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mid-week apologetics booster (7-16-2026)

Good morning friends,

Quote of the week:

To say that God does not exist is to say that out of all the things that do exist, God is not among them. But who can honestly make such a claim? To honestly make that claim a person must have complete and exhaustive knowledge of everything that does exist. And the only person who can honestly make that kind of claim is God—the very person the atheist is trying to deny! – Doug Powell

Now, here are your weekly links:

Prepare to be Amazed: Bill Dembski’s Insights on Intelligent Design! – YouTube – In this fascinating discussion, I’m thrilled to host William A. Dembski, a prominent mathematician and philosopher renowned for his groundbreaking work on Intelligent Design. Discover how his research and insights provide compelling scientific and philosophical evidence for an intelligent force behind creation. Dive into this conversation to deepen your understanding of Intelligent Design and gain powerful tools to strengthen and share your faith.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-rvIxVqbK0
The history of science has very bad news for the theory of evolution.: https://godevidence.com/2017/09/theory-of-evolution/
Multiple Translations and Personal Study – CARM – Many King James Onlyists take the arguments that really do support the idea of a church having a standard translation for public worship, and then they erroneously extrapolate that to the irrational claim that only one translation should even exist or that only one translation should be used in any context. The fact of the matter is, however, that choosing one standard translation for the public worship of your congregation makes some sense, but limiting oneself to only one translation for private, personal study does not. If there is more than one quality translation available to you in your language, you are neglecting a valuable resource to aid your own understanding of the text by limiting yourself to only one of those translations. There are several reasons for this.: https://carm.org/multiple-translations-and-personal-study
A Little Bit of Religion is a Good Thing But Don’t Take it Too Seriously?: https://www.cltruth.com/2018/a-little-bit-of-religion-is-a-good-thing-but-dont-take-it-too-seriously/
“As a leftist lesbian professor, I despised Christians. Then I somehow became one.” In conjunction with WORLD Magazine, Patrick Henry College presents its interview with Rosaria Butterfield as a part of the Newsmaker Interview Series with Marvin Olasky, editor-in-chief at WORLD and Distinguished Chair of Journalism and Public Policy at PHC. Butterfield is the author of The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert, Openness Unhindered, and The Gospel Come with a House Key. : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ_YI6INTQU
Extraordinary Claims and Extraordinary Evidence | Science and Culture Today – Carl Sagan famously said on his TV series Cosmos, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” I agree. You shouldn’t change the entire direction of science based on a few isolated pieces of evidence. Intelligent design (ID) proponents make an extraordinary claim, that the origin and evolution of life cannot be explained without postulating a guiding intelligence. If this idea becomes generally accepted it will be a huge change in the direction of science, so the scientific establishment is justified in dragging its feet. But the evidence for intelligent design does not consist of a few missing fossils or a few examples of irreducible complexity, which could eventually be shown to be reducible. ID advocates believe we have long ago passed the threshold of evidence required to accept this extraordinary claim and that every new discovery in biology and biochemistry pushes us farther beyond the threshold. Evolution News readers are exposed to this evidence daily.: https://scienceandculture.com/2023/03/yes-extraordinary-claims-require-extraordinary-evidence-lets-hear-some-for-darwinian-evolution/
The Most Common Objection to God’s Existence on a College Campus – THINKAPOLOGETICS.COM: https://chab123.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/the-most-common-objection-to-gods-existence-on-a-college-campus/
Isn’t the Bible Full of Contradictions? | Answers in Genesis – For many people, the belief that the Bible contains contradictions and inaccuracies is an excuse for not believing: https://answersingenesis.org/contradictions-in-the-bible/isnt-the-bible-full-of-contradictions/
Really Interesting Theological Discussion Ruined By Someone Pulling Out A Bible Verse | Babylon Bee: https://babylonbee.com/news/really-interesting-theological-discussion-ruined-by-someone-pulling-out-a-bible-verse
What does the Bible say about cavemen, prehistoric men, neanderthals? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/cavemen.html
