How the Body Meets Its Need for Oxygen — A Doctor Explains
Finely tuned and exquisitely engineered, this system gave our ancestors enough oxygen not only to stay alive but to thrive in the face of grave challenges. Source
The Power Of Pro-Life Images
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By Bob Perry Forty-six years ago today, the landmark court case we now know as Roe-v-Wade legalized abortion in America. Some think the case is “settled law.” But those of us, who value every human life, don’t see it that way. Roe-v-Wade no more settles the moral question of abortion than the infamous Dred Scott decision “settled” the idea that slaves had no right to U. S. citizenship. But what is the most effective way to convince people of that truth? How do we make a case for life in a way that cannot be dismissed as a simple “religious opinion”? We have an obligation to make a reasoned case for life. But we can also use the power of pro-life images to make that case hit home. The Case For Life Several years ago, a local group asked me…
Too Good to be False with Tom Gilson
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Podcast: Play in new window Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Stitcher | TuneIn | Spotify | RSS Are you skeptical that anyone could present fresh insights about Jesus after two thousand years? Tom Gilson has done just that in his new book Too Good to Be False: How Jesus’ Incomparable Character Reveals His Reality. Tom does this by highlighting what Jesus didn’t say and do, which is almost as shocking as what Jesus did say and do. Tom joins Frank and reveals these new insights about Jesus. He also helps you realize how feeble the arguments against the biblical Jesus are. Too Good to Be False: How Jesus’ Incomparable Character Reveals His Reality: https://amzn.to/2PVSh6E If you want to send us a question for the show, please email us at Hello@CrossExamined.org. Subscribe on iTunes: rate and…
“Morality Pills”: Ethicist Calls for Drugs to Solve COVID Non-Compliance
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Whatever one thinks about government mandates relating to the coronavirus, Parker Crutchfield’s “solution” is worse than the problem. Source
For Fire, Nature Obliges Us with Rapid Reflexes
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One area where very fast nerve conduction is vital is vision, more specifically, in keeping the eyes fixed on some object in the field of vision while in motion. Source
Busting One Of Bart Ehrman’s Favorite Bible Contradictions
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By Erik Manning Skeptics say that the gospels are riddled with contradictions and therefore are not reliable historical sources. And these same skeptics say that some of these contradictions are downright absurd. For example, agnostic NT scholar Bart Ehrman points out one of his favorite Bible contradictions in his book best-selling book, Jesus, Interrupted. One of my favorite apparent discrepancies—I read John for years without realizing how strange this one is—comes in Jesus’ “Farewell Discourse,” the last address that Jesus delivers to his disciples, at his last meal with them, which takes up all of chapters 13 to 17 in the Gospel according to John. In John 13:36, Peter says to Jesus, “Lord, where are you going?” A few verses later Thomas says, “Lord, we do not know where you are going” (John…
What if Our Muscles Were Less Powerful?
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As every medical student comes to learn when first dissecting the human body at medical school, our limbs are almost entirely composed of muscles. Source
Darwinism Paved the Way to Our Perilous Cultural Moment
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The year so far has delivered a stunning lesson in the fragility of freedom and of civilization. Source
Reflecting God’s Character in Apologetics
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By Mikel Del Rosario Character Counts Our spiritual conversations should reflect God’s character Explaining reasons to believe doesn’t have to strictly be an intellectual thing. In fact, it shouldn’t be—especially when we’re talking to our skeptical friends, neighbors, and others who see Christianity differently. No, apologetics is way more profound in terms of its role in cultural engagement. Character plays a key role in this. And it isn’t just about adding memorized apologetic answers to your life. Developing a Christian character needs to be part of our discipleship to Jesus. I can’t tell you how many times the importance of character has come up in my work with other apologists, in my ministry, and in my teaching at William Jessup University. Let me give you just four examples from my…
Oposición Dominica al Conocimiento Medio
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En 1588 los teólogos Dominicos Domingo Báñez (1528-1604) y Tomas de Lemos (1555-1629) surgieron como los principales oponentes del conocimiento medio. Báñez y Lemos propusieron tres críticas importantes sobre la doctrina.[1] Primero, contradice el entendimiento de Aquino sobre la concurrencia general de Dios. Para Aquino, la concurrencia general constituía la soberana generación de eventos por parte de Dios al actuar directamente sobre agentes secundarios (por ejemplo, los humanos), moviéndolos previamente y trabajando a través de ellos para producir esos eventos. Con el fin de hacer de Dios el autor únicamente de los eventos buenos y no de los malos, Aquino derivó una fuerte distinción entre concurrencia eficaz e ineficaz. La concurrencia eficaz ocurre cuando los agentes secundarios producen efectos que Dios tiene como propósito que estos generen; en este caso,…