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mid-week apologetics booster (1-26-2023)

Good morning friends,

Quote of the week:

The current understanding of happiness identifies it as a pleasurable feeling. Pleasant feelings are surely better than unpleasant ones, but the problem today is that people are obsessively concerned with feeling happiness; people are slaves to their feelings. Feelings are wonderful servants but terrible masters. – J.P. Moreland (from, The Lost Virtue of Happiness: Discovering the Disciplines of the Good Life)

Now, here are your weekly links:

If you accept Jesus and become a Christian, will God make you happy? | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2023/01/18/if-you-accept-jesus-and-become-a-christian-will-god-make-you-happy-8/

The universe of the lone brain. – Famous atheistic evolutionist Richard Dawkins has claimed: The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference. His remarks are no doubt provocative, but are they accurate? What would a universe of sheer randomness and chance really look like?: https://creation.com/universe-of-the-lone-brain

Why Everyone Should Believe that the Gospels are Reliable – Capturing Christianity: https://capturingchristianity.com/why-everyone-should-believe-that-the-gospels-are-reliable/

Avatar: The Way of Water – Plugged In – Pandora’s spiritual system that pushes away Christianity and hugs a nature-based pantheism. Forget the biblical model of stewardship: It sidesteps the Creator and instead worships the creation. And that is pretty much the definition of idolatry.: https://www.pluggedin.com/movie-reviews/avatar-the-way-of-water-2022/

How can we trust the New Testament writers weren’t biased? – YouTube – At this college event, a student asks Frank how we can prove who Jesus was using sources outside of the Bible. While there is certainly sufficient extra-biblical evidence for Jesus, such a question implies the following false assumption: “We can’t trust the New Testament writers because they were biased! Really? Are you sure about that? Does being at the scene of a crime automatically discredit your testimony as a witness? Or does it make you the most important person in the courtroom? In this video, Frank explains that the biased lens of the NT writers does NOT discredit the Gospel accounts. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E594useiNI

The Scandal of Biblical Illiteracy: It’s Our Problem – AlbertMohler.com: https://albertmohler.com/2016/01/20/the-scandal-of-biblical-illiteracy-its-our-problem-4

Is the State of Israel Supernatural or Coincidence? – Israel Today: https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/supernatural-or-coincidence/

What is Bethel Church, Redding CA? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/Bethel-Church-Redding.html

Physicist for biblical creation. Jonathan Sarfati chats with theoretical physicist and biophysicist Dr. Christopher Ting: https://creation.com/christopher-ting

Who was First to North America? Creation Moments: https://creationmoments.com/sermons/who-was-first-to-north-america/

Losing their religion: why US churches are on the decline | US news | The Guardian – .. the younger generation just doesn’t feel like they’re being accepted in a church environment or some of their choices aren’t being accepted by those at church. WHO conditioned them to think church is about narcissistic affirmation, church-growthers? – comments by Janet Mefferd: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/22/us-churches-closing-religion-covid-christianity

QB Brock Purdy Guides 49ers to NFC Championship: My Identity Is in Jesus – Right News Now: https://rightnewsnow.org/2023/01/24/qb-brock-purdy-guides-49ers-to-nfc-championship-my-identity-is-in-jesus/

Top Ten Biblical Problems for Young Earth Creationism Answered: https://creation.com/biblical-problems-creationism

Can Changes in DNA Explain Evolution? Douglas Axe explains – YouTube: https://youtu.be/0BYLrVWwjfU

Love People with the Truth, Even If They Hate You For It – Cross Examined: https://subspla.sh/j8y2d7h

7 Tips For Apologetics Judo Intelligent Christian Faith: https://intelligentchristianfaith.com/2015/06/14/philosophical-judo-apologetics-as-a-martial-art/

J. Warner Wallace: practical advice on becoming an effective one-dollar apologist | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2015/06/01/j-warner-wallace-practical-advice-on-becoming-an-effective-one-dollar-apologist-3/

What Is Hinduism and Hare Krishna? | Answers in Genesis: https://answersingenesis.org/world-religions/what-is-hinduism-and-hare-krishna/

How Do You Best Handle Challenges to Your Faith? | Sean McDowell: https://seanmcdowell.org/blog/how-do-you-best-handle-challenges-to-your-faith

The Challenge of Moral Relativism: Three Problems with Relativism: http://www.mandm.org.nz/2018/06/the-challenge-of-moral-relativism-three-problems-with-relativism.html

What is the difference between a Christian and a disciple? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-disciple.html

10 Biblical Reasons God Allows Suffering | Sean McDowell: https://seanmcdowell.org/blog/10-biblical-reasons-god-allows-suffering

Seventh Day Adventist Doctrine and the Clear Word Bible: Sample texts | Carm.org: https://carm.org/seventh-day-adventism/the-clear-word-bible-and-miscellaneous-verses/

Christians Shaming Christians Over Voting for Trump: 3 Strawman Arguments That Need to Stop: https://natashacrain.com/christians-shaming-christians-over-voting-for-trump-3-strawman-arguments-that-need-to-stop/

The Bible remains a ‘powerful, transformative tool’ in American culture: Poll – Washington Times: https://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/14/the-bible-remains-a-powerful-transformative-tool-i/

Yale University computer science professor takes a look at protein formation probabilities | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2020/09/14/yale-university-computer-science-professor-takes-a-look-at-protein-formation-probabilities-3/

How Hugh Hefner Hijacked Men’s Brains: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/how-hugh-hefner-hijacked-mens-brains/

Intentional Faith Conversations, Easier than You Think: https://www.e360m.org/intentional-faith-conversations-easier-than-you-think/

Hijacking the Declaration in Defense of Abortion and Atheism – The American Vision: https://americanvision.org/posts/hijacking-the-declaration-in-defense-of-abortion-and-atheism/

Ways for Christians to Respond to Boghossion-style Street Epistemology Christian Apologist: https://christian-apologist.com/2018/06/26/ways-for-christians-to-respond-to-boghassion-style-street-epistemology/

Why Is Evidence Important for Faith?: https://faithgateway.com/blogs/christian-books/why-is-evidence-important-for-faith/

How the presence and quality of fathers affects belief in God | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2015/10/04/how-the-presence-and-quality-of-fathers-affects-belief-in-god-3/

Did Jesus appeal to evidence when reaching out to skeptics? | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2018/09/23/did-jesus-appeal-to-evidence-when-reaching-out-to-skeptics-2/

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/

Every Mormons Need for Rest | Answers in Genesis – What goes through your mind when a Mormon knocks at your door? Oh no, I can’t remember all those technical answers I studied years ago! A former Mormon shares how every Christian already knows the answer to Mormons greatest need.: https://answersingenesis.org/world-religions/every-mormons-need-for-rest/

Here’s Why We Need to Be Able to Defend Christianity If We Hope to Influence a Culture – YouTube – Laura Ingraham interviews J. Warner Wallace about his book Cold Case Christianity (2013): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p0eesos11M

Why It’s an Advantage to Know Christianity Is True – YouTube: https://youtu.be/YWLUpnAmnRw

Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught. -Luke 1:1-4

Blessings to you all