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mid-week apologetics booster (3-2-2023)

Good morning friends, Quote of the week: Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony. – John Stott Now, here are your weekly links:

Where wolves wander – Regular readers of creation materials will know that domestic dogs, coyotes, jackals, and many others are part of the same created kind. The ancestors of this kind are a pair of wolf-like animals that came off Noah’s ark.: https://creation.com/wandering-wolves
Beijing Shouwang Church: The House Church That Refuses to Die: https://bitterwinter.org/beijing-shouwang-house-church-refuses-to-die/
7 PROBLEMS WITH THE HE GETS US CAMPAIGN | The Battle Cry: https://thebattlecry49.com/2022/12/19/7-problems-with-the-he-gets-us-campaign/
3 Overlooked Ways to Do Pre-Evangelism: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/3-overlooked-ways-pre-evangelism/
How Do We Know That the Apostles Really Died As Martyrs? | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/how-do-we-know-that-the-apostles-really-died-as-martyrs/
What is the Difference Between Evangelism and Apologetics? – Stephen J Bedard: http://www.stephenjbedard.com/2017/02/28/difference-evangelism-apologetics/
Adam: Five things you may not know about him. Adam is one of the best-known people in the Bible. Despite this, most people only know a few basic facts about him. His connection to every person on the planet, and therefore our need for the Gospel, is outlined below, as are five things about Adam you may not have known before. 1. Adam is grounded in Hebrew, 2. Dust of the ground, 3. Men and women: same number of ribs, 4. Y-chromosome Adam, 5. A man of firsts: https://creation.com/five-things-about-adam
Scientific Proof Creation Moments – if the latter (Creationists) say something like, But evolution is only a theory. They will wax lyrical on how a scientific theory is something designed to fit all the available facts and evidences. Yet evolutionary theory fails to do that. It is indeed true that a theory cannot be proved. It can, of course, be disproved, and large amounts of evidence can be accumulated to support a theory. But the theory fails if just one piece of evidence is found which contradicts the theory.: https://creationmoments.com/sermons/scientific-proof-2/
Peter J. Williams debates Bart Ehrman on his book Misquoting Jesus | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2023/02/26/peter-j-williams-debates-bart-ehrman-on-his-book-misquoting-jesus-4/
The lies of Lynchburg – How U.S. evolutionists taught the Nazis. Beginning in the 1920s, many thousands of people in the United States were sterilized against their will and without their consent, to prevent undesirable breeding. Over 8,000 of these procedures took place at a major centre to which such undesirables were sent, in Lynchburg, Virginia.: https://creation.com/the-lies-of-lynchburg
PDF Transcript of a conversation with Dr. John Dickson about his book Bullies and Saints (church history): https://crossexamined.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/BulliesAndSaints-IDHEFTBAAPodcast11.18.21.pdf
I Came to Faith Through Apologetics | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/i-came-to-faith-through-apologetics/
The Difference Between Believing the Gospels and Trusting the Gospel | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/the-difference-between-believing-the-gospels-and-trusting-the-gospel/
The Use and Abuse of Christian Apologetics – Lifeway Research: https://research.lifeway.com/2019/11/06/the-use-and-abuse-of-christian-apologetics/
Why A Classical Historian Changed His Mind About Christianity | Blog | Think Theology: https://thinktheology.co.uk/blog/article/why_a_classical_historian_changed_his_mind_about_christianity
Origins | CornerStone Television Network – Discover how Science confirms the Genesis account of Creation! : https://ctvn.org/shows/origins/
TOP Atheists BEST Arguments Against God. How Bad Are They? – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c159bJUL0t0
How Developing A Forensic Faith Increases Your Christian Confidence – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0-Z_EecKGU
Evolutions Failed Predictions and Unfalsifiability | Penses – The history of modern biological studies is filled with surprising and unexpected findings that were not at all predicted by evolutionary theory, in fact, in some cases, quite the opposite was predicted. And yet, unlike other theories that face counter-intuitive evidence, this theory continues to remain fundamentally unquestioned as a matter of scientific orthodoxy.: https://pspruett.wordpress.com/2022/07/05/evolutions-failed-predictions-and-unfalsifiability/
Erwin Lutzer lays out 5 false gospels within evangelical churches | Church & Ministries News: https://www.christianpost.com/news/erwin-lutzer-lays-out-5-false-gospels-within-evangelical-churches.html
When Someone says the Bible can’t be Trusted. – New York Apologetics: http://www.newyorkapologetics.com/when-someone-says-the-bible-cant-be-trusted/
