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mid-week apologetics booster (3-30-2023)

Good morning friends, Quote of the week: I converted from atheism to theism (specifically Christianity) because God sent two apologists and an evangelist into my life. Each one of the three men had different gifts and talents and used different apologetic methods, but they all had one important thing in common: they were responding to the Lord’s command to make disciples. – Mark McGee Now, here are your weekly links:

Kennedy Classics: The Spiritual Pulse of America – Dr. D. James Kennedy – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ZxnjoHOXk
Christian Historian Bill Federer (Part 1) Faith of Founding Fathers – 8-18-14 – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1hOyDdM7yU
Does The Punishment Fit The Crime When It Comes To Hell? – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-zvdKF1kFU
When Making a Case for Christianity is Futile | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/when-making-a-case-for-christianity-is-futile/
Why Would Richard Dawkins Say That Aliens Created Life? – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDvaPzg32W8
Good Works Don’t Save. – YouTube – Ray Comfort shares with Jamie the claims of Jesus Christ. She turns out to be very open to the things of God.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7G2-FW-1C0
Dr. D. James Kennedy Sermons: Jesus Christ Myth or Messiah – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_z-taVoIlw
Case-Making 101: Christianity and Islam? Reasoned Cases For Christ: https://bcooper.wordpress.com/2017/09/02/case-making-101-christianity-and-islam/
Can Christians claim to have the One, True God?: https://crossexamined.org/can-christians-claim-to-have-the-one-true-god-2/
7th Grader Argues The Case for Christianity – Blows the Doors Off Jesus Skeptics: https://faithit.com/7th-grader-makes-case-christianity/
Racism Is Incompatible With Christianity | Reasons for Jesus: https://reasonsforjesus.com/racism-is-incompatible-with-christianity/
The Debate on Apologetic Methodology Part 1 – Reasonable Faith – Dr. Craig listens to excerpts from a debate between a Classical and a Presuppositional apologist.: https://subsplash.com/reasonablefaith/media/mi/+fsrszlo
Why did the people in Genesis live such long lives? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/Genesis-long-lives.html
The Quran, the Bible, and the Islamic Dilemma (David Wood) – YouTube – The Quran affirms the inspiration, preservation, and authority of the Christian scriptures (including the Torah and the Gospel). Yet the Quran contradicts the Christian scriptures on fundamental doctrines (e.g., Jesus’ death, resurrection, and deity). By affirming scriptures that contradict Islam, the Quran self-destructs. In this short video, David Wood (Acts 17 Apologetics) explains “The Islamic Dilemma.”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNAS0aaViM4
[J Warner Wallace] Getting to the Original Message through Multiple Copies with Errors – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNfp6M8kMDc
You MUST understand this…or else. Trinity with Lutheran Satire – St. Patrick’s Bad Analogies for the Trinity – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dADpSJan3Qc
The Dating of the New Testament – bethinking.org – When the New Testament was written is a significant issue, as one assembles the overall argument for Christianity. Confidence in the historical accuracy of these documents depends partly on whether they were written by eyewitnesses and contemporaries to the events described, as the Bible claims. Negative critical scholars strengthen their own views as they separate the actual events from the writings by as much time as possible.: https://www.bethinking.org/bible/the-dating-of-the-new-testament
Gospel Dates and Reliability – If we saw the text of a novel set in New York, and it straightforwardly mentioned the Twin Towers dominating the skyline, with no hint of their destruction by terrorists, it would be good evidence that it was written before 11 September 2001.: https://creation.com/gospel-dates-and-reliability
Why Parents Need to Become Good Christian Case Makers – YouTube – J. Warner Wallace speaks to Green Bay Community Church about the challenges facing young Christians when they enter college and how parents can help their students meet these challenges. Now is he time for parents to step up and prepare themselves so they can help their kids.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qxFlTY-2Pc
Racism countered by biblical creation: https://creation.com/racism-vs-biblical-creation
Why Are the Books of the Bible in the Order They’re In? | Crossway Articles: https://www.crossway.org/articles/why-are-the-books-of-the-bible-in-the-order-theyre-in/
High school football coach fired for praying with players rehired, awarded nearly $2 million – LifeSite: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/high-school-football-coach-fired-for-praying-with-players-rehired-awarded-nearly-2-million/
What a Biblical Worldview Looks Like: https://probe.org/what-a-biblical-worldview-looks-like/
Why Everyone Should Believe that the Gospels are Reliable – Capturing Christianity: https://capturingchristianity.com/why-everyone-should-believe-that-the-gospels-are-reliable/
What got me started on apologetics? William Lane Craig debate transcripts | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2023/03/26/what-got-me-started-on-apologetics-william-lane-craig-debate-transcripts-5/
Paper: Neo-Darwinism Must Mutate to Survive | Evolution News: https://evolutionnews.org/2023/03/peer-reviewed-paper-neo-darwinism-must-mutate-to-survive/
Answering Difficult Questions Non-Believers Ask – YouTube – message by Greg Laurie: https://youtu.be/GCwuOJt5gnM
Predestination: Do we have a choice? | Ep 132 – YouTube – Allie Beth Stuckey – look at the comments thread, great discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTU0yP3EH24
Scott Klusendorf discusses right to life, assisted reproduction, and end of life | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2023/03/29/scott-klusendorf-discusses-right-to-life-assisted-reproduction-and-end-of-life/
Explain the Gospel with simple preparation: https://www.evangelismcoach.org/you-want-me-to-explain-the-gospel/
What is the cost of discipleship? | Outline Notes on the Cost of Discipleship: https://carm.org/christianity/what-is-the-cost-of-discipleship/
How Apologetics Builds a Tougher Faith | A Well-Designed Faith: http://welldesignedfaith.net/2017/12/05/how-apologetics-builds-a-tougher-faith/
Movies – Award-winning. Inspiring. Convicting. Free. | Living Waters: https://livingwaters.com/movies/
Why Claiming Belief is a Psychological Crutch Backfires: https://apologetics-notes.comereason.org/2015/09/why-claiming-belief-is-psychological.html
A Beginners Guide to the Argument from Rationality: https://www.solas-cpc.org/a-beginners-guide-to-the-argument-from-rationality/
Mormonism Disproved – Book of Abraham: http://www.mormonismdisproved.org/book_abraham.html
How Can Jesus Be the Only Way? – YouTube: https://youtu.be/RRyq6RwzlEM

Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. 1 Thessalonians 5:15 Blessings to you all