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

A Christian’s theology is minimally defined by two miraculous events.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 to...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

Web Content Article · By Tim Barnett On Jun 25, 2019 11:09 PM

What should we do when doubts come? Tim encourages Christians not to feel shame about having doubts then shares examples of how doubt can ultimately point us back to God.

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.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Oct 24, 2024 11:12 PM

Greg and Amy discuss the challenges of living as a Christian in a secular culture, giving advice on how to battle depression and melancholy. They remind believers that God ultimately wins and even...

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?

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.

Web Content Article · By Brett Kunkle On Jun 27, 2019 8:47 PM

Hey, did you hear anything about that recent Noah movie?

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.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:50 PM

Greg and guest Bobby Conway discuss The Fifth Gospel, then Greg talks about the blessing in 1 Peter 3:8-9, why God created Satan when he knew it would introduce sin, what happens to the young who...

Web Content Article · By Jonathan Noyes On Feb 3, 2022 3:45 PM

Jon Noyes explains how the problem of evil points to our need for a savior.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Mar 31, 2023 8:26 PM

Greg and Amy explain how accidental versus essential qualities of humanity help us to understand why Jesus could be fully human without experiencing anything that results from having a fallen nature.

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,...

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.

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.

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

Have you ever felt “the big chill”...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.”

Web Content Article · By Jonathan Noyes On Feb 20, 2025 1:52 PM

There’s one thing you can do as a Christian that’s more important than anything else. Study the Bible. But sometimes it can feel overwhelming. Here are three key principles of interpretation to...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Greg discusses top-down vs. bottom-up arguments, divine healing, and God’s foreknowledge.

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...

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.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 26, 2019 11:10 PM

The embryonic stem cell research debate is remarkable because neither side—pro-life or pro-abortion—seems to understand the moral logic of its views.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On Jun 27, 2019 8:45 PM

Greg talks about Psalm 63 and emotions, effects of same-sex marriage on individual rights, trading the gospel for social justice, and more.

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...

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.

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?”

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.

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.

Web Content Article · By Greg Koukl On May 20, 2020 8:25 PM

Is it possible to forgive a wrong done to someone else? Should only those who repent be forgiven? Is forgiveness a selfish act, a way to make ourselves feel better? Greg grapples with these issues...

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.