Probe Ministries
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Putting Beliefs into Practice Revisited:...
Rick Wade updates his earlier discussion of 3 major ingredients necessary for Christians' faithful living: convictions, character, and community.
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Can the Just Succeed?
Steve Cable asks Can the just succeed? Can people living by Biblical principles successfully compete in a capitalist economy without compromising? Should we even try?
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Student Mind Games Conference
Sue Bohlin gives an overview of Probe's week-long college prep conference which equips students in worldview and apologetics.
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History and the Christian Faith
Michael Gleghorn discusses the importance of history for Christianity and challenges the view of radical historical relativism.
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Verbal Abuse
From a Christian view, Kerby Anderson describes the various characteristics and categories of verbal abuse, also providing a biblical perspective.
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Tactics for an Ambassador
Don Closson shares suggestions for Christ's ambassadors in sharing the gospel based on Greg Koukl's book.
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God and the Canaanites
Is God brutal and vengeful because of the OT warfare He commanded? Rick Wade shows that this is unwarranted, providing a biblical context for such warfare from an informed Christian viewpoint.
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The All-Present God
Michael Gleghorn takes us deeper into an understanding of why the doctrine of God's omnipresence is comforting and important.
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Hayek and The Road to Serfdom
Kerby Anderson gives an overview of the bestseller 'The Road to Serfdom' and explains how it is consistent with a Christian worldview.
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The Old Testament and Other Ancient Religious Literature
Do similarities in the Old Testament with other ancient Near Eastern literature prove that it is all the same kind of thing? Rick Wade shows why it's not.
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Jerry Coyne's Illusions
Dr. Ray Bohlin critiques evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne's materialistic claim that our brain is only a meat computer.
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Ex-Christians: Ways to Bring Back the Leavers
Steve Cable provides an overview of why young people leave the church based on Drew Dyck's book 'Generation Ex-Christian.'
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Digging Our Own Grave: The Secular Captivity of the...
Rick Wade provides an overview of how the Christian church has become captive to the godless values and perspective of the surrounding culture, based on Os Guinness' book 'The Last Christian on Earth.'
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Worldviews Through History
Kerby Anderson presents worldviews that shaped Western Civilization in a radio program based on Glenn Sunshine's book, Why You Think the Way You Do.
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Hume's Critique of Miracles
Michael Gleghorn examines philosopher David Hume's famous argument against miracles, showing it to fail at its objective.
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The Gospel of Thomas
Don Closson explores the Gospel of Thomas, which is neither a biblical gospel nor written by the apostle Thomas. It is a later document expressing non-biblical ideas that were creeping into early Christianity.
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Redesigning Humans: Is It Inevitable?
Dr. Ray Bohlin asks, could we literally redesign humanity out of existence? What about those who maintain that we are headed down a disastrous technological and ethical road?
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Is Christmas Necessary?
Christians have had to respond to the customs of the surrounding culture since the beginning of the church. In the end, though, Christmas is necessary only in terms of its historical and theological content.
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Prophecies of the Messiah
Michael Gleghorn examines biblical prophecies about a coming Messiah that were accurately fulfilled in the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus.
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Ancient Perspectives on Happiness
After examining several pagan view of happiness from the ancient world, Probe's Michael Gleghorn argues for the Christian philosopher Augustine's view.
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Taking Religion Seriously
Don Closson makes a case that excluding the role of religion in understanding academic disciplines like ethics, politics, philosophy, and art means students receive an inferior education.
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Thanksgiving Quiz
Kerby Anderson offers a quiz concerning the origins of American Thanksgiving.
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Dealing With Doubt
Both Christians and non-Christians can wrestle with doubts about the truth of Christianity. Michael Gleghorn explores why doubts arise and what we can do about them.
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Jesus Christ Superstar
Dr. Lawrence Terlizzese explores some of the counterfeit view of Christ: the humanist Jesus, the Gnostic Jesus, the creator angel, and the ascended master.
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The Glory of Grace
Sue Bohlin explores God's marvelous grace as the unending flow of His power, presence and favor in our lives.
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Voting and Christian Citizenship
Byron Barlowe applies a biblical perspective to a Christian's responsibility to vote.
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Scientology: Religion of the Stars
Don Closson gives an overview of the Church of Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, from a biblical perspective, including analysis of why it is incompatible with Christianity.
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Gay Agenda in Schools
Kerby Anderson addresses how the homosexual agenda advanced in the public schools, what are the key groups involved in promoting this agenda, and explores a potential legal liability.
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Body Building: Edifying Thoughts About Our Bodies
Michael Gleghorn examines the Christian view of the body. When our ideas about the body go wrong, many other Christian beliefs can be negatively affected.
