Good Morning Friends,
Quote of the week:
The need for apologetics today is crucial. Believers must realize that we are living in a post-Christian era with a host of worldviews vying continuously for people’s commitments and, indeed, for their very lives. We must face these challenges head-on. Apologetics does not supplant faith, it supplements it. Nor does it replace the Spirit’s working. Rather, the Holy Spirit uses apologetic arguments as vehicles for clarifying the truth of God’s Word. The same verses commanding us to preach the gospel also instructs us to constantly be prepared to correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and careful instruction (2 Tim. 4:2). – Hank Hanegraaff (from, Witnessing by Defending the Faith?)
Now, here are your weekly links:
- “The New Testament: Text, Translation, Canon” – Mike Licona – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DowENTBcnLE
- Sheldon convincing Mom to believe in God | Young Sheldon S02E03 – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxIY0iHaVXU
- Rediscovering the Bible with Tara-Leigh Cobble – YouTube: https://youtu.be/4hkyXZ9u9-I?si=t7pVnk1398jeKzBz
- Information and the origin of life – Did cells write their own software? – YouTube: https://youtu.be/fnlz9b5TZB0?si=Eg3C8fHoOQ3qEhr5
- Antibiotic Resistance & Bacterial Evolution: What’s the Real Story? (Long Story Short, Ep. 3) – YouTube: https://youtu.be/jlmgFFBBopM?si=VDA275ucDEsxPyK6
- The Cambrian Explosion: A Challenge to Darwin’s Theory – YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ofmsnz5u6_w?si=cOqXxYFNz3pkPfX4
- Does the Bible teach Christians to expect happiness or suffering? | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2025/09/29/does-the-bible-teach-christians-to-expect-happiness-or-suffering-3/
- Two Papers Apply Behe’s “Darwin Devolves” Thesis to Cancer | Science and Culture Today – I think the main point of this article is easy to understand, but some of the content gets very technical, so be prepared: https://scienceandculture.com/2025/09/two-peer-reviewed-papers-apply-behes-darwin-devolves-thesis-to-cancer/
- Where Was God? One answer is not going to work: the picture of a broken-hearted God, victimized, agonizing over events that are out of His control. This “finite God” view is Rabbi Harold Kushner’s answer in Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People? Evil is bigger than God whose hands are tied by the laws of nature and the will of man. Limited in power, He weeps with us at a world out of control.: https://www.str.org/w/where-was-god-
- Correcting Wikipedia | Reasonable Faith: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/question-answer/correcting-wikipedia
- Why the Mike Pence Rule is as Christian as it is Wise: https://stream.org/mike-pence-rule-christian-wise/
- Rapid Response: “How Can You Believe in Christianity with So Little Evidence?”: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/how-to-respond-to-how-can-you-believe-in-christianity-with-so-little-evidence/
- Is Jesus Simply a Retelling of the Mithras Mythology? https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/is-jesus-simply-a-retelling-of-the-mithras-mythology/
- How to Evangelize with Humility: https://www.str.org/w/how-to-evangelize-with-humility
- Ten Easy Ways to Start Meaningful Dialogue: https://www.str.org/w/ten-easy-ways-to-start-meaningful-dialogue
- Can Science Explain Everything? Book Review. Whenever John Lennox writes a new book, I pay attention. After all, he is not only brilliant (Emeritus Professor of Math at Oxford), but also remarkably gracious in his interaction with critics. This is not easy to do when writing on such divisive issues as the intersection of faith and science! https://seanmcdowell.org/blog/can-science-explain-everything-book-review
- Does Religion Cause War? The charge that most of the wars in history were religiously motivated is a popular one, especially with the New Atheists and their followers. Sam Harris has written in his book The End of Faith that religion is “the most prolific source of violence in our history.” But a cursory review of the wars fought throughout history shows the opposite is true: https://apologetics-notes.comereason.org/2013/03/does-religion-cause-war.html
- ARE YOU TOLERANT? (QUIZ) – Does truth exist & can you know it? Is truth relative? How tolerant are you? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt8bJyiUAhY
- Where did Cain find his wife? If Adam and Eve had Cain, Abel and Seth then where did we all come from? Are there people living today who are not descended from Adam and Eve? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lucbO0AYH0k
- Why does God allow natural disasters? I can’t see any good coming out of a natural disaster. Can you? But can God? Frank’s answer includes the ripple effect (see his book “Stealing from God” for much more on why God allows evil): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0-s_jYZ-O0
One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger. The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. “Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples. In fear and amazement they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.” Luke 8:22-25
Blessings to you all