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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Jesus said, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.” Here’s one reason why we need to learn to die.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:57 PM
Nike’s new ad campaign fits perfectly into a sincerity-is-all-that-matters culture, but a closer look reveals the absurdity of its slogan.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
On the heels of the Reason Rally, where Dawkins exhorted the crowd to “Mock them! Ridicule them! In public,” Tom Gilson wrote a post about the New Atheists’ practice of trivializing...
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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...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
A man with ALS explains his anger against those who promote assisted suicide.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
Most people—religious or otherwise—have no idea what marriage is, why it exists, and what we need it for, and it’s dangerous to fundamentally change things when you don’t understand why...
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:47 PM
Why is it that contemporary Christian thought on ethics and morality seems so thin? Let’s recapture a richer and fuller vision for our moral life.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
Our apologetics aren’t Christian merely because of the arguments we use or the conclusions we’re arguing for. What does it mean to use Christian apologetics Christianly?
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 8:57 PM
After a recent keynote address at an ACSI teacher’s convention, a young middle school teacher challenged me on something I had said.
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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 amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:53 PM
In an interview in The Guardian, a man who is detransitioning after living 20 years as a woman explains why he regrets transitioning as a 19-year-old.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
If Jesus is worth a painful death, is He not worth an uncomfortable life?
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Web Content Article · By brooke steinbacher On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
Those of us experiencing loss during the holidays can feel overlooked when surrounded by festivity and cheer. How can we take part in the moments leading up to Christmas when merriment eludes us?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 4:23 PM
Christians see God as someone to be desired, but not everyone sees Him this way. Whichever side of that divide you’re on, the other side likely seems incomprehensible to you.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jan 23, 2020 11:03 PM
An article in the Journal of Medical Ethics argues there’s a good possibility that fetal human beings can feel pain earlier than the previously accepted 24 weeks.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 9, 2020 2:55 AM
It is absolutely wrong for anyone to take this kind of action for the purpose of stopping or punishing abortionists. Here’s why.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Learn to spot the non-sequiturs atheists sometimes use to argue against Christianity.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
To the atheist commenter who referred to Jesus as ”the magic carpenter”: You can say Christianity is false. You can even say it’s dangerous. The one thing you can’t say is that it’s silly and shallow.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Because of the tragic death of Robin Williams, people are commenting on suicide and depression who have not loved someone who was devastated by them. A post by Ann Voskamp is different.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:50 PM
The solution for shame in today’s culture is to celebrate sin in an attempt to take away its sting. But there’s no real solution for sin apart from God’s grace.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
When it comes to the question of aborting babies diagnosed with a lethal abnormality, even some pro-lifers hesitate, but studies show that those who choose life in this situation don’t regret it.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 9, 2022 12:32 AM
When an entire culture is given over to the idea that morality is relative, the only way to promote one’s preference is by power plays.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
A parable printed in the official LDS (Mormon) teaching manual illustrates well the difference between our view of the atonement and the LDS view.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Our obstinacy has been getting us into trouble for 2,000 years whenever a government makes the upsetting discovery that Christians place the authority of Jesus above that of civil authorities...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Historian Rodney Stark writes in The Triumph of Christianity about the significant contrast Christian mercy and compassion was in comparison to pagan religions.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
In his new book, Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God, Tim Keller gives a wonderfully motivating illustration of how we should view prayer.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
God’s triune nature makes Him different from all other conceptions of gods. He is love because He is three Persons who love. His wrath is simply what happens when He, a being of love, encounters...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:59 PM
When our culture hears the word “holiness,” it imagines dour-looking people sitting primly in dark rooms. But God has always been a God of joy, and He intends for us to be joyful in Him.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 9, 2021 3:56 AM
Do not be surprised when your weakness increases. And don’t be tempted to conclude God has left you when you experience it. Weakness is the way for the Christian.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Sep 13, 2021 10:28 PM
As we meditate on the truth we find in Revelation 5:9, we can’t help but worship Jesus. We also need to consider its implications for us as apologists.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Feb 23, 2022 12:53 AM
The Christian claim is that every believer who is transformed by the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit experiences a change of identity and lifestyle, including LGBT people.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Years ago Amy was given a piece of advice that has proved to be more valuable in her life than anything else. Here’s that advice.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Do you feel unmotivated or hopeless when it comes to prayer? Do you feel spiritually dead? God is the God who gives life where it doesn’t now exist.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Here’s a plan for a year’s worth of reading in theology, Bible, and apologetics.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:46 PM
This isn’t the first time a proponent of same-sex marriage has been open about her ultimate goal of destroying marriage, but it’s certainly one of the most straightforward.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Here’s some good news, some bad news, and a warning regarding the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:51 PM
Most people who promote transgenderism are interested in doing the loving thing. They’re just wrong about what the loving thing to do is.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
Speaking of dads on this Father’s Day, I want to talk about the Heavenly Father for a moment and transition here into a theological issue dealing with fathers and sons; this would be the Father...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:45 PM
We need to evaluate movies by more than just how they make us feel.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 26, 2019 10:52 PM
The question of the epistemic status and rationality of theism in general (vs. atheism or some non-theistic alternative), or of Christianity in particular (vs. competing forms of theistic...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:58 PM
We (most of the STR office staff) just got back from seeing the movie Risen. I think it’s one of the best Christian movies I’ve seen, and it’s a movie that would be interesting (and not...
