Good Morning Friends,
Quote of the week:
In order to recognize an explanation as the best, you don’t need to be able to explain the explanation. In fact, such a requirement would lead to an infinite regress of explanations, so that nothing could ever be explained and science would be destroyed! – William Lane Craig (On Guard)
Now, here are your weekly links:
- Bacteria’s Eyes and Ears | Creation Moments – Modern researchers are learning that bacteria are not a simple form of life. Rather, a bacterium is a tremendously complex creature that thinks. Scientists have discovered that bacteria actually have molecule-sized sensors. Some of these sensors act as eyes, while others act as ears. A dozen other proteins have been discovered that receive the information gathered by the bacteria’s “eyes” and “ears.” The collected information is then processed the same way your brain gathers and makes sense of information.: https://creationmoments.com/radio/broadcast-archive/todays-creation-moment/bacterias-eyes-and-ears/
- Christian Apologetics – What Is Christian Apologetics?: https://crossexamined.org/christian-apologetics/
- This is why Christians DON’T obey all of the Bible’s commands | Opinion | Premier Christianity – Those who attack Christianity, often use this point as a stick to beat us with! We’re accused of inconsistency. For example, I believe the Bible teaches that any sex outside of heterosexual marriage is wrong. Critics argue that since I eat bacon and wear mixed cotton shirts, then I’m being selective in my reading of the Bible and ‘picking and choosing’ which laws I do and don’t obey. But contrary to what atheists often assume, there are good theological and biblical reasons why Christians don’t obey all of God’s laws. We are not guilty of arbitrarily picking and choosing from God’s word. Here, in a nutshell, is why Christians don’t obey all of the Bible.: https://www.premierchristianity.com/apologetics/this-is-why-christians-dont-obey-all-of-the-bibles-commands/2428.article
- The Importance of Doctrine – This strange word picture is meant to drive us to one conclusion: the doctrines found in the Word of God are not just designed to increase information, but rather produce radical, organic transformation. You see, the plants that are being watered don’t become bigger plants; they become an entirely different plant altogether! God’s plan is for the rain of biblical doctrine to fall on us and change us. We won’t become better renditions of ourselves, but entirely different, spiritually. God uses doctrine as a means to turn angry people into peacemakers, greedy people into givers, demanding people into servants, lustful people into pure people, faithless people into believers, proud people into humble people, rebels into obedient people, and idolaters into worshipers of the one true God.: https://www.paultripp.com/articles/posts/the-importance-of-doctrine-article
- The Big Question 88: How Do You Apply The Bible In The Modern World? | Good News Unlimited: https://goodnewsunlimited.com/big-question-88-apply-the-bible-modern-world/
- Bible vs. Book of Mormon vs. Quran – What Makes the Bible Unique? 15-minute presentation by J. Warner Wallace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en-BAhbMjCg
- Frank Shares the Gospel with Kayleigh McEnany on FOX News Saturday in America – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JKGPCASQ1Mc
- One of the Clearest (and Earliest) Summaries of Early Christian Beliefs – Canon Fodder – this paragraph from Aristides around 125AD is amazing…: https://michaeljkruger.com/one-of-the-clearest-and-earliest-summaries-of-early-christian-beliefs/
- Puzzling over evolution of language – Creation.com – From an evolutionary perspective, our speech and language development remains “one of the longest-standing puzzles of science.” Fossils are no help, as “language and linguistic signals do not fossilize.” So, working on the presumption that certain creatures are evolutionarily closer-related to us than others, evolutionists have long hunted for clues of language evolution in “our closest relatives, the great apes.” And specifically, the genus Pan (chimpanzees and bonobos) rather than Pongo (orangutans) or Gorilla, because Pan is presumed to be “the lineage that last diverged from that which ultimately led to humans.”: https://creation.com/en/articles/puzzling-evolution-language
