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#STRask: Since God Values Humility, Is He Against Certainty?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 29, 2022 6:43 PM

Questions about whether God is against certainty because it breeds arrogance, the difference between fearing God and living in fear, and why Solomon, who was given wisdom by God, had so many wives.

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#STRask: Aren’t Some Unbelievers Sincerely Seeking Truth?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 4, 2022 7:59 PM

Questions about whether there are scriptural explanations for why people don’t think God exists other than that they’re “suppressing the truth in unrighteousness” and how to make the case for...

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#STRask: What Happens to People Who Never Heard of God or the Gospel?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 4, 2022 8:01 PM

Question about what the Bible has to say about the eternal destiny of people who never got the chance to know the God of the Bible and had no access to the salvation message.

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#STRask: Is the Movement to Ban Abortion Really about Babies?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 11, 2022 3:35 PM

Questions about why pro-lifers don’t support making everything that has to do with having and raising a baby free if the movement is really about babies and whether there are times when Christians...

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#STRask: How Can God Be Omniscient about Never-Ending Future Events?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 18, 2022 10:07 PM

Questions about how God can be omniscient about never-ending future events, whether the salvation of a man who comes to Christ after being dramatically changed by a brain injury “counts,” and...

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#STRask: Why Didn’t God Answer My Prayer for Guidance?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 18, 2022 10:09 PM

Questions about why God didn’t answer prayers for guidance regarding a major life decision and whether there’s evidence that God is more likely to say yes to a prayer request made while fasting.

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#STRask: What’s the Controversy if Aborted Fetuses Go to Heaven?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 23, 2022 5:40 PM

Questions about why abortion is controversial if aborted fetuses go to Heaven and whether Americans will become largely pro-life after Roe v. Wade is reversed since they tend to connect legality...

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#STRask: Why Doesn’t Every Bible Version Include Matthew 17:21?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 23, 2022 5:41 PM

Questions about why some Bible versions include Matthew 17:21 and part of Mark 9:29 and some don’t and how Jesus’ instruction not to hinder someone casting out demons in his name applies to the...

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#STRask: How Can We Know Jesus Is the Messiah?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 23, 2022 5:43 PM

Questions about how we can know Jesus is the Messiah when so many Jews claim passages such as Isaiah 53 and Isaiah 7:14 are not Messianic prophecies and what appropriate comfort a Christian can...

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#STRask: Aren’t There Truths I Can Only Know Because of My Lived Experience?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 10, 2022 8:48 PM

Question about how to reconcile the fact that there are things one can only know through experience with the idea that truth can be known apart from a person’s experiences.

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#STRask: Does Naturalism Necessarily Lead to Moral Relativism?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 10, 2022 8:50 PM

Questions about whether naturalism necessarily leads to moral relativism and the ways naturalists try to ground objective morality.

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#STRask: What Is the Biblical Definition of Justice?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 23, 2022 4:57 PM

Questions about why Jesus said it would have been better if Judas had not been born, the biblical definition of justice, and whether it’s “unloving” to point out the false teachings of a TV...

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#STRask: How Would You Use the Existence of Natural Rights to Argue for the Existence of God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 16, 2022 5:24 PM

Questions about how to use the topic of natural rights with someone who believes in them to discuss the existence of God, and whether the saying that “we come from God, and we will go back to God”...

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#STRask: Are Christians Who Study and Adhere to the Truths Revealed in the Bible Engaging in Bibliolatry?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 16, 2022 5:26 PM

Questions about how to respond to someone who says adhering to biblical inerrancy, studying Scripture, seeking to obey the Word, and adhering to its core truths is “bibliolatry” and how to explain...

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#STRask: Why Does It Matter to Christians That Jesus Was Raised Bodily?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 6, 2022 6:14 PM

Questions about why it matters to Christians that Jesus was raised bodily and isn’t just living on as a spirit and whether Jesus had a fallen body while here on earth.

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#STRask: Am I Childless Because I Don’t Fear God Enough?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 6, 2022 6:16 PM

Questions about whether the fact that God gave the Hebrew midwives families because they feared him indicates that childlessness is a sign of not fearing God enough and whether it’s a genetic...

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#STRask: How Do We Determine Which Books Are Divinely Inspired?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 11, 2022 9:54 PM

Questions about how we determine which books are divinely inspired and how to explain inerrancy to a skeptic.

