Love Is Not a Finite Resource?

A slogan promoting polyamory proclaims, “Love is not a finite resource.” Here are three reasons why you shouldn’t be swayed by this catchy saying. Robby Lashua

Why Would God Be the Best Explanation for the Existence of the Universe?

Give Greg a Call Tuesday

Stand to Reason

#STRask: Was There an Eternal Singularity before Time Began?

Slavery in the Bible

#STRask: How Should I Interact with Someone Who Wants Sound-Bite Answers?

A Simple Survey to Help Initiate Spiritual Conversations

Abortion Is Not Merely a Political Issue

Answering the Challenge of Back-Alley Abortions

Why Christians Must Share the Gospel in Deed and Word

#STRask: “If Jesus Didn’t Come to Condemn the World, I Doubt He Sent You To”

Visions of Mary, Yoga, and Prophecies about Jesus

Living, Unique, Valuable, Unborn Human Beings

#STRask: How Much Influence Can Demons Have on Our Lives?

Is It Appropriate to Ask God for a Sign?

Articles

Give Greg a Call Tuesday

Call the podcast with your questions and challenges for Greg during the live program, 4:00–6:00 p.m. (PT), at (855) 243-9975. Outside the U.S., call (562) 424-8229.

A Simple Survey to Help Initiate Spiritual Conversations

How can you get experience having spiritual conversations with others in a relatively safe way? Here’s a simple survey containing questions to help you get started.

Answering the Challenge of Back-Alley Abortions

How should pro-lifers respond to the objection that making abortion illegal would force women to get dangerous, back-alley abortions? Here are three steps to address this challenge.

Living, Unique, Valuable, Unborn Human Beings

When we investigate the question “What is the unborn?” we find that it’s a living, unique, valuable human being...and that truth makes all the difference when it comes to abortion.

How to Think about God Promoting His Own Glory

If you react negatively to the idea of God doing things “for the sake of his name” and “for his glory,” here’s how you can think more clearly and accurately about this.

Meaningful Suffering

Why would God answer a prayer for growth in faith, love, and knowledge of God with suffering? A lesser-known hymn by John Newton reflects on the answer.

Can You Share the Gospel with Sexual Sinners without Sounding like a Bigot?

When the subject of a person’s sexual sin comes up in conversation, is there a way to share the gospel without sounding bigoted or judgmental?

Make Abortion Laws Consistent with Homicide Laws

There are many laws that allow women to end the lives of their unborn children. Despite this reality, there are still some state laws in place that protect unborn children, which leads to a puzzling inconsistency in the law.

Mélange – Part 1

A mélange is a mixture, a medley, an array of miscellany combined together for a common purpose. That is what you’ll find here—a potpourri of thoughts and reflections addressing issues that will be relevant to you as an ambassador for Christ.

The Top Ten Posts of 2022

Which topics were people most interested in this year? Here are the ten posts of 2023 that received the most views.

We Can Know Who Jesus Is by Observing What He Did

Verifying a human’s identity is simple if you have the right documents, but how would God verify his identity to humans?

The Truth about Christmas

Some of the details of the Christmas story that we’ve all come to cherish find their origin in cultural myth rather than biblical truth. Here are three common misconceptions about Jesus’ birth.

Videos

Christian Living

Why Christians Must Share the Gospel in Deed and Word

The Bible Is Not Just Metaphor

Was Jesus Compassionate?

Are the Unsaved Collateral Damage?

Podcasts

Slavery in the Bible

Greg answers questions about slavery in the Bible, whether men wrote the Bible to control people, the biblical definitions of love and judgment, and whether Jesus is still both fully man and fully God now that he’s been resurrected.

#STRask: How Should I Interact with Someone Who Wants Sound-Bite Answers?

Questions about why God expects us to be perfectly moral if he doesn’t expect us to be omnipresent, omniscient, or omnipotent and tips for interacting with someone who asks a lot of questions but then wants a sound-bite answer.

Abortion Is Not Merely a Political Issue

Greg talks about a crisis pregnancy center that’s having trouble getting help from churches because the pastors don’t want to be “political,” then he answers questions about the Passion Translation and Jesus’ human nature and sinlessness.

#STRask: “If Jesus Didn’t Come to Condemn the World, I Doubt He Sent You To”

Questions about how to respond to a meme that says, “If Jesus didn’t come to condemn the world, I doubt he sent you to,” and whether it’s common for God to prepare us for a specific purpose that never actually happens.

Visions of Mary, Yoga, and Prophecies about Jesus

Greg answers questions from callers about visions of Mary, the biblical view of yoga, how we can know Hosea 11:1 is really a prophecy about Jesus, and whether people are misusing prophecies about earlier events to make a case for Jesus.

#STRask: How Much Influence Can Demons Have on Our Lives?

Questions about the biblical approach to deciding if eating meat is ethical and how much influence demons can have on our lives.

Is It Appropriate to Ask God for a Sign?

Greg answers a question about whether it’s appropriate to ask God for a sign to indicate his approval of a decision, then he gives a caller advice about how to interact with a family member who now says he’s gay.

#STRask: Is the Bible Merely Unreliable Translations Written by Men?

Question about how to respond to someone who dismisses the Bible’s divine authority on the grounds that it was “written by mere men” and “is a bunch of unreliable translations of translations of translations.”

Can’t I Just Appreciate the Bible’s Moral Value without Taking It Literally?

Greg answers questions about whether one can just appreciate the Bible for its moral value without taking it literally, whether a worship leader attending a gay pride fundraising event indicates a problem with the church, and what the Bible has to say about free will.

#STRask: Do Imprecatory Prayers Violate New Testament Commands?

Question about whether praying an imprecatory prayer like Psalm 5 today would violate the New Testament commands to “put aside all anger,” to “forgive or you won’t be forgiven,” and to “bless and not curse.”

Design or Adaptation?

Greg reflects on the amazing design evident in the way largemouth bass feed, then he answers a question about the roots of the label “evangelical” and responds to a caller’s concerns about things he’s seeing in the large, multi-campus church he’s attending.

#STRask: If God Is Love, Why Did He Kill so Many People in the Old Testament?

Question about why God killed so many people in the Old Testament if he’s a God of love.

Solid Ground

Mélange – Part 1

A mélange is a mixture, a medley, an array of miscellany combined together for a common purpose. That is what you’ll find here—a potpourri of thoughts and reflections addressing issues that will be relevant to you as an ambassador for Christ.

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.