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mid-week apologetics booster (4-15-2021)

Good morning friends, Quote of the week: It’s not the amount of your faith that saves you; it’s the object of your faith that saves you, – Greg Koukl Now, here are your weekly links:

How Do We Know Who Wrote the Gospels in the New Testament?: https://www.timothypauljones.com/apologetics-how-do-we-know-who-wrote-the-gospels-2/
Here is why we can expect Christian persecution to grow worse this year, and yes, even in America.: https://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/why-we-can-expect-persecution-to-grow-worse-this-year/
Why Aren’t Christians More Confident to Share Their Faith? | Jonathan Morrow – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JKX8DHOeqA
Wise Disciple: How Can I Share the Gospel with a Hindu? https://aclearlens.libsyn.com/how-can-i-share-the-gospel-with-a-hindu?tdest_id=1746821
Is Wokeness the Greatest Threat to the Gospel? https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/is-wokeness-the-greatest-threat-to-the-gospel/
Genetic entropy and the gospel – creation.com: https://creation.com/genetic-entropy-gospel
Can The Gospels Be Trusted? C.S. Lewis argued that if the gospel is true (if Jesus was the Son of God come in flesh, if He lived a perfect life, performed miracles, died for our sins, was physically raised from the dead, ascended to heaven, and reigns at present as the living Lord), it is of infinite importance. If it is not true, it is of no importance, except as a cultural phenomenon. But it cannot be of moderate importance. The events mentioned above either happened, or they did not. In other words, our faith is rooted in history. Paul Johnson says, Christianity is essentially a historical religion. It bases its claims on the historical facts it asserts. If these are demolished it is nothing. | C.S. Lewis Institute: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/Can_The_Gospels_Be_Trusted_FullArticle
Is the Content of the Biblical Manuscripts Reliable? | C.S. Lewis Institute: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/Is_the_Content_of_the_Biblical_Manuscripts_Reliable_page1
The Fear of Phobic – There are a lot of terms that end with phobic: homophobic, Islamophobic, xenophobic, and transphobic. If someone expresses disagreement with the mainstream narrative on homosexuality, Islam, foreigners, or transgender people, they’ll be slapped with a phobic label. Although a phobia has been historically understood to be a fear of something (e.g., arachnophobia is a fear of spiders), adding the suffix today is intended to signal that you hold a bigoted view on that subject and that’s bad. You’re supposed to be so afraid of being labeled phobic that you’ll change your position or, at least, never express it again in public. If you do, prepare to be canceled, – Alan Shlemon: https://www.str.org/w/the-fear-of-phobic-
How to Receive Critical Feedback: https://www.str.org/w/how-to-receive-critical-feedback
Irreducible Complexity | Biblical Science Institute: https://biblicalscienceinstitute.com/origins/irreducible-complexity/
A Pastor’s Reflection on the April 2021 LDS General Conference – WitnessInLove.org: https://witnessinlove.org/a-pastors-reflection-on-the-lds-general-conference-april-2021/?fbclid=IwAR080x7-ZIuoBynKC3F-jMNGC9iG_Hj_bn6YfLwC3AT9WmudAN_HmWsMyRQ
In polygamy, should a man divorce his wives after becoming a Christian?: https://carm.org/about-marriage/polygamy-should-men-divorce-wives-after-becoming-christian/
Why, After 10 Years of Talking with Atheists, I Still Believe in Christianity: An Interview with Justin Brierley – Bible Gateway Blog: https://www.biblegateway.com/blog/2021/04/why-after-10-years-of-talking-with-atheists-i-still-believe-in-christianity-an-interview-with-justin-brierley/
The Cambrian Explosion Has Just Gone Nuclear | Evolution News: https://evolutionnews.org/2021/04/the-cambrian-explosion-has-just-gone-nuclear/
Resurrection Defense Series (Part Six): Transformation of Eyewitnesses PastorBrianChilton.wordpress.com: https://pastorbrianchilton.wordpress.com/2021/04/06/resurrection-defense-series-part-six-transformation-of-eyewitnesses/
Why Romans 7:18 Needs a Translation Update – The Good Book Blog – Biola University: https://www.biola.edu/blogs/good-book-blog/2021/why-romans-7-18-needs-a-translation-update
Christianity in the Public Square with Wintery Knight (podcast interview): https://www.spreaker.com/user/veracityhill/016-christianity-in-the-public-square-wi
Is It Arrogant To Claim That Jesus Is The Only Way? https://lukenixblog.blogspot.com/2021/01/is-it-arrogant-to-claim-that-jesus-is.html
How are Christians treated in communist, atheist China? | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2021/04/13/how-are-christians-treated-in-communist-atheist-china/
Ratio Christi at Arizona State University – Thursday Summer Forum – Join us as we explore a friendly and thoughtful debate between atheist scholar, Dr. Michael Shermer, and Christian scholar, Dr. Frank Turek. In this great debate, they deftly discuss the evidence for and against the existence of God. We plan to watch a segment of the debate each week, then, when we meet online each Thursday at 5pm, we can all openly and respectfully question both positions. Message us to join the discussion. | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/463153898280840/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A%2229%22%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3A%22event_calendar_create%22%2C%22action_history%22%3A%22null%22%7D&notif_id=1618399128374117&notif_t=event_calendar_create&ref=notif
Renewing Your Mind | Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? | Apr 13, 2021: https://renewingyourmind.org/2021/04/13/do-christians-and-muslims-worship-the-same-god
Mormons & The Church of Latter-day Saints – 10 Things You Should Know About their Beliefs: https://www.christianity.com/church/denominations/are-mormons-christians-10-things-to-know-about-the-church-of-latter-day-saints.html
Why Is The Supreme Court Important To Christians? (Cross Examined June 2018) : https://subsplash.com/crossexamined/lb/mi/+szgc7mp
Building a Culture of Evangelism Takes Time, So Be Patient and Get to Work: https://ftc.co/resource-library/blog-entries/building-a-culture-of-evangelism-takes-time-so-be-patient-and-get-to-work/

Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. 1 Peter 2:16 Blessings to you all