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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...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Other Worldviews
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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.
Media Type: Video Topic: Other Worldviews
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
When our culture hears the word “holiness,” it imagines dour-looking people sitting primly in dark rooms. But God has always been a God of joy, and He intends for us to be joyful in Him.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 9, 2021 3:56 AM
Do not be surprised when your weakness increases. And don’t be tempted to conclude God has left you when you experience it. Weakness is the way for the Christian.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Sep 13, 2021 10:28 PM
As we meditate on the truth we find in Revelation 5:9, we can’t help but worship Jesus. We also need to consider its implications for us as apologists.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Years ago Amy was given a piece of advice that has proved to be more valuable in her life than anything else. Here’s that advice.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Do you feel unmotivated or hopeless when it comes to prayer? Do you feel spiritually dead? God is the God who gives life where it doesn’t now exist.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Here’s a plan for a year’s worth of reading in theology, Bible, and apologetics.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Mark Galli has a good editorial in the current Christianity Today issue. I disagree with a couple of points. But I appreciate his primary message—reminding Christians that we’re to love and care...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 6, 2020 11:26 PM
Whether you’re resisting prayer or are merely unable to motivate yourself to plead with God when you’ve faced so many disappointments, here is some help.
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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 tim barnett On Jun 25, 2019 11:09 PM
What should we do when doubts come? Tim encourages Christians not to feel shame about having doubts then shares examples of how doubt can ultimately point us back to God.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
I want to talk about something that has been on my mind for a while. I have been thinking about virtues, particularly virtues that should be characteristics of Christians and leaders.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Strong feelings of compassion and empathy coupled with a desire to help people and make them happy can sometimes obscure the path of true compassion.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Have you ever felt “the big chill”...
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Hey, did you hear anything about that recent Noah movie?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Being faithful to the Word of God is not easy. It involves pain. Sometimes fear, loneliness, helplessness. We may think of Martin Luther as a hero now, but he had the same fears you and I have.
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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 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...
Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
The aspects of God’s character we learn about now as a result of living in a fallen world will make our time with Him in eternity even more glorious.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Christianity changed the West’s understanding of power. Our culture is saturated with its ideas today, so it’s easy to forget how radical this was.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
She glared at me for the entire two hours. I didn’t know her and I didn’t know her story, but I knew this high schooler wasn’t happy. Apparently her mother had dragged her to my apologetics seminar...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Sometimes when a person discovers I teach apologetics, they say, “You can’t argue someone into the Kingdom.”
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
Everyone has doubts. So the question isn’t really, “Can Christians have doubts?” but rather, “What should we do when doubts come?”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for June 2010 Is apologetics a biblical concept? This is a fair question. Christians want to know if apologetics is sanctioned by God. It turns out that God cares a lot about...
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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 Feb 1, 2021 6:17 PM
Our success is not determined by numbers or even impact. Here’s what you need to remember about the proper measure of success in order to avoid discouragement.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Part of Utah’s law against bigamy was recently struck down by a U.S. District Judge, allowing for polygamy in practice and leaving no principled reason for not recognizing it legally, but here’s...
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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 amy k. hall On Mar 15, 2021 10:10 PM
If you are speaking the truth about God to those who have rejected him, pain and confusion are likely ahead of you. Here’s what you can learn from Jeremiah about persevering.
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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.
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Even with the advantages I personally have immersed in Kingdom work with STR, passing the baton is a challenge that takes conscious effort, intentional planning, and lots of prayer.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Nov 25, 2019 1:42 AM
The sad truth is that pornography ruins sex, making it more difficult for spouses to connect sexually. Here’s why that happens and some steps you can take to begin to reverse this.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 19, 2021 3:48 AM
It’s hard to imagine anything so unsettling as learning that a spiritual hero has been living a secret life of egregious sin. Stunned, shocked, and shaken, you might not know how to process news...
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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 greg koukl On Nov 21, 2023 6:07 PM
Greg and Amy respond to the idea of saying God is “faithful” when he gives us what we prayed for, offering some alternative ways we can respond to answered prayer that don’t convey the idea that...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jan 15, 2024 10:06 PM
To better understand the distinction between reformation and deconstruction, consider these stories about two different paintings. Both paintings are of Jesus, and both are now famous—but for...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Followers of Jesus Christ face two extremes in the discussion of Christianity and citizenship.
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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 greg koukl On Apr 1, 2021 7:43 PM
As Christians, we know we’re called to share the gospel. But are we held accountable for sharing the gospel with every person we come into contact with? Greg and Amy respond, explaining relevant...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 22, 2021 9:38 PM
Greg Koukl answers a listener’s question, “Is it my responsibility to educate myself on gay rights history as a family member has told me?”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
How to answer the critic who claims Jesus was reincarnated.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
When, gay or straight, you’re prepared to give up what Jesus asks you to give up, whatever it turns out to be, then you’re ready to go to the Bible and find what He wills there.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
What is apologetics, and why is it important? Here are four broad responses to the objection that Christians don’t need to know apologetics.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 29, 2021 11:46 PM
We need to have a correct understanding of the purpose of speaking the truth if we are to rightly judge whether or not our efforts are succeeding and thereby persevere.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
I mentioned a little while ago that I was challenged by a thought made by a professor of mine, and the thought had to do with the notion of pockets of agnosticism in our lives.
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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 amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Spending time with God won’t make up for intellectual doubts, but neither will answering intellectual doubts make up for a lack of time with God.
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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 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....
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Other Worldviews
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
This piece is told in the first person from the viewpoint of my close friend, Martin Caveza, who lost his older brother to AIDS.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Today’s a special day for me. It was 35 years ago today—September 28, 1973—in an apartment on Granville Street near Stoner Park in West Los Angeles that, sitting at the table with my younger...
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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 amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Relationships that are against God’s revealed will can be a huge temptation. Make sure you understand what’s at stake.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 5:44 PM
It’s easy to characterize religion as a blood-thirsty enterprise, a perpetrator of witch hunts, crusades, and religious jihad. But has Christianity been the cause of such evil, or does the truth...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Christian Living
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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...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Other Worldviews
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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...
Media Type: Podcast Podcast Feed: #STRask Topic: Philosophy
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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,...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Other Worldviews
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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 greg koukl On Jan 7, 2020 10:34 PM
The evil one steals the gospel seeds we sow when the message is not understood. This is why we often need to do some spadework to prepare the ground before there can be a harvest—why we need...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Christian Living
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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 27, 2019 8:44 PM
As we face serious challenges on two broad fronts—trouble in the world and trouble in the church—we’re called to “contend earnestly for the faith once for all handed down to the saints,” but...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Christian Living
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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.
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Other Worldviews
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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 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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