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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 30, 2022 2:58 AM
The pro-life view is ultimately grounded in the Christian view of human beings, but not in the way most people think. Here’s why, even in light of that, there’s nothing wrong with states...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 8, 2020 11:00 PM
How do advancements in science outside of a mother change the value and rights of the human being growing inside a mother?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 14, 2022 1:32 AM
Here are a few things Richard Dawkins got right and a few things he got wrong in his recent article about the views of pro-lifers.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
How do you create confidence in Christians who are able to share their pro-life convictions with anyone...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
You should reject the analogy between the gradual development of a right to life and the gradual attainment of other rights because there’s a radical difference between the right to life and the...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
The “coat hanger” argument is one of the most emotionally compelling appeals of pro-abortionists, yet the whole line of reasoning collapses because of the single element deified by...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for January 2010 Some say what I did was crazy. I was standing alone on a stage at Central Michigan University. My job was simple: Present the pro-life view and then debate...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
When the state leaves the choice of pregnancy termination solely to the individual, it affirms that the fetus is not worthy of state protection. This is not a neutral position.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for March 2010 Why would an alcoholic father, strapped for cash, sell his son and daughter for $30? Why would pediatricians at the University Medical Center of Gronigen kill...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 26, 2020 9:29 PM
When you come across an article challenging your beliefs, keep these steps in mind to help you make sense of what you’re reading and possibly see the error in the author’s thinking.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
In 4 min. or less, Alan answers questions about abortion, pornography, and pride.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 31, 2022 11:13 PM
A recent article in The Guardian posted some misleading images of “what is actually being removed in early pregnancy.” Alan explains.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
Australians (and Americans) faced with legalized SSM can take a cue from the pro-life movement and work to make a difference in three key ways.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 5:29 PM
Some common responses you’ll hear when making a pro-life argument aren’t actually relevant to your argument. Here’s how to spot them and keep the discussion on track.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
It’s always wrong to take a human life without proper justification.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 9, 2020 1:39 AM
The latest tactic being used by pro-choicers is to equivocate on the word “life”—using it to refer to both the mother’s life situation and the unborn child’s life.
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Web Content Article · By stand to reason On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Ten seconds is plenty of time to defend your pro-life views.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
I believe parents are responsible for their children’s spiritual training. Of course, pastors, youth leaders, and Sunday school teachers can help. But parents have to do most of the work.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 31, 2023 2:57 AM
Greg talks about five areas—salvation, abortion, gender, marriage, and sex—where
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for September 2013 “How do you stay positive when change seems impossible?”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 5, 2020 5:25 PM
Euphemisms and verbal tricks aside, a woman’s question, “Do I choose for a baby or for me?” boils down to choosing between the child she already has and the life she wants to have instead. Is the...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Greg talks about the theology of Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy and how a husband should answer his wife’s question.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
The first thing we should focus on is the Gospel, but many times, people express doubts, objections, or concerns with Christianity. That’s when apologetics comes in.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
;It was the first time in my six years of teaching on controversial topics like abortion
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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 8:50 PM
The objection that pro-life advocates or organizations aren’t really pro-life because they don’t also advocate [fill in the blank] is one you’ll encounter. Here’s how Scott Klusendorf responds to it.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 29, 2019 12:24 AM
We’ve reached the end of the year, so it’s time for the annual roundup of top posts. Here are the 2019 posts that received the most views this year. Enjoy!
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Pay attention...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 7, 2022 10:11 PM
Why have the culture wars become so intense? One reason for this is the fact that, in the West, there is a deep, worldview division between two systems of morality.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 27, 2020 6:18 PM
Did you know it’s wrong to kill an unborn child according to California state law?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Americans are in for a rude awakening. Starting September 2012, some people will wake up to strategically-placed graphic pictures. And they won’t like what they see. But it’s about time.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Is there any reason to think the contraceptives Hobby Lobby refused to subsidize are actually abortifacients? Dr. Rich Poupard examines this issue.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 19, 2020 12:00 AM
With everything that’s happened this year, did you miss any of our most-popular posts? Here’s the list so you can catch up!
