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These conversations, which took place with a cordial atheist caller to Greg’s radio show, are an opportunity to listen in on some archetypal ambassador interactions. Listen as Greg and his interlocutor go back and forth on some very controversial subjects, including objective morality, hell, the cosmological argument for the existence of God, and the historical Jesus. These interactions will help you catch—in a more vivid way—STR’s ambassador approach.
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Nearly 20% of the world’s population is Muslim. That’s a lot of Muslims. But sadly, few Christians are trying to reach those Muslims with the truth. Alan will teach you a powerful tactic to help reach your Muslim neighbor in a way that builds common ground, respects their faith, and uses their own scriptures to point them to the truth.
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In order to communicate Christianity in a compelling but gracious manner it is helpful to keep two things in mind: 1) our point of view is reasonable, and 2) most problems are not intellectual problems but problems of self-deception. Greg will help you break through that self-deception and reach people at their deepest intuitions.
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Don't miss this collection of some of the most powerful radio commentaries Greg delivered in 2009. Selected for their value to equip you and challenge you, this CD is also perfect to pass on to a friend or colleague when you're done listening to it.
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Don't miss this collection of some of the most powerful radio commentaries Greg delivered in 2010. Selected for their value to equip you and challenge you, this CD is also perfect to pass on to a friend or colleague when you're done listening to it.
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Don't miss this collection of some of the most powerful radio commentaries Greg delivered in 2012. Selected for their value to equip you and challenge you, this CD is also perfect to pass on to a friend or colleague when you're done listening to it.
Included commentaries:
• Do Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence?
• Why Mormonism Is Not Christianity
• Two Definitions of Science
• Is Family Something in Particular?
• Spiritual Warfare and Apologetics
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Most people believe in God. But the word G-O-D won't get them very far. The real question is, "How does one know if his particular view of God is true or not?" The old adage "All roads lead to Rome" is misleading and false. In this practical presentation Greg tells why.
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The reality of human suffering poses the most difficult question anyone can ask about a God who is both good and powerful. If God is absolutely powerful and ultimately good, He would deal with evil. Instead, He appears too frail to oppose it or too sinister to care, and no one can believe in a God like that. Greg answers these questions and shows that there is no contradiction.
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"How do we know the Bible is inspired? After all, it was only written by men and men make mistakes. Further, the Bible has been translated and retranslated so many times, who can trust it? In the end, it's all just a matter of your own interpretation." If you've been challenged with assertions like these, you need this popular recording.
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If hearing the name of Jesus is the crux of salvation, entire cultures would be consigned to perdition, reducing the Almighty to a petty racist. Is this just? In this teaching, Greg will force you to rethink some of your notions about God's love and His justice.
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What is the torment of hell? What will cause the anguish? Is hell a good place, or bad? In this teaching, Greg talks about why the concept of hell has fallen on hard times and gives good reasons why we should take the notion seriously. This teaching will not leave you unmoved because there is only one solution to avoid being in hell forever.
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In this age of religious pluralism, the claim that Jesus is the only way is the first thing jettisoned when Christian groups get the itch to become more "tolerant." There are really four different questions here, all answered in this teaching: Does the Bible teach Jesus is the only way? Why is Jesus the only way? What about other religions? Won't good, moral, sincere people go to heaven, too?
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The Trinity is confusing, irrational, contradictory, and unimportant. Right? Not so. It's vital to our understanding of the nature of God and much less complicated than you think. In fact, it's a solution, not a problem.
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If faith means taking a blind leap against all evidence and sound reason, then your average atheist has more faith than the Apostle Paul. Every world view has its problems, but atheism has more than most. It's a view that can only be held if you keep your eyes and mind tightly closed.
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Our value is tied to the kinds of beings we are, creatures that bear God's image. This image is what gives us our transcendent value, requiring us to treat all humans as beings with dignity and worth. Does the unborn fit into this category? Learn to use the one simple question that when answered resolves all of the issues: What is the unborn?
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Can objective truth be known? In this 1998 Chapman University debate, Greg engages Dr. Marv Meyer in a lively disputation on the existence of knowledge--and the self-contradiction entailed in its denial.
