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mid-week apologetics booster (6-6-2024)

Good morning friends, Quote of the week: The lost enjoy forever the horrible freedom they have demanded, and are therefore self-enslaved. – C.S. Lewis Now, here are your weekly links:

Answering Jewish Objections: “Jewish People Don’t Believe in a Suffering/Atoning Messiah” – THINKAPOLOGETICS.COM: https://chab123.wordpress.com/2024/06/04/answering-jewish-objections-jewish-people-dont-believe-in-a-suffering-atoning-messiah-3/
S.T.O.P. to Discover the Meaning of a Biblical Text – In Frank Turek’s book, Stealing from God, he suggests using the acronym S.T.O.P. to discover the meaning of any given biblical text. It is as follows: https://truthbomb.blogspot.com/2016/07/stop-to-discover-meaning-of-biblical.html
What is Freemasonry, and what do Freemasons believe? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/free-masonry.html
A Look at Common Questions About Doing Apologetics on College Campuses – THINKAPOLOGETICS.COM: https://chab123.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/a-look-at-common-questions-about-doing-apologetics-on-college-campuses/
Great Free Movies from Living Waters: https://livingwaters.com/movies/
Does the Roman Catholic Church have the authority of Christ? | carm.org: https://carm.org/roman-catholicism/does-the-roman-catholic-church-have-the-authority-of-christ/
Jesus Was A Case Maker | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/jesus-was-a-case-maker/
Why Didn’t Luke Include the Deaths of Paul, Peter and James in the Book of Acts? | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/why-didnt-luke-include-the-deaths-of-paul-peter-and-james-in-the-book-of-acts/
Is There Meaning to Life? – YouTube – if Atheism is true, there’s no legitimate basis for saying that behaving one way is worse than behaving any other way. So it really doesn’t matter how you live your life! Your day-to-day choices are meaningless.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKGnXgH_CzE
Don’t Forget Why We Do What We Do: https://www.str.org/w/don-t-forget-why-we-do-what-we-do
A Look at the Cognitive Dissonance Objection – THINKAPOLOGETICS.COM – Some sociologists suggested that the disciples had been suffering from ‘cognitive dissonance’, the phenomenon whereby people who believe something strongly go on saying it all the more shrilly when faced with contrary evidence. Failing to take the negative signs on board, they go deeper and deeper into denial, and can only sustain their position by shouting louder and trying to persuade others to join them. Whatever the likely occurrence of this in other circumstances, there is simply no chance of it being the right explanation for the rise of the early church.: https://chab123.wordpress.com/2020/04/12/a-look-at-the-cognition-dissonance-objection/
Pro-Choice Objection: Bodily Autonomy & Organ Donors – If we prioritize bodily autonomy over life with non-organ donors, then why don’t we do the same with abortion?: https://think-well.org/2019/06/01/pro-choice-objection-bodily-autonomy-organ-donors/
Yes, Intelligent Design Is Detectable by Science | Evolution News – In 1953 when Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of the DNA molecule, they made a startling discovery. The structure of DNA allows it to store information in the form of a four-character digital code. Strings of precisely sequenced chemicals called nucleotide bases store and transmit the assembly instructions – the information – for building the crucial protein molecules and machines the cell needs to survive.: https://evolutionnews.org/2018/04/yes-intelligent-design-is-detectable-by-science/
The Precious Perfection of Christ: How Jesus Paves Our Way to God | Desiring God – How can Scripture say that there was a time when Jesus wasn’t “perfect”? Twice we’re told that Jesus was made perfect (Hebrews 2:10; 5:9). Hebrews even goes on to connect perfection with cleansing from sin. Old Testament sacrifices couldn’t “make perfect,” cleanse, remove guilty feelings, or “take away sins” (Hebrews 10:1–4). Yikes! Did Jesus really start his life as an imperfect human needing to be cleansed from sin? That doesn’t fit with what the Bible says in other places, even in Hebrews, where we’re told that Jesus did not sin (4:15). How can Scripture say that Jesus had to be perfected, connect perfection with sin, and still affirm that Jesus was sinless?: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-precious-perfection-of-christ

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. John 15:22 Blessings to you all