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A unified call for prophetic accountability

Where Steve Meyer Agrees with an Atheist Marxist

London Pastor Arrested for Sermon on Marriage: 'I Was Only Saying What the Bible Says'

‘This Is 100% God’: Girls From Same Orphanage in China Meet by Accident 15 Yrs Later at Liberty Univ.

How the WMap Satellite Confirmed Nucleosynthesis Predictions and Falsified Atheism

Replacing humanity

Has "Homosexual" Always Been in the Bible?

The Facts Behind the New Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery (Interview with Craig Evans)

Podcast: YouTube Apologetics with Erik Manning

80 years of The Screwtape Letters

Video: Atheist Matt Dillahunty's Denial of History

Courage and Godspeed,

Chad

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 Wyoming Governor Signs Born Alive Act

Pastor Voddie Baucham Is Recovering Well following Quadruple Bypass Surgery

Podcast: Christianity in the Public Square with Wintery Knight

The God Hypothesis Versus Atheist Science Denial

Podcast: Outnumbered: Stephen Meyer Debates a Chemist and a Biologist

Is “Rock And Roll” The Devil’s Music?

Knowing the Purpose of Speaking the Truth Will Help You Persevere

Is God Making a Comeback?

Best-selling devotional includes prayer asking God to help author “hate white people”

Beth Moore apologizes for role in elevating complementarianism to matter of '1st importance'

What’s Inside The Gender-Bending Picture Books In Your Children’s Library

What is It Really Like for a Young Woman to Regret Her Gender Transition?

Courage and Godspeed,

Chad

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Worldview and Apologetics in the News

Seeing the Mind behind the Universe: An Interview with Stephen Meyer

Video: Extraordinary Claims Do Not Require Extraordinary Evidence 

What makes Oral Roberts University the Cinderella Team of the 2021 NCAA Sweet 16?

CNN Runs News Article Claiming There’s ‘No Consensus Criteria for Assigning Sex at Birth’


3 Major Scientific Discoveries In The Past Century That Point To God

Atheist Cold-Case Investigator Tried Disprove Christ’s Resurrection, Gets Converted Instead

Answers to Questions about Easter

Podcast: Apologetics 315 Podcast 015 – OT Reliability & Signs of a Coming Revival

Podcast: Can We Still Believe in God? with Craig Blomberg 

Cold Case Christianity Easter Special

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Chad

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Questions about Easter by gotQuestions.org

Here is a great resource to have on hand when children and family members have questions about the meaning of the Easter!

What is Easter Sunday?

What is Palm Sunday?

What are the Origins of Easter?  Should We be Celebrating Easter?

What is the Origin of the Easter Bunny and Easter eggs?

Why Should I Believe in Christ's Resurrection?

Why is the Resurrection of Christ Important?

On What Day was Jesus Crucified?

Where was Jesus for the Three Days between His Death and Resurrection?

Did Jesus Go to Hell between His Death and Resurrection?

Is the Resurrection of Jesus True?

What is the Importance of the Empty Tomb?

Can the Resurrection Accounts in the Gospels be Harmonized?

For more answers to questions about Easter, see here.

To investigate the evidence for the resurrection, go here.

Courage and Godspeed,
Chad

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Dr. Charles Stanley- The Foreknowledge of God

The Foreknowledge of God -: Predestination. Election. Foreknowledge. These teachings have been the topics of seemingly endless debate and even disagreements among God’s people. But what do these words mean? And do they matter outside a seminary classroom? The points and counterpoints about what God knows, whom He chooses, and what man decides, are all very complex. In this message, Dr. Stanley helps us examine some key truths from Scripture about God’s foreknowledge and its relationship to predestination, election, and salvation.