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In His H.A.N.D.S.: How We Can Know That Jesus is God
Don Closson explains the 5 lines of evidence that Jesus is God from the book 'Putting Jesus in His Place.'
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Secularization and the Church in Europe
Christian beliefs and church attendance are playing a much smaller role in Europeans' lives in general than before. Probe's Rick Wade gives a snapshot of the place and nature of Christianity in Europe.
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What God Says About Sex
Sue Bohlin shows that God is enthusiastic about us enjoying His good gift of sex, but within the guidelines of purity He established. Do you know what God actually says about sex?
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Examining Our Cultural Captivity
Steve Cable explores four kinds of Christians who are unwittingly imprisoned by the surrounding culture's beliefs instead of thinking and living biblically.
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In Defense of History
Don Closson critiques the postmodern notion that we have limited or no access to history, except through biased lenses. He vies for a view of history as a scholarly pursuit; history is also a bedrock of Christian truth claims.
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Truth Decay
We live in a world that has dramatically changed its view of truth. What is the impact of the worldview of postmodernism and the ethical system of relativism in our society and inside the church?
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Capitalism and Socialism
Is there a war on capitalism? And are there answers to the typical criticisms of capitalism? Probe's Kerby Anderson has answers.
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Why Worldview?
Developing a Christian worldview impacts both how we think and how we act. It can provide a foundation for great confidence for the Christ-follower.
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Your Work Matters to God
Sue Bohlin examines the question, Is work a curse or a blessing? Many people's view of work is less than what God says it is: His gift to us.
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Challenging the New Atheists
The new wave of bitterly anti-God, anti-Christian atheists offer arguments against God. Patrick Zukeran provides several good answers.
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Four Killer Questions
Sue Bohlin explores four great questions for sharpening one's critical thinking skills and asking probing questions of others to help them think about what they believe.
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What Is Technology?
Dr. Lawrence Terlizzese uncovers a disturbing new view of technology: not as neutral, but a way of life that objectifies everything, including people.
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Spiritual Warfare
Kerby Anderson surveys various aspects of spiritual battle from a Christian worldview: spiritual battles, our walk, our weapons, and our warfare, the world, the flesh and the Devil.
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The Apologetics of Jesus
Jesus was the greatest apologist who ever lived. Patrick Zukeran examines some of His apologetic methods.
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Who Wrote the New Testament?
Probe intern David Graieg explores Bart Ehrman's contention that we can't trust the Bible's supposed authors. Yes we can.
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The Apologetics of Peter
Steve Cable explains how the apostle Peter showed himself to be a master apologist, not the bumbling, brash fisherman he used to be..
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The Self-Understanding of Jesus
Michael Gleghorn examines some sayings and deeds of Jesus, accepted by many critical scholars as historically authentic to see what they imply about Jesus' self-understanding.
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The Closing of the American Heart
Using Ronald Nash's book of the same name as a starting point, Don Closson looks at the philosophical foundations of modern education in America and how they have contributed to low performance.
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George Washington and Religion
Kerby Anderson demonstrates that contrary to what many believe, George Washington was a Christian, not a deist.
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Kingdom Singleness
Renea McKenzie takes a look at two books providing thoughtful responses to being Christian and single.
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C.S. Lewis, the BBC, and Mere Christianity
Michael Gleghorn explains how a series of radio talks during WWII became one of Christianity's most cherished classics.
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The Lives of Muhammad and Jesus
Patrick Zukeran explores the radical differences between Muhammad and Jesus, and the implications of following their examples and teachings.
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A Pilgrim's Progress: Suffering in the Life of John...
Michael Gleghorn looks at the life, ministry, and sufferings of John Bunyan and attempts to draw some helpful lessons for our own lives.
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The Answer is the Resurrection
Steve Cable provides evidences for Jesus' resurrection and shows how it can help to overcome common objections to Christianity.
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Student Mind Games Conference
Sue Bohlin gives an overview of Probe's week-long college prep conference which equips students in worldview and apologetics.
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Four Views of Revelation
Patrick Zukeran gives an overview of four different views of the book of Revelation: idealist, preterist, historicist and futurist.
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Truth: What It Is and Why We Can Know It
Rick Wade explores truth from a biblical and philosophical perspective. Despite what many believe, it IS possible to know truth because of the role of Jesus Christ as creator and revealer of truth.
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Rome and America
Kerby Anderson quotes from secular authors, Christian authors, and a writer of much of the New Testament. All seem to point to parallels between Rome and America.
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Poverty and Wealth
Don Closson examines the arguments in Ronald Nash's book 'Poverty and Wealth: Why Socialism Doesn't Work' and concludes that capitalism is compatible with biblical ethics.
