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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 22, 2020 3:29 PM
Contrary to the catchy saying, being “heavenly minded” doesn’t make you “no earthly good.” Rather, it’s the very fuel of earthly sacrifice.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Oct 12, 2022 10:40 PM
When people respond to our Christianity with anger, it’s tempting to think either that we’ve done something wrong or that Christianity deserves their anger. Here’s why neither conclusion...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 10:00 PM
An atheist who wants to reduce Christianity to the avoidance of Hell has missed the point of Christianity.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
Because of God’s artistry, just as there are layers of meaning in a painting, there is an unfathomable depth to the world He created and the words He revealed.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
Many people interpret Philippians 4:13 to mean, “The sky’s the limit to what I can accomplish when Jesus helps me!” but that’s not exactly what this verse is about.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
No hierarchy within a marriage is biblical if the leadership is not shaped by the three biblical ideas of equality, self-sacrifice, and humble service.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
If not every promise in the Bible applies to you, how can you know which ones you can cling to when times get tough?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2023 9:15 PM
God will bring things into your life you never would have chosen, but you can endure anything for the short span of your time on this earth when you know this about your future.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:49 PM
Every decision you make as you’re interacting with others is changing you. We need to consider this truth with the gravity it deserves.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On May 27, 2022 10:00 PM
For decades, our culture has been denying the differences between men and women in order to promote sameness­—in genders, roles, couples, etc. But reality has a way of asserting itself.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
Andreas Köstenberger and Justin Taylor wrote about “Five Errors to Drop from Your Easter Sermon” in Christianity Today. Here’s a summary.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:46 PM
If you are living with disappointment today, take heart! God has promised He is working all things together to make you like Christ.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
We all need to take seriously our need for God’s supernatural work in and through us, if we’re going to persevere in apologetics. Are you diligently pleading with Him for this?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:36 PM
Why do atheists and Christians see Jesus so differently?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 7, 2020 2:21 AM
What have we lost, both as individuals and as a culture, without the presence of death?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
An atheist asked, “Is faith not belief in the conviction/evidence of things unseen, which by their nature, do not have evidence?” Here’s the response.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:38 PM
If you do not yet believe Jesus died for your sins, or you do not trust the Bible enough to submit to it as the Word of God, then you might not ever get anywhere trying to answer the question of...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:48 PM
You’re probably interested in ideas—learning them, examining them, explaining them, and passing them on. Since this worthy passion has its own particular dangers and pitfalls, here are some...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
The Book of Mormon says God may institute polygamy in order to raise up more children, but does polygamy really accomplish this?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:41 PM
If Jesus is God—our sovereign Creator—and is morally perfect and blindingly good and loving, then is it wrong for Him to call us to love Him above all others?
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Mar 15, 2021 10:10 PM
If you are speaking the truth about God to those who have rejected him, pain and confusion are likely ahead of you. Here’s what you can learn from Jeremiah about persevering.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM
It’s not unreasonable or bigoted to treat the unique joining of sexually complementary partners uniquely. But in order to see that this is a reasonable understanding that isn’t motivated by hate,...
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Feb 27, 2020 8:30 PM
It doesn’t matter how good, just, and true God is; we just keep branding him a conniving, cruel criminal.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:52 PM
Mormons believe God is an exalted man who became a god, but there are both biblical and philosophical problems with this understanding.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 9:54 PM
Our society has become much more uncivil than it was a decade ago, and we need to develop some new skills for interacting with people.
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Apr 29, 2020 7:08 PM
How on earth could one person’s “hopes and wishes” magically transform “unspeakable violence” against another person into something acceptable that one ought to work hard to encourage?
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Web Content Article · By amy k. hall On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM
When, gay or straight, you’re prepared to give up what Jesus asks you to give up, whatever it turns out to be, then you’re ready to go to the Bible and find what He wills there.
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