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Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Feb 23, 2021 12:26 AM
People’s views are almost always more nuanced than what we might conclude based on the labels they’ve given themselves. To avoid misunderstanding or misrepresenting others in your conversations,...
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Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Dec 12, 2019 9:49 PM
Greg talks about the new edition of Tactics, then he answers questions about whether the Holy Spirit knew the day and hour in Mark 13:32, ethical problems with health insurance, and reaching an...
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Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Dec 4, 2019 12:27 AM
The more you can learn about a person’s religion, the more likely you’ll be able to leverage that knowledge to ask informed and powerful questions. Here’s how Alan applies that principle to...
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Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
If you don’t know the answer to a challenge, asking fact-finding questions can enable good conversation, take the pressure off, and help you learn how to respond in the future.
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Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
I’ve worked out a few principles I think will make a tough job easier, and I’d like to pass them on to you.
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Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Sep 11, 2023 11:03 PM
Alan explains why using the word “gender” will create unnecessary confusion in your conversations with others and gives advice for how to clarify the term when other people use it.
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Web Content Article · By Melinda Penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
I think one of the biggest obstacles to people grasping the meaning of the Gospel is that they misunderstand the message.
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Web Content Article · By Brett Kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Brett gives some practical advice for evangelism.
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Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
Greg talks about how to know if one is actually praying to God, how the Muslim and Christian God is different/same, if God loves those whom he chooses not to offer salvation, how one can navigate...
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Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for May 2008 “An argument is not argumentative,” I told a university audience of 1,200 students and faculty. “An argument is simply an opinion with evidence or reasons to...
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Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
Religions are like puzzles that represent, when pieced together, a picture of reality. These pictures are not all basically the same because the puzzle pieces are different for each religion.
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Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Nov 9, 2021 12:14 AM
As ambassadors for Christ, we should understand a view we disagree with before we try to formulate a response to it. Here are three reasons why.
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Web Content Article · By Brett Kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
“Religion is the cause of most wars.” This cultural mantra has been uttered so often and with so much force, it has come to be accepted as an undeniable declaration.
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Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM
While waiting in line at the theater, I spoke to a young man named Ira who was a musician from Canada.
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Web Content Article · By Melinda Penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:48 PM
Talking about Jesus and Christianity isn’t always about reasoning because people don’t always have rational reasons for the things they believe.
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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.
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Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 10:57 PM
Alan shares important tips for having productive interactions about your convictions on the internet.
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Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
People who call you closed-minded rather than wrong have a problem with their own view.
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Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Learning to tell the difference between an argument and a non-argument will make it easier for you to defend your faith.
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Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 26, 2019 5:55 PM
Is true love only possible if one has the ability to do otherwise? Greg explores this question in relation to God’s love for us.
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Web Content Article · By Jonathan Noyes On May 31, 2023 10:35 PM
Jon Noyes describes how he asks questions, talks about the common ground we share as sinners and people made in the image of God, and explains the truth about our sex and the hope of the gospel as...
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Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
Paul says that we are “living letters” that others read. Greg makes a suggestion for a way to apply wisdom when engaging others.
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Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
You already are Christ’s ambassador—how can you be a better one?
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Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Our preparation is different when we have an expectation that preparation will make a difference. And when we have a plan, we are more likely to act.
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Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 9:55 PM
Jesus asked 284 questions during evangelistic conversations in the Gospels, and we should take a cue from our Master. Here are four reasons why questions are so powerful.
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Web Content Article · By Keith Plummer On Jun 27, 2019 9:56 PM
The winning of arguments is not more important than winning people, but neither is it necessarily in conflict with that end. Here’s how you can do both.
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Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jan 8, 2025 5:44 PM
Greg and Amy explain that the idea of “God within” can lead to justifying sinful behavior and following personal desires in place of an external authority. Instead of relying on a “divine spark”...
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