Good morning friends,
Quote of the week:
As I speak around the country, I often encounter devoted, committed Christians who are hesitant to embrace an evidential faith. In many Christian circles, faith that requires evidential support is seen as weak and inferior. For many, blind faith (a faith that simply trusts without question) is the truest, most sincere, and most valuable form of faith that we can offer God. Yet Jesus seemed to have a high regard for evidence. In John 14:11, He told those watching Him to examine ‘the evidence of miracles’ (NIV) if they did not believe what He said about His identity. Even after the resurrection, Jesus stayed with His disciples for an additional forty days and provided them with ‘many convincing proofs’ that He was resurrected and was who He claimed to be (Acts 1:2-3 NIV). Jesus understood the role and value of evidence and the importance of developing an evidential faith. It’s time for all of us, as Christians, to develop a similarly reasonable faith. – J. Warner Wallace
Now, here are your weekly links:
- The Proof You Need to Believe in Jesus Christ (Part 1 of 2) – Focus on the Family: https://www.focusonthefamily.com/episodes/broadcast/the-proof-you-need-to-believe-in-jesus-christ-part-1-of-2/
- Luskin on SpudCell in NY Post: It’s NOT Alive! | Science and Culture Today: https://scienceandculture.com/2026/08/luskin-on-spudcell-in-ny-post-its-not-alive/
- Ray Comfort on the Banana, in context [HQ] – YouTube – This video is an upload of the well known ‘Banana Man’ and his theory about bananas. Other copies of this clip show only the banana-related segment, and do not include the context (specifically, the segment before on soda cans). On his blog, Ray Comfort claims that his claims have been taken out of context, and that this is an atheist ploy to make a monkey out of him.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXLqDGL1FSg
- Subatomic Particles, Part 2: Baryons, the Substance of the Cosmos | The Institute for Creation Research: https://www.icr.org/article/9453
- Unshaken Faith – The Deconstruction Playbook: Jen Hatmaker and the Rejection of Hell – Jen Hatmaker says she no longer believes in a literal hell-but this isn’t just a debate about one doctrine. It’s a revealing case study in how deconstruction can reshape the entire Christian faith. In this episode, we break down Hatmaker’s reasons for rejecting hell and examine a pattern we see again and again in progressive Christianity: https://podcast.show/1470671/
- Should We Add Human Anatomy to the List of Evidences for Design? | WINTERY KNIGHT: https://winteryknight.com/2026/08/20/should-we-add-human-anatomy-to-the-list-of-evidences-for-design/
- Q&A: How to Dismantle Christianity | HashtagApologetics: https://hashtagapologetics.wordpress.com/2014/12/23/qa-how-to-dismantle-christianity/
- Aren’t Christians Just Arrogant Know-It-Alls? – Canon Fodder: https://michaeljkruger.com/arent-christians-just-arrogant-know-it-alls/
- James Warner Wallace on “Is Your Transformational Religious Experience Evidence Enough?” – THINKAPOLOGETICS.COM: https://chab123.wordpress.com/2018/06/10/james-warner-wallace-on-is-your-transformational-religious-experience-evidence-enough/
- Even Caesar Confirmed the Resurrection | Answers in Genesis – After Christ’s Resurrection, Claudius Caesar issued a decree for people to stop stealing bodies from Judah’s sepulchers. Without realizing it, he was confirming Christ’s Resurrection! The Nazareth Inscription is a powerful piece of extrabiblical evidence that Christ’s Resurrection was already being proclaimed shortly after He was raised. It is a marble tablet, 24 inches (61 cm) by 15 inches (38 cm), written in the Greek language. Since the discovery was published in 1930, no scholar has produced evidence to disprove its authenticity. It’s an abridged decree by Emperor Claudius (AD 41–54), pronouncing the death penalty in Israel for anyone caught robbing bodies from tombs. (Normally, grave robbers stole valuables, not bodies!) It refers specifically to “sepulcher sealing tombs,” a special type used in Israel.: https://answersingenesis.org/archaeology/even-caesar-confirmed-resurrection/
- Why Christian Apologists Must Remember Death – Capturing Christianity: https://capturingchristianity.com/why-christian-apologists-must-remember-death/
- Founders’ Quotes on Christianity and Faith: https://wallbuilders.com/resource/the-founders-as-christians/
- Is Mormonism Christian? – YouTube – There is a YouTube video presenting one of the LDS Apostles “testifying” that Mormonism is Christian. Here is this video’s response.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijUc7NI2O28
- The Problem of Canon – Ligonier Ministries – Opponents of Christianity raise challenging questions about the origins and reliability of the 27 books of the New Testament. When the authenticity of Scripture is questioned, so is the gospel. This week on Renewing Your Mind, Michael Kruger responds to these objections and helps give us confidence that the right books-and only the right books-are in the Bible.: https://subsplash.com/u/ligonier/media/d/kh5c453-the-problem-of-canon
- Is It Un-Christian to Be Discerning and Exclusionary? | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/is-it-un-christian-to-be-discerning-and-exclusionary/
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers. James 1:13-16
Blessings to you all