Good morning friends,
Quote of the week:
A commonsense interpretation of the facts suggests that a super intellect has monkeyed with physics, as well as chemistry and biology, and that there are no blind forces worth speaking about in nature. – Fred Hoyle, British Astronomer
Now, here are your weekly links:
- Wes Huff Faces the TOUGHEST Objections to Christianity – On the Michael Knowles Show, Wes Huff is put on the spot with rapid questions about Christianity and the toughest objections raised against the faith, responding with clarity, precision, and deeply biblical truth in real time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppA7_UrIaFI
- Introducing The College Student’s Back to School Guide to Intelligent Design – Casey Luskin: https://scienceandculture.com/2009/09/introducing_the_college_studen/
- 7 Common Myths about Old-Earth Creationism – Sometimes being an apologist isn’t just about defending the faith to unbelievers; sometimes it also includes explaining our doctrinal positions to other Christians. When I was homeschooling our children, church friends would often express concern over our family’s belief that the earth was billions—not thousands—of years old. Many had heard some fairly alarming assertions about Hugh Ross, my employer, advocating fallacious views of the Bible. I want to help people differentiate between rumors and facts about old-earth creationists’ beliefs. So, instead of avoiding conversations that might spark an old-earth versus young-earth debate, I’ve learned how to offer quick but gracious answers to the questions raised by our Christian friends: https://reflectionsbyken.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/7-common-myths-about-old-earth-creationism/
- Fulfilled Prophecy: Evidence for the Reliability of the Bible – Hugh Ross. By the time I turned seventeen, my studies in astronomy (which began at age seven) had convinced me that a Creator must exist. The big bang theory, though still contested by some astronomers, seemed the best fit with emerging data. I read what many well-known philosophers had to say about the origin of the cosmos and came away with no clear answers. So, I decided to look into the various “holy books” of the world’s religions. I hoped to determine whether any could have been inspired by the cosmic Creator. Nearly all these writings included predictions, or “prophecies,” of future events. These forecasts were intended to show that their message, or “messengers” came from God or gods to humanity. However, I found that they either forecasted easily predictable events or failed completely to match future historical and/or scientific facts. With one clear exception, their record for accuracy seemed abysmal. That single exception was actually a collection of books into one, the Bible. Unique among all books ever written, the Bible accurately described the human condition and offered a response to it—in the person of Jesus. It also consistently predicted future scientific discoveries and future specific events, places, and even names in human history—in detail—many decades, centuries, or millennia in advance: https://reasons.org/explore/blogs/todays-new-reason-to-believe/fulfilled-prophecy-evidence-for-the-reliability-of-the-bible
- New Peer-Reviewed Paper Defends Cosmic Fine-Tuning Argument | Science and Culture Today: https://scienceandculture.com/2026/01/new-peer-reviewed-paper-defends-cosmic-fine-tuning-argument/
- ‘You should be feeding the hungry’ – Creation.com – Supporting Christian organisations involved in the creation/evolution discourse is worthy of your time and money…. Someone once said this to me, in a way which was meant to be a put-down of the creation ministry. In the context of the discussion, the person speaking was implying that ministries which clothed and fed people, or met their medical needs, were a worthy outlet for Christian time and money. But not some group fussing about creation/evolution, the age of creation, Genesis, and so on.: https://creation.com/en/articles/you-should-be-feeding-the-hungry
- Knight and Rose Show #70: E. Calvin Beisner: Climate and Energy | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2026/01/04/knight-and-rose-show-70-e-calvin-beisner-climate-and-energy/
- Can We Trust the Early Traditions of Apostolic Martyrdoms? – Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/can-we-trust-the-early-traditions-of-apostolic-martyrdoms/
- CHURCH FATHERS: Life of Constantine, Book III (Eusebius) – see chapters 25 and following here were Eusebius recounts how Constantine ordered the erection of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher at the spot where the present day church exists: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/25023.htm
- What Atheists Fail to Realize – John Lennox – YouTube. John Lennox Delves into the argument for god from various angles, and speaks on the irrationality of Atheist thought of reductionism.: https://youtu.be/Nz2Fuc-Vk-g?si=fIIunvZk6al0On83
- Evidence for God from Petra PLUS Q&A (Frank Turek) – YouTube: https://youtu.be/phbcHITQeAA?si=7DY5c1QRHJ_0-iG6
- Irreducible Complexity | Biblical Science Institute – One of the many scientific lines of evidence against neo-Darwinian evolution involves the concept of irreducible complexity. Microbes, plants, fungi, animals, and human beings all have bodies that are composed of extremely complex microscopic machinery. The different parts of a biological cell are interdependent. That is, each part of the cell depends on all the other parts of the cell in order to function properly. Remove any one essential part, and the cell dies. Hence, the cell is not just complex; it is irreducibly complex. That is, it cannot be reduced to a simpler functioning cell by removing any essential component. Yet, neo-Darwinian evolution requires that all life came about from simpler forms, with new components added over the course of time by mutations. Hence, neo-Darwinian evolution is incompatible with irreducible complexity: https://biblicalscienceinstitute.com/origins/irreducible-complexity/
- Sex: What If the Bible is Right? | 5-Minute Videos | PragerU – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwC5FbcqbfU
- The Woodpecker’s Unbelievable Tongue – YouTube – The woodpecker’s tongue can stretch up to 5 x its normal length-and it’s rooted in the bird’s nostril, wrapping around its skull before exiting the beak! Such an intricate design cannot be explained by gradual evolution. This remarkable anatomy points directly to the wisdom of a Creator.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDsfwtYCPcE
Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him: “I now establish my covenant with you and with your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you–the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you–every living creature on earth. I establish my covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth. ” Genesis 9:8-11
Blessings to you all