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mid-week apologetics booster (4-11-2024)

Good morning friends, Quote of the week: In a society that’s quickly turning away from God, kids will be exposed to claims against Christianity at exponentially increasing rates. When they start to see their beliefs in the context of such claims, they have to know how to evaluate those competing views. Think of it this way: Just because a football team knows what to do when they have a ball at practice with no opponents around doesn’t mean they’ll know what to do when thousands of pounds of force come at them in a real game. If they don’t know what the other team will do, and how to respond, they’ll fumble…they’ll make poor plays…they’ll be pushed back. Similarly, our kids won’t be living in a Christian vacuum. Thousands of pounds of force will be coming at their beliefs. You can ignore it, but statistics show your kids’ faith will likely not stand up again after it’s been tackled by today’s opponents. Why wouldn’t you prepare them for that? – Natasha Crain (from, The 5 Worst Beliefs a Christian Parent Can Have in an Imploding Society) Now, here are your weekly links:

Is There Any Evidence For Jesus Outside The Bible? https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/is-there-any-evidence-for-jesus-outside-the-bible/
Extrabiblical Evidence for the Veracity of the Gospel History: https://jonathanmclatchie.com/extrabiblical-evidence-for-the-veracity-of-the-gospel-history/
Does 2 Chronicles 5:14 teach slaying in the Spirit? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/slaying-in-the-Spirit.html
Atheist Richard Dawkins Now Claims He Is a ‘Cultural Christian’ | uCatholic: https://ucatholic.com/news/atheist-richard-dawkins-now-claims-he-is-a-cultural-christian/
What is the Romans Road to salvation? | GotQuestions.org – The Romans Road to salvation is a way of explaining the good news of salvation using verses from the book of Romans. The Romans Road is a simple yet powerful method of explaining why we need salvation, how God provided salvation, how we can receive salvation, and what are the results of salvation.: https://www.gotquestions.org/Romans-road-salvation.html
Are Mormon doctrines supported by philosophy, science and history? | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2024/04/05/are-mormon-doctrines-supported-by-philosophy-science-and-history-7/
9 Signs God Might Be Slightly Angry With Your Country | Babylon Bee: https://babylonbee.com/news/9-signs-god-might-be-slightly-angry-with-your-country
Why Environmentalism and Animal Rights Are Dependent on a Christian Worldview | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/why-environmentalism-and-animal-rights-are-dependent-on-a-christian-worldview/
The Challenge of Reaching the Unchurched (Podcast) | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/podcasts/the-challenge-of-reaching-the-unchurched-podcast/
Knight and Rose Show #47: Dr. Fazale Rana on the Origin of Life | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2024/04/06/knight-and-rose-show-47-dr-fazale-rana-on-the-origin-of-life/
Win the Next Generation with Love | Crossway Articles – Today’s young people do not want a cultural Christianity that fits in like a Baptist church in Texas. They want a conspicuous Christianity that changes lives and transforms communities. Maybe we would make more progress in reaching the next generation if we were making more progress in holiness (1 Tim. 4:15). We often hear about how dangerous college can be for Christian teens, how many of them check out of church once they reach the university. But studies have shown that most of the students who check out do so in high school, not in college. It’s not liberal professors that are driving our kids away. It’s their hard hearts and our stale, compromised witness that open the door for them to leave. One of our problems is that we have not done a good job of modeling Christian faith in the home and connecting our youth with other mature Christian adults in the church.: https://www.crossway.org/articles/win-the-next-generation-with-love/
How Digital Apps Are Changing How We Read the Bible: https://textandcanon.org/how-digital-apps-are-changing-how-we-read-the-bible/
New study: most children suffering from gender confusion grow out of it | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2024/04/08/new-study-most-children-suffering-from-gender-confusion-grow-out-of-it/

On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the LORD. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid the spies we sent. But keep away from the devoted things, so that you will not bring about your own destruction by taking any of them. Otherwise you will make the camp of Israel liable to destruction and bring trouble on it. All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the LORD and must go into his treasury.” When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in, and they took the city. They devoted the city to the LORD and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it–men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys. Joshua 6:15-21 Blessings to you all