God’s Unbreakable Word

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

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

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

#STRask: Is Morality Determined by Society?

Dan Day: Greg Answers an Atheist

A Rollercoaster Life

How to Talk to an Ethical Atheist

#STRask: What Evidence Can I Give for Objective Morality?

Sometimes AI Just Makes Stuff Up

Is It Okay for Pastors to Ask the Holy Spirit to Come Down?

#STRask: If Sin Is a Disease We’re Born with, How Can We Be Guilty When We Sin?

Greg Reflects on the Passage of Time on His 75th Birthday

Does God Love Everyone?

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

Articles

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?

Horror Movies and Evil: What They Get Right (and Wrong)

At their best, horror films expose our culture’s struggle with evil, though their answers are often misguided, incomplete, or just plain wrong. Here’s what horror gets right and wrong and why it appeals to so many.

A Simple Case for Inspiration

How do we justify our confidence in biblical authority when many deny that the Bible is inspired by God and inerrant? Here’s a line of reasoning to get people thinking about Scripture as God’s Word—and if God’s Word, then inerrant, of necessity.

When It’s Good to Argue

Many people think arguing isn’t nice, productive, or healthy, but that’s not necessarily true. When you’re making a proper argument and not just being argumentative, it’s actually a virtue, not a vice.

Videos

Other Worldviews

How to Talk to an Ethical Atheist

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

Sexuality and Gender

Will Christians Eventually Change Their Minds About LGBTQ+ Issues?

Sexuality and Gender

How Hollywood Gets the Christian View of Sex Wrong

Podcasts

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.

Dan Day: Greg Answers an Atheist

Greg answers questions from an atheist about why Jesus couldn’t write his own book, what God has been doing all of this time, why Christians don’t read the Bible if it’s the Word of God, God existing “before” time, and whether pastors use fear tactics to get people to tithe.

#STRask: What Evidence Can I Give for Objective Morality?

Questions about how to respond to someone who’s asking for evidence for objective morality, what to say to atheists who counter the moral argument for God by rejecting the necessity of objective morality, and the definition of intuition.

Is It Okay for Pastors to Ask the Holy Spirit to Come Down?

Greg answers questions about pastors asking the Holy Spirit to come down, the treatment of slaves in Israel versus in other cultures, whether there should be women pastors, and how Christians can claim they have a relationship with Jesus if they’ve never seen him.

#STRask: If Sin Is a Disease We’re Born with, How Can We Be Guilty When We Sin?

Questions about how we can be guilty when we sin if sin is a disease we’re born with, how it can be that we’ll have free will in Heaven but not have the ability to choose to sin, and whether morality and logic are correct because God says so or he says so because they’re correct.

Greg Reflects on the Passage of Time on His 75th Birthday

Greg reflects on the passage of time on his 75th birthday, then he answers questions about the SRY gene making someone male, his opinion on music in the church today, and whether the Old Testament stories are allegory or history.

#STRask: Do People with Dementia Have Free Will?

Question about whether or not people with dementia have free will and are morally responsible for the sins they commit.

Jesus’ Yoke Is Easy and His Burden Is Light

Greg reflects on the destruction from the Malibu fire, then he answers questions about the sense in which Jesus’ yoke is easy and his burden light, how to respond to someone who uses Romans 7 to defend his homosexuality, and how to let God lead when making big decisions.

#STRask: If Jesus Is God, Why Didn’t He Know the Day of His Return?

Questions about why Jesus didn’t know the day of his return if he truly is God, and why it’s important for Jesus to be both fully God and fully man.

Tripp and Megan Almon Are Joining Stand to Reason

Greg chats with Tripp and Megan Almon, who are joining the Stand to Reason team as the head of STR Outposts (Tripp) and a speaker (Megan), about their backgrounds, spiritual and intellectual journeys, and new roles at STR.

#STRask: Is It Wrong to Feel Satisfaction at the Thought of Some Atheists Being Humbled Before Christ?

Questions about whether it’s wrong to feel a sense of satisfaction at the thought of some atheists being humbled before Christ when their time comes, and practical methods of engagement that can be used when conversing with conspiracy theorists.

Solid Ground

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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.