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Joshua Swamidass and the Cancellation of Christian Colleges

Marvel Introduces A Gay Captain America: 3 Reflections for the Church

 Luke Barnes on the Fine-tuning of the Strong Force and Fine Structure Constant

Video: Responding with Wisdom to the Equality Act (A Conversation with Caleb Kaltenbach)


Archaeologist believes he’s found site of Jesus’s trial by Pontius Pilate

Podcast: Apologetics 315 Podcast 014 – Abortion and the Belfast Bigot

‘He Loved His Family and His Lord Jesus’: Police Officer Among 10 Killed During Shooting at CO Supermarket

Dead Sea Scrolls Discovery Reveals New Details About the Bible’s Earliest Translations

The Equality Act: What You Need to Know

Podcast: Stephen Meyer and Michael Shermer Debate Intelligent Design

Voddie Baucham Jr. reveals he won’t need heart transplant month after surgery

Courage and Godspeed,
Chad

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Texas Weather Postpones Dallas Science and Faith Conference

William Dembski: Why I’m Returning to the Front Lines of Intelligent Design

Video: Making Sense of the Ravi Zacharias Scandal

Video: Josh McDowell Shares His Heart about the Ravi Zacharias Scandal 

RZIM halts fundraising efforts amid fallout over report exposing sexual misconduct

Tim Tebow retires from baseball, feels 'called in other directions'

Voddie Baucham Shares Update on Health: ‘Pray Our Faith Holds Up’

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COVID Vaccines and Fetal Cells: What’s Ethical and What Isn’t?

Courage and Godspeed,
Chad

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3 Reasons Relativism is Untenable

Relativism, broadly defined, is the view that truth is relative to each individual and that there is no objective truth.  According to this type of thinking, objective truth is not attainable, and therefore, all truth claims are equally valid.  Thankfully, among serious thinkers, this view seems to have fallen out of favor.  However, relativistic thinking is still quite common in everyday conversations.  This type of thinking manifests itself when someone says something like, "That may be true for you, but it's not true for me."1

In his book 5 Minute Apologist, Rick Cornish points out 3 reasons why relativism is, at the end of the day, untenable.  He writes:

"First, it defeats itself.  The relativist believes the statement, 'All truth is relative.'  But if all truth is relative, then relativism falls into that category and cannot claim to be...true.  Why, then, should we believe it?

Second, relativism is untenable because it entails that opposites are true.  For example, some might assert that it can be true for one person that God exists, but true for another that He does not exist.  Those two concepts, however, are mutually exclusive.  It cannot be the case that God both exists and does not exist.  Either He does or does not.

Third, the relativist view renders knowledge impossible.  Gaining knowledge presupposes moving from a state of no-knowledge to a state of knowledge.  If relativism is true, however, neither state truly exists, and learning is rendered impossible."2 

Cornish concludes:

"Despite the recent popularity of relativism, it lacks intellectual, philosophical and biblical integrity. As Christians we must recognize and understand it.  We swim in its waters, and should be able to refute it as we engage our culture with the gospel of Christ.  The One who said, 'I am the way the truth and the life' (John 14:6, emphasis added), requires that we know the nature of truth and communicate it well."3

I wholeheartedly concur. 

For those who want to learn more about the challenge of relativism and be better equipped to combat it, I recommend Francis Beckwith and Greg Koukl's book Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-Air.

Courage and Godspeed,

Chad

Footnotes:

1. Which is just a fancy way of saying, "Nothing is true for everybody.  And that is true...for everybody!"

2. Rick Cornish, 5 Minute Apologist, p. 31.

3. Ibid., p. 32.

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Open Letter from the International Board of Directors of RZIM on the Investigation of Ravi Zacharias

Christian leaders call for repentance, overhaul following Ravi Zacharias sexual abuse report

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Tim Keller shares cancer update: 'God has worked through your prayers and chemotherapy'

YouTube Bans LifeSiteNews, Removes All of the Website’s Pro-Life Videos

Chemist James Tour Offers A YouTube Series On Abiogenesis, Treated As A Form Of Magic

William Dembski on ID, Church Fathers, and a Problem for Atheists

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Courage and Godspeed,

Chad

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Debate Video - Is Christianity Dangerous? Michael Jones (Inspiring Philosophy) vs. Dr. Michael Shermer

This is simply the best debate I have heard on this topic.  The next time someone tries to convince you that Christianity is dangerous or that Christianity has negative consequences, this is the debate to share with them!

Further, both men were charitable, kind and knowledgable.  We need more debates like this one.  

Enjoy!

Courage and Godspeed,

Chad

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