- A Stone in His Shoe. In some circles there’s pressure for Christian ambassadors to “close the sale” as soon as possible. When pressed for time, get right to the meat of the message. Get to the Gospel. If the person doesn’t respond, you’ve still done your part. Shake the dust off your feet and move on. A wise ambassador, though, “seasons his words.” He weighs his opportunities and adopts an appropriate strategy for each occasion. Sometimes, the simple truth of the cross is all that’s needed. The fruit is ripe for harvesting. Bump it and it falls into your basket. Usually, though, the fruit is not ripe; the nonbeliever is simply not ready. He may not even have begun to think about Christianity in the right way. Dropping a message on him that, from his point of view, is meaningless or simply unbelievable doesn’t accomplish anything. In fact, it may be the worst thing you can do. He rejects a message he doesn’t understand and then he’s harder to reach next time: https://www.str.org/web/guest/w/a-stone-in-his-shoe
- Examining the Case for the Christian Faith (with Doug Groothuis) – YouTube – How strong is the evidence for Christianity? How has the evidence, and issues, changed over the past few decades. Dr. Doug Groothuis is the author of the best-selling book, “Christian Apologetics,” which he just updated. In this interview we discuss his conversion to faith and his perspective of how the evidence for Christianity has grown over the past few decades: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY9ggdGGrjw
- How Do I Share What I Believe? Ten Common Christian Expressions Requiring Translation | Cold Case Christianity – Every group has its own distinct language, and Christianity is no different. Back when I was an unbeliever, a Christian friend approached me and said, “Jim, I’ve been convicted lately, and God has put you on my heart. God told me you need to be born again; you need to come to repentance and experience a conversion. It’s time for you to deal with the sin in your life and have a true spiritual rebirth. Why don’t you invite Jesus into your heart and make Him the Lord of your life? If you have faith, you can be saved. You can be washed by the Blood of the Lamb, and sanctified so you can enjoy fellowship with your Christian brethren.” OK, he didn’t actually put it quite like that. But he might as well have. I couldn’t understand a thing he said. His “Christianese” was fluent and mine was not. Years later, I found myself using much of the same language with my unbelieving friends, only to find them equally confused and alienated. : https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/how-do-i-share-what-i-believe-ten-common-christian-expressions-requiring-translation/
- Christianity is rejected because of dislike rather than rational reasons | Real Life Apologetics: https://reallifeapologetics.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/is-the-rejection-of-christianity-an-emotional-or-a-rational-decision/
- Want to Share the Gospel? Start with This Question – Greg explains the first step in a tactical approach to sharing your Christian convictions with others.: https://www.str.org/w/want-to-share-the-gospel-start-with-this-question
- Book of Mormon Graphic Leaves Out Important Detail – Mormonism Research Ministry: https://mrm.org/book-of-mormon-graphic
- Lord of the Rings Star Defends Faith, Argues That Christianity Has ‘Made the World a Better Place’ | CBN News: https://cbn.com/news/news/lord-rings-star-defends-faith-argues-christianity-has-made-world-better-place
- What about those who have never heard? – YouTube – Frank Turek on the problem of those who never heard the Gospel.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQISdCWQhRg
- Seven Ways to Approach the Existence of God – THINKAPOLOGETICS.COM: https://chab123.wordpress.com/2025/02/03/seven-ways-to-approach-the-existence-of-god-3/
- Cliffe left SMUG Atheist SPEECHLESS! #debate #cliffeknechtle #religion #christian – YouTube Watch how Cliffe Knechtle debates with this SMUG Atheist after he claimed God was jealous and selfish.: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3Q-h60j2OS4
- Joe Rogan finds Bible ‘fascinating,’ notes Christian kindness | Podcast: https://www.christianpost.com/news/joe-rogan-finds-bible-fascinating-notes-christian-kindness.html
- Abortion Activists Caught Taking 15-Year-Old Girl for Secret Abortion – LifeNews.com: https://www.lifenews.com/2025/12/02/abortion-activists-caught-taking-15-year-old-girl-for-secret-abortion/
- Oklahoma student claims religious bias after zero grade on gender assignment | Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/us/oklahoma-student-flunked-by-ta-after-touting-christian-beliefs-gender-essay-directs-others-push-back
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. Hebrews 12:4
Blessings to you all