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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 jonathan noyes On Jul 6, 2022 11:32 PM
Jon Noyes discusses the roles that identity, authority, and ever-changing morality play in today’s secular world.
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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 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 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 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 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 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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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
If you do not yet believe Jesus died for your sins, or you do not trust the Bible enough to submit to it as the Word of God, then you might not ever get anywhere trying to answer the question of...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
The Book of Mormon says God may institute polygamy in order to raise up more children, but does polygamy really accomplish this?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
On the heels of the Reason Rally, where Dawkins exhorted the crowd to “Mock them! Ridicule them! In public,” Tom Gilson wrote a post about the New Atheists’ practice of trivializing...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
In an interview in The Guardian, a man who is detransitioning after living 20 years as a woman explains why he regrets transitioning as a 19-year-old.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Greg talks about the importance of parents, how to deal with disappointment, if Biblical Unitarianism is biblical, and more.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 9, 2022 12:32 AM
When an entire culture is given over to the idea that morality is relative, the only way to promote one’s preference is by power plays.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
A parable printed in the official LDS (Mormon) teaching manual illustrates well the difference between our view of the atonement and the LDS view.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about biblical joy and Bible inspiration.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 17, 2020 9:30 PM
The totalitarian world Greg experienced as a young Christian while visiting fellow believers behind the Iron Curtain demonstrates an insight often quoted but frequently ignored: Ideas have...
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Oct 24, 2022 8:13 PM
Robby Lashua provides three criteria for evaluating worldviews in this class from his latest Stand to Reason University course.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 23, 2022 12:53 AM
The Christian claim is that every believer who is transformed by the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit experiences a change of identity and lifestyle, including LGBT people.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
This isn’t the first time a proponent of same-sex marriage has been open about her ultimate goal of destroying marriage, but it’s certainly one of the most straightforward.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Most people who promote transgenderism are interested in doing the loving thing. They’re just wrong about what the loving thing to do is.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
If atheists want to make their selling point the fact that they have “traditionally embraced” a “commitment to the naked truth,” whatever it is, however disturbing, then let them live out this...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 23, 2023 12:01 AM
Andrew Sullivan recognizes the destructive danger queer theory poses to societal norms, but it was the same-sex marriage movement that destroyed the basis for sexual norms in the first place,...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Greg and guest Bobby Conway discuss The Fifth Gospel, then Greg talks about the blessing in 1 Peter 3:8-9, why God created Satan when he knew it would introduce sin, what happens to the young who...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Greg discusses top-down vs. bottom-up arguments, divine healing, and God’s foreknowledge.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 10:18 PM
I came across a lecture by Peter J. Williams that I found to be an excellent complement to this month’s Solid Ground (if you haven’t yet read Greg’s “The Canaanites: Genocide or Judgment?” you...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
I think discrimination is great. I think we should discriminate based on age, sex, disability, and sexual orientation. And I bet most Americans agree with me.
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Web Content Article · By 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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Greg and guest Frank Turek discuss the Cross Examined Instructor’s Academy, then Greg answers questions on if the age of accountability is consistent with election, the professor’s ploy, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Greg talks about if Christians should try and influence the culture, facts about Jesus’ death and resurrection, if objective morality has to be independent of God, and more.
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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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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about unbiblical counsel, Zeitgeist, and how God interacts with us.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 11, 2021 7:42 PM
Greg and Amy explain why prayer is not just a means to an end and discuss God’s actual purpose for prayer in believers’ lives.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Mormons believe God is an exalted man who became a god, but there are both biblical and philosophical problems with this understanding.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 12, 2020 3:49 PM
Is the question of whether or not homosexuality is sinful something Christians should divide over, or can we agree to disagree?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
We’re called to love our LGBT neighbors—not a mere toleration of the person, but genuine, heartfelt love. But what does genuine love look like?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Aug 3, 2020 11:29 PM
I often hear this question loaded with two scenarios...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Understanding the teleological argument and the is-ought fallacy helps us to answer an important question about what the Bible says regarding homosexuality.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about neo-Darwinism and free will, getting baptized, why God created man, and how to apply Scripture personally.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Greg answers questions in 4 minutes or less on lying, social justice, common descent, and reformed theology.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 3, 2020 4:11 AM
Even though Latter-day Saint theology is radically different from Christianity, Mormons talk of Jesus with great respect, saying He is their savior. Is it possible some of them are saved?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 31, 2023 6:55 PM
Given the numerous concerns, using preferred pronouns is anything but simple. It’s not that Christians are “transphobic” or unwilling to be courteous. There are principled reasons that justify not...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 23, 2021 10:41 PM
At times, the tsunami of change we’re facing seems overwhelming for its force, dizzying for its speed, and chilling for its darkness. It’s easy to begin feeling helpless, but that is not our path....
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Web Content Article · By guest author On May 23, 2024 5:46 PM
In this excerpt from our Reality Student Apologetics Conference, Alisa Childers challenges us to ask whether we agree with Jesus or instead choose to make ourselves our own authority.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Brett has 4 min. to answer questions about fearing God, Yahweh, and other religions.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about prayer, sexual ethics, and Jesus’ power.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Brett’s on a timer and answers questions about free will, Psalms, and Satan.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Not long ago I read a stunning (and scathing) response in a blog post by a Christian woman who was furious with those taking exception with the “Christian” convictions of a well-known Mormon...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Greg talks about whether it was immoral for God to create man, the outward signs of a person’s salvation, where unbelievers go before judgment, the inspiration of Paul’s lost letters, and knowing...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about Revelation, ghosts, and animal sacrifices.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Oprah Winfrey is the “pastor” of the largest church in the country. “The Church of O,” Christianity Today noted, has a congregation of 22 million vigorous, faithful, evangelistic members,...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about Christians sinning, Christians called bigots, and new books in the biblical canon.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg talks about end of life issues, referring to God as she, and science and a Designer.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Muslim Followers of Christ?—A Look Inside the “Insider Movement”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 29, 2021 12:46 AM
People are attracted to critical race theory out of a desire to fight racism, but the central elements of CRT turn the noble ideas of the civil rights movement of the ’60s upside down.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Greg answers questions on why Jesus didn’t raise himself from the dead, what can be used instead of Jer. 29:11 for encouragement, what the difference is between Jews, Israelites, and Israel, if a...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Greg talks about how to know if one truly believes, if Christians can easily remain friends with Non-Christians, what the top 3 or 4 apologetics challenges these days are for American...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Greg discusses how to apply Matt 5:10-12, if Agabus was a false prophet, what it means to “pray on it”, and what the best Bible translation is.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Greg talks with Rosaria Butterfield about her conversion, sexual identity, and the Christian’s union with Christ.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Greg talks about his mother, what the definition of faith is, and if a Christian should attend their family member’s same-sex wedding.
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