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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 alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Apologetics helps believers remove obstacles from the non-believer’s path to Christ, but it’s not an end in itself. It’s a means to an end.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
I recently posted a video answering a challenge: When did you choose your heterosexuality? Someone asked a follow-up question, and I thought I’d share my response.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
It would often be easier to compromise, but we’re called to do church God’s way, even if it’s the more messy, difficult, and uncomfortable way.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Western civilization is shuddering under a tidal wave of activism in favor of same-sex marriage. Here is a careful response to their most compelling arguments.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Homosexuality. Same-sex marriage.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
The passage of C-250 in the Canadian Parliament this spring pushed hate crime legislation to new extremes. Can one be against hate crimes, yet still oppose hate crime laws? Here are three good...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 8, 2023 10:25 PM
Pro-gay theology advocates claim Christians are making the same kind of grievous interpretive error past Christians made with antisemitism and slavery, but when you look closer at the details, it...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Gay activists prepared to protest FIRE Church in Concord, North Carolina.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Alliance Defending Freedom summarizes their concern with this bill by stating that it is “content-based speech regulation and impermissibly burdens free exercise of religion.”
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
The terms “conversion therapy” and “reparative therapy” are used as general terms to refer to all attempts to change one’s sexual orientation. This is incorrect.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Alan interviews Christopher Yuan about his new book, Holy Sexuality and the Gospel: Sex, Desire, and Relationships Shaped by God’s Grand Story.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 8, 2024 11:29 PM
A progressive Christian claims that advocating for pro-gay and pro-trans theology is countercultural and courageous, but is it?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
Tom Gilson talks about how to have critical conversations about difficult topics with teens.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
For someone with all the answers, Jesus didn’t always respond directly to challenging questions. Sometimes He answered a question with another question. Sometimes He answered a different question.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 21, 2020 3:34 AM
Greg revisits his discussion from last week about respecting the original meaning of a text, then he answers questions about discerning between different views and adjusting how you communicate...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 30, 2022 10:16 PM
Greg answers questions about staying in a hotel that’s had paranormal activity, talking to one’s children about LGBTQ views before they encounter them, and using consciousness as indirect evidence...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 26, 2020 5:24 PM
Alan helps Christians know which common phrases to avoid when talking to a friend or family member who identifies as gay.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 9, 2021 12:14 AM
As ambassadors for Christ, we should understand a view we disagree with before we try to formulate a response to it. Here are three reasons why.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Since incest is a turning inward towards those in our family who are like us, rather than an outward turning towards a different family, it’s contrary to the purpose of our sexuality.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
If marriage is a particular thing, then everyone has a right to take part in that institution as it stands, regardless of their personal characteristics, but they don’t have a right to change that...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 27, 2021 7:27 AM
Greg responds to an article that says Jesus would have marched in a pride parade, then he answers a question about Christians disagreeing on whether the COVID vaccine is a hill to die on.
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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 greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Greg Koukl interviews guest Denny Burk on his book “What Is the Meaning of Sex?”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Alan Shlemon is on the timer and answers questions on transgender brain mapping, the connection of brain and mind, and how to talk to a gay friend.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Questions about what the atonement has to do with Heaven, using incremental legislation against abortion, and the Brunei stoning law.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
Greg talks about no rational reason for marriage, then takes calls on how to make a good decision, the idea of vocation makes all Christians ambassadors, Easter being a pagan holiday, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Greg answers questions about whether the universe needed a cause, Jesus’ response to the woman caught in adultery, and adoption for same-sex couples.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
Even if you set aside the biblical texts that prohibit same-sex relations, you can still make a solid case against pro-gay theology by simply looking at Scripture’s teaching on marriage.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Whether you’re gay or straight, Jesus doesn’t guarantee you a life free from sexual temptation, but He will empower you to deny yourself and follow Him.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about the case against Newsweek’s “Case for Gay Marriage,” then takes calls on the apparent contradiction in Calvinism, if a Christian can be an evolutionist, if there are emergent...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Greg Koukl interviews Sam Allberry, author of Is God Anti-Gay? on the question, how can the church support Christians with same-sex attraction who want to follow Christ?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Greg is on a timer and answers questions about doing the Lord’s work, the Orlando shooting, and major doctrines that Greg has changed his mind on over the years.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Can sexual orientation change?
