Featured Podcast: Confident Christianity with Mary Jo Sharp - Apologetics 315

Mary Jo Sharp's first webcast is out. I appreciate Brian for posting it on his blog! It is good. i love to see women do apologetics. It's generally my experience that women don't care about the subject. It's sad, and i don't understand why it doesn't appeal to most women. Maybe God can use Mary Jo's ministry to change that. In this first podcast, she defines "apologetics" and then explains why it's important to all Christians including women! This is one pod cast that I will be following.

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Featured Podcast: Confident Christianity with Mary Jo Sharp - Apologetics 315

Atheism is Dead: Five Finger Death Punch the Multiverse

Here is another great post from, Mariano. In this essay he gives 5 really good reasons for rejecting the "Multiple Universe" theory which atheists use to explain why our universe is so finely designed so that if fundamental physical constants were differently even a small amount, we would not exist to discuss it. I like to think of it as God made this amazing masterpiece and put us in the best possible place in that canvas so that we can see what He did! One of the consequences of this fine tuning is that the earth is not just in the best and only possible location in the observable universe for our life to exist, but we are in a place where true scientific inquiry is possible.b We have "court-side" seats to see God's wonders. Can't be coincidence.

Atheism is Dead: Five Finger Death Punch the Multiverse

YouTube - Zakir Naik on the Deen Show: Review and Rebuttal Pt. 3

James White has posted a 3rd part his response to Zakir Naik  on the Deen Show. James White wrote:

Here is my third and final response to Zakir Naik's appearance on The Deen Show. What I did was take my opening statement from my debate with Shabir Ally on this topic from London in November of last year, along with my comments on Deuteronomy 18:18 from the preceding debate, and put that audio under the KeyNote slides I used.

Zakir Naik's Claims on Muhammad in the Bible

Terminology Tuesday: Occam's Razor - Apologetics 315

This is a great post from Occam's Razor. It is an concept in philosophy. It is another great resource from the Apologetics 315 blog. On the face of it, I agree that its silly to make up complicated explanation without a good reason. The simpler explanation is more likely. Unfortunately, as Brian, points out in his post, that many use this idea to reject supernatural explanations for events. An example that comes to my mind is the Multiple universe theory to explain away the fine-tuning of our own as an example of rejecting Occam's argument. I'd also offer the "swoon" theory and the hallucination hypothesis which attempt to explain the fact that the first Christians reported to experiencing the resurrected Christ as examples of ignoring Occam.

Terminology Tuesday: Occam's Razor - Apologetics 315

Hank Hanegraaff - Is The Bible the Words of God or Men?

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On Hank Hanegraaf'a blog he tackled the importance of being able to believe in the revelations God has given us in the Bible because it is from God and not made up by men. Hanegraaf does not give his arguments for proving the Bible is from God because he wants us to buy his materials, but I see his point. As a Christian, the Bible is critical. IF it is made up be men then it has no authority and Christianity offers us nothing! I believe the Bible is from God for several reasons. The best two I have is that the Bible can't shown to be false. It has nothing in it that is wrong. In other words it's infallible and free of error. The other point is that the Bible had over 40 authors, written over 1500 years, on three continents, and in three languages. Most of the authors did not know any of the other authors, yet they are all telling parts of the same story. I don't have enough faith to think that they all coincidentally agree. I challenge anyone to find a place where the Bible disagree with itself and why they think it's wrong.

Wherever you get the information, if you’re a believer make it your passion to reach not repel a Robert Crumb. Don’t say, “What a terrible guy he is, how could he say such things.” Pagans are going to exercise their job description in not believing the truth of God. A Christian’s job description is to be a well informed ambassador for Christ.

Hank Hanegraaff - Is the Bible the Words of God or men?