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#STRask: Why Would the Unity of the Bible Be Evidence of Divine Authorship?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 16, 2022 2:15 PM

Questions about why the unity of the Bible would be evidence of divine authorship and whether one can say proverbs are suggestions, not commands, since they’re principles, not promises.

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#STRask: An Egg Is Not a Chicken, so an Embryo Is Not a Human?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 16, 2022 2:16 PM

Questions about whether it’s possible God doesn’t create souls for those who won’t be born due to miscarriage, abortion, etc. and how to respond to someone who says, “An egg is not a chicken, so an...

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#STRask: Why Is It Wrong to Have Surgery to Alter Your Sex?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 28, 2022 2:39 AM

Questions about why it’s okay to have plastic surgery to alter your appearance but wrong to have surgery to alter your sex, whether a tactical, winsome approach is still viable in a non-civil...

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#STRask: How Can I Handle Persistent Feelings of Guilt over Past Sins?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 28, 2022 2:40 AM

Questions about how one can handle persistent feelings of guilt over past sins that remain despite repentance and forgiveness in Christ and how to help someone overcome her doubt that God can love...

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#STRask: What Would You Say to a Professing Christian Who Is Radically Pro-Choice?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 1, 2022 5:54 PM

Questions about what approach to take with a professing Christian who is radically pro-choice and has rejected pro-life arguments, considering it all to be a matter of opinion.

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#STRask: Will Christ’s Second Coming Be Unexpected?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 11, 2022 5:07 PM

Questions about how to reconcile the unexpectedness of Christ’s second coming with passages that advise believers to pay attention to the signs of the times, why Christ hasn’t yet returned after...

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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

Questions about how a teen can reveal and defend her belief in the Trinity and leave her Oneness church and whether church memberships that exclude people living a homosexual lifestyle create a...

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#STRask: How Did Jews Attain Righteousness before Christ?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 18, 2022 1:49 AM

Questions about how Jews attained righteousness before Christ and what Romans 9:32 means when it says the Jews “did not pursue [righteousness] by faith, but as though it were by works.”

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#STRask: What Does the Old Testament Say about the Nature and Role of the Messiah?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 2, 2022 5:33 PM

Question about what the Old Testament says about the nature and role of the Messiah and whether it leaves open the option that Jesus is God and a man can die for our sins.

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#STRask: I Can’t Accept the Gospel Because It Would Mean My Loved One Is in Hell

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 2, 2022 5:34 PM

Questions about how to respond to someone who refuses to accept the gospel because it would mean a loved one has likely gone to Hell, why we should think animals have souls, and how to...

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#STRask: Should We Object to People Storing Embryos Indefinitely after IVF?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 9, 2022 5:21 PM

Questions about how we ought to respond to the indefinite storage or death of human embryos after IVF, whether pregnant women should be able to use carpool lanes, and whether it follows that we...

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How Can We Determine Which Christian Moral Principles Should Be Made into Laws?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 9, 2022 5:23 PM

Questions about how to determine which Christian moral principles should be made into laws and which shouldn’t and why Christ suffered a temporary punishment delivered by man while he was alive if...

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#STRask: Why Didn’t God Explain the Trinity Explicitly in Scripture?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 16, 2022 6:09 PM

Questions about whether the Old Testament believers were regenerate, how the work of the Spirit is different in the New Testament, and why God didn’t explain the Trinity explicitly in Scripture.

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#STRask: Is God’s Inability to Change an Imperfection?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 22, 2022 11:34 PM

Questions about responding to the idea that God’s inability to change is an imperfection, why God loves us, and whether evil can “claim” a child.

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#STRask: How Do We Know Which Commands in the Bible Apply to Everyone?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 29, 2022 8:54 PM

Question about how we can know when commands and instructions given in the Bible are meant to apply to everyone and when they only apply to a specific people group at a specific time in history.

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#STRask: Is Christianity Just a Brainwashing Ritual?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 29, 2022 8:55 PM

Questions about whether Christianity is only a brainwashing ritual involving rejection of the outside world, affirmation within the tribe, ritualistic chanting, etc. and whether denial of a...

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#STRask: How Can We Truly Love God in Heaven if We Won’t Have the Free Will to Reject Him?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 5, 2022 11:31 PM

Questions about whether regeneration counters total depravity in the Reformed view and how it could be that we’ll truly love God when we’re in Heaven, where we can’t reject him, if real love...

