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mid-week apologetics booster (9-14-2023)

Good morning friends, Quote of the week: “I in Christ” prepares me for heaven, “Christ in me” prepares me to live on earth. – Charles Stanley Now, here are your weekly links:

New video series on intelligent design starts off discussing the Cambrian explosion | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2023/09/07/new-video-series-on-intelligent-design-starts-off-discussing-the-cambrian-explosion-2/
God or Gobbledygook? 15 of The Most Compelling Arguments for the Almighty’s Existence: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/god-or-gobbledygook-15-of-the-most-compelling-arguments-for-the-almighty-s-existence/ss-AA1gkFSK
The One Question to End Abortion-WHAT IS IT? | Full Movie – YouTube: https://youtu.be/3L5OaJNulRE?si=URmX47ybTzaBT6nC
How to Defend the Bible – YouTube – J. Warner Wallace: https://youtu.be/pRIPMZ4sJhc?si=1-NYFcv8LIgwMqIB
Information Enigma: 21-minute video explains intelligent design | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2023/09/10/information-enigma-21-minute-video-explains-intelligent-design-9/
Free Audio Book collection. I’m sure the vast majority are not Christian, but some are. For example, I see G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy in the list: https://marhamilresearch4.blob.core.windows.net/gutenberg-public/Website/browse.html
Evolution vs. God Uncensored – Expanded and Updated | Full Movie – YouTube: https://youtu.be/jeSxIqAYP4M?si=O4SkxXn9bWHS9bbU
Jason Lisle & Hugh Ross: Young Earth vs. Old Earth Creationism – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/live/L1VU7kw04Os?si=dJE-ZSQ6LbBXN8-N
Why did God kill Ezekiel’s wife? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/Ezekiel-wife.html
The Information Codes Inside Your Body (Long Story Short, Ep. 10) – YouTube – Inside your body a massive amount of encoded information that makes your life possible. Your body also contains sophisticated computer-like hardware that reads this coded information and builds the things you need for a living system. Explore the mystery of the amazing information codes inside you in this first installment of the “Codes of Life” mini-series produced as part of the “Long Story Short” show on YouTube.: https://youtu.be/FjDc6jBtJSw?si=T8f-XcwG8KujkNV6
Discussion with a nice atheist, who thinks “religion” is foolish and a waste of time, then after that, with his Catholic wife – YouTube: https://youtu.be/4PjzeCseI54?si=Fs7eCCABGsbOeMd0
Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prizewinning Physicist Says – Scientific American: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/atheism-is-inconsistent-with-the-scientific-method-prizewinning-physicist-says/#
Is the Astronomy in the Book of Job Scientifically Consistent? | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/is-the-astronomy-in-the-book-of-job-scientifically-consistent/
Is Apologetics Needed Because of a Lack of Faith? – THINKAPOLOGETICS.COM: https://chab123.wordpress.com/2021/08/06/is-apologetics-needed-because-of-a-lack-of-faith/
Ten Easy Ways to Start Meaningful Dialogue: https://www.str.org/w/ten-easy-ways-to-start-meaningful-dialogue#.WcfDksqp7qC
Reasonableness in an Age of Outrage: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/reasonableness-age-outrage/
Atheist Myths and Scientism – Steve Cable exposes some atheist myths and the false ideology of scientism, all designed to destroy people’s faith.: https://probe.org/atheist-myths-and-scientism/
Tim Keller on evangelism in the 21st century – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHQBoLo31Ns
Napkin Theology 4 – Does God Exist? – YouTube – The three possible answers to the age-old question, “Does God Exist?” illustrated on a napkin.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xBCVe39tqU
Revealing the One True God to the Polytheistic Shinto Culture | Answers in Genesis: https://answersingenesis.org/world-religions/revealing-one-true-god-to-polytheistic-shinto-culture/
Giving Up Darwin – Claremont Review of Books – Stephen Meyer’s thoughtful and meticulous Darwin’s Doubt (2013) convinced me that Darwin has failed. He cannot answer the big question. The origin of species is exactly what Darwin cannot explain.: https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/giving-up-darwin/
