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After Death: A New Film about NDEs

November 6, 2023

Angel Studios’ new film After Death (2023, 102 minutes) is an engaging introduction to the extraordinary phenomenon of near-death experiences (NDEs). Written and directed by Stephen Gray...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

How Did the Human Mind Come to Be?

October 17, 2023

Did mind make nature? Or did nature make mind? Christian theism affirms that an infinite divine mind created the human mind in the Creator’s image,...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

Lessons I’ve Learned through Suffering

October 3, 2023

The German philosopher and philologist Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) stated a profound existential truth when he said: “If we have our own why in life we shall get along with almost any how.”1 He...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

Does Original Sin Include Guilt?

September 19, 2023

One of the reasons I think historic Christianity is true is that it possesses a comprehensive worldview (represented in the events of creation, fall,...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

The Ask RTB App Is Refreshed and Ready

September 6, 2023

Is the Bible a “flat-Earth” book? Were Adam and Eve real people? Was Noah’s Flood local or global? Many of us carry science-faith questions in...

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God’s Grace Is Greater Than the Seven Deadly Sins

September 5, 2023

Whenever I speak or write about the problem of human sin I always insist on also speaking or writing about salvation by grace. I...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

Is the Trinity Revealed in Scripture?

August 22, 2023

Why is the word “Trinity” not found in the Bible? Can the doctrine of the Trinity be drawn from Scripture itself? These are questions I...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

3 Things I’ve Learned from Blaise Pascal

August 8, 2023

I’ve been reading and reflecting on philosopher Blaise Pascal’s extraordinary book Pensées (pronounced in French “Pon-SAYZ” and roughly translated as “Thoughts”) for a long time. Yet Pensées is really...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

Article Highlight: Are We All God’s Children?

July 27, 2023

The Reasons to Believe (RTB) Voices blog has been publishing well-researched and dynamic articles from our Scholar Community for the past five years. We would like...

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by Krista Bontrager Read

How Jesus, as God Incarnate, Can Be Cursed

July 25, 2023

Asking questions is good for all of us. It helps us to think critically about ideas that can be difficult to understand and it’s...

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by Kenneth Samples Read

God’s Care Amid Life’s Challenges

July 11, 2023

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the magnitude of problems that life presents? Those hardships may come in the form of health challenges, emotional...

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by Kenneth Samples Read