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#STRask: Does God Have a Covenantal Interest in the Unbelieving Jewish People Today?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 23, 2021 8:53 PM

Question about whether God has a covenantal interest in the unbelieving Jewish people today, who are distinct from the believing Jewish remnant.

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#STRask: Do I Need a Physical Bible?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 30, 2021 7:29 PM

Questions about whether we should command healing in Jesus’ name or ask for it and whether we need a physical Bible or a phone app is sufficient.

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#STRask: Is It Ever Okay to Pull the Plug on Life Support?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Oct 30, 2021 7:31 PM

Questions about pulling the plug on life support, when it’s appropriate for Christians to stay and fight vs. leave, and whether vows of silence, poverty, and celibacy taken by Christian monks are...

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#STRask: How Can I Help My Friend See That Works Won’t Save Him?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 6, 2021 6:45 PM

Question about how to help a Mormon see that the works he does will not earn his salvation.

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#STRask: If Suffering Has a Purpose, Should We Pray for It to End?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 13, 2021 5:48 PM

Questions about whether we should pray for our suffering to end or simply that it accomplishes its purpose, what kind of influence Satan has on our sin, and whether general revelation is enough to...

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#STRask: How Does the Holy Spirit Work in Our Lives?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 13, 2021 5:49 PM

Questions about how God guides, comforts, empowers, etc. through the Holy Spirit and advice for Christians who want to work in Hollywood.

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#STRask: Can We Reasonably Conclude Something Is Designed?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 20, 2021 6:31 PM

Question about whether or not there’s a conclusive way to differentiate designed things from undesigned if some designed things appear undesigned and some undesigned things appear designed.

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#STRask: Since Skin Cells Have Human DNA, Would Killing Them Be Murder?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Nov 27, 2021 10:08 PM

Questions about whether killing skin cells (which have human DNA) is murder, how to know when to stop engaging someone who is antagonistic, how to graciously decline to engage in a discussion with...

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#STRask: Are Demons and Fallen Angels the Same Spiritual Beings?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 5, 2021 6:09 AM

Questions about whether demons and fallen angels are the same spiritual beings (and if so, why angels don’t possess people) and why Hell wouldn’t bring Satan pleasure.

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#STRask: Is Jesus Evil Because He Drowned Babies in the Flood?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 5, 2021 6:11 AM

Questions about whether Jesus is evil because he drowned babies in the flood, why Scripture talks about “innocent blood” being shed when no one is innocent, and whether the context of the Suffering...

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#STRask: Will People Make Mistakes in Heaven?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 17, 2021 11:51 PM

Questions about whether we will still be fallible and make mistakes in Heaven, whether the people who will never come to Christ are collateral damage in the best of all possible worlds where the...

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#STRask: If the Wages of Sin Is Death, How Could God Take Enoch without Death?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 12, 2021 7:43 PM

Questions about how God could take Enoch away without death if the “wages of sin is death,” whether having a special service for vaccinated people threatens the unity of a church, and how to...

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#STRask: Should Christians Expect to Receive the Blessings Listed in the Mosaic Covenant?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 26, 2021 9:18 PM

Questions about whether Christians should expect to receive all the blessings listed in the Mosaic Covenant and whether modern Christians over-emphasize the Ten Commandments.

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#STRask: Is It Better to First Argue for Jesus’ Divinity or God’s Existence?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Dec 26, 2021 9:21 PM

Questions about whether it’s a better apologetics tactic to begin with Jesus’ divinity or to argue for God’s existence, whether the story of Cornelius shows that God heeds the prayers of...

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#STRask: Will Remembering Our Life on Earth Make Us Sad in Heaven?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 2, 2022 8:11 PM

Question about how to respond to someone who thinks we won’t recognize our loved ones in the afterlife because if we were to remember this life, then we would feel sadness in Heaven.

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#STRask: How Does Christ’s Momentary Ordeal Equal the Torment of Sinners for Eternity?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 2, 2022 8:13 PM

Questions about how Christ’s “momentary ordeal” could equal the continuous torment of sinners for eternity and how the sun could have stopped shining while Jesus was on the cross when there...

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#STRask: Does a Literal Interpretation of the Bible Refute the Divinity of Christ?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 8, 2022 4:02 AM

Questions about responding to someone who says a literal interpretation of the Bible led him to believe Arianism is true and how to respond when you hear people express bad theology.

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#STRask: How Far Should We Go to End Suffering?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 22, 2022 7:41 PM

Questions about how to know when we should fight evil and when we should resign ourselves to God’s judgment and how far we should go to end suffering through technological or financial means.

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#STRask: Why Doesn’t God Simply Destroy Satan Now?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 22, 2022 7:43 PM

Questions about why God doesn’t destroy Satan now, Christians acting in scenes that contain R-rated elements, responding to someone who says, “God’s working on me,” and handling situations where...

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#STRask: Did Lazarus Go to Heaven Because of His Poverty?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 15, 2022 12:04 AM

Questions about whether the parable of the rich man and Lazarus teaches that Lazarus went to Heaven because of his poverty and how to respond when someone refuses to answer Columbo questions.

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#STRask: Are We Morally Obligated to Have Fewer Children?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jan 15, 2022 12:15 AM

Questions about whether Hell is unjust because it doesn’t seek people’s rehabilitation and how to respond to someone who says we’re morally obligated as a society to have fewer children in order to...

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#STRask: Is Saying a Woman Should Stay Pregnant a Body Violation Equal to Rape?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 19, 2022 9:42 PM

Questions about whether saying a woman should stay pregnant is a body violation equal to rape and how someone whose emotional doubt causes him to struggle with trusting God can turn his distrust...

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#STRask: Is It Appropriate to Cast Lots to Know God’s Will Today?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 11, 2022 7:31 PM

Questions about whether it’s appropriate for us to cast lots in order to know God’s will today as the apostles did when they replaced Judas and whether the fact that Romans 3 references various...

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#STRask: Should I Only Pray Once for Something?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 11, 2022 7:33 PM

Questions about whether praying once in faith for something is better than repeatedly requesting the same thing and how to read and apply psalms like Psalm 91 that say God will save us from “deadly...

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#STRask: Do These Verses Contradict “Once Saved, Always Saved”?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 6, 2022 3:19 AM

Questions about whether Revelation 2:1–7 and Colossians 1:21–23 can be reconciled with a belief in “once saved, always saved.”

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#STRask: Greg’s List of Pastorisms

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 27, 2022 5:48 PM

Greg responds to a request to hear his list of “pastorisms,” sayings Christians commonly repeat that have some truth to them but can be misleading.

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#STRask: Why Say the Beginning of the Universe Points to God?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Feb 27, 2022 5:51 PM

Questions about why one should conclude the beginning of the universe points to God rather than another explanation and whether logic is created or an aspect of God’s character.

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#STRask: Why Would God Create Animals and Allow Them to Suffer?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 12, 2022 8:22 PM

Questions about why God would create animals and allow them to experience so much suffering and whether Christians should be content and accept their circumstances without fighting back no matter...

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#STRask: How Do You Know if Something You’re Doing Is a Sin?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 12, 2022 8:23 PM

Questions about how you can know if something you’re doing is a sin, what the author of Ecclesiastes meant when he said, “There is nothing new under the sun,” and whether the possibility that Moses...

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#STRask: Can Science Test Supernatural Worldviews?

Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Mar 20, 2022 6:23 PM

Questions about whether science can test supernatural worldviews and how to respond to the claim that the Bible isn’t against abortion since it contains a command to execute adulterous women...

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