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mid-week apologetics booster (12-28-2023)

Good morning friends, Quote of the week: Jesus is the keeper of the gates of paradise and before every believing soul he setteth an open door, which no man or devil shall be able to close against it. What joy it will be to find that faith in him is the golden key to the everlasting doors. My soul, dost thou carry this key in thy bosom, or art thou trusting to some deceitful pick-lock, which will fail thee at last? – Charles Spurgeon Now, here are your weekly links:

What are undesigned coincidences, and how are they used in apologetics? | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2023/12/22/what-are-undesigned-coincidences-and-how-are-they-used-in-apologetics-4/
Most Christians Don’t Know THIS About the Christmas Star – YouTube: https://youtu.be/EcPhaO3pY5Y?si=KQzK06Hw_6cTLR8U
Famous people being wrong about Christmas being Pagan – YouTube: https://youtu.be/wk16I1l4uaI?si=pqr2zo_H2W0l5TWu
Marks of a Great Teacher: Understanding by R.C. Sproul: https://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/marks-of-a-great-teacher-understanding
What is Hate Speech and How Should We Respond? – Stephen J Bedard: http://www.stephenjbedard.com/2018/05/03/what-is-hate-speech-and-how-should-we-respond/
The Case for Unitarianism and the Logical Relation of Identity | Reasonable Faith: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/the-case-for-unitarianism-and-the-logical-relation-of-identity
Review of God’s Cosmic Cookbook by Elizabeth Cole – Theistic evolutionist organization targets children with a new book: https://creation.com/review-god-cookbook-cole
Christmas is Christmas Because Jesus is God | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/christmas-is-christmas-because-jesus-is-god/
The United Methodist Church on creationism and intelligent design: https://creation.com/united-methodist
Why Aren’t Christians More Confident to Share Their Faith? | Jonathan Morrow – YouTube: https://youtu.be/1JKX8DHOeqA?si=jZWT9IOB6ivz3kS3
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman | Apologetics Resource Center: https://arcapologetics.org/the-story-of-god-with-morgan-freeman/
Dale Allison On Jesus’ Empty Tomb, His Post-Mortem Appearances, and the Origin of the Disciples | Scholarly Writings | Reasonable Faith: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/scholarly-writings/historical-jesus/dale-allison-on-jesus-empty-tomb-his-post-mortem-appearances-and-the-origin
Three Reasons the Story of Jesus Was Not Borrowed From Pagan Mystery Religions – Jonathan Morrow: https://www.jonathanmorrow.org/three-reasons-story-jesus-not-borrowed-pagan-mystery-religions/
Anti-slavery activist William Wilberforce: Christian hero: https://creation.com/anti-slavery-activist-william-wilberforce-christian-hero
What Do I Say When I Only Have a Minute to Talk About God? – YouTube: https://youtu.be/UtuHazFfn2Y?si=A3NaprR0m-rjXV5n
Is the Sabbath Still Required for Christians?: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/schreiner-qa-is-the-sabbath-still-required-for-christians/?amp
Blind Faith – Apologetics Press: https://apologeticspress.org/blind-faith-444/
Is God Real? The Bacterial Flagellum and the Divine Design Inference | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/is-god-real-the-bacterial-flagellum-and-the-divine-design-inference/
Our Most Destructive Assumption About Heaven | Desiring God: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/our-most-destructive-assumption-about-heaven
Can we trust the New Testament as a historical document? | carm.org: https://carm.org/about-the-bible/can-we-trust-the-new-testament-as-a-historical-document/
Logical Fallacies: Ad Hominem | Answers in Genesis: https://answersingenesis.org/logic/ad-hominem/
The Three Kinds of Doubt and How to Address Them – Stand to Reason: https://subsplash.com/standtoreason/media/mi/+52qfhwr

So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 2 Corinthians 5:16 Blessings to you all