Differences Between Protestants and Catholics

Greg talks to callers about differences between Protestants and Catholics, whether Jesus ever told people to worship him, how to tell if an experience was spiritual, emotional, or demonic, whether or not Greg is a cessationist and why, and how to reach nominal Christians. Greg Koukl

How the Cross Reveals the Truth About Who God Is

#STRask: Why Didn’t God Start Humanity Over Right Away by Destroying Adam and Eve?

What Is Humility?

Did the Catholic Church Determine Which Books Are in the Bible?

#STRask: What Does Boasting in Our Weaknesses Look Like?

The Bible Doesn’t Have a Second-Level Spiritual Meaning

#STRask: How Could God Kill All the Firstborn Babies in the Tenth Plague?

Don’t Presume You Know God’s Intentions

What Should We Learn from the Immensity of the Heavens?

Do We Limit God with a Closed Canon?

#STRask: Does the Bible Say That Someday Everyone Will Worship God?

Nothing Is Wrong with the World if There Is No God

#STRask: Is Post-Mortem Salvation an Orthodox Doctrine?

Does the Bible Command Us to Kill Apostates?

Articles

What Should We Learn from the Immensity of the Heavens?

Many observe the size of the cosmos and conclude that because we’re merely a speck in the universe, humanity is inconsequential. But is that what we should learn from the immensity of the heavens?

Does the Bible Command Us to Kill Apostates?

Though Christians object to the command in Islam to kill apostates, some skeptics argue that the Bible requires the same punishment for those who leave the faith. Here’s why they’re mistaken.

How to Show Mormon Missionaries That the Bible Contradicts Their Gospel

Here’s a simple way you can help Mormon missionaries see that the Bible contradicts the Mormon gospel.

Is the Bible Pro-Slavery?

Many people think the Bible condones slavery, but everyplace Christianity takes a firm hold on culture, slavery is eventually eliminated. Here are three reasons why.

The Third Column

The future of thoughtful Christianity does not belong to best-selling authors or popular speakers. Rather, it will be determined by people like you—committed disciples in the local church with warm hearts and sharp minds demonstrating that Christianity is worth thinking about.

Two Passages That Argue for Original Guilt and Sin

Since it seems some Christians are starting to waver on original guilt and sin, here are two passages that support these doctrines.

The Age of Trivial Distractions

Neil Postman had some wise warnings about where our culture was headed, and we would do well to listen and adjust our own lives accordingly.

How I Respond to Pride Month

How should Christians respond to stores that celebrate and/or promote homosexuality and transgenderism during Pride Month? Alan shares his approach.

Love Doesn’t Trump God’s Moral Commands

A popular YouTuber says she supports Pride Month because of the commandment to “love your neighbor as yourself,” but here’s why anyone who rejects God’s moral commands in order to love has missed love altogether.

When Is a Couple Considered Married?

When is a couple considered married? After the ceremony? When they sign the license? After sex? Robby Lashua looks at what the Bible has to say about this question.

How to Be Sure You’re Saved

Jesus warned that the church would contain both wheat and tares. Which are you? Here’s how you can be confident you’re safe in Christ.

When to Teach Your Children About LGBT Ideology

Given our society’s aggressive promotion of LGBT ideology, when should parents teach their children about topics like homosexuality and transgenderism? Here are five principles that will help you find the right time and approach for your family.

Videos

Do We Limit God with a Closed Canon?

What Really Happened at Nicea?

Why We Should Expect the New Testament

Sexuality and Gender

Drag Is Not Holy

Podcasts

#STRask: Why Didn’t God Start Humanity Over Right Away by Destroying Adam and Eve?

Questions about why God didn’t start humanity over right away by destroying Adam and Eve instead of waiting for the flood, whether another fall will be possible in the new creation (and what that means for our free will), and why God didn’t make us “fall-proof” from the beginning.

What Is Humility?

Greg talks about the nature and importance of humility, then he answers questions about whether we can determine which writings are Scripture just by looking at those writings and whether the fact that the Catholic church chose the canon is evidence of their authority.

#STRask: What Does Boasting in Our Weaknesses Look Like?

Questions about what the Bible means by “boasting in our weaknesses” (2 Cor. 12:7–10), what it means to “sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts” (1 Pet. 3:13–15), and whether giving our lives to Christ means we can’t have other interests besides God.

The Bible Doesn’t Have a Second-Level Spiritual Meaning

Greg responds to the idea that the Bible has a second-level spiritual meaning you have to find, then he answers questions about “once saved, always saved,” apologetics in the evangelical church, and what it means to number our days if we’re already either elect or non-elect.

#STRask: How Could God Kill All the Firstborn Babies in the Tenth Plague?

Questions about how God could kill all the firstborn babies in the tenth plague, how to respond to someone who says God committed genocide when he destroyed the earth during the flood, and whether God still creates calamity today as it says in Isaiah 45:7.

Don’t Presume You Know God’s Intentions

Greg responds to the claims Christians are making about the failed assassination of Trump, then he talks to callers about moral vs. political issues, talking to LDS missionaries, having peace about lost loved ones, and loving LDS neighbors when you’re angry about harm caused by their religion.

#STRask: Does the Bible Say That Someday Everyone Will Worship God?

Questions about whether the Bible says that someday everyone in the world will worship God, the purpose of worshiping God, and whether it might be the case that God has created another universe where that creation also gives him glory.

Nothing Is Wrong with the World if There Is No God

Greg talks about why atheists can’t say something is wrong with the world, then he answers questions about children going to Heaven, a good Bible for New Agers, repeating numbers in the Bible, medication in the Bible, and whether the church is really the “bride of Christ.”

#STRask: Is Post-Mortem Salvation an Orthodox Doctrine?

Questions about whether post-mortem salvation is an orthodox doctrine, reconciling a verse about God removing our transgressions from us with verses about each of us having to give an account to God on judgment day, and how to recognize true conviction of sin by the Holy Spirit.

The Surprise of Death

Greg reflects on the surprise of death and the surprise of what many will experience on the other side, then he talks to callers about whether mental illnesses exist and whether dispensational and Reformed views teach the same gospel.

#STRask: Doesn’t Acts Argue That Not All Believers Receive the Holy Spirit?

Questions about why we should think the new believers in Acts 5:14 received the Holy Spirit when Acts seems to argue that not all believers necessarily receive the Spirit and whether “Holy Ghost” is a degrading term for the Holy Spirit.

Christians, Speak Clearly and Not in Christianese

Alan explains the importance of not speaking in Christianese when you're sharing your Christian convictions.

Solid Ground

Christian Living

The Third Column

The future of thoughtful Christianity does not belong to best-selling authors or popular speakers. Rather, it will be determined by people like you—committed disciples in the local church with warm hearts and sharp minds demonstrating that Christianity is worth thinking about.

Why the Blood?

Though many object to the idea of penal substitutionary atonement, here’s how we know Jesus’ blood cleanses from all sin, fully satisfies the divine demand for justice, and rescues us from the Father’s wrath to come.

“Society Says” Relativism

For some, ethics is nothing more than a social contract to ensure survival. Compliance is the highest good and breaking ranks the greatest evil, regardless of the issue. This may make sense on television, but it doesn’t work in the real world.

Naturalism: Bumping into Reality

Naturalism can’t make sense of the reality we encounter every day, so when talking to naturalists, keep an eye out for these three significant ways they will “bump” into reality.