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Greg calls this teaching “the most important practical lesson I’ve ever learned as a Christian...and the single most important thing I could ever teach you." His goal in this talk is to rescue believers from a superstitious way of reading their Bibles that causes silliness, confusion, and sometimes even disaster.
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There are three important skills you must be growing in to become an effective ambassador: knowledge (an accurate grasp of the foundational precepts of the kingdom), wisdom (a skillful, tactical, fair, and diplomatic use of knowledge), and character (a mature expression of virtue, warmth, and personal depth). Challenge yourself by understanding the distinctions between these qualities and then working on improving in each category in your own life.
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A new breed of skeptics—atheists with an attitude—are convinced religion is not just false, it's dangerous. With these "new atheists," though, there's a lot more bark than bite in their challenge. Greg will walk you through the issues, answer their charges, and demonstrate that the real culprit is not religion, but false religion, or true religion improperly or inconsistently applied.
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America's most influential "pastor" and spiritual guide, Oprah Winfrey, has used her bully pulpit to preach "The Secret" of the Law of Attraction to her 22-million-person congregation, including a multitude of Christians who believe this New Age deception is consistent with Christianity. In this illuminating presentation, Greg sketches out the worldview of Christianity—that is, how Jesus understood the world—and then shows how The Secret trades on a completely different view of reality.
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It is axiomatic that otherwise intelligent people—doctors, lawyers, professors, academics of all stripes—make fundamental mistakes in thinking when it comes to spiritual things. In this talk, Greg examines some of those popular missteps—e.g., claiming there is no truth, confusing faith with wishing, arguing that evil is good evidence against God, assuming science has disproved religion—and shows that none of these offers safe harbor for critics.
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Nearly two thousand years ago, on a single weekend in the Jewish month of Nisan, two profound miracles occurred, the effects of which have reverberated throughout human history. If you've ever pondered the question of why Jesus came in the first place, this important new presentation will help elucidate the mystery, that the Son of God was "delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification."
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Is a Christian justified by faith alone, or by faith plus works? Paul and James don't seem to agree. One holds that justification is obtained "apart from the works of the law," the other "by works and not by faith alone." In this clarifying talk, Greg demonstrates how this seeming contradiction is really two sides of the same coin, giving us a powerful picture of what genuine, saving faith looks like.
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Greg brings clarity to the confusing nature of real spiritual growth, explaining that sometimes our frustration as Christians is the result not of personal deficiency, but of an unrealistic expectation of what true spirituality "feels" like. Your own view of spirituality will change when you understand the four hard realities of spiritual growth Greg outlines here.
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In this teaching, Greg focuses on one thing only: What is the most reasonable way to understand the main biblical texts pertaining to homosexuality? Using only a handful of the clearest verses, Greg judiciously weighs the evidence, leading to an unmistakable conclusion.
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In this engaging presentation, Greg exposes the weakness of the two essential pillars of Darwinism in a way anyone can follow. He then gives three powerful empirical reasons to take Intelligent Design seriously. No need to pit "faith" against fact to refute evolution. An awareness of a few scientific realities is all you need.
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Often we think of religion and ethics in the same way we think of ice cream--we want what tastes good or what we like. But maybe our method should be different when it comes to thinking about God, religion, and morality, after all, we need medicine for our illness, not dessert.
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With understanding and clarity, Alan negotiates the landmines of the misguided reasons and sometimes twisted logic undergirding this challenge to western society. He likewise demonstrates the far-reaching consequences of same-sex marriage—from increasing restrictions of religious freedom to the disintegration of the family—concluding that everyone, including homosexuals, should oppose it.
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Here Greg offers an easy-to-follow, well-reasoned discussion about what it means to be human and what makes humans valuable.
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Few issues are riding the cultural wave as high as the question of same-sex marriage. But when challenged to defend the traditional view of marriage, too many Christians have little more to offer than "because the Bible tells me so." In this timely session, Greg presents several effective arguments in defense of one of the most embattled institutions of our time.
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