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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Apr 9, 2020 3:21 PM
In Romans 5:3–5, Paul describes a chain of transformation consisting of four links that ultimately connect our tribulations to the deep love of God.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
Many believe our immediate physical healing was bought and paid for in the death of Christ and we need only receive it. But what does the Bible say?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 24, 2021 2:05 AM
whether abortion is better than Hell, and whether Hell is punishment or merely suffering
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 2, 2019 6:05 PM
It’s disorienting when a mentor walks away from Christianity; the result can be grief, confusion, doubt, and even fear that it could happen to us. Here’s how we can think more clearly about this...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 5, 2024 1:09 AM
Greg and Amy share key questions you can ask your friends who believe in a health and wealth gospel then remind us why it’s so important that we realize we cannot manipulate God.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Philosopher Alvin Plantinga made a few quotable points about atheism in an interview posted by the New York Times on Sunday.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
When the Bible talks about people being “destroyed” in Hell, is that referring to complete non-existence?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 7, 2019 10:13 PM
Greg talks about the problem of evil, explaining why the existence of evil is actually evidence for God, and that there’s no contradiction between the existence of God and the existence of evil.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 26, 2021 11:44 PM
How can we make sense of unanswered prayer? Here are some tools for both your mind and heart to help you work through your questions when your prayers seem to go unanswered.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Greg reflects on the Texas church shooting then answers questions about souls, engaging non-Christian relatives, and the destruction of the Canaanites.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 12, 2023 2:25 AM
Greg responds to a question he received about the legitimacy of churches requiring people to be baptized in order to receive communion, then he answers questions about whether God’s will affects...
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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 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 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 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 greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
Greg talks about same-sex marriage and freedom of conscience, public vs. private practice of religion, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Greg talks about how the explanation for evil is actually part of the Christian story; also discusses end times and spiritual warfare with callers.
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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 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 greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 5:53 PM
Since God is perfect and never does anything wrong, can He really understand our struggles in life?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
Greg talks about traffic problems for a few minutes then jumps into questions on arguments for the Christian God, the slavery laws in Leviticus, and why Satan will be punished.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 21, 2020 3:45 AM
Greg responds to a quote promoting Progressive Christianity, then he answers questions about basing morality on empathy, sexual temptation and the decision to marry, attending the wedding of a...
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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 23, 2021 4:12 AM
Jon Noyes fills in for Greg and talks about the counter-cultural, biblical understanding of God’s love.
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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 greg koukl On Jul 1, 2021 4:52 PM
Do apologetics matter to young people today, who base their convictions on feelings?
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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 greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
Greg answers questions about the value of Jesus’ sacrifice and the up and coming apologetic challenges we should prepare to respond to.
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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 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 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 greg koukl On Jul 25, 2020 6:14 PM
Questions about whether it’s wrong to pray for death, how to respond to a challenge to the personhood of the Holy Spirit, and whether demons are real and here on earth.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 23, 2021 8:52 PM
Questions about a winsome response to someone who defends abortion by arguing that an unwanted pregnancy could lead to the mother’s suicide and why the world considers offending someone to be the...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 16, 2023 8:57 PM
Greg explains the difference between being offspring of God in the sense of being made in his image and being children of God as heirs in Christ.
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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 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 greg koukl On Sep 2, 2022 2:35 AM
Greg gives a general principle and detailed examples to help a listener explain why, as a Christian, he is waiting until marriage to have sex.
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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 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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