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#STRask: Aren’t Good Non-Christians Evidence That God Isn’t Required to Live a Moral Life?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 5, 2022 11:33 PM

Questions about how to respond to someone who says the existence of good non-Christians is evidence that God isn’t required to live a satisfying, moral life, whether God can save someone convicted...

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#STRask: Is God a Hypocrite?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 12, 2022 11:06 PM

Questions about whether God is being a hypocrite when he commands us not to murder and then executes people himself and how a politically conservative Christian should respond to a medical school...

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#STRask: How Can I Comfort Christian Families That Have Lost Loved Ones to Suicide?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 18, 2022 5:13 PM

Question about how a minister can comfort Christian families that have lost loved ones to suicide, are wrestling with thoughts that the suicide has resulted in a loved one possibly being a lost...

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#STRask: Why Did Jesus Leave Earth?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 18, 2022 5:15 PM

Questions about why Jesus left earth and how it’s possible that two Christian leaders, who both have the Holy Spirit, can have a contradicting witness about whether or not one can lose one’s...

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#STRask: Does Preventing a Woman’s Access to Abortion Violate Her Religious Freedom?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 3, 2022 2:07 AM

Questions about whether preventing a woman’s access to abortion violates her religious freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment, whether the fact that God doesn’t have parts now applies only to...

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#STRask: If a Murderer Accepts Christ, Then Will His Victims Never Receive Justice?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 3, 2022 2:09 AM

Questions about whether the victims of a murderer who later accepts Christ will never receive justice for their suffering and whether or not it can be said a person is “forgiven” if the debt was...

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#STRask: Why Wasn’t God’s Rescue Plan More Immediate and Peaceful?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 9, 2022 11:28 PM

Questions about why God’s rescue plan wasn’t more immediate and peaceful and whether God wants us to be gullible and doesn’t provide hard evidence as proof of his claims that he’s different from...

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#STRask: Do Verses in Acts about Baptism Support a Oneness Understanding of God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2022 4:38 PM

Questions about whether the fact that the apostles baptized people in Jesus’ name supports a oneness understanding of God and how to reconcile the laying on of hands to receive the Holy Spirit in...

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#STRask: Will God Not Answer My Prayers if I’m Doubting He will?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 16, 2022 4:40 PM

Questions about why Hebrews is included in the New Testament canon if the author is unknown and whether God won’t answer your prayers if you’re doubting he will.

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#STRask: Why Is It Said That Jesus Was the First to Rise from the Dead?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 23, 2022 8:16 PM

Questions about why it’s said that Jesus was the first to rise from the dead if he already raised Lazarus and how to explain how Judaism and Christianity are related to someone who doesn’t know...

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#STRask: Is It Better for Christians to Worship in an Economical Space or a Beautiful One?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 23, 2022 8:18 PM

Questions about whether Christians are obligated by Matthew 6:19 to meet in the most practical, economical space possible and whether playing music too beautifully during worship can actually...

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#STRask: How Could Someone in the Old Testament Have Believed without First Being Regenerated?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 8, 2023 1:00 AM

Questions about how someone in the Old Testament could have believed without first being regenerated and why the devil would need to blind anyone (as referred to in 2 Corinthians 4:3–4) if total...

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#STRask: If God Is Love, Why Did He Kill so Many People in the Old Testament?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 14, 2023 10:32 PM

Question about why God killed so many people in the Old Testament if he’s a God of love.

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#STRask: Do Imprecatory Prayers Violate New Testament Commands?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 14, 2023 10:34 PM

Question about whether praying an imprecatory prayer like Psalm 5 today would violate the New Testament commands to “put aside all anger,” to “forgive or you won’t be forgiven,” and to “bless and...

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#STRask: Is the Bible Merely Unreliable Translations Written by Men?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 21, 2023 8:59 PM

Question about how to respond to someone who dismisses the Bible’s divine authority on the grounds that it was “written by mere men” and “is a bunch of unreliable translations of translations of...

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#STRask: How Much Influence Can Demons Have on Our Lives?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 21, 2023 9:00 PM

Questions about the biblical approach to deciding if eating meat is ethical and how much influence demons can have on our lives.

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