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mid-week apologetics booster (6-29-2023)

Good morning friends, Quote of the week: The hemorrhaging of youth from our churches won’t stop until we get intentional about solving the problem. On the university campus, secular college professors are very intentional about indoctrinating your kids. In a candid moment, prominent atheist professor Richard Rorty tells you exactly what college faculty like him plan to do with your kids: ‘…we try to arrange things so that students who enter as bigoted, homophobic, religious fundamentalists will leave college with views more like our own…we do our best to convince these students of the benefits of secularization….So we are going to go right on trying to discredit you in the eyes of your children, trying to strip your fundamentalist religious community of dignity, trying to make your views seem silly rather than discussable..’ Make no mistake, there are plenty Richard Rortys out there, waiting for your kids. So, what are you going to do to prepare them for the serious challenges ahead? – Brett Kunkle (Who’s Waiting for Your Kids?) Now, here are your weekly links:

If God is all-loving and all-powerful, why is there suffering in the world? | George’s Journal: https://georgesjournal.net/2023/06/23/if-god-is-all-loving-and-all-powerful-why-is-there-suffering-in-the-world/
Paul Washer sharing the sufficiency of Scripture from his book “The Essential Means of Grace” – gives a good answer for those who say they’ve tried to read the Bible, but they couldn’t understand it: https://www.facebook.com/reel/790094809282180
Purging the Inward Parts: Psalm 51 with R.C. Sproul – YouTube: https://youtu.be/8ECIBbklWQ4
The State of Theology – What do Americans believe about God, salvation, ethics, and the Bible? Ligonier Ministries and LifeWay Research partnered to find out. Every two years, we take the theological temperature of the United States to help Christians better understand today’s culture and to equip the church with better insights for discipleship. Read some of our key findings from 2022 below and explore the data for yourself.: https://thestateoftheology.com/
Decades-long bet on consciousness ends – and it’s philosopher 1, neuroscientist 0. Christof Koch wagered David Chalmers 25 years ago that researchers would learn how the brain achieves consciousness by now. But the quest continues. This article is full of the fallacy of Begging the Question. For example consider this quote: “Consciousness is everything a person experiences – what they taste, hear, feel and more. It is what gives meaning and value to our lives, Chalmers says. Despite a vast effort – and a 25-year bet – researchers still don’t understand how our brains produce it, however.” (that’s exactly the issue – whether our brains produce consciousness or whether consciousness resides in our non-material soul. The article assumes that it must come from our brain): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02120-8
Answering Farina on Behe’s Work: Irreducible Complexity – Jonathan McLatchie | Writer, Speaker, Scholar: https://jonathanmclatchie.com/answering-farina-on-behes-work-irreducible-complexity/
Apologetics Hub – Apologists – Apologetics Hub is a website dedicated to providing resources on Christian apologetics. Check out the vast array of resources covering apologists, podcasts, Youtube channels, Facebook pages, books, curriculums, online learning programs, college programs, conferences, camps, clubs, and much more! I found their “Apologists” page to be good (curated) list of the key names in this field.: https://www.apologeticshub.com/Apologists
Who Wrote the Gospels? Rabbi Tovia Singer Has No Clue! – Jonathan McLatchie | Writer, Speaker, Scholar: https://jonathanmclatchie.com/who-wrote-the-gospels-rabbi-tovia-singer-has-no-clue/
Before Your Kids Have Access to the Internet, Read This: https://www.str.org/w/your-kids-have-access-internet-read
Loving Christ | Reasonable Faith – This leads me my problem. I think I could defend Christianity against most objections and present a positive case for the truth of Christianity. However, there is something missing. While I affirm all the correct doctrine and have all the arguments in order, I’m not a Christian. It seems to me, that in order to be a Christian, there is only one criteria you need to meet: you need to love Christ. If you love Christ, proper doctrine will follow: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/loving-christ
Is Mormonism Christian? – YouTube: https://youtu.be/ijUc7NI2O28
Atheism and the supernatural – Conservapedia: https://www.conservapedia.com/Atheism_and_the_supernatural
Origin Stories – RNA, DNA, and a Dose of Imagination | Evolution News: https://evolutionnews.org/2020/06/origin-stories-rna-dna-and-a-dose-of-imagination/
Defending God’s Existence and Compatibility of Science and the Bible: Gentleness and Respect in Debate and Discussion: https://lukenixblog.blogspot.com/2016/10/gentleness-and-respect-in-debate-and.html
Puppies and Pandemics | The Institute for Creation Research: https://www.icr.org/article/puppies-and-pandemics/
How to Overcome and Prevent Sexual Sins – Seeing God’s Breath: https://godsbreath.net/2008/04/03/how-to-prevent-and-overcome-sexual-sins/
The Metaphysical Hurdle and The Minimal Facts Argument – THINKAPOLOGETICS.COM: https://chab123.wordpress.com/2023/06/28/the-metaphysical-hurdle-and-the-minimal-facts-argument/
How Can You Trust Christianity Is True When There Are So Many Unanswered Questions? | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/how-can-you-trust-christianity-is-true-when-there-are-so-many-unanswered-questions/
To Be Sure….God Loves Us: WORKS OF 20TH CENTURY APOLOGISTS: Resources for Study: http://2besure.blogspot.com/2015/11/works-of-20th-century-apologiststhat.html
Oprah’s New Age ‘Christianity’ Exposed: Dangerous Heresy | Reasons for Jesus: https://reasonsforjesus.com/oprahs-new-age-christianity-exposed-dangerous-heresy/
(2018) What is the Most Recent Manuscript Count for the New Testament¦ | Sean McDowell: https://seanmcdowell.org/blog/what-is-the-most-recent-manuscript-count-for-the-new-testament
Apologetics As Conversation – Dr. Mikel Del Rosario | Apologetics Guy℠: https://apologeticsguy.com/2019/09/apologetics-as-conversation/
Cain’s Wife – Creation Moments: https://creationmoments.com/sermons/cains-wife/
Back to Basics: What is Truth? Is it Absolute or Relative? – Welcome to Rob Lundberg.org: https://roblundberg.org/2021/01/01/back-to-basics-what-is-truth-is-it-absolute-or-relative/
Atheist Computer Scientist Becomes Theologian Because Of Evidence | Reasons for Jesus: https://reasonsforjesus.com/atheist-computer-scientist-becomes-theologian-because-of-evidence/
No Matter How Painful the Situation, Ending a Disabled Child’s Life Through Abortion Is Never Right – Blog – Eternal Perspective Ministries: https://www.epm.org/blog/2019/Nov/1/disabled-child-abortion
The 4 “A”‘s of the Use of Scripture | The Domain for Truth: https://wp.me/p1OcQ-5WY
Everything is theological – Adam4d.com: https://adam4d.com/theologic/
Do Self-Replicating Protocells Undermine the Evolutionary Theory? – Reasons to Believe: https://reasons.org/explore/publications/articles/do-self-replicating-protocells-undermine-the-evolutionary-theory
(2016) The Story of Iran’s Church in Two Sentences: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/the-story-of-the-irans-church-in-two-sentences/
The Virtue of Silence | The Apologers: https://wp.me/p5G3DB-kH

Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people came to the decision to put Jesus to death. They bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate, the governor. Matthew 27:1-2 Blessings to you all