God Doesn’t Try

Greg explains why we don’t need to learn to hear the voice of God, then he talks to callers about how to deal with going against the majority of scientists, the best argument for God, a loving God allowing suffering, profanity, and preparing children to encounter transgenderism. Greg Koukl

#STRask: What Would You Say to an Atheist Who Claims to Lack a Worldview?

Thankful for John MacArthur’s Legacy

How Did Satan Sin in Heaven If You Can’t Sin in Heaven?

How We Know the Gospels Aren’t Late or Anonymous Books

#STRask: No One Wrote About Jesus During His Lifetime

#STRask: Is It Problematic for a DJ to Play Songs That Are Contrary to His Christian Values?

Spirituality Is Measured by Spiritual Fruit, Not Spiritual Gifts

Three Excuses for Not Reading Your Bible

If God’s Word Is Powerful, Why Do Good Pastors Go Bad?

#STRask: Could Inherently Sinful Humans Have Accurately Recorded the Word of God?

Should You Permit a Homosexual Couple to Sleep Together in Your Home?

Mending Nets in the Storm

#STRask: What Are the Top Five Things to Consider Before Joining a Church?

How Would You Determine Which Religion Is True?

Articles

Three Excuses for Not Reading Your Bible

Be honest. You’re not reading the Bible as often as you should. What are your excuses? Whatever they are, you need to uncover and crush them.

Mending Nets in the Storm

You weren’t saved to stand idle on the shore. God didn’t redeem you to passivity. You may not have a title, a platform, or a following, but if you belong to Christ, you’ve been called to prepare.

God’s Unbreakable Word

The Bible is either a book written by men about God, or it’s a book authored (ultimately) by God and given to men. Those are the alternatives. If the former, it’s prone to all the errors, flaws, and misguided opinions that humans are prone to. If the latter, then that changes everything.

A Rollercoaster Life

We all feel the crushing weight of this world at times—this fallen, sin-stained, broken, busted-up world. How can we trust that God is good when we’re in the middle of a difficult or painful circumstance?

Sometimes AI Just Makes Stuff Up

Before you get too enamored with using AI for research, there’s something you should know.

Does God Love Everyone?

Does God love everyone exactly the same? The answer often given is an unqualified yes, but Scripture presents a more nuanced picture, teaching that God loves in three distinct ways.

WARNING: Read Instructions Before Use

When we face persecution, when doubt creeps in, or when our wisdom falters, then we dust off our Bible and finally dig into the Word. But waiting for a crisis before we study Scripture is a losing strategy. Here are three reasons why we should all be reading our Bibles more.

Three Telltale Signs of “Christianity” Gone South

When you encounter a group you suspect may be theologically questionable, find out their answers to this trio of key questions.

The Destructive Power of Porn (and How to Break Free)

Porn distorts your mind, cheapens intimacy, and draws you away from God’s design for love and relationships. In short, pornography destroys, and it does so in multiple ways.

Andy Stanley’s Church Doubles Down on Transgender Ideology

A video from Andy Stanley’s North Point Community Church explains how they minister to children who identify as transgender, and it appears they have doubled down on accepting transgender ideology.

When God Speaks

Sometimes God does speak. The biblical record clearly shows that at specific times God intervened with specialized guidance and individualized directives. What does the Bible have to say about those times? When God speaks, how do we know?

Only One Question Solves the Mystery of the Sin of Sodom

What was the sin of Sodom? Pro-gay theology advocates deny homosexuality was involved. There’s only one question that resolves this mystery: What sin explains all the biblical data?

Videos

If God’s Word Is Powerful, Why Do Good Pastors Go Bad?

Christian Living

Why You Don’t Need to Choose Between Glorifying God and Enjoying Life

Other Worldviews

How to Talk to an Ethical Atheist

What Do Science and the Bible Say About Determinism and Free Will?

Podcasts

#STRask: What Would You Say to an Atheist Who Claims to Lack a Worldview?