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 20, 2021 1:34 AM
School is out, but don’t stop learning this summer! Here are three organizations that are ready to equip you to charge through the challenges this world will throw at you.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 27, 2022 3:13 AM
Greg discusses the fact that even though our culture glorifies LGBTQ lifestyles, the statistics show these lifestyles are actually harmful to people, then he answers a question about the timeline...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Greg answers questions about the genetic fallacy, proving objective morality, the 70th anniversary of Israel, the inscription on the Liberty Bell, and tips for retaining apologetic information.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Greg talks about speaking at Saddleback, then takes calls on how it is fair for us to be punished for Adam’s sin, if prevenient grace is inconsistent with Calvinism, if the Big Bang is consistent...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
Greg talks about same-sex marriage starts tomorrow, then takes calls on if Jesus was not God, why we don’t practice the Old Testament laws, explaining the origin of God, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 15, 2023 10:52 PM
Questions about whether miscarriage is manslaughter, the implications of removing explicit pro-transgender books from the children’s section of a library, and responding to an evolutionist who...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
The Supreme Court will soon be ruling on whether or not the Constitution allows for defining marriage as one man and one woman. Much is at stake, and you can’t know what is fair and just...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 2, 2019 10:10 PM
Many in Christendom today, like Pilate, are more concerned with satisfying the crowd than being faithful to Jesus. Culture may be confused on salvation, abortion, gender, marriage, and sex. Don’t...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 27, 2020 11:33 PM
When you encounter these three common challenges, having a few good questions at the ready can help you navigate an otherwise difficult interaction graciously, safely, and effectively.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about if Rick Warren is a bigot, if Christians really believe what they say, then takes calls on if biblical morality is utilitarian, how to instigate debate and discussion, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
The real question we face is not whether or not to take the Mosaic Law literally, but whether we are now under that same legal code.
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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 catering a same-sex wedding, visits from dead relatives, and preparing for attacks on students’ faith.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 23, 2022 4:59 PM
Questions about whether we should patronize businesses that collide with our moral beliefs, promote the LGBTQ lifestyle, or pay for employees to travel to other states for abortions and why God...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Is it unloving to tell people they are sinners. While thinking about this question, an analogy immediately came to mind that I think brilliantly articulates why telling people they are sinners...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Nick Roen, who has same-sex attractions, suggests “An Alternative Script for Same-Sex Attraction” for the church to offer Christians.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
Answering questions about Allah being a generic term for God, leaving a church, defining evil, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 2, 2023 2:04 AM
Greg talks about Calvary Church Albuquerque’s “cultural axioms” and encourages churches to likewise be “more concerned with reaching the lost than pacifying the critics,” then he answers questions...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:22 PM
A solid argument can be built just like a solid house: walls first, then the roof. Here’s a building plan, plus three ways arguments collapse.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:44 PM
Greg talks about what gives you the right, then takes calls on what Reformation theology is, gyn performing abortions, what to do when a heart grows cold, and more.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Over the last decade as a Stand to Reason speaker, I’ve been yelled at, cursed at, and even threatened. How do I keep my cool? Here’s my secret: I let God take the heat.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 9, 2023 11:40 PM
When the subject of a person’s sexual sin comes up in conversation, is there a way to share the gospel without sounding bigoted or judgmental?
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Talking about Jesus and Christianity isn’t always about reasoning because people don’t always have rational reasons for the things they believe.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 30, 2023 8:57 PM
Critics accuse Christians of conveniently picking and choosing from Old Testament laws, and even Christians can be confused about why we follow some Mosaic laws but not others. Here’s an explanation.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
If you’re placed in a situation where you suspect your convictions will be labeled intolerant, bigoted, narrow-minded, and judgmental, turn the tables.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
In this special episode with a live audience, Greg still has 4 min. to answer questions about different religions worshipping God and “born this way.”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
If marriage is meant to be a parable of Christ and the church, then does that mean single, celibate people are wasting their sexuality by not using it to glorify God in this way?
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Sunday school teachers, youth workers, small group leaders, pastors, and other church leaders are always on the lookout for good resources to help equip their people.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 28, 2022 1:43 AM
Greg discusses harmonizing our observations of nature with Scripture, talks about a billboard that uses a Bible verse to advertise getting an abortion in California, then answers questions about...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
It’s common of late to justify one’s “sexual orientation” by an appeal to nature.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 5, 2020 4:11 PM
A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has just struck down California’s Prop 8—an amendment to the Constitution that defines marriage as one man and one woman.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 10, 2022 9:39 PM
It looks like World Vision intended to choose the path that would cause the least distraction from their mission, and they deceived themselves into thinking a neutral position on this was possible.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Greg talks about the unseen world, the two authors of Isaiah, communication with a generation who doesn’t use logic, God not calling people, and the long lives of people in the Old Testament.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Greg talks about the claim that Jesus spent his youth in India then takes questions on the day Jesus was crucified, God’s sovereignty vs. free will, responding to the charge of...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
I never like the question, “Do you take the Bible literally?”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Careful thinking is an indispensable tool for all who are interested in knowing the way the world really is, for those who really do love truth. Thankfully, the tools of thinking are simple ones...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Greg goes over the argument made in Romans 1 in light of last week’s discussion between Sean McDowell and Matthew Vines then answers questions about the new earth and whether a ceremony is...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
Greg chats with Frank Turek about the upcoming Advanced CrossExamined Instructor Academy then gives an update on Melinda, talks about the claim that Jesus went to India, and answers a question...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 13, 2024 10:00 PM
Christians are not only called to love people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender, but we—more than anyone else in our culture—can give a justification for loving them even...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
The question “Do you take the Bible literally?” comes up with some frequency, and it deserves a response. But it’s an ambiguous question, making it awkward to answer. Here’s how to understand...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
When Christopher Yuan became a Christian, he had every reason to accept pro-gay theology; but when he studied it, here’s what he found.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Greg talks about the length of creation and reconciling God’s sovereignty and man’s freedom.
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