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#STRask: My Teenage Daughter Walked Away from God Because He Didn’t Answer Her Prayers for Help

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 25, 2023 10:26 PM

Question about how to respond to a teenage daughter who walked away from God because she cried out to him for years and he didn’t answer, and because she didn’t feel any different after accepting...

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#STRask: How Would Persecuted Christians Have Understood Psalms Promising Protection and Rescue?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 25, 2023 10:28 PM

Questions about how persecuted Christians would have understood Psalms promising protection and rescue, whether it’s a contradiction for Jesus to say that some will be put to death but also that...

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#STRask: Why Didn’t Anyone Besides Matthew Mention the Resurrection of Multiple People after the Crucifixion?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 7, 2023 5:26 PM

Questions about why no one besides Matthew mentioned the resurrection of multiple people after the crucifixion, whether there were rainbows before Noah, and why Jesus told the restored...

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#STRask: Does Jeremiah 10:1–5 Speak against Having a Christmas Tree?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 30, 2023 3:53 PM

Questions about whether Jeremiah 10:1–5 speaks against having a Christmas tree, whether celebrating Christmas is extra-biblical and we should be celebrating Israelite feasts and festivals instead,...

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#STRask: Should Feelings Have Any Epistemological Weight in Our Decision Making?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 23, 2023 7:05 PM

Questions about whether feelings should have any epistemological weight in our decision making and how to interpret several verses in Acts in light of Greg’s views on being led by the Spirit.

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#STRask: Was Moses Wrong for Giving a Law That Regulated Something God Hates?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 28, 2023 6:56 PM

Questions about whether Jesus thought Moses was wrong for giving a law to accommodate the hard hearts of the people, whether our civil laws should reflect the ideal or take into account man’s...

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#STRask: Is Romans 14 Saying That Christians Can Just Make up Their Own Rules?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 28, 2023 6:58 PM

Questions about whether the Christian liberty described in Romans 14 is the same thing as making up our own rules, weaker and stronger Christians in Romans 14 and 1 Corinthians 8, and the claim...

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#STRask: Do These Verses Support the Idea That Everyone Will Be Saved?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 10, 2024 9:01 PM

Question about whether Romans 5:18, 1 Corinthians 15:22, and 1 John 2:2 support the idea that everyone will be saved (universalism) as a New York Times opinion piece by David Bentley Hart claims.

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#STRask: How Concerned Should I Be about My Spouse Believing in Annihilationism?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 19, 2024 3:55 PM

Questions about how concerned one should be and what to do about a spouse who now believes in annihilationism and how to navigate differences in doctrine with those who take strong stands on their...

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#STRask: Is Christianity Really a Story of Reality?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 27, 2024 10:54 PM

Questions about whether Christianity is about following Jesus rather than a story of reality, what John the Baptist meant when he said, “He must increase, but I must decrease,” and why John the...

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#STRask: How Can We Apply the Bible to Our Lives if We’re Not Supposed to Read Our Circumstances into It?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 31, 2024 11:42 PM

Questions about how to apply the Bible to our lives if we’re supposed to read it in context and not insert our circumstances into it and how to respond to someone who says the Great Commission was...

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#STRask: How Do We Discern between Our Own Inner Voice and the Holy Spirit Telling Us What We’re Supposed to Say?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 31, 2024 11:43 PM

Questions about how to discern between our own inner voice and the Holy Spirit telling us what we are supposed to say if, according to Matthew 10:20, “it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in...

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#STRask: If Only Eve Had Eaten the Fruit, Would Sin Still Have Entered the World?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 9, 2024 11:55 PM

Questions about whether sin still would have entered the world if only Eve had eaten the fruit, the theological explanation for why Jesus did not inherit a sinful nature from Mary, and what the...

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#STRask: Does the Existence of Evil Point to the Existence of Multiple Gods?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 22, 2024 3:49 PM

Questions about whether the existence of evil points to the existence of multiple gods and why God needs to slowly improve our character here on earth if he’s going to make every Christian sinless...

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#STRask: How Can We Defend the Claim That Marriage Was Created by God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 3, 2024 3:41 PM

Questions about how to defend the claim that marriage was created by God and what to say to someone who doesn’t want her daughter to grow up Christian because she thinks Christianity is harmful to...

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#STRask: Are We Only Interpreting the Bible This Way Because of Our Post-Enlightenment Way of Thinking?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 3, 2024 3:42 PM

Questions about whether we’re only interpreting the Bible according to authorial intent because of our post-Enlightenment way of thinking and whether Zephaniah 3:17 is being taken out of context...

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#STRask: How Can I Reconcile Romans 6:12–14 with Romans 7:21–25?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 14, 2024 3:29 PM

Questions about how to reconcile Romans 6:12–14 (where Paul talks about victory over sins) with Romans 7:21–25 (where Paul bemoans sins he still commits) and why Paul uses the Mosaic Law as a...