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 9:39 PM
Mark Galli has a good editorial in the current Christianity Today issue. I disagree with a couple of points. But I appreciate his primary message—reminding Christians that we’re to love and care...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 6, 2020 11:26 PM
Whether you’re resisting prayer or are merely unable to motivate yourself to plead with God when you’ve faced so many disappointments, here is some help.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 10, 2020 5:19 AM
The strategy used by the villains in this sci-fi movie to convince people it’s morally permissible to create human clones to harvest their body parts will sound familiar to you.
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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...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:41 PM
If atheists want to make their selling point the fact that they have “traditionally embraced” a “commitment to the naked truth,” whatever it is, however disturbing, then let them live out this...
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 26, 2019 11:08 PM
Abortion choice advocates often engage in logical gymnastics to avoid the inconsistency of their view.
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Web Content Article · By melinda penner On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
David Bentley Hart explains that the ethic of caring for the sick and needy, establishing hospitals and clinics, was unique historically in Christianity because of what the Bible taught...
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 26, 2019 10:53 PM
For some believers, apologetics has a questionable reputation. It amounts to intellectually bullying or argumentative one-upsmanship. It’s all head and no heart. However, is this an accurate view...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:02 PM
Why would God create human beings if He knew that so many would reject Him and end up being punished for their sin in Hell?
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:40 PM
I want to talk about something that has been on my mind for a while. I have been thinking about virtues, particularly virtues that should be characteristics of Christians and leaders.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:40 PM
Strong feelings of compassion and empathy coupled with a desire to help people and make them happy can sometimes obscure the path of true compassion.
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Web Content Article · By greg koukl On Jun 27, 2019 9:44 PM
Have you ever felt “the big chill”...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 17, 2021 1:10 AM
Academic arguments about the reality of God are necessary but not sufficient. You will have to answer questions about His goodness.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 23, 2023 12:01 AM
Andrew Sullivan recognizes the destructive danger queer theory poses to societal norms, but it was the same-sex marriage movement that destroyed the basis for sexual norms in the first place,...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
It’s only when you’re open about your sin that people can see you’re resting on Christ’s work for you, not your own perfection. This is when you glorify Christ the most.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Hey, did you hear anything about that recent Noah movie?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
Being faithful to the Word of God is not easy. It involves pain. Sometimes fear, loneliness, helplessness. We may think of Martin Luther as a hero now, but he had the same fears you and I have.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
Day” has something to say about celebrating the peace of Christmas in a time of suffering
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Web Content Article · By aaron brake On Nov 15, 2021 9:35 PM
Does the Bible teach that just as Jesus calmed the storm on the Sea of Galilee, so he wants to calm the storms in your own life? Here’s why your ability to correctly interpret Scripture matters.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jul 31, 2019 10:18 PM
I came across a lecture by Peter J. Williams that I found to be an excellent complement to this month’s Solid Ground (if you haven’t yet read Greg’s “The Canaanites: Genocide or Judgment?” you...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Nov 25, 2019 1:12 AM
Martin Luther sparked the Reformation when he began asking questions about how we can be righteous enough to escape God’s wrath. The answer he found in the Bible changed everything.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
I think discrimination is great. I think we should discriminate based on age, sex, disability, and sexual orientation. And I bet most Americans agree with me.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
The aspects of God’s character we learn about now as a result of living in a fallen world will make our time with Him in eternity even more glorious.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:37 PM
Some say the disciples believed only Jesus’ spirit was resurrected, not His body. Two passages in Acts say differently.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 26, 2019 10:54 PM
Some say the disciples believed only Jesus’ spirit was resurrected, not His body. Two passages in Acts say differently.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM
Christianity changed the West’s understanding of power. Our culture is saturated with its ideas today, so it’s easy to forget how radical this was.
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:49 PM
She glared at me for the entire two hours. I didn’t know her and I didn’t know her story, but I knew this high schooler wasn’t happy. Apparently her mother had dragged her to my apologetics seminar...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:53 PM
As rational human beings, we desire to think consistently about the world, but consistent views aren’t necessarily accurate ones.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:54 PM
Sometimes when a person discovers I teach apologetics, they say, “You can’t argue someone into the Kingdom.”
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Web Content Article · By brett kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
2 Chronicles 7:14 is one of the most misinterpreted and mis-claimed verses in the Bible. You can help people discover this by gently walking them through four basic steps of biblical interpretation.
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Web Content Article · By tim barnett On Jun 27, 2019 9:51 PM
Everyone has doubts. So the question isn’t really, “Can Christians have doubts?” but rather, “What should we do when doubts come?”
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Mar 20, 2020 11:48 PM
Like St. Patrick, let us not forget the purpose of the arguments we learn or neglect the personal communion with God that empowers us.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Mar 24, 2020 2:44 AM
Though abortion is inconsistent with the Christian worldview, some people point to a Bible passage they believe ordains abortion. Alan responds.
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Web Content Article · By alan shlemon On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Alan’s monthly letter for June 2010 Is apologetics a biblical concept? This is a fair question. Christians want to know if apologetics is sanctioned by God. It turns out that God cares a lot about...
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