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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Questions about being happy in Heaven if people are in Hell, faith as an epistemological method, meeting with LDS missionaries, and whether a lukewarm Christian can be regenerate.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 17, 2021 1:04 AM
J. Warner Wallace explains why you can’t make sense of the problem of evil apart from an understanding of the wisdom of God.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On May 16, 2023 7:51 PM
Maybe you’re struggling with mental health issues. Maybe you have a friend who struggles. Whichever group you’re in, remembering these four encouraging points could help.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Greg talks about the new prophets and words from God, new ideas defending the deity of Christ, if one should tithe when in debt, why the inerrancy of the bible is a big deal, how patriotism fits...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Melinda Penner—“The Enforcer”—has given so much to us these 25 years since she helped Greg found STR in 1993, and now she needs our help.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 4, 2019 9:58 PM
Greg talks about how Christianity makes sense of evil and other aspects of reality, then he answers questions about improving an evangelism situation and interpreting a dream.
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Web Content Article · By 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.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Before we can draw any conclusions from the phrase “God is love,” we must first understand what God’s love looks like.
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
There’s a movement among some members of the church away from a belief in eternal conscious punishment in Hell. This month’s issue of Solid Ground looks at what the Bible says about this topic.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
It’s not wrong to have a special love for your family that goes beyond your love for other families, and it’s not wrong to have a special love for your country and its people that goes beyond your...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 9, 2023 3:57 AM
It’s not wrong to be outraged by by the harmful ideologies, injustices, and mockery of God we see in our culture today, but how should we handle these feelings of outrage? Should we act on them,...
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 25, 2020 2:26 AM
Since we all—Christian or non-Christian—have to explain the existence of evil, the real issue here is figuring out who has the best answer.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 10, 2021 9:12 PM
“Ignore the negative noise” isn’t just good advice to help you think straight, it’s also what we’re called to do as Christians who represent Christ.
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Web Content Article · By 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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Today, on this Good Friday, we think about an event that was not only the result of evil but also the reason for allowing evil to exist in the first place.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion in Obergefell argues equally well for polygamy and polyamory.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 10, 2023 8:36 PM
Questions about what to do if someone uses the Columbo tactic against you, why some Christians say that only some doctrines matter and should be defended, and whether the extent to which one spends...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
A discussion between John Ensor, Francis Chan, and John Piper covers the impact of graphic pictures, how teaching their congregations about human dignity and abortion glorifies God, and more.
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 5:18 PM
Amy shares God’s view of unborn children, how we are to supposed to treat them, and then offers encouragement to those facing unplanned pregnancies.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jul 21, 2022 7:28 PM
How can Christians follow Paul’s admonition in Romans 13:1 to “be in subjection to the governing authorities”? Jon Noyes explains how the context of the passage provides an answer: love.
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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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Web Content Article · By 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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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Apr 26, 2023 9:36 PM
It’s one thing to deny your preferences for the sake of others, but if accommodating another person’s requests requires you to violate your conscience, then it’s reasonable to decline.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Rachel Held Evans has written a book titled A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and Calling Her Husband “Master,” and she...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Greg talks about saving a baby from abortion, preparing for Christmas, book recommendations for gifts, then answers questions on what is the order of conversion and discipleship, the church being...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 26, 2020 12:51 AM
“Indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead….”
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Atheist Christopher Hitchens has cancer. He wrote about his battle in a recent Vanity Fair article. It’s a moving account. And an inconsistent one.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 22, 2022 7:43 PM
Questions about why God doesn’t destroy Satan now, Christians acting in scenes that contain R-rated elements, responding to someone who says, “God’s working on me,” and handling situations where...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 7, 2023 2:30 AM
Greg corrects some of his speculations about Neanderthals from the previous episode, then he answers questions about what “weeping and gnashing of teeth” indicates, the influence of the Jesus...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Hebrews 10:32–36 has a very relevant exhortation for our postmodern times.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Greg talks about a recent opinion piece in the New York Times, then he answers questions about why people go to Hell, a “carrots and sticks” view of Christianity, women as pastors, and Zionism.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 23, 2021 8:09 PM
on how to respond to someone who claims abortion is justified when the woman may suffer
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 6, 2020 10:28 PM
“If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Greg talks about the serendipitous radio show and relativistic morality needing a standard, if the church’s response to abortion is adequate, and how a person can go deeper studying apologetics.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
What kind of God would allow a Hitler to go to heaven if he believed in Jesus and a Mother Teresa to go to hell if she didn’t?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Many promises in the Bible were made to other people and we cannot legitimately claims those. We can learn from them. They’re profitable for us. All Scripture is.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 22, 2020 3:29 PM
Contrary to the catchy saying, being “heavenly minded” doesn’t make you “no earthly good.” Rather, it’s the very fuel of earthly sacrifice.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Nov 24, 2020 7:08 AM
