05Feb 2025 by Post

Should Christianity Be Taught In Public Schools?

1st Amendment, Apologetics, Christianity, freedom of religion, Gospel, Her Faith Inspires, Legislating Morality, Culture & Politics, online Christian courses, separation of church and state, Shanda Fulbright, State Religion, Theocracy
My sixth grader ran through the front door sounding slightly short of breath. “My teacher is teaching a unit on world religions,” he huffed. “He’s going to teach us about Islam, Christianity, Egyptian gods and who knows what else!” As a fifth grade teacher I was aware of the California standards for fifth grade but this surprised me. World religions was part of the sixth grade standards? Low and behold, written into the California content standards for sixth grade social studies is the requirement for students to learn “ancient civilizations, religion, slavery, and delving into Hammurabi’s laws, sections of the Torah (first five books of the Bible), and Confucius.”[1] My surprise wasn’t because I was worried about him learning opposing worldviews. I was surprised the curriculum took the students deep…
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04Feb 2025 by Post

Can I Trust the Bible? with Dr. Andy Steiger

Apologetics Canada, Bible’s reliability, Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Dr. Andy Steiger, Dr. Frank Turek, Jesus, morality, New Testament, philosophy, Podcast, religion, theology
In an age of growing skepticism and hostility toward the Bible, are there any good reasons to take it seriously? Last week, Dr. Andy Steiger, president of Apologetics Canada, joined Frank to tackle the problem of evil and to explore the ultimate purpose of suffering. This week, Andy returns to discuss, ‘Can I Trust the Bible?‘—a brand-new video series he co-created with Wesley Huff, defending the Bible’s reliability. In this episode, Frank and Andy dive into pressing questions like: Should Christians engage with secular platforms? How has Wes Huff’s debate with Billy Carson and recent interview with Joe Rogan influenced Apologetics Canada? What is Bart Ehrman getting wrong about New Testament manuscripts? How do we know the Pauline epistles were written early? What did plagiarism look like in the ancient world? Are there…
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04Feb 2025 by Post

The Slippery Slope of Theistic Darwinism: The Sad Cases of Howard Van Till and Karl Giberson

Bible, BioLogos Foundation, Calvin College, childhood, Christianity, Discovery Institute Press, Eastern Nazarene University, Evangelical Christians, Evolution, Faith & Science, faith and science, Francis Collins, Howard Van Till, Intelligent Design, physical universe, Saving Darwin, Saving the Original Sinner, secular elites, slippery slope, Stockholm Syndrome Christianity, Stockholm Syndrome Christians, theism, theistic Darwinism, Unitarian Universalist Association
After retiring from Calvin, Howard Van Till evolved well beyond Christianity. Indeed, he eventually evolved beyond theism. Source
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04Feb 2025 by Post

In Covid Response, Government Did Not Trust the People with Information

AIDS, americans, Anthony Fauci, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, coronaviruses, COVID-19, free speech, herd immunity, hospitalizations, immunology, infection, Joe Biden, Larry Hogan, Maryland, Medicine, pandemic, paternalism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Robert R. Redfield, truth, vaccine, Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund, vaccine mandates, viruses, Wesley J. Smith, White House Coronavirus Task Force
Ex-CDC director Robert Redfield explores the issue of trust in public health — and its loss — with Wesley J. Smith. Source
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03Feb 2025 by Post

Defending the Deity of Jesus in John 1

2. Does God Exist?, Apologetics, bellatorchristi.com, Christianity, Deity of Christ, Gospel, Gospel of John, Greek, Justin Angelos, Koine Categories: Does God Exist?
John 1:1 is one of the most important verses in the Gospel of St. John to understand grammatically in English but more importantly in Greek. “In the Beginning was the word and the word was with God and the Word was God” (John 1:1) Εν αρχή ἧν ὁ λόγος και ὁ λόγος ἧν προς τον θεόν και θεός ἧν ὁ λόγος[i][ii] The reason is this verse is always under attack by various non-Christian religious groups and even faiths who claim to be Christian but, do not accept Jesus Christ as God the Son (The second person of the Trinity). The two words I want to focus on is “God” and “Word” or Θεός ἧν ὁ Λόγος (Theos hēn hŏ logos). What I am going to focus on is the grammatical…
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03Feb 2025 by Post

Ross Douthat on the Universe’s Remarkable Intelligibility

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Christianity, consensus, Darwinism, Enlightenment, faith and science, Guillermo Gonzalez, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, Jonah Goldberg, Jordan Peterson, Living in Wonder, Matthew Crawford, New York Times, Paul Kingsnorth, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, Podcast, public intellectuals, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rod Dreher, Stephen Meyer, The Privileged Planet, universe
Suppose that science itself suffers if we preemptively rule out certain conclusions. Source
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01Feb 2025 by Post

One Week from Today! 2025 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

All Creatures Great & Small, body plans, Casey Luskin, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, Daniel Reeves, Discovery Institute, Emily Reeves, eric hedin, Events, Faith & Science, George Montañez, habitat, honeybees, Intelligent Design, John West, Metamorphosis, Michael Egnor, music, Paul Nelson, Ray Bohlin, Richard Sternberg, science and faith, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer
From the smallest honeybee to the greatest whale, planet Earth is swarming with creatures of all shapes and sizes — each designed for their habitat. Source
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31Jan 2025 by Post

67 Innocent Lives Perish in Plane Crash: Why Didn’t God Intervene? with Dr. Andy Steiger

Christian Apologetics, Christianity, Dr. Andy Steiger, Dr. Frank Turek, evil, God, morality, philosophy, Plane Crash, Podcast, religion, Suffering, theology
Tragic events like the devastating collision between American Airlines Eagle Flight 5342 and a military Black Hawk helicopter that claimed the lives of 67 innocent people shake us to our core and leave us asking deep, unsettling questions. Questions like, where was God and why would He allow this to happen? Suffering is an unavoidable part of life, making it crucial for Christians to reconcile God’s goodness with the presence of evil. This week, Frank sits down with Dr. Andy Steiger, co-creator of the new video series, ‘Can I Trust the Bible?‘, and President of Apologetics Canada, to tackle one of the most difficult topics in apologetics: the problem of evil. During their conversation, they will answer questions like: Does the presence of evil disprove God? What does it mean to…
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31Jan 2025 by Post

Science Writing Tries to Smash Human Exceptionalism

Africa, Amanda Richardson, animal behavior, antiquity, BBC News, Bronze Age, chimpanzees, Claire Asher, Côte D’Ivoire, Culture & Ethics, England, Homo sapiens, human exceptionalism, human mind, humans, Ice Age, Merlin, metal tools, monkeys, Neuroscience & Mind, New Stone Age, paleontology, polar bears, Royal BC Museum, Salisbury, Stone Age, stone tools, vultures, walruses
Stone tool use among animals versus the Stone Age provides a useful illustration of the tendency. Source
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