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How Should I Respond to Someone Who Is Word-Faith and Believes in a Second Baptism of the Holy Spiri
April 25, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
How should I respond to my sister who is Word-Faith and believes in a second baptism of the Holy Spirit? What’s the best Scripture to use? The Bible says we know we’re in Christ because he has given us of his Spirit (1 John 4:13), who is a pledge of our inheritance (Eph. 1:13–14), but what does that mean? How do we experience the Spirit?
How Should a Dad Talk to His Children about Attending Their Mom’s Same-Sex Wedding?
April 22, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
How should a dad talk to his children (ages eleven, nine, and seven) about attending their mom’s same-sex wedding? How should a veterinarian respond if someone who suffers from species confusion asks him to provide medical care? Greg says if you get angry in an argument, you’ve already lost, but I get so angry when I think about the evil of abortion. How do I balance this anger with the desire to argue for the lives of the unborn?
What Should I Do if I Don’t Know How to Respond to Someone’s Answer to My Question?
April 18, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
How do I gracefully move from a position in a conversation in which I’ve asked a question but then get stuck after hearing the answer and don’t feel safe? How would you go about witnessing to and discipling a transsexual who is open to repenting and following Christ but who has concerns like how to practically live out his new faith and whether it’s too late to inherit the kingdom due to past decisions?
Before You Argue for God from the Existence of Evil, You Have to Prove Evil Exists
April 15, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
Before you argue for God from the existence of evil, you have to prove the entity or force “Evil” exists. What do you say to an eleven-year-old boy who lost his dad and brother to a lightning strike that he survived?
Is It Okay to Be Part of a Music Ministry That’s Led by a Professing Mormon?
April 11, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
Is it biblical for me to be part of a music ministry with a group of Christian women that is headed up by a professing Mormon? Should a woman date a man who isn’t as spiritually mature as she is or doesn’t take his faith as seriously as she does? How would you interpret Matthew 5:38–42 in the context of a friend who could be manipulating and taking advantage of you for resources?
How Can I Stay Balanced in My Belief That God Is Always Good to His Children?
April 8, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
How can I maintain balance in my belief that God is always good to his children and not believe too much in prosperity teaching? If God is love, then how could he be jealous if the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 13:4 that love is not jealous? How would you respond to someone who said that God changing his mind in Exodus 32 indicates he was gaining knowledge and means he is not all-knowing?
Has Apologetics Had a Positive Effect on Our Culture?
April 4, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
Do you believe apologetics has had a positive effect on people and our culture? Has the longtime privatization of our Christian faith led to local churches becoming apathetic to the surrounding culture, and if so, what is the solution? What top two books by C.S. Lewis and Francis Schaeffer would you recommend for getting started with each one?
How Can I Articulate the Beauty of the Christian Worldview in a Nutshell?
April 1, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
People are upset because a politician said he has a biblical worldview. How can we articulate the beauty of our worldview to others in a nutshell? What should I say to people who think public school teachers shouldn’t reference God or Scripture because of “separation of church and state”? What should we do when upper management in local government tells employees they need to remove anything Bible related from their offices?
How Do I Know if I’m a Gardener or a Harvester?
March 28, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
How do I know if I’m a “gardener” or a “harvester”? How do you engage an apathetic person who says “I don’t know” to everything? Are Christians committing a fallacy by making an unfalsifiable claim? What value is there in discussing something that can be neither proven nor disproven?
What Constitutes a Marriage?
March 21, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
What constitutes a marriage? At what point does God consider a committed relationship to be “marriage”? Is the freedom to pursue marriage a natural human right, and are there any any inappropriate restrictions that should not be placed on marriage? Should I explain my reason for declining an invitation to a marriage ceremony that doesn’t reflect the biblical order or just address it when asked?
How Can I Reconcile Romans 6:12–14 with Romans 7:21–25?
March 18, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
Please help me reconcile Romans 6:12–14 (where Paul seems to be saying we can have victory over our sins) with Romans 7:21–25 (which sounds like Paul is bemoaning sins he still commits). How do you reconcile Paul’s use of the Mosaic Law as a starting point for moral instruction with the idea that believers aren’t under any part of the Mosaic Law?
Is There Something I Can Do to Develop Love for Christ if I Am Emotionally Detached?
March 14, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
How is a person supposed to love Christ if they are emotionally detached? Is there a way to do something about it? Should I stay in a church that is slowly drifting away from historic Christianity and seems to question basic beliefs such as the authority of the Old Testament, Heaven, Hell, evangelism, etc.?
Why Do Atheists Get Angry When I Bring up Belief in God?
March 11, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
What is the source of the anger I encounter from atheists when I bring up belief in God? How does one reconcile God’s sovereignty and Satan being the prince of this world? Why does the Lord’s Prayer say, “Lead us not into temptation,” when leading us into temptation isn’t part of his nature?
Are We Only Interpreting the Bible This Way Because of Our Post-Enlightenment Way of Thinking?
March 7, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl
How should I respond to someone who says, “The only reason you interpret the Bible by going back to authorial intent is that you live in a post-Enlightenment way of thinking, and others might interpret it differently”? Am I taking Zephaniah 3:17 out of context when I take comfort in it?