Milking Roaches for All They’re Worth | Answers in Genesis: https://answersingenesis.org/creepy-crawlies/insects/milking-roaches-all-theyre-worth-unlikely-reminder-gods-provision/
Ten Reasons “Tent Makers” Make Great Christian “Case Makers” | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/ten-reasons-tent-makers-make-great-christian-case-makers/
Why I Wish Christians Would Argue MORE (No, Seriously): https://churchleaders.com/pastors/pastor-articles/301281-wish-christians-argue-no-seriously-trevin-wax.html
God vs Science – New York Apologetics – This is an edited extract from Can Science Explain Everything? by John C Lennox (January 2019). The book is the first of a series in a joint venture with the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, Zacharias Institute, and The Good Book Company. “Surely you can’t be a scientist and believe in God these days?” It’s a viewpoint I have heard expressed by many people over the years. But I suspect that it is often the unspoken doubt that stops many from engaging seriously with serious thinkers about both science and God. In reply, I like to ask a very scientific question: “Why not?”: https://www.newyorkapologetics.com/god-vs-science/
Why Bother Voting? Billy Graham’s Answer: https://billygraham.org/answer/im-sick-of-politicians-and-political-campaigns-and-ive-decided-im-not-going-to-vote-this-year/
How Can I Help My Evolutionist Son Respect Both Science and Scripture?: https://www.ligonier.org/posts/how-can-i-help-my-evolutionist-son-respect-both-science-and-scripture
6 Things Writing An Evangelistic Book Taught A Guilty Non-Evangelist | The Good Book Blog: https://www.thegoodbook.com/blog/interestingthoughts/2019/02/26/6-things-writing-an-evangelistic-book-taught-a-gui/
7 ways to live out the gospel in a post-truth, post-fact culture – Christian Week: https://www.christianweek.org/7-ways-live-gospel-post-truth-post-fact-culture/
How Was It Decided Which Books Would Be Put in the Bible? – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGSTstd7oLw
“Unplanned” Movie Star Ashley Bratcher: “My Mom Was on the Abortion Table When She Walked Out” – LifeNews.com: https://www.lifenews.com/2019/08/23/unplanned-movie-star-ashley-bratcher-my-mom-was-on-the-abortion-table-when-she-walked-out/
Series: How Can We Trust the Bible? Lectures by Michael Kruger | The Domain for Truth: https://veritasdomain.wordpress.com/2019/07/20/series-how-can-we-trust-the-bible-lectures-by-michael-kruger/
The Deity of Christ in the Gospel of Mark – There are some who think the deity of Christ was a later invention that developed by the end of the first century. As evidence for this position, they assert that the Gospel written first-the Gospel of Mark-has a low view of Jesus, while the Gospel written last-the Gospel of John-has a high view of Jesus. Therefore, Jesus started out as a man in Mark’s Gospel but became God by the time John’s Gospel was written. This challenge rests on the assumption that the Gospel of Mark has a low view of Jesus. But is this true? Does Mark’s Gospel present Jesus as a mere man, or is the deity of Christ presented even in the earliest Gospel? In one of his many debates with Muslim apologist Shabir Ally, James White lays out sixteen places in the Gospel of Mark that point persuasively to Jesus’ deity when taken together.: https://www.str.org/w/the-deity-of-christ-in-the-gospel-of-mark#.WfM4hsqp7qC
Janet Parshall Interviews Stephen Meyer about Return of the God Hypothesis | Stephen C. Meyer: https://stephencmeyer.org/2021/04/28/janet-parshall-interviews-stephen-meyer-about-return-of-the-god-hypothesis/
Errors in the Bible? – YouTube – At SMU Dr. Frank Turek was asked, “How do we account for the errors of the scribes in the New Testament since these documents were handed down from one person to the next and what if these errors are not simple and interfere with the teachings of the scriptures.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB18or8bJ10
What is Islam, and what do Muslims believe? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/Islam.html

You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?” If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him. Deuteronomy 18:21-22 Blessings to you all