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How Should I Talk with Children About Abortion?
How should we communicate the case for the pro-life view to children?
How Do We Know Objective Values Aren’t a Delusion?
Greg chats with callers about how we know objective values exist and aren’t a delusion, how to redirect someone who’s on the wrong theological road, and how to navigate bringing apologetics to a church in a denomination that doesn’t allow outside speakers.
Are There Errors in the Bible?
In this excerpt from STR University’s course “Unbreakable,” Jon Noyes addresses doubts about the Bible’s inerrancy and explains why everything hinges on whether it’s merely a human book about God or a divine book given by God.
What If a Darwinist Denies There’s Something Wrong with the World?
Greg answers questions about Darwinists who deny there’s something wrong with the world, attending a baptism at an LGBTQ-affirming church, why Christians have pets instead of giving the money to orphans, the name “Lord of Hosts,” and singing worship songs about our feelings.
Beauty Is Real
Megan Almon talks about the reality and nature of beauty, answers questions about introducing heavy cultural topics to young people who aren’t already asking about them and whether or not God would have destroyed the Israelites if Moses hadn’t intervened, and more.
Why Should I Believe the Bible Instead of the Quran or Book of Mormon?
Greg Koukl contrasts the Bible’s verifiable historical record with the unverifiable claims of other religious texts, showing why faith in Scripture is grounded in truth.
Did Legend Affect the Disciples’ Christology?
Alan answers the challenge that the disciples embellished their depiction of Jesus over time.
Answering Alex O’Connor on Whether Meaning Is Just Psychological
Speaking with atheist Alex O’Connor on The Diary of a CEO, Greg Koukl argues that humanity’s search for meaning reflects more than a psychological need.
Christianity Can Anchor Your Life Because It’s True
Greg and Tim finish their conversation about The Diary of a CEO, discussing anchoring one’s life in Christianity, the existence of evidence for Christianity, why the world is broken, pre-human animal suffering, evolving morality, advice for someone searching for meaning, and more.
Can Evolution Explain Our Sense of Meaning?
Greg and Tim continue evaluating clips from The Diary of a CEO, discussing the need for meaning to inform purpose, whether evolution can explain our sense of meaning, whether subjective experience can be evidential, atheist Alex O’Connor’s advice for finding meaning, and more.
Jesus Is History’s Unique Suspect
J. Warner Wallace explains how Jesus’ unmatched influence on art, music, literature, science, and education makes him history’s true “person of interest.”
Columbus and the Flat Earth Myth
We’ve all heard the story that Christopher Columbus set sail amidst disputes involving the shape of the earth, but ancient and medieval sources tell a different story about what the people of Columbus’s time believed.
Which Worldview Best Explains Meaning and Purpose?
Greg and Tim review clips from a conversation between Greg, atheist Alex O’Connor, and Hindu Alok Kanojia, discussing why human beings flourish in a particular way, the foundation of meaning and purpose, the meaning crisis, Alex’s paperclip analogy, and more.
Answering Alex O’Connor on Why Children Get Cancer
In answer to a challenge from atheist Alex O’Connor, Greg Koukl explains that while an accidental, godless universe has no moral grounding or ultimate hope, Christianity acknowledges both natural and moral evil as consequences of human rebellion and provides a coherent narrative that ends in restora
Are These My Thoughts, or Is God Speaking to Me?
Greg answers questions about how to tell the difference between your own thoughts and God speaking to you, near death experiences, cremation vs. the regular burial process, leaving a church without feeling a calling from God, and dealing with burnout in ministry.
Unseen Roots: How Christianity Grounds Human Value
Many of the institutions and values our society cherishes exist because Christianity transformed our world, and one of the most significant examples of this is the West’s belief in intrinsic human value.
A Response to Alex O’Connor on Jesus’ Deity
Alex O’Connor claims that Jesus explicitly denies being God in John 10:34 by quoting Psalm 82.
How Could Adam and Eve Sin If They Didn’t Know Good and Evil?
Alex O’Connor recently argued on The Diary of a CEO that if Adam and Eve didn’t yet have the “knowledge of good and evil,” then they couldn’t have known it was wrong to eat from the tree.
Why an Emotivist Can’t Use Suffering to Argue Against the Existence of God
Greg talks about atheist Alex O’Connor’s use of suffering as an argument against God, then he answers a caller’s question about how God could create people with autism—something that adds such difficulties to a person’s life and makes it harder for people to connect with God.
Why Looking Backwards Keeps You Safe
After Paul warns Timothy there will be trouble in the church as Christians turn to myths that tickle their ears rather than endure sound biblical doctrine, he then gives the antidote in three simple words: “You, however, continue.”