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Is a Mistranslation Responsible for Christian Opposition to Homosexuality?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 12, 2021 2:07 AM

Academy, then he chats with Alan about a new film that claims Christian opposition to homosexuality

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What Jesus Said about Homosexuality

Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Did Jesus say anything about homosexuality?

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Is Leviticus’ prohibition of homosexuality outdated and irrelevant?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:34 PM

’t follow Leviticus on all moral rules, we shouldn’t follow it when it comes to homosexual

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Should We Downplay the “Clobber Passages” on Homosexuality?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 16, 2019 9:49 PM

Alan talks about the six verses in Scripture that address homosexuality and how pro-gay

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The Claim about Homosexuality in the Film 1946 Is Irrelevant

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 16, 2021 8:26 PM

An upcoming film claims that Christian opposition to homosexuality is based on a

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Did Paul Know about Homosexuality?

Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

Is it the case that the behavior the Bible is really against is not the kind of loving relationships between same-sex partners we see today?

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Can Churches Discipline for the Sin of Homosexuality?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM

Church discipline isn’t a remnant of the first-century church. It’s a New Covenant principle that can and should be applied today.

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What Was Sodom’s Sin?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 7, 2020 6:23 PM

Greg responds to a video that claims homosexuality was not the sin of Sodom.

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If Pro-Gay Theology Advocates Could Change the Past, Would That Change the Future Like They Want?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 13, 2024 3:19 PM

back in time to 1946 and stop the RSV Bible translation team from using the word “homosexuals...He unpacks whether this would change the Bible’s teaching on marriage,...

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A Reformation the Church Doesn’t Need – Part 2

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM

, no church council, no denominational confession, no seminary—ever hinted that homosexual

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How the Claims about Jesus Differ from Claims about Peter Pan

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 18, 2022 3:04 PM

answers a question about whether one should be happy that a child has entered into a homosexual

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Explaining Romans 1

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 12, 2020 11:35 PM

Alan shares the most straightforward passage in the Bible about homosexuality and

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Why Would a Good God Create a World That Has So Much Evil in It?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 15, 2023 1:47 AM

the divine word of God, whether it’s okay to date a Christian who doesn’t think homosexuality

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Bad Reasons to Adopt Pro-Gay Theology

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

If homosexuals are bullied, we need to protect them.

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Dr. Steve Meyer: Nova’s “Judgment Day”

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Greg talks about are you “Anti-Homosexual,” Nova’s “Judgement Day” with Dr.

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Brett Kunkle and Sean McDowell Mission Trip to Berkeley

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Greg talks about if Jesus condemned homosexuality, Brett Kunkle and Sean McDowell

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#STRask: How Can I Reveal and Defend My Belief in the Trinity and Leave My Oneness Church?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 18, 2022 1:48 AM

her Oneness church and whether church memberships that exclude people living a homosexual

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Preparing Students for Challenges to their Faith

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

then takes calls on what the biblical standard is for remarriage after divorce, homosexuals

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Is Jesus Dependent on the Father?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 30, 2023 4:26 PM

on the Father, whether he should be quoting someone who has a mistaken view on homosexuality

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What Was the Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2019 10:08 PM

become popular to claim that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was something other than homosexuality

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Can Someone Who Embraces a Sinful Lifestyle Be a Christian?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

Greg talks about an upcoming dialogue on the Bible and homosexuality then takes calls

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Moses Heard an Audible Voice, and You Probably Won’t

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 14, 2020 3:12 AM

then he answers questions about worship, interacting with a daughter about her homosexuality

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Some Disturbing Theological Trends in Christendom

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Greg talks with Alan Shlemon about some of the troubling theological issues that came up at a recent conference of evangelicals.

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A Reformation the Church Doesn’t Need – Part 1

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

A New Reformation is a reformation we do not need. These people are organized, serious, and single-minded—and you need to be ready for them, because and they are coming to your church.

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What Was the Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

Why did God destroy Sodom and Gomorrah?

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Dawkins and the Lure of Pro-Gay Theology

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Richard Dawkins once wrote, “Although atheism might have been logically tenable before Darwin, Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist.”

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It All Comes Back to God

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

Recognizing that our beliefs and values all come back to God reminds us that He is our foundation. It all starts with the first verse, “In the beginning, God...” and all things follow from there.

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The Most Politically Incorrect Bible Passage

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 31, 2019 5:35 PM

Paul’s first epistle to the church in Corinth has many challenging admonitions. First Corinthians 6:9–11, however, seems to top them all, especially in light of our country’s ethos.

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Who Are You to Judge?

Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

Homosexuality. Same-sex marriage.

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More on Respecting the Original Meaning of a Text

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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#STRask: July 18, 2016

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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Speaking at Saddleback

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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Faithfulness Is Not Theologically Complicated

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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I Take the Bible In Its Ordinary Sense

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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Is It Unloving to Tell People They Are Sinners?

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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The Church Is for Anyone, Not Everyone

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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What Gives You the Right?

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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Why We Follow Some Old Testament Laws but Not Others

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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Does Loving Our Neighbor Entail Facilitating Abortions?

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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The Unseen World

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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A Response to Speculations about Jesus’ “Missing Years”

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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Do You Take the Bible Literally?

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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Two More Responses to Matthew Vines’s Case

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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Jesus Didn’t Go to India

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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The Bible: Reading the “Ordinary” Way

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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Where Your Feet Hit the Ground

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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How Does the Old Testament Law Apply to Christians Today?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

As New Testament Christians in the New Covenant, which commands or moral principles are obligatory and would apply regardless of the covenants because they are universal morals that transcend the...

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The Unrighteous Will Not Inherit the Kingdom, but Will I?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM

If I’m a sinner, does that mean I will not inherit the Kingdom of God?

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Love Needs an Education

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM

Greg offers thoughts on what true, biblical love is versus the kind of love that simply makes people feel good.

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The Hardest Question to Answer

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

The most difficult question to answer isn’t what you might expect.