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Seeing Through News Media Bias
Steve Cable examines the role of deception in how we receive much of today's information, providing perspective on how to see through it to the truth.
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Blessings and Judgment
Is God blessing America? Will God bring judgment against America? What are the biblical principles of blessing and judgment we find in the Bible concerning the nation of Israel? Do any of them apply to our nation?
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Welcome to the Machine: The Transhumanist God
Dr. Lawrence Terlizzese explores a Christian perspective on the trajectory of technology as man melds with machine.
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The Impotence of Darwinism
Darwinian evolution claims to have the explanatory power and the evidence to fully explain life's apparent design. Dr. Ray Bohlin explores the evidence.
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Emerging Adults: A Closer Look
Steve Cable examines 3 of Christian Smith's findings about the values of young Americans:moral aimlessness, materialistic consumerism, and the lack of interest in civic and political life.
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Will Everyone Be Saved? A Look at Universalism
Rick Wade covers some of the pros and cons in the universalism controversy. Bottom line? No.
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The Importance of Parents in the Faith of Emerging Adults
Steve Cable explores the results of Probe's survey of 18- to 40-year-old born agains, focusing on the role of parents in their faith.
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Reasonable Faith
Michael Gleghorn briefly examines some of the reasons why noted Christian philosopher William Lane Craig believes that Christianity is an eminently reasonable faith.
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The Christmas Story: Does It Still Matter?
Christmas often means time with family, hectic shopping, parties, cards and gifts. But what about the first Christmas? Why is the original story--the baby in a manger, shepherds, wise men, angels--important, if at all? The answer may surprise you.
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Helping Teens Understand Homosexuality
Teens already have a confusing array of pressures and unbiblical beliefs on their plates. Probe's Sue Bohlin gives direction and perspective in helping them think through the issues of gay, lesbian, and bisexual feelings and behaviors from a compassionate, biblical stance.
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Lessons From C.S. Lewis
Two issues which vex Christians today are moral subjectivism and the origin of the world. Through a couple of his recorded lectures, C. S. Lewis provides helpful insights and answers to the challenges we face.
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A Christmas Quiz
Dr. Dale Taliaferro's 38-question quiz concerning the Christmas story from a biblical perspective.
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Deism and America's Founders
The views and beliefs of our country's founders were as diverse and complicated as today. Don Closson focuses on the role of deism.
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Making Moral Choices
Kerby Anderson answers the questions: How do we make moral choices based upon the Bible? How can we determine the will of God in moral areas? How do we make decisions in areas of moral neutrality? How do we apply biblical principles of love and honesty to moral decisions?
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Christianity: The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Women
Sue Bohlin writes that it's not true, as some feminists charge, that Christianity is anti-female and horribly oppressive to women. In fact, nothing has elevated the status and value of women as biblical Christianity.
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Jesus in the Qur'an
Apologist Patrick Zukeran dispassionately analyzes the story of Jesus as presented in the Koran and the Bible. Given the evidence for the biblical text, which is at odds with the Koran, and the high view of both Christ and the Scripture in the Koran, Zukeran respectfully urges Muslims to make their own analysis.
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No Reason to Fear: Examining the Logic of a Critic
Rick Wade uses the faulty arguments in Sam Harris' book Letter to a Christian Nation to show why Christians don't have to be afraid of the new atheists' assault on our faith.
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Tradition and Scripture
While many evangelical Christians treat tradition with suspicion if not hostility, Michael Gleghorn makes a case for the value of tradition in understanding and supporting our faith.
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The Just War Tradition in the Current Crisis
Is it ever right to go to war? Dr. Lawrence Terlizzese provides understanding of just war tradition from a biblical perspective.
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The All-Powerful God
Michael Gleghorn examines the important doctrine of the omnipotence of God, and what it means for God to be all-powerful.
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Human Enhancement and Christianity
Dr. Lawrence Terlizzese explains how our obsession with perfection and improvement drives the human enhancement movement. But the key is to rest instead in Christ's perfection.
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Hope in the Midst of the Growing Malaria Pandemic
Malaria doesn't have to be the runaway scourge of undeveloped countries; wise use of DDT is an excellent way to control it, says Probe's Dr. Ray Bohlin. But at the heart of the forces preventing its eradication is a worldview clash.
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The Causes of War
Meic Pearse's book 'The Gods of War' gives great insight into the charge that religion is the cause of most war. History shows this is not true: the cause of most war is the sinful human heart, even when religion is invoked as a reason.
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The Dark Underside of Abortion
Sue Bohlin shows that post-abortion syndrome includes a painful set of consequences to a choice most women didn't want in the first place: self-destructive behaviors, guilt and anger, shame and denial. But there is forgiveness and healing for anyone who will ask Jesus Christ for it.
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