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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
An article in the Chronicle of Higher Education argues that accreditation ought to be denied to Christian colleges that require professors to sign statements of faith or otherwise “draw lines...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Hume offered this challenge in “Of Miracles” in Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2023 2:44 PM
student about how we know Christianity is true, whether any religion can be proven, Bible
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Feb 14, 2020 9:00 PM
The book of Acts provides a recorded history of the vital role prayer played in the lives of the disciples. If we want to improve our prayer life, it might be helpful to look to them for direction.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
How should Christians respond when those who identify as gay or lesbian come to their church?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
There is a tendency in our presentation of the Gospel to stick with the parts that make people feel good. Those things are true, but there’s more we need to tell them.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about truth in other religions, yoga, and God’s character.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Jesus, though a true human, was no mere mortal. Rather, He was and is God’s Son, the world’s unique, one-and-only Savior; and if Jesus were not God the Son, He could not be the Savior, either.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Apr 2, 2023 4:59 PM
Questions about how to argue in favor of an “authorial intent” hermeneutic and why we don’t see more demon-possessed people today.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 26, 2019 11:09 PM
That’s the challenge I’ve heard a number of times from advocates of starving Terri Schiavo to death. It usually comes in the conversation when what they’ve offered so far in the way of...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 2, 2019 10:10 PM
Many in Christendom today, like Pilate, are more concerned with satisfying the crowd than being faithful to Jesus. Culture may be confused on salvation, abortion, gender, marriage, and sex. Don’t...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 26, 2021 2:22 AM
need to guard ourselves against the dangers of fame, then he takes calls about the Bible’s
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about neo-Darwinism and free will, getting baptized, why God created man, and how to apply Scripture personally.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
According to Romans 12:2, decision making isn’t about trying to hear special messages from God.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On May 7, 2020 11:30 PM
Alan explains how to argue cordially and effectively.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 20, 2020 8:18 PM
As a Christian ambassador, your biggest challenge may be making sense of the problem of evil. Surprisingly, though, evil is actually evidence for God, not against Him.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Facing our sin and developing our character by focusing on the Gospel is as integral to being an ambassador of Christ as both knowledge and wisdom.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
Roberta Green Ahmanson explains why our culture’s new understanding of human dignity “may well be the harbinger of a social transformation the likes of which we have not seen in the West for 1400...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
It seems that sometimes, when it serves the story, the fact that life begins at conception is perfectly clear to both scientists and the media.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 5:45 PM
The moral relativist who is fighting for a moral principle is living in tension with his beliefs, and this provides a great starting point for a spiritual conversation.
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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?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Sep 8, 2022 9:57 PM
Tim responds to an atheist who says there’s no proof for God and that religion is an emotional comfort that holds back progress and is used to control people.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
You’ve seen plants referred to by their scientific names, such as Rosa rubiginosa. That form of naming plants and other living things was introduced by a Christian who was a scientist named Carolus...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
The Supreme Court’s decision on whether or not corporations like Hobby Lobby are protected by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act came down today. Here’s a quick summary.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Recent experiments call into question the interpretation of quantum mechanics that says there are uncaused events at the subatomic level.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for December 2013 You know the gay rights narrative. Homosexuals are born that way, change is impossible, and their behavior is morally permissible.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Aug 11, 2023 8:12 PM
Questions about whether the Bible considers medicine to be sorcery, making the case
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
If science can’t even disprove the existence of unicorns, how can it disprove the existence of God?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 22, 2023 2:30 AM
Greg talks about the problem with altar calls, then he answers questions about why it matters what kind of arguments we make for Christianity if only God can change a person’s mind and how best to...
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Web Content Article · By brian seagraves On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
If the percentage of people who identify as transgender is so small, why do all parents need to be concerned about the effect this topic will have on their children?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Why are we to be “peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men,” even—no, especially—to those who treat us poorly? Paul says it’s because this is how we illustrate something very...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Rev. Dr. John Scudder, Sr., founded the first Western Medical Mission in Asia in Ceylon in 1819. He also founded a family of medical missionaries whose combined service covers four...
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Dec 16, 2021 12:35 AM
You might have heard that we celebrate Christmas on December 25th because Emperor Constantine decided to Christianize a pagan holiday. But is that story true?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
Greg uses Solomon’s advice for engaging an opponent in a biblical way.
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Web Content Article · By natasha crain On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Kids need to understand these emotion-laden shaming attempts they’ll encounter. Here’s how parents can prepare them.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Wrongly assuming that homosexuality is either something one is born with or a choice often leads people to the conclusion that we’re not accountable for our desires. Alan explains why this is a...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 13, 2023 3:08 AM
Greg encourages Christians not to be discouraged when people don’t respond to their arguments, then he answers callers’ questions about whether Christians should be involved in the stock market and...