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#STRask: How Can I Articulate the Beauty of the Christian Worldview in a Nutshell?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 29, 2024 3:09 PM

Questions about how to articulate the beauty of the Christian worldview in a nutshell and whether “separation of church and state” requires public school teachers to not reference the Bible and...

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#STRask: How Can I Stay Balanced in My Belief That God Is Always Good to His Children?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 4, 2024 4:45 PM

Questions about believing God is always good to his children while rejecting prosperity teaching, how God can be jealous if he is love and love is not jealous, and whether God changing his mind in...

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#STRask: How Should I Respond to Someone Who Is Word-Faith and Believes in a Second Baptism of the Holy Spirit?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 20, 2024 4:34 PM

Questions about how to respond to someone who is Word-Faith and believes in a second baptism of the Holy Spirit and what the Bible is saying about how we experience the Spirit when it says we know...

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#STRask: How Will Jesus Sit at the Right Hand of God if He Is God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 25, 2024 2:49 PM

Questions about what the Bible means when it says Jesus will sit at the right hand of God if Jesus is God and why the writers of the Synoptic Gospels didn’t write about Jesus claiming to be God.

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#STRask: Do You Believe in the Clarity of Scripture?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 4, 2024 11:48 PM

Question about whether Stand to Reason accepts the doctrine of biblical perspicuity (the idea that the Bible is clear in what it teaches about essential doctrines).

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#STRask: Does the Bible Teach That Elijah Was Reincarnated as John the Baptist?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 4, 2024 11:52 PM

Questions about responding to someone who says the Bible teaches reincarnation when it says John the Baptist “is Elijah who was to come” in Matthew 11:14 and whether Matthew 24:36–44 is referring...

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#STRask: Is Matthew 23:23 an Argument for Social Justice?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 10, 2024 2:36 PM

Questions about how to respond to someone who uses Matthew 23:23 as an argument for social justice and what to say to a family member who argues that Christians are not being persecuted but are...

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#STRask: Are the Crusades Proof That Christians Are Evil?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 10, 2024 2:38 PM

Questions about how to respond to someone who says the Crusades are proof Christians are evil, the facts around the church burning people at the stake for saying the world is not the center of the...

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#STRask: What’s the Best Evidence for the Reliability of the Old Testament?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 16, 2024 5:32 PM

Questions about the best evidence for the reliability of the Old Testament, whether Greg subscribes to the idea of four independent Gospel accounts or two-source theory, and why the apostle Paul...

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#STRask: January 21, 2019

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM

Greg answers questions about the image of God (and how to use that concept in evangelism) and the identity of “the beginning of creation” in Revelation 3:14.

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Do Our Souls Continue to Develop in Heaven?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

Alan answers the question of whether our soul continues to develop in heaven and, if so, in what way or capacity.

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It All Comes Back to God

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

Alan talks about how every apologetic subject comes back to God and that often times it’s more prudent to discuss God’s existence rather than a secondary issue.

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Why Is Jesus Necessary?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM

Alan answers the question why Jesus is necessary by explaining how the Gospel works in non-Christian lingo.

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Why Study False Ideas?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Oct 8, 2019 9:36 PM

While it’s true that Christians should prioritize their understanding of Scripture and Christian theology, Alan offers four reasons why Christians should add the study of false ideas to their to-do...

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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 theology advocates love to call them “clobber passages.”

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Will Faith as Small as a Mustard Seed Save You?

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 12, 2021 8:00 PM

Does God require a certain amount of faith before he accepts it? Alan addresses this question by clarifying the nature of faith.

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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 1946 mistranslation of a Greek word in the RSV Bible. Alan explains why their argument doesn’t change the Christian...

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A Verse That Illustrates Three Interpretive Principles

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 21, 2022 11:59 PM

Alan looks at passage of Scripture that skeptics like to use to challenge Jesus’ integrity. Then, he clarifies the meaning and application of the passage by using three key interpretive principles.

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God’s Preferred Pronouns

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 12, 2022 12:36 AM

Alan responds to the claim by some gender theorists that God’s pronouns should be they/them.

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Christ’s Crucifixion Isn’t Child Sacrifice

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 9, 2023 4:48 PM

Some object to the idea that Jesus paid the penalty for our sins through his death on the cross, calling it “child sacrifice.” Alan, however, offers three reasons why characterizing it that way is...

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Deconstructing Is Not Reforming Your Faith

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 10, 2023 9:05 PM

Some Christians and many former Christians are promoting a trendy approach to doubting and questioning your faith called deconstruction. Is it the same as reforming your faith? Alan explains the...

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Problems with Creating Your Identity When You Reject God

Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jan 12, 2024 9:07 PM

When a person rejects God, they’re left to determine for themselves their own identity. Alan unpacks some problems with this approach.

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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

Alan explains what would happen if someone was to go 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...

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How Could Jesus’ Sacrifice Have Paid for an Eternal Punishment?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM

Greg answers questions about Hell, avoiding pride, dealing with a daughter in unrepentant sin, and how Jesus’ sacrifice could have paid for an eternal punishment.