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Evidence for Jesus’ Veracity Without Using the Bible: An Interview with J. Warner Wallace

What would happen if a career homicide detective—who equated belief in Christianity to be equal with belief in the Easter Bunny—used the same investigative approach used to solve modern-day missing person murder cases to determine whether Jesus is who he said he was? Can the truth about Jesus be uncovered, even without a body and […]

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Four Biblical Truths about Sickness and Death

By Costi W. Hinn Why do people get sick? This is one of the most pressing questions when it comes to healing, and it must be answered by using the Scriptures. Opinions and abuses abound, so the only way to address this question is to cement ourselves in the truth of God’s unchanging Word. I’ve […]

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How Your Hurt, Struggles, and Deepest Longings Can Lead to a Fulfilling Life: An Interview with Josh McDowell and Ben Bennett

Many people today are burdened with unprecedented levels of anxiety, hurt, doubt, guilt, and shame. Medical and mental health professionals confirm that much of the dysfunction and disconnectedness we experience in life comes from unresolved relational and emotional wounds that leave us trying to fulfill God-given longings through unhealthy behaviors and relationships. What does the […]

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Walking God’s Path to Heaven

By Lee Strobel If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next. —C. S. LEWIS, MERE CHRISTIANITY My friend Nabeel was afflicted with stomach cancer. There I was, sitting at his hospital bedside in Houston just days before […]

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How Not to Read the Bible: An Interview with Dan Kimball

While the Bible has for centuries been called “The Good Book”—a moral and religious text that guides us into a relationship with God and shows us the right way to live—it nonetheless contains elements that can be considered disturbing and alarming. How should we make sense of these difficult passages? Bible Gateway interviewed Dan Kimball […]

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The Bullies and Saints of the Christian Church: An Interview with John Dickson

Is Christianity a pernicious force in the world? Would we be better off without it? Even a cursory look at the history of Christians reveals severe transgressions: violence, bigotry, genocide, war, inquisition, oppression, imperialism, racism, corruption, greed, power, abuse. Jesus gave the world a beautiful melody—of love, grace, charity, humility, non-violence, equality, human dignity—to which […]

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What Awaits You After Death?

We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. —2 Corinthians 5:8 Is this dying? Why, this is bliss . . . Earth is receding; Heaven is opening; God is calling. I must go. —Dwight L. Moody, just before his death My eyes fluttered. […]

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My Biggest Surprise When I Became a Mom

By Sarah Bragg Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. —Proverbs 22:6 I thought having kids was all about them being born and raised. What I didn’t know was how much they were going to raise me. On May 31, 2008, […]

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Walter Wangerin Jr. (1944–2021)

Award-winning author, professor, pastor, broadcaster, and speaker Walter Wangerin Jr., 77, died August 5, 2021. He was Emil and Elfriede Jochum Professor and writer-in-residence at Valparaiso University. [See books written by Walter Wangerin Jr. in the FaithGateway Store] Wangerin won the National Book Award, The New York Times Best Children’s Book of the Year Award, […]

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The Prison of People Pleasing

By Karen Ehman Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. —Galatians 1:10 The gymnasium at the big brick elementary school in my neighborhood was the […]

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