You Can’t Be Thankful without Someone to Thank

Greg explains how his Inside Out tactic relates to Thanksgiving, talks to a caller about what, if anything, to say to pastors who aren’t addressing cultural issues, reflects on a book that provides a liturgy for daily worship, and answers a question about whether we should address the devil in prayer. Greg Koukl

#STRask: Why Did Jesus Leave Earth?

Four Tips for Having Good Conversations

Interview: Melissa Dougherty – Christians and New Age Beliefs

Legalism Leads to Despair, but Christ Gives Life

#STRask: How Can I Comfort Christian Families That Have Lost Loved Ones to Suicide?

Interview: Eric Johnson – Misconceptions about Mormons

#STRask: Is God a Hypocrite?

Interview: Eric Johnson – Introducing Christianity to Mormons

Evangelism Isn’t Disrespectful

Social Media Has Amplified Deconstruction

#STRask: What Do I Say to Friends Who Have Deconstructed and Left the Faith?

Prophecy Is Not Something One Learns to Do

#STRask: Aren’t Good Non-Christians Evidence That God Isn’t Required to Live a Moral Life?

Keep Your Eyes Open for Smoke and Mirrors

Articles

Evangelism Isn’t Disrespectful

Is evangelism disrespectful since the Christian is assuming he’s right and the other person is wrong? Here are three things to keep in mind when answering this question.

Unborn Images Matter

A recent article in The Guardian posted some misleading images of “what is actually being removed in early pregnancy.” Alan explains.

How to Respond to Questions That Aren’t Really Questions

Sometimes the questions people ask aren’t real questions; they’re statements proving a point. Here are three things we can learn from Jesus’ example about how to respond.

Reading Less, More—and Twice as Fast

If you’re like a lot of people, you want to read more effectively, but you don’t know how and can’t find the time. Here’s a plan that will change that for you.

Our Bodies Have Purpose and Value

Our culture has divided the body from the person, rejecting the idea that our bodies have true things to say about who we are. But as Christians, we’re called to honor our bodies and live according to the way God designed us to live.

The Truth of Christianity Isn’t Measured by People’s Hatred of It

When people respond to our Christianity with anger, it’s tempting to think either that we’ve done something wrong or that Christianity deserves their anger. Here’s why neither conclusion necessarily follows.

Who Says Who We Are—Man or Maker?

Who’s the best person to answer questions about how to operate a complicated device? The one who designed and created it, of course.

Four Questions about the Love of God to Ask Jehovah’s Witnesses

Here are four questions you can ask Jehovah’s Witnesses about the love of God to help you demonstrate the truth of the divinity of Jesus.

Abortion Is the Opposite of Loving Your Neighbor

A recent ad campaign claimed we can love our neighbor, as God commanded, by providing free abortions, but how does providing unfettered access to abortion constitute love?

A Principle for Conversational Prayer

Many Christians struggle with prayer, but you can improve your prayer life if you learn to pray specifically, intelligibly, and persuasively.

Be Obedient Even When You Don’t Understand the Command

If you are following Jesus, a time will inevitably come when you’ll have to choose whether or not to follow a moral command in Scripture that you don’t understand. Here’s why you should choose obedience.

Don’t Lose Sight of the Big Picture

How should Christian apologists, teachers, mentors, etc. address the cultural challenges we’re facing? Here's some advice from Carl Trueman and two things to keep in mind as you teach and make your case.

Videos

Arts and Culture

Social Media Has Amplified Deconstruction

Other Worldviews

Is Your Worldview Logical? Literal? Livable?

Christian Living

Here’s Why It’s Not Necessarily Wrong to Celebrate Halloween

Is God Insecure?

Podcasts

#STRask: Why Did Jesus Leave Earth?

Questions about why Jesus left earth and how it’s possible that two Christian leaders, who both have the Holy Spirit, can have a contradicting witness about whether or not one can lose one’s salvation.

Interview: Melissa Dougherty – Christians and New Age Beliefs

Greg talks to apologist Melissa Dougherty about how she fell into New Age beliefs, thinking they were Christian, her return to biblical Christianity, the importance of biblical literacy and clear thinking for all Christians, and New Age beliefs in the church.

#STRask: How Can I Comfort Christian Families That Have Lost Loved Ones to Suicide?

Question about how a minister can comfort Christian families that have lost loved ones to suicide, are wrestling with thoughts that the suicide has resulted in a loved one possibly being a lost soul forever, and are close to walking away from God.

Interview: Eric Johnson – Misconceptions about Mormons

Robby talks to Eric Johnson of Mormonism Research Ministry about the rules Mormons have to follow, the LDS view of authority and the way they view their prophets, the LDS need to keep all their commandments, and how Mormons and Christians talk past each other by using the same terms with different definitions.

#STRask: Is God a Hypocrite?

Questions about whether God is being a hypocrite when he commands us not to murder and then executes people himself and how a politically conservative Christian should respond to a medical school admission form that asks questions about political opinions.

Interview: Eric Johnson – Introducing Christianity to Mormons

Robby interviews Eric Johnson of Mormonism Research Ministry about his new book, Introducing Christianity to Mormons: A Practical and Comparative Guide to What the Bible Teaches.

#STRask: What Do I Say to Friends Who Have Deconstructed and Left the Faith?

Questions about what to say to friends who have deconstructed and left the faith that will acknowledge their pain but also point them back to God and how to respond to someone who says Christians don’t think for themselves but only blindly follow.

Prophecy Is Not Something One Learns to Do

Greg critiques the concept of “practicing prophecy,” explaining why prophecy is not something one learns to do, then he answers questions about taking a sick child to a Christian who claims to be a healer and whether some people are called by God to be single.

#STRask: Aren’t Good Non-Christians Evidence That God Isn’t Required to Live a Moral Life?

Questions about how to respond to someone who says the existence of good non-Christians is evidence that God isn’t required to live a satisfying, moral life, whether God can save someone convicted of treason, and when it’s time to leave a church that promotes itself more than it exalts God.

Keep Your Eyes Open for Smoke and Mirrors

Greg examines the rhetoric in an article about a “Center for Transgender Health,” then he answers a question about what “give it to the Lord” means when we’re facing difficult times.

#STRask: How Can We Truly Love God in Heaven if We Won’t Have the Free Will to Reject Him?

Questions about whether regeneration counters total depravity in the Reformed view and how it could be that we’ll truly love God when we’re in Heaven, where we can’t reject him, if real love requires the free will to reject him.

Count the Cost of Following Jesus

Greg responds to Doug the atheist’s comments on one of Tim Barnett’s videos, then he answers questions about what Christians mean when they say God told them to do something, slavery, going on vacation without one’s spouse, and whether if a Christian isn’t healed, it’s because he lacks faith.

Solid Ground

Tactics and Tools

Reading Less, More—and Twice as Fast

If you’re like a lot of people, you want to read more effectively, but you don’t know how and can’t find the time. Here’s a plan that will change that for you.

Christian Living

Contend Earnestly for the Faith

As we face serious challenges on two broad fronts—trouble in the world and trouble in the church—we’re called to “contend earnestly for the faith once for all handed down to the saints,” but how do we do this? Here are Paul’s simple instructions.

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.