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mid-week apologetics booster (8-14-2025)

Good Morning Friends,

Quote of the week:

If you have weak faith in thick ice, the result is none the less positive. The ice holds your weight regardless of the strength of your faith in it. – Paul Little

Now, here are your weekly links:

Does a Human Fetus Have a Soul? – YouTube: https://youtu.be/GTrEyx4hs1Y?si=iBxeKxTtSbeVVcnA
Why Do Two People See the Same Evidence Differently? | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/why-do-two-people-see-the-same-evidence-differently/
Mike Licona vs Shabir Ally – YouTube: https://youtu.be/grDPJmb3gAs?si=NOLOF95vIp-rQecK
Arches National Park: Sculptures from the Flood | The Institute for Creation Research: https://www.icr.org/article/arches-national-park-sculptures-from-the-flood/
Can There Be One Right Religion? | Sean McDowell: https://seanmcdowell.org/blog/can-there-be-one-right-religion
Taking Atheism Seriously | Evolution News and Science Today: https://evolutionnews.org/2017/11/taking-atheism-seriously/
Why I Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus – Bernard J Mauser: https://www.bernardjmauser.com/philosopher/why-i-believe-in-the-resurrection-of-jesus/
Identity Breakdown | Summit Ministries – How transgenderism affects America’s youth The desire to answer the question, “Who am I?” resonates with today’s rising generation. The culture pulls them in a direction that doesn’t align with scripture. To equip young students with a lifelong faith, we must help them think differently about how their Creator defines them. Dr. Andrew T. Walker, Dr. Kathy Koch, and Jason Jimenez will be our expert guides during this 3-hour event.: https://www.summit.org/programs/basecamp/identity-breakdown/
Background Facts: Why Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th, 2023: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4333743/posts
The Valley of Vision | Tim Challies – Though it is not an instruction manual, there is a sense in which is serves in just that way. Most of us (perhaps all of us) learn to pray by imitating others. And the people who prayed these prayers and recorded them for us are worthy of imitation. These are not prayers to be read as if just reading the words has any power or worth; they are prayers to be prayed as if they were your own words. As you speak them, offering them to God, they become just that: https://www.challies.com/quotes/the-valley-of-vision/
What is Tolerance? As the golden rule asserts, we need to treat everyone as we would like to be treated. We, therefore, need to be tolerant of others. But what is tolerance? A well-known dictionary defines tolerance as, “a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one’s own.”: https://www.cltruth.com/2017/what-is-tolerance/
The Fossils Still Say No: Global Flood Solves Permian Perplexities | The Institute for Creation Research: https://www.icr.org/article/the-fossils-still-say-no-global-flood-permian/
Robin Collins lectures on the fine-tuning argument at Pepperdine University | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2025/08/10/robin-collins-lectures-on-the-fine-tuning-argument-at-pepperdine-university-6/
7 Signs You’re Sowing to the Flesh-and What to Do About It | Crossway: https://www.crossway.org/articles/7-signs-youre-sowing-to-the-flesh-and-what-to-do-about-it/
James White Unpacks the Reliability of the Bible: https://livingwaters.tv/programs/james-white-unpacks-the-reliability-of-the-bible?id=james-white-unpacks-the-reliability-of-the-bible
Talking with Your Kids about God. 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 new 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
Yosemite Valley-Colossal Ice Carving | Answers in Genesis: https://answersingenesis.org/geology/catastrophism/yosemite-valley-colossal-ice-carving/
The God Question(s): Why would Jesus be the only way to God?: https://askingthegodquestions.blogspot.com/2020/09/why-would-jesus-be-only-way-to-god.html
Why do so many atheist historians think that 1 Corinthians 15 is reliable history? | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2025/08/12/why-do-so-many-atheist-historians-think-that-1-corinthians-15-is-reliable-history-7/
You Can’t Preach the Gospel without Freedom: https://crossexamined.org/you-cant-preach-the-gospel-without-freedom-2/
Three Ways to Ignite Your Teenager’s Passion for God | Cold Case Christianity – ask 2 whys for every what.: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/three-ways-to-ignite-your-teenagers-passion-for-god/
Ten Ways “Grown-up” Christians Can Set a Better Example for Gen Z on Social Media – Impact 360 Institute: https://www.impact360institute.org/articles/ten-ways-grown-up-christians-can-set-a-better-example-for-gen-z-on-social-media/

Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come? Why should any living man complain when punished for his sins? Lamentations 3:37-39

Blessings to you all