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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 29, 2020 3:10 AM
Greg talks about the liability of verse references, then he answers questions about the New Apostolic Reformation, a blessing in Numbers, and critical theory.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Since Time is saying “Now’s the Time to End Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions,” it’s important we understand why our government has not taxed religious institutions in the past.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
Muslims reject the idea that Jesus died on the cross, but the Bible says the cross reveals the essence of God’s love. Here’s why Jesus’ propitiation for our sins makes all the difference.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
It isn’t the poor who Jesus commends on the Sermon on the Mount, but rather the poor in Spirit, not the poverty stricken, but the morally broken.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 2, 2019 9:20 PM
Some atheists who believe in objective moral values and duties argue that they’re simply brute facts of the universe, existing without explanation or foundation. Here’s how you can respond.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 16, 2022 3:07 AM
Greg talks about what to look for in a Christian school, then he answers a question about the nature of Jesus’ resurrection body.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Can a Christian find biblical support for the death penalty? Here’s a brief sketch of the relevant passages and considerations.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 26, 2024 2:44 PM
Questions about how God could be just if so many wrongs go unpunished, an objection to God punishing people in Hell, and whether God’s promise to meet all our needs according to his riches in...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
The message being given to your children by our culture has moved from the regretful necessity of abortion to the goodness of abortion. Are you prepared to teach them the truth?
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 19, 2020 1:52 AM
Do Christians say God “cares more about theology than behavior” as some people who object to Christianity claim? The truth is, Christianity says God cares more about behavior than most people think.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 24, 2020 12:38 AM
How will those who have been forgiven by God view Hell throughout eternity? Will they be saddened forever by its continued existence?
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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 Dec 23, 2023 6:16 PM
Greg talks about how to think about apparent contradictions in the Gospels, describes some relevant historical, religious, cultural, and geographical aspects of the birth narratives, and explains...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 10, 2024 9:42 PM
Greg and Amy respond to the accusation that choosing God isn’t really a matter of free will if we’re being threatened with Hell if we don’t choose him.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 24, 2022 2:00 AM
Greg reads a letter he received from a listener whose biblical views on homosexuality are being challenged by others in his church, then he addresses their objections and answers a question about...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 8, 2022 11:12 PM
Natasha Crain’s new book, Faithfully Different, was written to help believers understand and respond to the worldview divide between Christians and the culture—an important and needed task given...
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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 Jun 23, 2020 12:35 AM
Greg finds a prime example of confused morality on a popular TV talk show.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:55 PM
Is capital punishment compatible with Christianity? Greg outlines a biblical argument for capital punishment, makes a case for retributive punishment, and responds to objections.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 1, 2021 2:44 AM
Greg talks about his love for his Bible, a caller tells his story about becoming blind and reading the Bible as a blind Christian, and Greg answers questions about why Peter wanted to get out of...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 22, 2023 2:30 AM
Greg critiques the “He Gets Us” campaign, then he answers a question about whether it’s okay to join a church you have some theological disagreements with and interacts with a caller who says...
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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 Apr 5, 2023 2:23 AM
Greg talks about the speech Calvin Robinson gave on same-sex marriage at the Oxford Union, then he answers questions about responding to false teachings and William Lane Craig’s view of God’s...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 31, 2023 2:57 AM
Greg talks about five areas—salvation, abortion, gender, marriage, and sex—where Christians are drifting into falsehood because of pressure in the culture and not because of ambiguity in the text....
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
Why would God punish non-believers with an eternity in Hell for a finite amount of sin? People who raise this complaint fail to understand the nature of two things: the nature of the offender and...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
The Supreme Court decision yesterday won’t just affect marriage. Giving the government the power to redefine a pre-political institution changes the relationship of the government to all of our...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 20, 2024 4:07 AM
Greg answers questions about the “He Gets Us” campaign from earlier this year, whether a property in the tree of the knowledge of good and evil gave Adam and Eve knowledge, the historicity of Job,...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
It’s always interesting to see what topics were most popular over the year. Take a look at this year’s top ten list, and see if you missed any of these posts the first time around.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Does Christian involvement in politics do nothing for the Kingdom?
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Web Content Article · By robby lashua On Feb 29, 2024 10:41 PM
Two common mistakes Christians make about government can prevent them from being a societal force for good when it comes to voting.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 11, 2021 11:43 PM
Question about how to respond to the Kafka trap claim that denying you’re racist proves you’re a racist.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Aug 7, 2020 12:37 AM
Would we know good without evil? Could good exist without evil? Can God truly be good if he can’t choose evil? Amy responds to some questions from a reader.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
It’s not by accident that Christians who live in gratefulness and awe of Jesus’ suffering, humiliation, and death don’t seek revenge on those who mock them and their God.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Sep 13, 2021 10:07 PM
How will the people in Heaven view Hell? How can they enjoy the glories of God while others are suffering? Here’s an answer in two parts—a direct answer and a crucial context for that answer.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 21, 2024 2:27 AM
Greg talks to Natasha Crain about her insightful article on the “He Gets Us” campaign, examining the view of Jesus promoted by the campaign, the message of the foot washing Super Bowl commercial,...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Why would God create human beings if He knew that so many would reject Him and end up being punished for their sin in Hell?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 29, 2020 5:31 AM
Questions about whether it’s just for a sinner to be tormented for eternity and what the point of the resurrection is if we'll already be with God after we die.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 25, 2024 11:01 PM
Don’t wander endlessly in subjective feelings and fears. The cross is an objective historical event you can look to for solid proof of who God is and his unshakable relationship with you through...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Hell is an offensive idea to a lot of people. Eternal punishment seems harsh to both believers and unbelievers. It could even be a stumbling block.