Stop Using the Term Fetus | Cold Case Christianity – I have been trying to eliminate the term, fetus from my vocabulary for many of the same reasons that Hazzard suggested we eliminate the three aforementioned terms. I think the word fetus is a dehumanizing expression that allows people to objectify the unborn.: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/stop-using-the-term-fetus/
Is Jesus God? – Good News – This is the third Google high frequency search question we are considering. While the evangelists and apostles are clear that Jesus is God (several citations will be given at the end of the article), it is best to consider the question through the means that Jesus himself used to introduce his divinity to his disciples: he displayed his sovereignty over the Sea of Galilee. We will attempt to display Jesus divinity through the same sequence we see him using in the Gospels.: https://www.goodnewsfl.org/is-jesus-god/
This Theologian Has An Answer To Claims That Evil Disproves God: https://thefederalist.com/2018/01/03/theologian-answer-new-atheists-claims-existence-evil-disproves-gods/
The Origin of the Sexes (OB3) | Answers in Genesis – How is it then possible that such different and complex organs, which fit one another in every morphological and physiological detail, could have evolved suddenly?: https://answersingenesis.org/human-evolution/origins/23-the-origin-of-the-sexes-ob3/
Christian Leaders, Please Speak the Truth About Homosexuality Plainly and With Love – The Stream: https://stream.org/christian-leaders-please-speak-truth-homosexuality-plainly-love/
5 Reasons Why It’s Unreasonable to Ask Who Created God: https://www.cltruth.com/2017/who-created-god-reasons-why-its-unreasonable/
Plant Diversity and Computer Programming | Evolution News: https://evolutionnews.org/2021/01/plant-diversity-and-computer-programming/
7 Essential Questions to Ask When You Study the Bible | Josh Daffern: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/newwineskins/7-essential-questions-to-ask-when-you-study-the-bible/
What is Bethel Church, Redding CA? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/Bethel-Church-Redding.html
2084 with Dr. John Lennox – Cross Examined – “Summoning a Demon” is how Tesla CEO Elon Musk referred to Artificial Intelligence. Is he right? Artificial Intelligence is here, and more is coming. Will it bring us utopia or dystopia? Should we be enthralled or afraid? What are the ethics of AI? Will AI machines ever become conscious? What does the Bible have to say about AI? Could AI actually be predicted by the book of Revelation?: https://subsplash.com/crossexamined/media/mi/+pp966r3
The Best Question to Ask When Starting a Conversation About God | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/the-best-question-to-ask-when-starting-a-conversation-about-god/
Did John Really Write John? – The Gospel according to John has received more scrutiny than the other Gospels put together. Case in point, dating back to the 1920s, critical scholars have argued that the apostle John could not have written the Gospel. Rather, they’ve suggested a whole slew of other possibilities (anonymous, John the Elder, Lazarus, John Mark, the rich young ruler, etc.) But is there any evidence to back up their contentions? Should we reject the traditional position which the church has subscribed to for almost two thousand years?: https://crossexamined.org/did-john-really-write-john/
What are the consequences of sin? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/consequences-of-sin.html
How radiometric dating works – Media Center – A layman’s explanation on how radiometric dating works, and where potential inaccuracies originate. Watch the full episode at: https://creation.com/cml7-15: https://creation.com/media-center/youtube/how-radiometric-dating-works
The Reliability of the Bible: 4 Quick Thoughts | ReasonableTheology.org: https://reasonabletheology.org/reliability-bible-4-quick-thoughts/
Jesus Is A Myth, Just Like President Kennedy | Cold Case Christianity – I was born in ‘61, so I was too young to recall the national tragedy that my mother remembered with such shock and dismay. She talked often of presidential assassination that occurred in ‘63, and it was clear that it impacted her deeply. You probably already know the president to whom I am referring: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/jesus-is-a-myth-just-like-president-kennedy/
The Most Important Thing to Tell Your Child When They Doubt Their Faith – The Benefit of the Doubt: https://www.travisdickinson.com/the-most-important-thing-to-tell-your-child-when-they-doubt-their-faith/
The Book of Revelation: How Difficult Was Its Journey into the Canon? – Canon Fodder: https://www.michaeljkruger.com/the-book-of-revelation-how-difficult-was-its-journey-into-the-canon/
Has the dark matter mystery been solved: https://creation.com/has-the-dark-matter-mystery-been-solved
What Is the General Theory of Evolution Unable to Explain? – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpuog3h_tb0
Free Apologetics E-Book Library – this is a great list of free resources!!: http://truthbomb.blogspot.com/2009/07/free-apologetics-e-book-library.html

Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin — because anyone who has died has been freed from sin. Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Romans 6:3-11 Blessings to you all