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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Objections to deathbed conversions offer excellent opportunities for you to explain the Christian view of God and the Gospel.
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
Yes, the fine-tuning of the universe for life is highly unlikely, but unlikely things happen all the time, right? Here’s why this objection to the fine-tuning argument doesn’t work.
Media Type: Article Topic: Science
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
The lessons learned from both parents are valuable and unique to the strengths of each sex, and children are in desperate need of both.
Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
How do we know whether a particular thing is true or not, especially when it comes to religious issues? Greg discusses several ways we can know the truth...and ways we can deal with those who...
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 3:01 AM
It’s difficult to love real people in real churches when you’re trying to attain an ideal that does not exist.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Learn to spot the non-sequiturs atheists sometimes use to argue against Christianity.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
People will go to hell not because they merely had a theological point wrong, but because they had a real disease (sin) and never got the only effective cure.
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
I had a frustrating experience the other day you’ve probably had. A family member thanked me for being nice to her lesbian friend.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM
Is it possible to find truth in statement and propositions, or is Truth only in a Person?
Media Type: Article Topic: 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?
Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
The presence of evil in the world is considered by some to be solid evidence against the existence of God. I think it proves just the opposite.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Do you have good reasons to believe what you believe, or do you you believe merely because of tradition? Take some time to think carefully about what is true.
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
Is happiness or virtue the greater good to see and cultivate in our lives?
Media Type: Article Topic: Philosophy
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
Why is sexual sin often justified by Christians today? Because Christians have false beliefs shaped by society’s values rather than the Bible’s.
Media Type: Article Topic: Sexuality and Gender
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
The “eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison” will interrupt and put an end to all our suffering. Let’s not give up now.
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Apr 19, 2023 9:32 PM
Many are offended by the idea that Jesus is the only way to God, and there are four common objections you’ll hear in response to this claim. Here’s why those objections miss the mark.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
More disturbing than the fact that a new definition of marriage is now the law of the land is the way in which this transformation was accomplished.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
A few years ago, I read a Christianity Today article titled “Go Overboard Celebrating Christmas.”
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
The arguments against slavery were the same as the arguments now against abortion: All human beings are intrinsically valuable and have equal natural rights, regardless of their characteristics.
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
Some atheists claim God commanded child sacrifice in the Old Testament Law, but a look at the biblical passages that address this topic shows why they’re wrong.
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
As followers of Christ, we know we have nothing to fear from the truth, and we’re willing to work to find it. We care about the truth because we care about God.
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Kevin DeYoung reminds us that “all paths lead to God, but only one path will present you before God without fault and with great joy.”
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 31, 2019 4:06 PM
No matter who is making a claim about Islam, what they say must conform to these three authoritative sources in order for their claim to accurately represent Islam.
Media Type: Article Topic: Other Worldviews
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Dec 2, 2019 6:05 AM
An incident recorded in Daniel gives insight into some aspects of prayer and spiritual warfare.
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 9, 2022 2:28 AM
As a follow-up to posts advocating reading through the Bible over and over, here are some tools you can use to help you do that.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
A man shouted at me during my presentation: “I vehemently disagree with you!” It was the first time in my six years of teaching on controversial topics like abortion, homosexuality, and Islam...
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Nov 30, 2021 2:06 AM
If you’ve never adopted a child, does this disqualify you from speaking out against abortion? Although this is a common challenge raised by abortion-choice advocates, here are five problems...
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for October 2007 I strive to make complex ideas accessible to anyone. That’s one of my goals when I speak.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
The humanity of the unborn is a fact from the point of conception. It is fully human. There is no gradation in that regard. There are merely gradations of development.
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Unpleasant, hostile, conniving, catty, arrogant, complainer, gossip—Christians with traits like these bring discredit not just on themselves, but also the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
Harvard researchers were able to cram 700 terabytes of data onto one gram of DNA. Here are two truths we can conclude from this—truths that point to a designer.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On May 26, 2022 12:09 AM
There are two misunderstandings about justice that have led to confusion in the Christian community. Here’s what many Christians are missing.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
We are at war. It’s not a war of bombs and bayonets. It’s not a war against flesh and blood. In fact, it’s not a physical war at all. It’s a spiritual war, and here’s how we fight.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Until recently, the Bible contained the only evidence for the return of the Jews under a decree given by Cyrus. But in 1879, an archeologist excavating a Babylonian temple discovered a clay...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
What was Jesus really intending to communicate when He said, “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them”?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
Greg discusses consideration, gender identity, and bathrooms, then proceeds to answer calls about if the people with demons Jesus cast out were really mentally ill, and how to evaluate...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
If a Muslim or a Mormon asked you why it matters if God is a Trinity, would you know how to answer him? Here are some reasons for you to consider.
