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mid-week apologetics booster (1-4-2024)

Good morning friends, Quote of the week: Mount St. Helens’ remarkable post-eruption recovery surprised conventional biological thinking. Counter to evolution-based assumptions, it appears that living things have the innate ability to colonize desolate areas. The way animals and plants worked together to repopulate Mount St. Helens demonstrates God’s design for them to multiply and fill the earth. – BRIAN THOMAS, Ph.D (Acts and Facts August 2020 article “Biological Bounceback at Mount St. Helens”) Now, here are your weekly links:

Dr. Walter Bradley lectures on scientific evidence the creation and design of the universe | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2023/12/30/dr-walter-bradley-lectures-on-scientific-evidence-the-creation-and-design-of-the-universe-6/
Video: Answers in Genesis: Evolutionists, you support systemic racism: https://patriotandliberty.com/video-answers-in-genesis-evolutionists-you-support-systemic-racism/
Once Again, TGC’s “Best Movies” of 2023 is Filled With Sex, Foul Language, and Blasphemy: https://disntr.com/2023/12/30/once-again-tgcs-best-movies-of-2023-is-filled-with-sex-foul-language-and-blasphemy/
Which country is the most dangerous for Christians? | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2024/01/02/which-country-is-the-most-dangerous-for-christians/
Who Has the Burden of Proof When Discussing God? https://strangenotions.com/who-has-the-burden-of-proof-when-discussing-god/
When Does God Identify “You” As “You”? Your identity, according to science and the Bible, began the moment you were conceived: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/when-does-god-identify-you-as-you/
Self-Discipline Is the Gateway to Christian Maturity – If you want to grow as a Christian, you must learn discipline. Because self-discipline is the gateway to Christian maturity. In the next article I will talk about how we can practically cultivate self-discipline and dispel some common misunderstandings about it: https://redeemingproductivity.com/self-discipline-is-the-gateway-to-christian-maturity/
Gen Z (born anywhere between 1995 and 2015) is spiritually illiterate and abandoning church: How did we get here? Our society is in the midst of a massive cultural shift. According to the Barna Group, “rates of church attendance, religious affiliation, belief in God, prayer and Bible-reading have been dropping for decades. Americans’ beliefs are becoming more post-Christian and, concurrently, religious identity is changing.” This is the environment in which Generation Z is growing up: https://www.kentuckytoday.com/baptist-life/gen-z-is-spiritually-illiterate-and-abandoning-church-how-did-we-get-here/article_ea994828-6cd4-5fbd-8352-496ef3eb9c8e.html
Why People Misunderstand the Old Testament – When you skip Old Testament scripture, you miss beautiful truths pointing to Jesus! https://www.a-life-inspired.com/why-people-misunderstand-the-old-testament/
Evidence of Design in the Biological Realm – The body is vastly complex and highly engineered. It is not a “god of the gaps” argument to infer design when looking at this marvelous system, with many irreducibly complex, interdependent, sub-systems: https://1peter41216.wordpress.com/2014/11/15/evidence-of-design-in-the-biological-realm/
Does Religion Really Matter in America? The latest Gallup poll shows a continuing decline of religious influence in America. A dramatic shift has taken place in America related to the way we view religious beliefs. Hidden in the data from the Gallup research lies a clue to the reason for this change in public opinion. Why do fewer Americans think religion matters? Listen to the podcast to hear the answer to this question. Frank Turek and Detective J. Warner Wallace tackle this issue and others in this episode: https://subsplash.com/crossexamined/media/mi/+hx2v9pw
How I Can Believe in a God Who Sends People to Hell? If the God who says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, he sent his son not to condemn the world, but to save the world,” we have no one to blame but ourselves if we turn away from trusting in this good and gracious Father and in his son, Jesus Christ. You have all these questions. At the end of the day, here’s the thing: the God who tells you that this is what lies up ahead for those who don’t trust in Jesus, is also the One who so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. There really is no one else to blame but yourself if you don’t turn to him in faith right now: https://corechristianity.com/resources/articles/how-i-can-believe-in-a-god-who-sends-people-to-hell
Stephen Meyer Shatters the Myth of the Multiverse – Is our universe just an accident? Or does it display exquisite evidence of fine-tuning and intelligent design? This episode of Science Uprising investigates claims by scientific atheists like Lawrence Krauss and Bill Nye that our universe is nothing special and that the fine-tuning scientists observe can be explained away by the existence of multiple universes: https://evolutionnews.org/2020/06/stephen-meyer-shatters-the-myth-of-the-multiverse/
How Psalm 113 Changed My Life – By Rosaria Butterfield who is a former tenured professor of English at Syracuse University and author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert, Openness Unhindered, and The Gospel Comes With a House Key. She is a member of First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham: https://www.9marks.org/article/how-psalm-113-changed-my-life/
5 Signs Your Church Might be Heading Toward Progressive Christianity: https://www.alisachildersblog.com/blog/5-signs-your-church-might-be-heading-toward-progressive-christianity

When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.” Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me?” He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.” The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep. John 21:15-17 Blessings to you all