mid-week apologetics booster (6-18-2020)

Good morning friends,

Here is a random quote (of over 1700) from Nuggets:

These four critical areas should be examined before we trust an eyewitness.  If we can establish that a witness:

    1. Was present
    2. Has been accurate and honest in the past
    3. Is verified by additional evidence
    4. Has no motive to lie

We can trust what the witness has to say. – J. Warner Wallace  (note – all of these things are true about the New Testament authors)

To view more of these quotes, visit:

http://www.ps11911.com/nuggets?dest=quotes

Now, here are your weekly links:

  1. Five Ways to Help Your Kids Grow in Their Christian Confidence (Cold-Case Christianity Broadcast S6E02) | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/podcasts/five-ways-to-help-your-kids-grow-in-their-christian-confidence-cold-case-christianity-broadcast-s6e02/
  2. Jumping Over the Evangelism Wall | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/jumping-over-the-evangelism-wall/
  3. 5 Ways Christians are Getting Swept into a Secular Worldview in This Cultural Moment: http://christianmomthoughts.com/5-ways-christians-are-getting-swept-into-a-secular-worldview-in-this-cultural-moment/
  4. What is mindfulness? Should a Christian be involved in mindfulness? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/Christian-mindfulness.html
  5. Let any Man Come: https://gracegems.org/Ryle/let_any_man_come.htm
  6. What, Me Worry? Alfred E. Neumann, the famous face of Mad Magazine for many decades, popularized this slogan. While he wasn’t referring to the question of salvation, this saying does seem to describe the way many people view that question today. Yes, there may be a God; they will concede. But I’m not worried, they say. I’m a good person, after all, and God will judge me accordingly.: https://crossexamined.org/what-me-worry/
  7. John Grigg: Astronomer and Christian – creation.com: https://creation.com/john-grigg
  8. Origin Stories RNA, DNA, and a Dose of Imagination – A new paper in Nature seeks to shed light on life’s origins from non-life on the early Earth, that is, on abiogenesis. Several outlets have picked up the story, including New Scientist. Phys.org explains that the research, led by Cambridge scientists, shows for the first time how some of the building blocks of both DNA and RNA could have spontaneously formed and co-existed in the primordial soup on Earth. | Evolution News: https://evolutionnews.org/2020/06/origin-stories-rna-dna-and-a-dose-of-imagination/
  9. Why You’ll Have to Modify Whichever Apologetics Curriculum You Choose | Cold Case Christianity: https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/why-you-should-write-your-own-apologetics-curriculum/
  10. How Can I Be Better Prepared for Evangelism? | Living Waters: https://www.livingwaters.com/how-can-i-be-better-prepared-for-evangelism/
  11. Did the Apostle Thomas Die A Martyr in India? | Sean McDowell: https://seanmcdowell.org/blog/did-the-apostle-thomas-die-a-martyr-in-india
  12. What makes you think the Bible is the word of God? | CARM.org: https://carm.org/what-makes-you-think-bible-word-god
  13. The Absurdity of Life Without God: What if There Is No God – A Clay Jar: https://aclayjar.net/2020/06/absurdity-of-life-without-god/
  14. Common Questions – a collection from bethinking.org: https://www.bethinking.org/collection/common-questions
  15. What is autotheism? What is an autotheist? | GotQuestions.org: https://www.gotquestions.org/autotheism-autotheist.html
  16. Believers Forced to Choose Between Faith or Survival: https://bitterwinter.org/believers-forced-to-choose-between-faith-or-survival/
  17. Street Preacher Assaulted in Seattle’s ‘Autonomous Zone,’ Dragged Through Street | Christian News Network: https://christiannews.net/2020/06/14/street-preacher-assaulted-in-seattles-autonomous-zone-dragged-through-street/
  18. Conservative Christians Nothing But Power-Worshippers, Claims Tone-Deaf Bestseller | The Stream: https://stream.org/conservative-christians-nothing-but-power-worshippers-claims-tone-deaf-bestseller/
  19. Christians Have Good Reasons To Fear An Increasingly Hostile America: https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/17/christians-have-very-good-reasons-to-fear-an-increasingly-hostile-american-regime/
  20. You Can Be A Christian, You Can Be A Marxist, But You Can’t Be Both. Although I don’t agree with the following statement in the article: “Christianity states you are accountable to God alone for your sins and inequities. You must atone the sins that result from your reality as a flawed human being“, I still thought the article was relevant for this apologetics newsletter: https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/11/you-can-be-christian-you-can-be-marxist-but-you-cant-be-both/

For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. Matthew 25:29

Blessings to you all

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