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 2, 2021 7:07 PM
What does it mean to say the Bible is “self-attesting”? John Piper explains.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
A reaction of “Tell us what you really think, Dr. Dawkins” in response to his famous quote about the character of God turns out to not be as rhetorical as one might think.
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 1, 2019 7:28 PM
I'd like to talk to you about some things I've been reflecting on recently regarding my own feelings about Christmas.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Dec 12, 2019 10:30 PM
When criticism comes—and it will come—remember this three-step strategy for dealing with it.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Tim Barnett wrote this month’s Solid Ground to help you prepare for conversations with Jehovah’s Witnesses. He says the best thing you can do is to focus on the most important question.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
The solution for shame in today’s culture is to celebrate sin in an attempt to take away its sting. But there’s no real solution for sin apart from God’s grace.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that they alone are God’s chosen witnesses to the world. As justification for their self-designation, they cite Isaiah 43:10.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM
We take the ideas of our society for granted, and we assume they’ll always be there. But the most beautiful ideas of our culture are grounded in Jesus.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
If we have been fully convinced, beyond mere feeling, of the truth of Jesus and His work, we’ll withstand the temptation to abandon Him when suffering finds us in this life.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 10, 2022 9:04 PM
Goodness, truth, and beauty follow Christ wherever He goes because that is who He is. Here’s one example.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Mystery is talked about a lot in the Church these days, but it’s not usually defined. Mystery isn’t divorced from knowledge; rather, it’s a result of a deep knowledge of God.
Media Type: Article Topic: Theology
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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 Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
We should never expect a fair shake, nor whine when it is not given. We are not to play the victim. That is disloyalty to Christ.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM
For those who think Emperor Constantine invented the deity of Christ, here are thirty-six quotations from nine different church fathers that predate the Council of Nicea.
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Web Content Article · By keith plummer On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
Many think Proverbs 3:5–6 teaches God will give us specific directions for our lives, but when we look at the words in this passage in context, we find something different.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
“That’s me!” This is the response I’ve been getting from many who read last month’s Solid Ground feature, “The Third Column.”
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 12, 2020 3:47 AM
There’s a problem with asking, “Who made God?” Greg explains the problem with this complex question then gives advice for how to answer it when children ask.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Worship leaders, if you can keep in mind the goal of enabling the congregation to worship, ruthlessly shedding anything, however musically tempting, that doesn't advance that goal, we...
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Here’s some good news, some bad news, and a warning regarding the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision.
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Feb 20, 2023 11:01 PM
Satan is not just an idea or symbol for evil. He is real. Here’s what the Bible says about who he is, how he tempts us, and how we can resist him.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Jun 29, 2023 10:45 PM
When we start with the biblical understanding of human beings when responding to our culture’s claim that we can choose our own sexuality and gender identity, we accomplish four things.
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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
What does it mean for something to be true? Historically, there have been three dominant theories of truth, but only the common sense view stands up under scrutiny.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
How do you respond to the claim that Christians are narrow-minded bigots?
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 21, 2022 11:07 PM
The topic of abortion is about to heat up dramatically with the likely overturning of Roe v. Wade. Here’s something to help you make a case against abortion in less than a minute.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
An experience of suffering can be very disorienting to Christians who are trusting God to protect them from pain. This is not the kind of trust God has called us to have.
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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.
Media Type: Article Topic: Christian Living
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
The term “marriage equality,” if it means “the right to marry whomever you want,” is simply not an accurate term for what same-sex marriage supporters are advocating—not if they favor any...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM
“The end never justifies the means.” Actually, the end is a vital factor in evaluating ethical actions.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Wilberforce worked for decades to end Britain’s slave trade in the late 1700s and early 1800s, but he also had this to say to Christian apologists like you.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
One of Christianity’s most important claims is also one of its most controversial: Jesus is the only way to God (Acts 4:11–12, John 8:24)...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Does the traditional marriage definition of “one man, one woman” take away some people’s rights?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM
Stephen Nichols explains how our worldview affects our gratefulness and expression of thanks, and what this means for an increasingly-secular society.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 22, 2020 3:29 PM
Contrary to the catchy saying, being “heavenly minded” doesn’t make you “no earthly good.” Rather, it’s the very fuel of earthly sacrifice.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
“Death with dignity” distorts the truth as if those who let nature take its course are not dying with dignity.
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
Why are human beings valuable? What is a human being? You have to answer those questions before you can say that this child isn’t a human being without value.
Media Type: Article Topic: Bioethics
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Plato’s challenge concerning the nature of goodness is still being heard today: Is an act right because God says it’s so, or does God say it’s so because it’s right...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
A discussion between John Ensor, Francis Chan, and John Piper covers the impact of graphic pictures, how teaching their congregations about human dignity and abortion glorifies God, and more.
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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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