr 8, 2020 9:50 PM
People who create designer babies aren’t improving anyone or giving anyone a better “opportunity for a great life.” They’re creating many children and consigning all but one to death.
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Moral Blind Spots
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amy k. hall
On Apr 9, 2020 1:04 AM
If we are trying to discover our blind spots, we should be most suspicious of our culture ignoring arguments that human dignity is being violated in some way.
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Does a Human Fetus Have a Soul?
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amy k. hall
On May 20, 2020 8:45 PM
Amy shares why it makes sense to believe that a human has a soul at the moment of conception.
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How to Think through the Ethics of the COVID-19 Vaccines
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amy k. hall
On Jan 23, 2021 12:36 AM
What are the ethics involved with the COVID-19 vaccines? Can a pro-life Christian receive one in good conscience? Ryan Anderson can help you think through the issues.
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Toddlers or Embryos: Which Would You Save?
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tim barnett
On Feb 18, 2022 11:20 PM
Many pro-choice advocates think this hypothetical scenario is a good argument against human life beginning at conception. The problem is, it doesn’t work. Tim Barnett explains why.
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Euthanasia, Rights, and Metaphysics
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Think carefully about how you justify some moral actions because it could turn on you in another moral situation.
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Jennifer and Baby Garcia
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
I was a new nurse on a new job. The night shift nurses were hard on the newcomers, and I was particularly easy to intimidate.
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The Final Nail in the Embryonic Stem Cell Coffin
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alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
What do Nancy Reagan, Michael J. Fox, Mary Tyler Moore, and Christopher Reeve all have in common? They have all aggressively promoted embryonic stem cell research (ESCR).
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The Slippery Slope of the Right-to-Die Movement
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alan shlemon
On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for March 2009 There’s one fact about you I’m sure of: even though you’ll live forever, someday your earthly body will die.
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Will Right and Wrong Always Be Obvious?
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amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Atheists have the mistaken idea that objective morality is simply obvious to everyone, but the truth is, it’s not. All one has to do is look back through history (and in other cultures today) to...
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No Stable Rights without Intrinsic Human Value
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amy k. hall
On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Most pro-choicers know the fetal human being is scientifically alive. What they’re really objecting to is the idea of intrinsic human value—i.e., the idea that every member of...
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Does a Fetus Have a Soul?
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
The argument that an acorn isn’t an oak but a potential oak isn’t true. How does this apply to humans?
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Active and Passive Euthanasia
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On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM
Here are some basic ethical distinctions by way of background. I won’t cover all the bases in the active/passive debate (active—taking lives, passive—letting die).
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Is a Human Being Valuable?
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
If alleviating suffering is the goal that has intrinsic value, and not the person itself, why could we not experiment on it so we can increase our scientific knowledge in a way that might alleviate...
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End of Life Ethics: A Primer
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melinda penner
On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
That’s the challenge I’ve heard a number of times from advocates of starving Terri Schiavo to death. It usually comes in the conversation when what they’ve offered so far in the way of...
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I’m Not Dead Yet
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Why are human beings valuable? What is a human being? You have to answer those questions before you can say that this child isn’t a human being without value.
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Religion and Euthanasia
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greg koukl
On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
You believe that euthanasia should be allowed because it eases the psychological or physical suffering of a person. Is that correct?
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Ethical Stem Cell Therapies Are the Successful Therapies
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melinda penner
On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Christianity Today reports: [Scientists] have learned how to reprogram adult cells so that they can do many things an embryonic cell can do.
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