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 (coined the “Big Bang”)
Now, here are your weekly links:
- “SpudCell”: More Evidence that Origin of Life Requires Design | Science and Culture Today – SpudCell shows that if you want something to live, intelligent agents must provide it with all the necessary genetic information and a just-right mixture of molecules in a carefully controlled environment. Goldilocks would be proud. Whatever SpudCell does, it only works because of intelligent design.: https://scienceandculture.com/2026/07/spudcell-more-evidence-that-origin-of-life-requires-intelligent-design/
- We Asked People What They Believe About Jesus | Sean & Scott McDowell – YouTube – I’m here at the Santa Monica Pier with my son, Scottie and we decided to go around and talk to people about Jesus. Some of the responses were crazy. Between that and asking about meeting Ronaldo/Messi we had lots of interesting responses and it was good to see a new perspective. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLjbieQvrls
- Tim Keller on evangelism in the 21st century – YouTube: https://youtu.be/DHQBoLo31Ns?is=r-6qT8i5Qj8FUABN
- Democrat Socialists Claim Jesus Christ Was a Socialist – Why They’re Wrong – Kingsjester’s Blog: https://kingsjestersblog.com/2026/07/19/democrat-socialists-claim-jesus-christ-was-a-socialist-why-theyre-wrong/
- Why a Hindu Monk Left Everything and Became a Christian | Rahil Patel – YouTube – Rahil Patel spent 20 years as a Hindu monk, pursuing God through prayer, fasting, pilgrimage and strict spiritual discipline. But beneath his success as a respected teacher, troubling questions remained. Then, after a series of unexpected encounters with Christianity, Rahil walked into a London church and experienced the moment that changed his life. He joins Luke Martin on the Unbelievable podcast to share his remarkable journey from Hindu monasticism to faith in Jesus, and why moving from karma and striving to grace proved so difficult. They also explore what Christians misunderstand about Hinduism, whether all religions are different paths to the same God, and Rahil’s provocative perspective on Christianity, British colonialism and modern India.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co-0v6rlG64
- Lifestyle of Peace | Christian Living & Discipleship: Seven Honest Questions Regarding Christianity: A Challenge – Recently I challenged my friends and acquaintances, those who are skeptics, agnostics, non-religious and so on to raise their best questions regarding the Christian faith. I asked them to raise honest questions, questions that if answered would possibly clear the road for them to believe. I indicated that I would attempt to the best of my ability to answer those questions from the Christian worldview. These are the questions raised, and the answers provided by this one Christian. Don’t expect perfection, I don’t know everything, but I’ve done my best to provide answers that will be intellectually satisfying and philosophically meaningful.: https://www.lifestyleofpeace.com/2017/02/seven-honest-questions-regarding.html
- Building Christian Kids Who Can Stand Against Secular Culture: My Practical Plan | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2026/07/21/building-christian-kids-who-can-stand-against-secular-culture-my-practical-plan/
- Am I Just Not Chosen? The Disorientation of Deconversion | Christian Research Institute – If the deconversion of well-respected Christians can rightly feel like the rug is being pulled out from under us, we can take solace in the fact that the sureness of our footing is founded on something stronger than that which has been removed. Rather than resorting to a self-righteous dismissal of their concerns or losing our confidence altogether, Christians find that the sureness of their faith is not rooted primarily in their subjective experience of it but rather in the person at its source and foundation: Jesus Christ.: https://www.equip.org/articles/am-i-just-not-chosen-the-disorientation-of-deconversion/
- What does the Bible say about managing/controlling emotions? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/managing-emotions.html
- Thoughts on Pre-Marital Sex – Elisha McFarland – Please remember: as Christians, our opinions are to be built around God’s Word, not the pressure of the world.: https://elishamcfarland.home.blog/2021/01/14/thoughts-on-pre-marital-sex/
- Who Were The First Apologists? A Look At The Apostles – THINKAPOLOGETICS.COM: https://chab123.wordpress.com/2012/07/27/who-were-the-first-apologists-a-look-at-the-apostles/
- What Does the Bible Say About Purgatory? | Cold Case Christianity – The Bible tells us with certainty we cannot earn our salvation with good works because Jesus’ death on the cross paid for all our sin. Jesus purged us from our impurity, and He doesn’t need any additional help from us.: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/what-does-the-bible-say-about-purgatory/
- Yale University computer science professor takes a look at protein formation probabilities | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2025/07/11/yale-university-computer-science-professor-takes-a-look-at-protein-formation-probabilities-6/
- Talking with Your Kids about God – Natasha Crain – Christian parenting is hard work–and it’s getting harder. Parents have a deep desire to pass on their faith but fear that today’s increasingly skeptical and hostile world will eventually lead their kids to reject the truth of Christianity. That leaves many parents feeling overwhelmed–uncertain of what they can do to help their children, given the difficulty and extent of the faith challenges they will face. Frank interviews author Natasha Crain about her book a practical and timely resource that gives parents the confidence of knowing what to discuss with their children and how to discuss it in order to facilitate impactful conversations that will form the basis of a lifelong faith.: https://subsplash.com/u/crossexamined/media/d/jh8bkv7-11-4-17
- A Case for the Bible 101: Manuscript Evidence Part 1, A Few Important Facts – Truth, Faith and Reason: https://truthfaithandreason.com/a-case-for-the-bible-101-manuscript-evidence-part-1-a-few-important-facts/
- Top 10 Apologetics Books | ReasonableTheology.org – These are not necessarily the most in-depth apologetics books. Instead, these are selected because they are accessible enough for beginners and yet still helpful for more seasoned defenders of the faith.: https://reasonabletheology.org/top-10-apologetics-books/
- Richard Dawkins: “the hypothesis of theism is a scientific hypothesis” | WINTERY KNIGHT – Atheist author Richard Dawkins described himself as a “cultural Christian” and lamented the faith’s waning cultural influence in Europe, though he still derided its key tenets as “nonsense,” during an interview on Easter Sunday….: https://winteryknight.com/2024/11/12/richard-dawkins-the-hypothesis-of-theism-is-a-scientific-hypothesis/
- Polystrate Fossils — evidence against millions of years – YouTube – Most people are under the impression that coal forms slowly in swamps over millions of years. But this view neglects the testimony of tree trunk fossils that cut across many coal layers, known as polystrate fossils. If these tree trunks were buried gradually over thousands of years the top parts of the trees would have rotted away before they could be protected by sediment. Derek Ager, Professor of Geology at University College of Swansea recognized this when he wrote of trees buried in coal seams, ‘If one estimates the total thickness of the British Coal Measures as about 1,000 m, laid down in about 10 million years, then, assuming a constant rate of sedimentation, it would have taken 100,000 years to bury a tree 10 m high, which is ridiculous’. He then went on to say, ‘we cannot escape the conclusion that sedimentation was at times very rapid indeed’. So the slow-swamp-story should itself be laid to rest.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqUtY23L4iQ
- Rapid Response: You Don’t Need God to Explain Consciousness | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/rapid-response-you-dont-need-god-to-explain-consciousness/
- More extra-biblical evidence of Jesus | George’s Journal – As a final observation: In New Testament scholarship generally, a number of specialists consider the question of whether Jesus existed to have been finally and conclusively settled in the affirmative. A few vocal scholars, however, still deny that he ever lived.: https://georgesjournal.net/2021/07/15/more-extra-biblical-evidence-of-jesus/
When the wicked thrive, so does sin, but the righteous will see their downfall. Proverbs 29:16
Blessings to you all