Is Transgenderism a Matter of Broken Bodies or Broken Beliefs?

Jon Noyes answers a question about whether the Fall could justify a transgender person’s belief that they have the correct mind in the wrong body. Jonathan Noyes

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Stand to Reason

#STRask: How Do We Determine Which Books Are Divinely Inspired?

Stand with Courage and Grace

#STRask: Am I Childless Because I Don’t Fear God Enough?

How Can I Go about Writing a Book?

Christ’s Crucifixion Isn’t Child Sacrifice

What Does the Bible Mean by “God the Son” and “Only Begotten”?

#STRask: Why Does It Matter to Christians That Jesus Was Raised Bodily?

#STRask: Can a Case Be Made against Homosexuality and Transgenderism without Using the Bible?

Is There Really a Difference between Microevolution and Macroevolution?

Look for Your Moral Blind Spots

Pro-Choice Advocate Confuses Baby-Making with Baby-Killing

#STRask: Is It Wrong to Get a Job Instead of Volunteering My Time to Help Others?

Apply to Launch an STR Outpost at Your Church

Articles

Christ’s Crucifixion Isn’t Child Sacrifice

Some object to the idea that Jesus paid the penalty for our sins through his death on the cross, calling it “child sacrifice,” but here are three reasons why characterizing it as child sacrifice is inappropriate.

Look for Your Moral Blind Spots

What injustices of our generation are we unaware of? We need to remind ourselves that we’re all blind to certain issues and intentionally look for our moral blind spots.

Apply to Launch an STR Outpost at Your Church

We’re launching STR Outposts, apologetics groups in local churches that will equip Christians to be clear thinkers and good ambassadors for Christ.

Three Criteria for Using Prophecy in Apologetics

Fulfilled prophecy is evidence that God communicates and is involved in mankind’s history, but it’s often overlooked as an apologetic for Christianity. Here are three criteria for using specific fulfilled prophecies in your apologetic approach.

The Challenge of Cross-Cultural Apologetics

To be effective at teaching apologetics to people in different cultures, you need to think like an ambassador. Here are three things to keep in mind.

What Is Promised to the Two or Three Who Are Gathered in Jesus’ Name?

What is promised to the “two or three” who are “gathered together in Jesus’ name” according to Matthew 18:19–20, and does that promise apply to us today?

Killing Roe Doesn’t Mean It’s Illegal to Kill the Unborn

The reversal of Roe v. Wade didn’t make abortion illegal, so there’s still work to do if we want the laws against killing innocent human beings to consistently apply to every human being. Here’s a three-pronged approach we can take to effectively address abortion.

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.

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.

Videos

Other Worldviews

What Does the Bible Mean by “God the Son” and “Only Begotten”?

Pro-Choice Advocate Confuses Baby-Making with Baby-Killing

Christian Living

Submit to Authority in Love

Christian Living

Justice Matters to God

Podcasts

Stand with Courage and Grace

Greg talks about our need to have courage and grace as we stand in the truth, then he answers questions about how we know the devil didn’t raise Jesus, whether the Holy Spirit can use descriptive passages to affirm a decision, and Christians’ involvement in politics.

#STRask: Am I Childless Because I Don’t Fear God Enough?

Questions about whether the fact that God gave the Hebrew midwives families because they feared him indicates that childlessness is a sign of not fearing God enough and whether it’s a genetic fallacy to point out the eugenics philosophy of the founder of Planned Parenthood when arguing against abortion.

How Can I Go about Writing a Book?

Greg talks to a student about STR’s “Be One of the 100” campaign, corrects a stat he gave about slavery, explains how to go about writing a book, then answers a question about how to find a good church.

#STRask: Why Does It Matter to Christians That Jesus Was Raised Bodily?

Questions about why it matters to Christians that Jesus was raised bodily and isn’t just living on as a spirit and whether Jesus had a fallen body while here on earth.

#STRask: Can a Case Be Made against Homosexuality and Transgenderism without Using the Bible?

Question about making a case against homosexuality and transgenderism to non-believers who do not trust the Bible.

Is There Really a Difference between Microevolution and Macroevolution?

Greg answers questions about whether there’s a legitimate difference between microevolution and macroevolution, concern about a pastor’s response to the reversal of Roe v. Wade, whether it’s wrong to take contraceptives, and why God doesn’t get rid of Satan immediately.

#STRask: Is It Wrong to Get a Job Instead of Volunteering My Time to Help Others?

Questions about whether it’s a sin to get a job for extra money instead of volunteering one’s time to help others and a biblical response to the phrase “I don’t want to put the Holy Spirit in a box.”

Statistics Show LGBTQ Lifestyles Are Harmful

Greg discusses the fact that even though our culture glorifies LGBTQ lifestyles, the statistics show these lifestyles are actually harmful to people, then he answers a question about the timeline for end-time events.

#STRask: Should I Patronize Businesses That Collide with My Moral Beliefs?

Questions about whether we should patronize businesses that collide with our moral beliefs, promote the LGBTQ lifestyle, or pay for employees to travel to other states for abortions and why God makes us with certain desires if he calls those desires sin.

An Example of the Helpfulness of Tactics

Greg talks about the helpfulness of tactics, even for those who are new to using them, tells about hearing from a pastor that virtually all of the junior high girls in their youth group identify as bisexual, and talks to a caller about Trinitarian vs. Unitarian views of God.

#STRask: What Is the Biblical Definition of Justice?

Questions about why Jesus said it would have been better if Judas had not been born, the biblical definition of justice, and whether it’s “unloving” to point out the false teachings of a TV evangelist in a roundtable discussion at a church.

Should the Church Be Celebrating the End of Roe v. Wade?

Greg answers questions about whether the church should be celebrating the end of Roe v. Wade, the idea that people with same-sex attraction are “born that way,” whether it’s possible there are more persons in the Trinity, and discerning whether a spiritual gift is from God or some other source.

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?