STR speaker Alan Shlemon provides a monthly update while answering questions across a wide range of topics including criticisms of Christianity.
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Alan provides three tips for how to properly engage online.Alan Shlemon による
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Alan addresses the claim that because Eve was formed from a male rib, she represents the first transgender woman. Consequently, the Bible (and God) permits transgenderism.Alan Shlemon による
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Christians, Speak Clearly and Not in Christianese
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Alan explains the importance of not speaking in Christianese when you're sharing your Christian convictions.Alan Shlemon による
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Pro-Gay Theology Follows a Pattern of Past Interpretive Mistakes
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Alan points out how the interpretive mistakes made by pro-gay theology advocates today have been made in the past.Alan Shlemon による
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Eight Tips to Become a Professional Apologist
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Alan offers eight tips to help someone who is interested in pursuing part-time or full-time apologetics ministry.Alan Shlemon による
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The Problem with a Christian Attending a Same-Sex Wedding
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Should a Christian attend a same-sex wedding? Alan has attended a same-sex wedding in the past, but believes he made the wrong decision. In this episode, he unpacks his past reasoning, explains why he was mistaken, and offers a practical alternative.Alan Shlemon による
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If Pro-Gay Theology Advocates Could Change the Past, Would that Change the Future Like They Want?
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Alan explains what would happen if someone was to go back in time to 1946 and stop the RSV Bible translation team from using the word “homosexuals.” He unpacks whether this would change the Bible’s teaching on marriage, homosexuality, and sexual ethics today.Alan Shlemon による
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Problems with Creating Your Identity When You Reject God
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When a person rejects God, they’re left to determine for themselves their own identity. Alan unpacks some problems with this approach.Alan Shlemon による
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Why It’s Reasonable to Refuse to Use Preferred Pronouns
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Alan addresses whether it’s reasonable to refuse to use a transgender person’s preferred pronouns.Alan Shlemon による
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Should You Violate Your Conscience to Maintain Your Relationship with an LGBT Person?
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People who identify as LGBT routinely ask their Christian friends and family to accommodate various requests. Are you justified in declining to go along even if it might damage your relationship with them? Alan unpacks his thoughts on this thorny dilemma.Alan Shlemon による
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What Are My Concerns with Andy Stanley’s Unconditional Conference?
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Alan attended Andy Stanley’s Unconditional Conference, an event intended to equip parents and ministry leaders how to reach out to LGBTQ youth. In this episode, Alan provides his assessment of the conference, including three major concerns.Alan Shlemon による
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Why has it become so hard to define a woman? Alan looks at a few definitions that are offered, explains what’s wrong with them, and then offers his own definition.Alan Shlemon による
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Do Christians Have an Ulterior Motive for Being Kind?
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Alan addresses the objection that some people claim Christians are only kind to people so they can convert them.Alan Shlemon による
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Should Abortion Remain Legal So Women Don’t Pursue Back-Alley Abortions?
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Alan offers three steps to respond to the rhetorically powerful, yet flawed argument that women might get injured or killed through dangerous, back-alley abortions if abortion is made illegal.Alan Shlemon による
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The Puzzling Inconsistency of Abortion and Homicide Laws
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Alan describes the inconsistency in current laws surrounding abortion and homicide and offers a simple solution.Alan Shlemon による
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Some Christians and many former Christians are promoting a trendy approach to doubting and questioning your faith called deconstruction. Is it the same as reforming your faith? Alan explains the one key element that distinguishes between the two.Alan Shlemon による
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A recent article in The Guardian displayed some misleading images of what is removed in an abortion from a 9-week pregnancy. Alan explains the problems with the article and the images.Alan Shlemon による
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Man or Maker: Who Has the Answers to Humanity’s Most Critical Questions?
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When it comes to answering critical questions about how we humans should live, identify, and behave sexually, who should we listen to? Man or our Maker?Alan Shlemon による
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Alan addresses a progressive Christian who claims that Jesus wants LGBT people to “come out,” by explaining how he misuses a common literary device.Alan Shlemon による
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Some object to the idea that Jesus paid the penalty for our sins through his death on the cross, calling it "child sacrifice." Alan, however, offers three reasons why characterizing it that way is inappropriate.Alan Shlemon による
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Why Pro-Choicers Insist Pro-Life Arguments Are Religious
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Alan explains two reasons why abortion-choice advocates insist that pro-life arguments are religious.Alan Shlemon による
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Many biologists, doctors, and scientists tell us today that sex is on a spectrum or that there are more than two sexes. Alan addresses this claim by looking at the evidence from both Scripture and general principles of science.Alan Shlemon による
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If God Became a Man, Can a Man Become a Woman?
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A popular tweet claims that if someone can believe God became a man, then they can also believe that a man can become a woman. Alan unpacks this tweet, defines some key terms, and shows why the claim is misleading.Alan Shlemon による
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Alan responds to the claim by some gender theorists that God’s pronouns should be they/them.Alan Shlemon による
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A Verse That Illustrates Three Interpretive Principles
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Alan looks at passage of Scripture that skeptics like to use to challenge Jesus’ integrity. Then, he clarifies the meaning and application of the passage by using three key interpretive principles.Alan Shlemon による
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