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
If you’re wondering what to think about Halloween, here are seven issues to consider.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On May 21, 2020 7:04 PM
Domestic terrorism. “A brutal, cowardly act of murder.” “Mass murder.” “A national conspiracy to commit domestic terrorism.” These are perfect descriptions of what abortion is.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM
If you “just take Christianity on faith” you may be in trouble...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:58 PM
Andy Stanley’s call for pastors to “unhitch [their] teaching of what it means to follow Jesus from all things old covenant” will, sadly, lead to a diminished view of God.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Part of Utah’s law against bigamy was recently struck down by a U.S. District Judge, allowing for polygamy in practice and leaving no principled reason for not recognizing it legally, but here’s...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Dec 2, 2019 1:11 AM
If you’ve ever seen an item that belonged to someone in history, you know the feeling of awe and wonder as you’re brought close to the reality of that historical person. The same thing happens with...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 28, 2020 1:37 AM
Alan emphasizes the importance of looking to Islam’s authoritative sources in order to know what Islam really teaches then explains a key teaching about the Qur’an.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 22, 2022 1:20 AM
Tim and Alan make a quick pro-life case then chat about responses to some popular pro-choice memes that claim life begins at first breath, a fetus is only a potential human, you can freeze an...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
on a timer and answers questions about what to do when reasons don’t work, the Bible
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:55 PM
What would happen if the bones of Jesus were discovered tomorrow? Imagine archaeologists find an ossuary—bone box—with Jesus’ name on it, and they are able to say conclusively that these are...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
Alan reflects on a panel discussion he saw at the recent Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
You, Mr. or Ms. Ordinary, are actually, in reality, going to stand before God and see Him for yourself one day. What is your reaction to that certain fact?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
After refusing to bake a cake that said, “Support gay marriage,” a couple in Northern Ireland was convicted of political and sexual orientation discrimination, but a LGBT activist is...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
After speaking on abortion at a recent event, a Christian man asked me why I didn’t say, “Abortion is murder...”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Gary Habermas offers a thought experiment to help us examine our motives concerning what we’re asking God for in prayer.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
Have you ever wondered what a pilgrimage to Mecca is like? See a Muslim journalist’s video of what goes into completing the rituals that are thought to achieve forgiveness of sins.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Aug 1, 2019 6:23 PM
In his book, Unspeakable: Facing up to Evil in an Age of Genocide and Terror, Os Guinness describes the difference a worldview can make.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Sep 1, 2021 9:40 PM
If you only had a ten-minute opening statement, a five-minute rebuttal, and a five minute closing statement, how would you defend the pro-life view? Alan shares his first debate on abortion.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for March 2009 There’s one fact about you I’m sure of: even though you’ll live forever, someday your earthly body will die.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Here in California, our governor and attorney general refused to defend our democratically-established constitutional amendment maintaining the definition of marriage as one man and one woman.
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On May 15, 2024 9:55 PM
Jon Noyes explains just a few of the ways we can confidently conclude that the universe is fine-tuned by a designer.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 27, 2021 9:05 PM
A recent interview is a helpful summary of what textual criticism reveals to us about the reliability of the New Testament text.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 12:43 AM
The filmmakers still don’t get Aslan.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jul 27, 2020 10:35 PM
Technology has given us ringside seats to every tragedy and evil act on the planet, creating two problems that hurt our soul: faux omnipresence and faux omniscience.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Those who choose to believe in determinism or physicalism don’t choose to believe at all—they believe because of prior physical conditions.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
The answer to this question depends on how you define “natural.”
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
A recent study shows the number of people hostile towards Christianity hasn’t increased; it’s merely shifted to the more wealthy and influential.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Nick Roen, who has same-sex attractions, suggests “An Alternative Script for Same-Sex Attraction” for the church to offer Christians.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
You can’t talk to a skeptic for long without hearing objections about the reliability of the biblical text, so this is a topic we all need to be familiar with.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:52 PM
The argument that may soon be taken up against our religious freedom will probably go something like this...
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 2, 2019 6:25 PM
Over the years, I’ve become increasingly concerned with one practice of well-meaning Christians: using the “sinner’s prayer” to lead someone to Christ.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jul 2, 2021 11:11 PM
When apologetics give you confidence that Christianity is actually true—true the way gravity is true—you’ll have the courage to stand when the challenges come your way.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Many Christians struggle with prayer, but you can improve your prayer life if you learn to pray specifically, intelligibly, and persuasively.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Sep 7, 2022 1:32 AM
interpret John 20:23 about forgiving people’s sins and why we should think the Bible
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
Greg talks about God answering prayers, a relationship with Jesus, handling stress in debates, and more.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Greg answers questions about what the biblical basis is for thinking people go to hell immediately at death, if imprecatory psalms are still usable, why God didn’t make Adam, Eve, Cain, and Jesus...
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Web Content Article · By jonathan noyes On Oct 4, 2023 10:28 PM
The good life is the life with God, even when it involves suffering. The question is, how does the Christian live that life? The answer may be difficult, but it isn’t complicated.
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