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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 amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 3:12 AM
Are we grateful for God’s patience with us?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 15, 2022 12:15 AM
Questions about whether Hell is unjust because it doesn’t seek people’s rehabilitation and how to respond to someone who says we’re morally obligated as a society to have fewer children in order to...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 20, 2021 11:14 PM
Questions about why God doesn’t give grace to everyone, the fear that family members aren’t in the elect, and why God would condemn someone who doesn’t have access to the Bible or Jesus.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 18, 2023 1:53 AM
Greg talks about a situation where a police officer was forced to quit his job because he expressed the Christian view of marriage on Facebook, then he answers a question about whether parental...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Do you think that people who commit moral crimes ought to be punished?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 23, 2022 6:30 PM
If two women had abortions for the sake of convenience—one at one month and one at eight months—would both abortions be equally heinous?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
After a recent keynote address at an ACSI teacher’s convention, a young middle school teacher challenged me on something I had said.
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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On May 13, 2020 11:45 PM
We should hate and denounce the evil of racism, but we shouldn’t assume that every violent encounter between people of different races is motivated by racism.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 31, 2019 9:22 PM
There's a reason both the Old and the New Testaments promote capital punishment. That reason was applicable then and still applies today.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
In 4 min. or less, Greg answers questions about using the Bible to witness, getting people interested in apologetics, and one of the toughest questions about God to answer.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM
Greg talks about Proposition 8: rethinking marriage, marriage: no bride and groom allowed, then takes calls on how to talk to a Christian friend who’s dating a non-Christian, what the biblical...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 21, 2024 8:15 PM
In a society that’s hostile towards Christian morality, how should we go about teaching our children God’s commands so that they’ll desire to follow him rather than the culture surrounding and...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 26, 2024 11:13 PM
Greg Koukl and Jeff Myers challenge postmodern skepticism, arguing that our use of language and awareness of morality inherently affirm that truth is real and knowable.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 22, 2022 2:52 AM
What does it mean when God says he “creates evil” in Isaiah 45:7?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:43 PM
Greg talks about national identities matter, then takes calls on if there are biblical arguments for and against reparation to descendants of slaves, different standards guiding personal and...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM
Greg talks about evaluating arguments, STR’s Caribbean Cruise Conference with Alan Shlemon, then discusses the book “Christians are Hate-Filled Hypocrites and Other Lies You’ve Been Told” with...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 23, 2020 12:25 AM
How do you respond when someone challenges the notion that God can forgive a Hitler or a mass-murderer?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
The Supreme Court will hear arguments today on whether or not it’s constitutional to define marriage as a man and a woman. Here’s why they should let the states decide.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
In this part of the Story I answer the second of the two most important questions anyone could ever ask about the remarkable man from Nazareth: Why did He come? It is a question there is far too...
Media Type: Solid Ground Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Things like great steps of moral depravity are not really taken in great steps; they’re taken in little pieces.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:01 PM
Christians who have not thought deeply about evil and suffering are one crisis away from having their trust in God shattered. Here are some key ideas you need to know.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 19, 2021 9:33 PM
Questions about God wanting all to be saved, taking seriously a profession of faith from a child, whether it’s better to be in a church with good doctrine that lacks community or vice versa, and...
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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
The idea that human beings are basically good is making its way into the Church. Here’s why this belief is not only false but also an obstacle to the gospel of grace.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 25, 2020 6:06 AM
How can some people commit sensationalistic crimes? Greg suggests perhaps they are just championing their moral point of view.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 12, 2019 10:24 PM
Neil Shenvi explains how critical theory suppresses healthy arguments and why we should not let pressure from critical theorists prevent us from analyzing controversial topics.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 3, 2023 10:24 PM
Greg answers questions about what our free will in Heaven will be like if we can’t sin there, whether there’s a problem with adding a section against “isms” to a statement of faith, what to focus...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 16, 2021 10:49 PM
The secular world clearly controls the language game, so be alert for the linguistic baloney, and don’t be taken in by it. If it sounds silly, it probably is. Here’s one example.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Greg talks about preparing Christian kids to face challenges in public schools then takes questions on the Lord’s Supper, witnessing in an honor/shame culture, philosophy of ethics, and more.
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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 greg koukl On Sep 22, 2021 2:11 AM
Greg talks about the CRT materials the Salvation Army is promoting, then he answers a question about how to start a conversation about salvation with Catholic relatives.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 14, 2021 11:12 PM
Greg talks to philosopher William Lane Craig about his newest book, “Atonement and the Death of Christ: An Exegetical, Historical, and Philosophical Exploration.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Central to the Gospel is the notion of “goodness.” God is good; we’re not good. God’s goodness prompts Him to rescue us from our non-goodness, our sin. Seems clear enough.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Alan speaks about pro-life persuasion, the Trinity, the Qur’an, and Beauty and the Beast.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Speaking of dads on this Father’s Day, I want to talk about the Heavenly Father for a moment and transition here into a theological issue dealing with fathers and sons; this would be the Father...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
What’s the reason for placing such prime importance on Jesus? This question isn’t a pointless philosophical reflection. It’s the core concern of Christianity.
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