How to Make the Case That the Bible Is the Word of God

Greg reflects on the power of God’s Word to speak for itself and shares a helpful mnemonic for remembering the reasons why Christians can trust the Bible. Greg Koukl

#STRask: Why Doesn’t Every Bible Version Include Matthew 17:21?

Try Before You Buy?

Yes, Intrinsic Human Value Is a Christian Idea, but Do You Really Want to Argue against It?

#STRask: What’s the Controversy if Aborted Fetuses Go to Heaven?

Don’t Be Discouraged by Pride Month

Interview: Mike Winger on Progressive Christianity

A Missing Component in Our Discussions about Doing Justice

Why Secular Culture Is so Appealing

#STRask: Are You Really Being Unfaithful to Reality if You Use Someone’s Preferred Pronouns?

More Responses to Popular Pro-Choice Memes

#STRask: Why Didn’t God Answer My Prayer for Guidance?

How to Make the Case against Abortion in Less Than a Minute

Responding to Pro-Choice Memes

Sex Is a Moral Issue

Articles

Yes, Intrinsic Human Value Is a Christian Idea, but Do You Really Want to Argue against It?

The pro-life view is ultimately grounded in the Christian view of human beings, but not in the way most people think. Here’s why, even in light of that, there’s nothing wrong with states democratically passing pro-life laws that apply to everybody.

Don’t Be Discouraged by Pride Month

When it comes to Pride Month, staying discouraged won’t help us. What we need instead is clear thinking from a biblical perspective to help us move away from discouragement and toward compassion.

A Missing Component in Our Discussions about Doing Justice

When we participate with God in seeking biblical justice for the vulnerable, we are also building our relationship with him.

How to Make the Case against Abortion in Less Than a Minute

The topic of abortion is about to heat up dramatically with the likely overturning of Roe v. Wade. Here’s something to help you make a case against abortion in less than a minute.

Richard Dawkins Is (Partly) Right about Pro-Life People

Here are a few things Richard Dawkins got right and a few things he got wrong in his recent article about the views of pro-lifers.

Don’t Be Dismayed at Their Revilings

As Christians, we are hated by many, but we continue in obedience—without reviling in return and without turning back—for three great reasons.

Why Pro-Choicers Insist Pro-Life Arguments Are Religious

The pro-life case against abortion involves legal, moral, scientific, and philosophical reasoning, so why do abortion-choice advocates keep insisting pro-life arguments are religious?

A Tip for Serving Your Waiter

If you practice simple things like these, spending a few extra minutes valuing someone you’ve come in contact with, you’ll be on your way to becoming a warm, attractive ambassador for Christ.

God Matures Us through Suffering, Not Miracles

When hard times come—and they will come—pray for a miracle, but understand that God may choose to use your difficult situation to make you more like Christ.

Two Misunderstandings Christians Have about Justice

There are two misunderstandings about justice that have led to confusion in the Christian community. Here’s what many Christians are missing.

Are All Abortions Equally Heinous?

If two women had abortions for the sake of convenience—one at one month and one at eight months—would both abortions be equally heinous?

Greg Koukl on Interacting with Non-Believers, Discerning Truth, and More

In a recent interview, Greg gave his thoughts on interacting with non-believers, asking questions to draw out people’s views and reveal the weaknesses in their arguments, discerning truth, and more.

Videos

Christian Living

Why Secular Culture Is so Appealing

Sexuality and Gender

Sex Is a Moral Issue

Sexuality and Gender

What the Bible and Science Say about Transgenderism

All Human Beings Are Valuable

Podcasts

#STRask: What’s the Controversy if Aborted Fetuses Go to Heaven?

Questions about why abortion is controversial if aborted fetuses go to Heaven and whether Americans will become largely pro-life after Roe v. Wade is reversed since they tend to connect legality with morality.

Interview: Mike Winger on Progressive Christianity

Tim talks to Mike Winger about different aspects of progressive Christianity and the core belief that ties it all together.

#STRask: Are You Really Being Unfaithful to Reality if You Use Someone’s Preferred Pronouns?

Question about the idea that you’re not being unfaithful to reality by using someone’s preferred pronouns since those pronouns correspond to the person’s actual gender identity.

More Responses to Popular Pro-Choice Memes

Tim and Alan continue their discussion about responses to popular pro-choice memes that say the Bible gives instructions on how to perform an abortion, if you don’t support requiring vasectomies for men, you shouldn’t support controlling women’s bodies, and nobody has the right to use your body against your will.

#STRask: Why Didn’t God Answer My Prayer for Guidance?

Questions about why God didn’t answer prayers for guidance regarding a major life decision and whether there’s evidence that God is more likely to say yes to a prayer request made while fasting.

Responding to Pro-Choice Memes

Tim and Alan make a quick pro-life case then chat about responses to some popular pro-choice memes that claim life begins at first breath, a fetus is only a potential human, you can freeze an embryo because it isn’t alive, saving one newborn vs. five embryos, no brain activity means legally dead, if you think abortion is wrong, don’t get one, and more.

#STRask: How Can God Be Omniscient about Never-Ending Future Events?

Questions about how God can be omniscient about never-ending future events, whether the salvation of a man who comes to Christ after being dramatically changed by a brain injury “counts,” and whether one should feel at peace dating another believer who differs on whether or not one can lose one’s salvation.

#STRask: Is the Movement to Ban Abortion Really about Babies?

Questions about why pro-lifers don’t support making everything that has to do with having and raising a baby free if the movement is really about babies and whether there are times when Christians should use rhetoric as a tool of persuasion.

Interview: Mark Mittelberg – Contagious Faith

J. Warner Wallace talks to Mark Mittelberg, author of Contagious Faith: Discover Your Natural Style for Sharing Jesus with Others, about the five styles of evangelism people’s personalities and gifts generally fit into, the book’s curriculum, and the Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics.

#STRask: What if Someone Says He Believes in Science, Not God?

Questions about what to say to someone who says he “believes in science, not God” and how to respond to the slogan “Love Is Love” without using the Bible.

How Should We Respond to Pride Month?

Greg reflects on the strangeness of designating a month to celebrate some people’s sexual appetites, then he answers questions about a tactical way to address pride banners in the workplace, Exodus 21:22, whether it’s a violation of 1 Corinthians 5 to be a pastor in the United Methodist denomination, and more.

#STRask: What Happens to People Who Never Heard of God or the Gospel?

Question about what the Bible has to say about the eternal destiny of people who never got the chance to know the God of the Bible and had no access to the salvation message.

Solid Ground

Sexuality and Gender

Try Before You Buy?

Many Christians have rejected the idea that sex is only for marriage, buying into the culture’s notion that chastity is unrealistic. Here’s why this “try before you buy” mentality reflects mistaken ideas on the nature of human sexuality, creates serious practical problems, and runs afoul of both God’s wisdom and his commands.

The “Heathen” and the Unknown God – Part 2

What about those who have never heard the gospel? The only way to know what God wants from us for salvation is for him to tell us, so to answer this question, we must trade on biblical truths and not on what seems to make sense to us based on mere human reflection.

The “Heathen” and the Unknown God – Part 1

When it comes to salvation, God’s way has always been narrow. There is forgiveness available, but no one will be saved without the gospel of Jesus Christ. What does this mean for those who have never heard of him?

Getting “Political”—Vice or Christian Virtue?

Will the followers of Christ continue to thoughtfully engage—with truth and grace—the critical ideas in culture, or will we retreat from the public square again and take refuge behind the walls of our churches?