Why Should We Treat Everyone Respectfully?

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Why Should We Treat Everyone Respectfully?

November 21, 2024 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl

How would you explain to a believer why we should treat everyone respectfully when Hitler shouldn’t have been treated respectfully?

How do we reconcile Jesus calling the Pharisees a brood of vipers with 1 Peter 3:15, which says we should show gentleness and respect when defending the faith?

Religion is synonymous with pretending to know things you do not know. No man has ever seen God. No Christian has any evidence for God. Yet you claim authority based on a book and an invisible God. Talk about ego. Wow!

Are All Sins Equal to God?

January 9, 2025 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl

Are all sins equal to God—one isn’t more severe than another? How can I reconcile Jesus’ statements that judgment will be degreed with the idea that everyone who rejects Christ—from defiant murderer to “moral” secular humanist—will spend eternity in Hell? Wouldn’t that make all judgments equally severe? I love a good eternal threat if I don’t agree with how you choose to live your life.

Does the Bible Talk About Not Doing Anything That’s out of God’s Timing?

January 6, 2025 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl

Does the Bible talk about not doing anything that’s out of God’s timing? Do Amos 4:13 and Isaiah 30:21 point to our hearing special messages from God?

How Should I Pray About Big Decisions If I Can’t Expect a Confirmation from God?

January 2, 2025 • Amy Hall, Greg Koukl

In light of Greg’s teaching on decision making and the will of God, when I’m making a big decision and I’m told to “pray about it,” what does that mean if I shouldn’t expect to hear a “yes” or “no” from God? What do you mean by “listening prayer,” and why do you think the call of Samuel in 1 Samuel 3 isn’t an example of it?