Questions about how to handle a conversation with an atheist who claims to lack a worldview, and how to respond to someone who accuses you of being “stubborn and dogmatic” because you defend your views and don’t capitulate to their arguments.

Thankful for John MacArthur’s Legacy

Greg talks about being thankful for John MacArthur’s legacy, then he answers questions about the difference between covenant theology and dispensationalism and how to interpret NDEs where people claim to have met Jesus.

#STRask: No One Wrote About Jesus During His Lifetime

Questions about how to respond to the concern that no one wrote about Jesus during his lifetime, why scholars say Jesus was born in AD 5–6 rather than AD 1, and what Paul meant when he said God sent his son “when the fullness of the time came.”

#STRask: Is It Problematic for a DJ to Play Songs That Are Contrary to His Christian Values?

Questions about whether it’s problematic for a DJ on a secular radio station to play songs with lyrics that are contrary to his Christian values, and what approach a musician should take toward royalties he’s still receiving from music that had less-than-Christian lyrics.

Spirituality Is Measured by Spiritual Fruit, Not Spiritual Gifts

Greg explains that spirituality is measured by spiritual fruit, not spiritual gifts, then he answers questions about preterism, evidence for a beginning of the universe, the law requiring rapists to marry their victim, and whether or not Genesis 1 indicates God created chaos.

#STRask: Could Inherently Sinful Humans Have Accurately Recorded the Word of God?

Questions about whether or not inherently sinful humans could have accurately recorded the Word of God, whether the words about Moses in Acts 7:22 and Exodus 4:10 contradict each other, and why we’re told to say, “If it is the Lord’s will,” in James 4 but not James 5.

Should You Permit a Homosexual Couple to Sleep Together in Your Home?

Alan explains how he answers whether he would allow a homosexual couple to stay the night at his house. He also provides a principle that helps him address a variety of similar dilemmas.

#STRask: What Are the Top Five Things to Consider Before Joining a Church?

Questions about the top five things to consider before joining a church when coming out of the NAR movement, and thoughts regarding a church putting on a production of Jesus Christ Superstar as a means to draw non-Christians into the church.

How Would You Determine Which Religion Is True?

Greg answers questions about how to determine which religion is true, why God wouldn’t just write his own book, how we know the Christian God is the real God, and whether there’s an objective moral system or we’re simply acting to avoid pain.

#STRask: Are Works the Evidence or the Energizer of Faith?

Questions about whether faith is the evidence or the energizer of faith, and biblical support for the idea that good works are inevitable and always demonstrated in the life of someone who has true faith.

Why Denying the Crucifixion of Jesus Is a Big Problem for Muslims

Alan discusses two problems he has with the Quran’s reference to crucifixion and explains why denying the crucifixion is a huge problem for Muslims.

#STRask: Is Morality Determined by Society?

Questions about how to respond to someone who says morality is determined by society, whether our evolutionary biology causes us to think it’s objectively wrong to torture babies for fun, and whether someone with multiple personality disorder could both trust and reject Christ.

Solid Ground

God’s Unbreakable Word

The Bible is either a book written by men about God, or it’s a book authored (ultimately) by God and given to men. Those are the alternatives. If the former, it’s prone to all the errors, flaws, and misguided opinions that humans are prone to. If the latter, then that changes everything.

When God Speaks

Sometimes God does speak. The biblical record clearly shows that at specific times God intervened with specialized guidance and individualized directives. What does the Bible have to say about those times? When God speaks, how do we know?

The Invisible Man

Though it’s fashionable nowadays for “enlightened” people tutored in scientific materialism to sniff with contempt at the antiquated idea of the “ghost in the machine,” here are four powerful reasons for you to be confident that not only do souls exist, but you are a soul.

Sexuality and Gender

What Is a Man? What Is a Woman?

In spite of the current confusion over who is a man and who is a woman, the technical criteria for determining a person’s sex have been in place for over 100 years, providing definitive answers even for those who have atypical genetics or ambiguous sexual anatomy.