When we seek to do God’s will with whatever gifts he’s given us, and focus on using those gifts to build his kingdom, we don’t become distracted by despair or doubt. Instead, we become overwhelmed...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 12, 2022 10:40 PM
When people respond to our Christianity with anger, it’s tempting to think either that we’ve done something wrong or that Christianity deserves their anger. Here’s why neither conclusion...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 25, 2024 11:01 PM
Don’t wander endlessly in subjective feelings and fears. The cross is an objective historical event you can look to for solid proof of who God is and his unshakable relationship with you through...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 11:47 PM
Alan responds to the question: If going to Heaven is so great, why do Christians want to prolong unhappy life on Earth?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 5, 2024 1:47 AM
Greg chats with Frank Turek about CIA, then he answers questions about what to say to a consistent moral relativist, whether a lack of persecution indicates anything about a person’s Christianity,...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
An atheist who wants to reduce Christianity to the avoidance of Hell has missed the point of Christianity.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Oct 22, 2020 1:26 PM
Tim explains how the disciples had nothing to gain by making up what they professed about Jesus.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 22, 2021 2:45 AM
Greg reflects on why it’s hard for him to get into “the spirit of Christmas,” then he answers questions about responding to someone who says he’s a good person and how to distinguish between the...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 30, 2023 4:26 PM
Greg answers questions about whether Jesus is dependent on the Father, whether he should be quoting someone who has a mistaken view on homosexuality, whether it’s ever okay for Christians to stand...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
It’s a good thing before trials come to put our thoughts in proper order about how to deal with difficulties and tragedies that God allows in our lives, and not to let them shake us from what the...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Because of God’s artistry, just as there are layers of meaning in a painting, there is an unfathomable depth to the world He created and the words He revealed.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Greg talks about engaging people in a fruitful manner, discussing problems with a pastor, and understanding the Epistles.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Many people interpret Philippians 4:13 to mean, “The sky’s the limit to what I can accomplish when Jesus helps me!” but that’s not exactly what this verse is about.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
No hierarchy within a marriage is biblical if the leadership is not shaped by the three biblical ideas of equality, self-sacrifice, and humble service.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
If not every promise in the Bible applies to you, how can you know which ones you can cling to when times get tough?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2023 9:15 PM
God will bring things into your life you never would have chosen, but you can endure anything for the short span of your time on this earth when you know this about your future.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Greg and guest Nancy Pearcey discuss Finding Truth: Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes, then Greg talks about the Cinderella movie, Christian education and...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
Every decision you make as you’re interacting with others is changing you. We need to consider this truth with the gravity it deserves.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Greg discusses whether healing on demand can be done with enough faith, advice on writing a master’s thesis, and why good people can go to Hell.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
In keeping with my own philosophy that Christians should first major in the majors before nitpicking on secondary issues, I have decided to tackle the question “Who was Jesus?”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
If we are to reject the “myth” of Christian religion, as secularists suggest, then we must reject the entire myth, that is, the whole story and everything that follows from the story.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On May 7, 2020 10:43 PM
We heard J.P. Moreland make the observation once that in Western culture, adolescence lasts well into the adulthood years. It's a topic well worth the attention of Christians so we can effectively...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 27, 2022 10:00 PM
For decades, our culture has been denying the differences between men and women in order to promote sameness­—in genders, roles, couples, etc. But reality has a way of asserting itself.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Christians have been at the forefront of building hospitals and providing care for the sick for centuries.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Andreas Köstenberger and Justin Taylor wrote about “Five Errors to Drop from Your Easter Sermon” in Christianity Today. Here’s a summary.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 11:29 PM
Some abortion-choice advocates claim that abortion is no different than taking someone off life support. Alan explains why that is not the case.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Oct 1, 2019 9:50 PM
Tim looks at Adam Harwood’s argument that infants inherit only a sinful nature from Adam, not guilt.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
If you are living with disappointment today, take heart! God has promised He is working all things together to make you like Christ.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
The most difficult question to answer isn’t what you might expect.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
We all need to take seriously our need for God’s supernatural work in and through us, if we’re going to persevere in apologetics. Are you diligently pleading with Him for this?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
If the resurrection is just our make-believe-to-make-me-feel-happy kind of story, then we are a sorry bunch.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 29, 2020 5:41 AM
How can we make sense of the bad things that happen to us? Greg responds to a question from Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus originated.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Why do atheists and Christians see Jesus so differently?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
You can answer the harshest critic you’ll ever face.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Greg and guest Julie Loos talk about Ratio Christi, then Greg discusses what the New Perspective on Paul is all about, conceding the definition of sin to the culture, and more.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 2:21 AM
What have we lost, both as individuals and as a culture, without the presence of death?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Excerpt about abortion and adoption from the February 17th, 2015 podcast with Greg Koukl.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Greg talks about how God decides the elect, the exodus instructions for sacrifices, multiverse theory, Jesus drinking, praying for miracles, pursuing prophecy, and Adam and Eve having their...
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