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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Sometimes we’re tempted to think evil is stronger than God, but the answer to making sense of the destructive power of evil all comes down to this simple truth.
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Web Content Article · By 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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
We take the ideas of our society for granted, and we assume they’ll always be there. But the most beautiful ideas of our culture are grounded in Jesus.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
If you’re terrified by the knowledge that your baby is going to be born with a fetal abnormality or disability, I urge you to read carefully through these twenty reasons why you should not end his...
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
No matter someone’s belief or lack of belief in God, everyone has to answer for the existence of evil in the world.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 1:48 AM
To tell a good, human story, one must speak of the non-material realities we experience. And if one’s worldview can’t support such things, one must borrow from another that can.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 22, 2022 7:02 PM
Natasha Crain and Greg Koukl compare the “authority of self” to a biblical view of God’s authority.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Greg talks about how to disagree in a biblical way, then answers questions about how to correct ideas of the Hebrew Roots movement and coping with many problems.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
As great Christian men and women of the past have discovered, the beauty of nature uplifts our souls toward God in worship and gives us a language by which we can communicate the beauty of God to...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 17, 2021 5:38 AM
How can one reconcile God’s sovereignty with the existence of evil? Here’s one illustration.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Alan and Amy answer questions on whether a caller’s friend should leave his church, if the keys of David justify the papacy, and how to react to Christian friends who get angry at you for what...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jan 27, 2022 11:12 PM
As you find the best way to glorify God in your situation, remember that a time of need is an opportunity for you to experience God’s grace.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
There has to be a better way to show compassion to the few children who suffer from
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 8, 2022 10:53 PM
As Christians, we are hated by many, but we continue in obedience—without reviling in return and without turning back—for three great reasons.
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Web Content Article · By stand to reason On Nov 3, 2020 2:34 AM
Regardless of how the election turns out, Christians ought to stand out in our anxious society as people securely resting in the knowledge that our future—whether painful or comfortable—is in the...
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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.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
Never has character been more important for ambassadors for Christ than it is now. Here’s how to start putting to death your sin so that people will see the beauty of God in you.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Melinda Penner and Amy Hall discuss The Shack and take questions on the application of Old Testament Law, white privilege, and the problem of evil.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 3:34 AM
Whatever will move the people of this nation away from our sin and closer to God, that is the blessing I ask for.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Since God regulated slavery in the Old Testament, does this mean He approves of it? And if He doesn’t, why did He allow it?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Is Hell eternal or everlasting? We have to be careful how we define the words.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
faith through argument, Paul’s dispute with the Grecians, and developing joy in sufferings
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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?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
What is evil? Could it have a purpose? Here is a view of evil from an adult rather than a childish perspective.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 29, 2020 12:26 AM
Skeptics find the problem of evil so repugnant and our solutions so hollow because they refuse to accept a fundamental reality that every Christian believes in: life after death.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Greg talks about whether or not God is transgender, oneness theology, necessity of sin, and God using a disability.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Greg talks with callers about becoming a nun, euthanasia, witnessing to family members, and the Trinity.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Greg talks about what atheists believe, tactics to use with religious pluralists, God stopping tragedies, and tools to evaluate arguments.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Lately, I’ve begun to realize just how much relativism is ingrained in our culture, particularly when it comes to religion...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Greg talks about deconstructing news stories, selecting a Christian college, if a Christian should help non-Christians clarify their world views, and more.
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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 greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
The Christian message simply doesn’t make sense to everyone, or it raises questions or counter-examples that make it difficult to even countenance Christianity until those issues are addressed.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 2, 2019 5:36 PM
How do we kill the anger we feel when facing rudeness, mockery, and other annoyances in our apologetics interactions so we can represent Christ well to the world?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2021 9:48 PM
Do Christians have the authority to command a person be healed? Greg and Amy offer biblical examples to show that while the atonement may make healing possible, it doesn’t guarantee it.
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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
How did Jesus answer the problem of evil presented to Him? His answer is short and to the point.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Many in our postmodern world think the remedy for evil is for everyone to reduce their confidence in their beliefs, but this view misses the real problem.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 4:26 PM
Greg shares how struggling and doubt can lead to growth in the life of a Christian.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
As a single Christian, you may long to look into marriage and family, but the angels long to look into the greater marriage that is already yours.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2021 4:56 AM
Greg gives reasons why it’s rational to believe in the soul, explaining the difference between something being rational and rationalism, then he takes calls about how evil entered the world,...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Here are some good words from David Mathis about “readying ourselves for whatever opposition comes.”
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
We should begin teaching our kids apologetics as early as possible. Here’s how Tim translated an answer to the problem of evil into language even four-year-olds could understand.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 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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