Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

What if Lieutenant Columbo was a Christian? How would he present the Gospel?...Alan says Columbo would ask three questions.

Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

What if Lieutenant Columbo was a Christian?

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jul 16, 2023 12:29 AM

Questions about how to use Columbo questions with someone who is nonreligious but

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Sep 10, 2023 8:36 PM

Questions about what to do if someone uses the Columbo tactic against you, why some

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Mar 6, 2022 3:21 AM

Questions about what to do if someone feels ashamed because he can’t answer the first Columbo

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

Using simple, leading questions is an almost effortless way to introduce spiritual topics to a conversation without seeming abrupt.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Dec 26, 2024 5:24 PM

laws of the immaterial are if immaterial things exist and how to use the third Columbo

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 25, 2019 11:12 PM

Greg shares what he’d do if someone used questions to maneuver him out of the driver’s seat in conversation about differing convictions.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM

about responding to an inconsistent claim of “inclusivity” and using the Columbo

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jul 31, 2021 6:19 PM

Questions about how to persuade a family member who responds to the Columbo questions

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM

questions on Mormonism, whether it’s a double standard to stop people from using the Columbo

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jan 15, 2022 12:04 AM

Heaven because of his poverty and how to respond when someone refuses to answer Columbo

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

Have you ever taken a verbal beating when trying to talk about Jesus? If so, I’ve got a tip for you.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:42 PM

Greg talks about Columbo misstep, if Mark made a mistake in Mark 1:2, then takes

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jan 9, 2023 11:33 PM

Amy and Greg show how to use the Columbo tactic to respond to someone who says the

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Aug 13, 2025 1:54 AM

objections to his view on hearing the voice of God, then he talks to a caller about Columbo

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:39 PM

about vacation and musing on Hell, more on Hell and same-sex marriage, tribute to Columbo

Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Jan 10, 2020 10:08 PM

The Columbo Tactic—asking question—is powerful.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 26, 2019 9:25 PM

Greg shares an example of a time he used the Columbo tactic, “What do you mean by

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jan 20, 2022 9:02 PM

Greg explains how to use the Columbo tactic with agnostics and gives an example

Web Content Article · By Amy K. Hall On Oct 2, 2019 6:11 PM

Starting a spiritual discussion with someone who disagrees with you can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. Here are some thoughts to help you get started and represent Christ well.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Apr 10, 2020 3:37 PM

The tactical game plan Greg often speaks of is a powerful strategy, but it has a modest liability; there is a speed bump he wants to help you navigate.

Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Nov 23, 2021 4:48 AM

Here’s a simple step you can take in your conversations to make sure you don’t misunderstand the claims your friend is making.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM

The key is to get out of the hot seat, but still stay engaged, deftly shifting control of the conversation back to you while shifting the spotlight—and the pressure—back on him.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM

Greg talks about teaching about Hell on a university campus, what the burden of proof for the existence of UFOs is, and counsel for teaching at church.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM

Greg talks about advancing the conversation with questions, how to balance secular and Christian advice about depression, and more, then discusses The Final Days of Jesus with guest Justin Taylor.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM

Here’s an example of using questions to show the immorality of abortion.

Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Oct 2, 2019 12:02 AM

Words and their meanings are important. Here’s how you can avoid inadvertently conceding you blindly believe in a bolt-throwing, angry being in the sky.

Web Content Article · By Melinda Penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM

Here are four tips from a professor of law and psychology at Yale Law School on how to have more productive conversations about differing views.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM

We’re dealing with a mixed culture, a clash of the modern with the postmodern. It therefore requires an eclectic approach best summed up by the word “ambassador.”

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,...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

Web Content Article · By Brett Kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

Brett gives some practical advice for evangelism.

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...

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...

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.

Web Content Article · By Tim Barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM

When I meet someone who claims that evolution is a fact, I have two questions for him.

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.

Web Content Article · By Tim Barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM

The phrase “only begotten” has been ammunition for false teachers since at least the fourth century at the Council of Nicea.

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.

Web Content Article · By Tim Barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM

Some contemporary scientists have argued that something can come from nothing, but it turns out they’re equivocating on the word “nothing.”

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.

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.

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 Alan Shlemon On Jun 25, 2019 10:57 PM

Alan shares important tips for having productive interactions about your convictions on the internet.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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”...

Web Content Article · By Tim Barnett On Jul 31, 2019 6:00 PM

A popular pro-choice meme says the Bible teaches that life begins at first breath, but not only does the Bible not teach this, but there are also four other reasons why this meme fails.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM

What makes a person a person? Does a fetus qualify?

Web Content Article · By Alan Shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:35 PM

Alan’s monthly letter for July 2007 When I heard the knock on the door I knew it was probably the Mormons.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM

Greg’s on a timer and answers questions about engaging people who are a bit difficult to talk with and whether God can change the past.

Web Content Article · By Tim Barnett On Aug 5, 2022 6:43 PM

The Bible is clear that the Son of God, God’s only begotten, is God in the flesh. Tim Barnett explains two ways you can respond to Jehovah’s Witnesses in an excerpt from his Stand to Reason...

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM

See what’s been accomplished by God’s hand and your help.

Web Content Article · By Keith Plummer On Feb 29, 2020 5:35 AM

What issues tend to surface when non-Christians are asked what they think of Christians and Christianity? Dr. Plummer’s class assignment gives some insight into our culture.

Web Content Article · By Tim Barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:43 PM

Many people think Emperor Constantine invented the deity of Christ in the fourth century, but a look at quotes from the early church fathers shows this is not the case.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Aug 1, 2019 5:06 PM

When someone raises an objection to Christians evangelizing others using the respect issue, the phrase “respecting others” is a term of art in the relativistic system of things. Read how Greg...

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM

Has archaeology unearthed ancient biblical texts that cast doubt on the current canon of Scripture? Is it possible that Christians don’t have the true Bible?

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:21 PM

Has archaeology unearthed ancient biblical texts that cast doubt on the current canon of Scripture? Is it possible that Christians don’t have the true Bible?

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:38 PM

An apocryphal story of Greg’s backyard deck serves to illustrate an important lesson about the nature of human identity.

Web Content Article · By Tim Barnett On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM

Here’s why it doesn’t make sense to say you’re “personally pro-life” but support a woman’s right to an abortion.

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 Greg Koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:07 PM

What I have found with folks is that the more you are confident, the more courage you will have. And confidence comes, to a great degree, from training.