Mammoth DNA: The Oldest Ever Found? | The Institute for Creation Research – The Bible’s short timeline makes much better sense of preserved proteins, preserved DNA, and the presence of woolly mammoths in Ice Age Siberia. Rather than an embarrassment for which Christians should sheepishly apologize, the Bible’s short timescale is the key to making sense of Earth history!: https://www.icr.org/article/mammoth-dna-oldest-ever-found/
Will God continue to forgive you if you commit the same sin over and over again? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/forgive-same-sin.html
N.T. Wright: what is the best explanation for the early belief in a bodily resurrection? | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2022/12/11/n-t-wright-what-is-the-best-explanation-for-the-early-belief-in-a-bodily-resurrection-2/
Eight Ways Satan Tempts You To Question Your Salvation | Tim Challies: https://www.challies.com/vlog/eight-ways-satan-tempts-you-to-question-your-salvation/
5 Things That Impact Discussions About The Existence of God – THINKAPOLOGETICS.COM: https://chab123.wordpress.com/2024/07/08/5-things-that-impact-discussions-about-the-existence-of-god-3/
The Legend of the Social Justice Jesus – Times have changed, but the trend has not. New “Jesus legends” abound: the legend of Jesus, the (mere) itinerant moral teacher; the legend of Jesus, the prophet of Allah; the socialist Jesus legend; the legend of the Gnostic Jesus of the Gospel of Thomas; the legend of Jesus, the universal Christ; the LDS legend of Jesus, the spirit brother of Lucifer; the New Age Jesus-the-Hindu-guru legend. Et cetera, et cetera. The remaking of the Jewish Messiah from Nazareth into a progressive advocate of social justice is just the latest example of the tendency people have to fashion Christ in their own social/spiritual/political image.: https://www.str.org/w/the-legend-of-the-social-justice-jesus
Central Command: The Brain’s Role in Maintaining Balance | Science and Culture Today – The brain is a very remarkable and versatile organ. It makes us conscious of our surroundings, controls our breathing and cardiovascular system, lets us swallow, controls our movements, and allows us to manipulate things. It also provides homeostasis of the body’s internal environment by controlling such things as appetite, thirst, fluid balance, and core temperature.: https://scienceandculture.com/2016/09/central_command/
In six days? | George’s Journal – A study of the text and context indicates that the ancient Hebrews would have understood the noun yom in each “day” of creation to mean the 24 hours from sunset to next sunset. The idea that these could be large periods of time is extra-biblical and is not based on exegesis of the Hebrew text. All of the authors of the Old Testament and the New Testament, and Jesus Christ, would have also believed that God created the universe in six days, each of which were 24-hours long. This trumps extra-biblical opinions. And God’s six days of creative work followed by one day of rest seems to be the source for the 7-day week in our calendar. Because of the way it’s calculated, I’m skeptical of the claim that it took about 14 billion years to create the universe. It’s a huge amount of time. But the real uncertainty in this number is also huge.: https://georgesjournal.net/2018/05/25/in-six-days-2/
Magnificent Motors | Answers in Genesis – Who knew that a well-known parasite might lead to the next major breakthrough in medical treatment? Giardia is a source that is full of inspiration.: https://answersingenesis.org/biology/microbiology/magnificent-motors/
Our Divinity Sense Organs | Podcast | Reasonable Faith – You are going to enjoy today’s podcast as we look at a former atheist who came to Christ. Boy, Dr. Craig, this is an article that I have enjoyed reading, and I think you have, too, from Michael Egnor, a former atheist (now a Christian), writing on the Faith and Science blog. He takes Jerry Coyne and others to task on our divinity sense organs (the name of the article: “Jerry Coyne on Our ‘Divinity Sense Organs’”: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/media/reasonable-faith-podcast/our-divinity-sense-organs
How Christian Case Making Impacts the Convinced, the Opposed, and the Undecided: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/how-christian-case-making-impacts-the-convinced-the-opposed-and-the-undecided/
Sell Your Daughter into Slavery? What Exodus 21 Really Teaches | Difficult Passage – Exodus 21:7 says, “When a man sells his daughter as a slave”. Skeptics point to it as proof the Bible endorses slavery, sexism, and treating women as property. So what’s actually going on in this verse? Old Testament scholar Dr. Carmen Imes joins Sean McDowell to work through one of the most uncomfortable laws in the Bible.es #20 – YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZtpNJk5f2Q
Dropstones don’t disprove Noah’s Flood | Creation.com: https://creation.com/en/videos/dropstones-dont-disprove-noahs-flood

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation — if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. Colossians 1:15-23

Blessings to you all