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 15, 2022 2:11 AM
Which topics were people most interested in this year? Here are the ten posts of 2023 that received the most views.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
The question “Are Blacks human beings?” is so bizarre it’s almost comical. Who could ask such a thing today? Yet the question is still being asked, this time with a twist.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
J. Warner Wallace talks about engaging the culture as “first responders,” then he answers a question about 1 Corinthians 14:34 and discusses the new moral consensus and how evil points to the...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Don’t know how to defend the pro-life position? Here’s a crash course.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
In an interview posted today on the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Frank Beckwith used an illustration to clarify the truth that unborn human beings are, in fact, persons who can be wronged by...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Even if you persuasively and graciously share the truth and the person rejects your point, I’d still say you succeeded 100%. This is why.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
We don’t reach out to non-Christians because they’re different from us. We reach out because they’re like us. We were once God’s enemy, and now we proclaim the message of reconciliation.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 23, 2021 12:26 AM
People’s views are almost always more nuanced than what we might conclude based on the labels they’ve given themselves. To avoid misunderstanding or misrepresenting others in your...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
It’s always interesting to see what topics were most popular over the year. Take a look at this year’s top ten list, and see if you missed any of these posts the first time around.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Greg talks about truth vs relativism in the church, Avatar movie review, “oldest Bible posted on the web,” then takes calls on if one can rebut open theism, if atheists can have “sturdy moral...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
With the advancement of science, we’ve entered a new era of biotechnology where we’re increasingly experimenting on humans, jeopardizing the most vulnerable lives in our society
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
I was going to comment on this article in the New York Times, “The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy,” but I think the horror of it speaks more clearly for itself than I ever could.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
In response to Judith Jarvis Thompson’s “Violinist” bodily rights argument, there’s a new illustration that more closely parallels the situation of a pregnant woman (including those who are...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for December 2009 I began a recent event by telling the audience I wasn’t glad to be there.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 29, 2023 2:55 AM
Greg talks about the difference between positive rights and negative rights, then he answers questions about how to respond when a spouse initiates divorce, whether it’s moral to kill abortionists,...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
It seems some politicians are worried about consistent, logical thinking leading from a fetal homicide law to fetal human rights.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Greg discusses the Anglican Church and its morally-guided love, and then talks to guest John Stonestreet about 21 Days of Prayer for Life.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
The unborn is not part of the mother’s body, but rather a separate body that lies within her. Scientifically, there are a number of qualities and characteristics that are different about the unborn...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
In a recent trip to Australia, Alan found that the cultural situation made Christians hungry for apologetics.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 11:53 PM
Two lines of reasoning can follow logical paths to internally consistent positions. Unfortunately, a growing number of people can no longer recognize which path leads to an absurd conclusion.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Abortion. Homosexuality. Same-sex marriage.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
If this argument works, then we should release Susan Smith.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
One of the ways to be a good ambassador for Christ is to be a good listener.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
Because we’re created in God’s image, nothing can negate our intrinsic value, not even sin. But lately, our culture has been saying otherwise.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 19, 2022 2:04 AM
To be effective at teaching apologetics to people in different cultures, you need to think like an ambassador. Here are three things to keep in mind.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
You may have noticed a trend in my work this year: truth and compassion...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
As rational human beings, we desire to think consistently about the world, but consistent views aren’t necessarily accurate ones.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On May 20, 2021 2:44 PM
Mr. B responds to a tweet by the Richard Dawkins Foundation seeking to disqualify religious people from enshrining their beliefs in law.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 27, 2023 2:02 AM
Tim and Greg chat with Frank Beckwith, Frank Turek, Scott Klusendorf, Brett Kunkle, Natasha Crain, and Alan Shlemon about their involvement with Stand to Reason, what they’ve learned from this...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Roberta Green Ahmanson explains why our culture’s new understanding of human dignity “may well be the harbinger of a social transformation the likes of which we have not seen in the West for 1400...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 20, 2021 5:00 AM
Greg talks about five things to look for in a Christian college, then he answers questions about universalism, a “too high” view of Scripture, whether Jews and Christians worship the same God, your...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about if the Bible is literal, Why We’re Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be) with Kevin DeYoung and Ted Kluck, then takes call son if apologetics is outmoded in a...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
We human beings have an astonishing ability to deceive ourselves about the value of other human beings when that deception is convenient for us.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
In a society that treats human beings as if they have only instrumental value, the strong prevail and the weak are discarded. There’s a better way.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 11, 2021 9:58 PM
Is it the case that the unborn are simply a convenient group of people to advocate for and that’s why pro-lifers take on their cause?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
We are in the process of redefining what it is that has inherent worth in our culture from human beings just simply because they are humans that have worth, to states of existence having worth.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 21, 2020 7:57 PM
STR’s mission is to train Christians to make an even-handed, incisive, yet gracious defense for Christianity. By doing that, we hope our vision will become a reality for you.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Greg talks about a review of the Craig-Hitchens Debate, CrossExamined Instructor Academy with Frank Turek, then takes calls on who created the Creator, if an atheist can prove the non-existence of...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:43 PM
Brett Kunkle talks about applying a Christian worldview to sports, guest Dr. Frank Beckwith, then takes calls on values being imparted by coaches for good or ill, sports being at odds with...
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Web Content Article · By guest author On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Four key points of knowledge kids should know before they leave high school By Scott Klusendorf
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 20, 2024 4:33 PM
Questions about how a dad should talk to his children about attending their mom’s same-sex wedding, how a veterinarian should respond if someone who suffers from species confusion asks for medical...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 6, 2024 10:44 PM
At some point, you will likely be pressured by family or friends to attend a same-sex wedding, but here are two reasons why you should not attend, along with some practical advice on how to...
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