Web Content Article · By Aaron Brake On Oct 1, 2019 10:15 PM

Because conspiracies are so notoriously difficult to execute and maintain, belief in them is nearly always unreasonable. Here’s how and why you should evaluate conspiracy theories.

Web Content Article · By Tim Barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM

We may not know the specific purpose of the suffering in our own lives and the lives of others, but here’s what we do know.

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Apr 7, 2020 1:48 AM

To tell a good, human story, one must speak of the non-material realities we experience. And if one’s worldview can’t support such things, one must borrow from another that can.

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM

The Supreme Court said the government has no role in deciding whether a religious belief is legitimate, and this could put an end to some arguments against religious liberty.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Feb 10, 2025 11:45 PM

Greg Koukl and Justin Brierley highlight the growing realization among secular thinkers that the moral values we take for granted actually stem from Christian beliefs, not from ancient Greece or...

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

“The Bible has been changed and translated so many times over the last 2000 years, it’s impossible to have any confidence in its accuracy. Everyone knows that.”

Web Content Article · By Brett Kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

I love the intellectual life. I love the reading, the studying, the debating, the discussions, the ideas. I love all of it. But looming in the shadows are the various threats it poses to the fruit...

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM

J. Warner and Amy talk about how our fallen natures contribute to the spread of fake news then take questions on caffeine and cannabis, celebrating Easter, and fighting doubt caused by suffering.

Web Content Article · By Brett Kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM

In I Corinthians 15, Paul lists six specific individuals or groups who are reported to have been eyewitnesses of the resurrected Jesus. But are these reports credible?

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Feb 22, 2022 11:15 PM

Those who recognize, through their experience of the world, that justice is objectively real and not merely a matter of preference should ask themselves, what must be true for ultimate justice to...

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Nancy Pearcey has the unique ability of getting to the heart of things in the cultural conversation, and her penetrating critique of the worldview “idols” of our age is chock-full of gems.

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

There’s an increasing amount of confusion among Christians as to whether we’re obligated to follow the Mosaic Law in the Torah. Here’s what the New Testament has to say about this.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 16, 2020 11:59 PM

Christians should be clear on the clear teachings of Scripture, even when the culture is telling us something different. As Paul says in Colossians 2:8, “See to it that no one takes you captive...

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Robert George and Hamza Yusuf argue against the Freedom from Religion Foundation’s claim that religious exemptions made for the sake of religious freedom are actually unconstitutionally...

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Aug 1, 2019 4:54 PM

One thing I’ve been struggling to come to terms with the last few years is the sheer weight of all the evil and suffering in the world. Is good really stronger than evil?

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jan 23, 2020 11:51 PM

Greg responds to the objection that a tactical approach is manipulative and impersonal, then he answers questions about books to get started in apologetics and theistic evolution.

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Apr 8, 2020 11:56 PM

Christmas isn’t just about God’s love and peace. It’s also about justice.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about biblical joy and Bible inspiration.

Web Content Article · By Tim Barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

On a recent episode of the Stand to Reason weekly podcast, a supporter of STR took issue with one of the ways Greg Koukl and I argue against theistic evolution...

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Feb 8, 2022 12:06 AM

This is who we are to be as Christians—people who respond to the truth of who God is and what he’s done for us in a manner worthy of that truth. But first, we must see that truth.

Web Content Article · By Tim Barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM

Kierkegaard claimed the act of defending Christianity actually discredits it. Here’s why his criticism of apologetics doesn’t work.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jul 13, 2022 2:23 AM

Greg discusses the moral argument against abortion and answers questions about how to respond to “God made me this way” and how to make a case for Jesus’ deity to a Muslim.

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Jul 30, 2019 11:57 PM

Spend enough time in artificial worlds that are grounded in false assumptions—especially without analyzing what you’re seeing—and you’ll be changed in ways you didn’t count on.

Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Dec 28, 2019 2:51 AM

Why and how should you mark up a book? Alan reflects on an article by Mortimer Adler, explaining three benefits you will receive when you interact with what you read.

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.

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM

Every decision you make as you’re interacting with others is changing you. We need to consider this truth with the gravity it deserves.

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.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Greg suggests his top book picks to ask for for Christmas, and talks with callers about the image of God, “morning and evening,” testing God, and the “true Israel” today.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On May 9, 2025 3:50 PM

Greg answers questions about how to respond to someone who’s struggling with how a good God could let her husband suffer, how to know if something is objectively a sin, particularly when it comes...

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM

Guest: Abdu Murray - Grand Central Question: Answering the Critical Questions of the Major Worldviews

Web Content Article · By Brett Kunkle On Sep 17, 2021 9:17 PM

Doesn’t Christian witness require love, and doesn’t love require that we use people’s preferred pronouns? No, and here’s why.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Mar 31, 2023 8:26 PM

Greg and Amy explain how accidental versus essential qualities of humanity help us to understand why Jesus could be fully human without experiencing anything that results from having a fallen nature.

Web Content Article · By Melinda Penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

C.S. Lewis is well known for being an apologist and writer. But first, he was a literature scholar.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

It was not the first time I’d faced this particular challenge. It happened in Egypt two years ago. Here it was again, facing me in Italy six weeks ago.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Oct 16, 2019 9:34 PM

Greg talks about an interaction he had with a student about the existence of the soul, comments on materialism’s inability to address the problem of evil, and answers questions about the meaning of...

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Apr 14, 2021 1:57 AM

Greg and Tim talk about some negative reactions they’ve received (and seen others receive) and give some thoughts on how to respond.

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:56 PM

What better way for people to see Jesus more clearly and build a theological foundation than by learning from Jesus’ parables?

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:42 PM

Why you shouldn’t be tempted to fear what you might encounter in the future as a Christian.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM

Think about this. A smart person is smart enough to know he’s smart. A dumb person is often too dumb to know he’s dumb, so he thinks he’s smart, but he’s not.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM

Greg continues responding to a question about contractualism from the previous podcast then answers questions about whether God created us to worship Him, Sam Harris’s view of morality, and more.

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM

Since the Crusades are back in the news, these excerpts from a 2005 article by Crusade historian Thomas F. Madden will help you brush up on the basics.

Web Content Article · By Keith Plummer On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM

We need to be on guard against allowing the desire to defend God’s existence to become the hermeneutical lens through which we read the Scriptures.

Web Content Article · By Melinda Penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

The New York Times claims that Romans 1 calls for the execution of gays. A Republican congressman read the passage at a committee hearing. I don’t know the congressman’s purpose, but it couldn’t be...

Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

Make sure you understand the importance of emphasizing grace and Gospel in your parenting

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM

Since secular philosophies, like religions, point to an ultimate reality, they can be evaluated, just as religions can, by identifying their idols.

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM

The insanity we’re seeing in politics right now is what happens when a culture gives up the idea of objective truth.

Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 11:07 PM

If a pro-life atheist doesn’t believe in a Moral Law Giver, can their view be consistent?

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 16, 2021 3:12 AM

J. Warner Wallace talks about two statements by teenagers arguing for the truth of Christianity, then he answers questions about how evidence relates to Hebrews 11:1 and how to move past having an...

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On May 28, 2024 9:34 PM

Greg answers questions about how we can have assurance of salvation in light of Jeremiah 17:9 and Matthew 7:21–23, whether someone with a phobia of water needs to get baptized by full immersion,...

Web Content Article · By Melinda Penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

As I listen to many of the subjects in debate today in our culture—the dialog between secularists and Christians—there’s a fundamental difference in perspectives that I think we need to be aware of...