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- Humor in Christian Apologetics: Mia Langford [2020 NCCA, 10]
- Christian Apologetics Insights from David Geisler, Ray Ciervo, and Prem Isaac [2020 NCCA, 9]
- Another Intelligent Design Straw Man Attempt to Demonstrate a “Waiting Time Problem” for Evolution
- Suggestions for Comfortable and Effective Face Masks, e.g. Korean KF94’s
- Is the Old Testament Trinitarian? by Jonathan McLatchie [2020 NCCA Confc. 8]
- How the New Testament Sees Christ in the Old Testament: Talk by Mel Winstead [2020 NCCA Confc. 7]
- Jesus in Old Testament Prophecy — Class Handout
- Making Essene Bread: Uncooked, Sundried Sprouted Wheat
- Confirmatory Coincidences Among the Gospels – Timothy McGrew [2020 NCCA Confc, 6]
- Condo Building Collapse in Miami: Causes and Consequences
- Tracking Young Earth Creationist Organizations by Joel Duff at Naturalis Historia
- Scientists’ Responses to Stephen Meyer’s “Return of the God Hypothesis”
- Biologos and Peaceful Science Forums Address Timely Evolution/Creation Issues
- John Sanford Disputes Evolution [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 5]
- Brian Huffling: Science Cannot Prove the God of Christianity But Philosophy Can [2020 NCCA Confc, 4]
- Fazale Rana Disputes Evolution [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 3]
- New Dead Sea Cave Finds: Scrolls, 10,500-year Old Basket, Lice Comb, etc.
- Blockchain: The Ingenious Basis of Bitcoin
- Richard Howe: How Do I Know That I Know?; Defining the Good [2020 NCCA Apologetics Confc, 2]
- Ken Wolgemuth on Preparing Homeschool Students for University Science, and on Grand Canyon and Noah’s Flood [2020 NCCA Apologetics Conference, 1]
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- C. S. Lewis on the Medieval Mind
- The Atonement Wars: What the Church Fathers Actually Wrote
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- 2019 Letters to a Creationist, Part 3: Minds Changed?
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Humor in Christian Apologetics: Mia Langford [2020 NCCA, 10]
The intellectual defense of the Christian faith (“apologetics”) is often seen as serious business. Mia Langford, however, makes the case that humor is a key part of being human. As such, humor can contribute to both the content of apologetics … Continue reading
Christian Apologetics Insights from David Geisler, Ray Ciervo, and Prem Isaac [2020 NCCA, 9]
This continues my writeups of material from the 2020 annual National Conference on Christian Apologetics (NCCA). Here I will summarize and comment on talks by David Geisler, Ray Ciervo, and Prem Isaac. Most of these items deal with classic apologetics themes … Continue reading
Another Intelligent Design Straw Man Attempt to Demonstrate a “Waiting Time Problem” for Evolution
The Intelligent Design (ID) crowd is jubilant over the publication of a paper by a trio of ID authors (Ola Hössjer, Günter Bechly, and Ann Gauger) in a sub-prime but legitimate journal. This paper is an example of a common … Continue reading
Suggestions for Comfortable and Effective Face Masks, e.g. Korean KF94’s
With Covid cases and deaths surging despite widespread vaccinations, face masks are back in. Back when the pandemic first hit in early-mid 2020, all commercial masks of any kind were allocated to medics/first responders. Back then, the only mask option … Continue reading
Is the Old Testament Trinitarian? by Jonathan McLatchie [2020 NCCA Confc. 8]
The doctrine of the trinity can be deduced fairly readily from a number of New Testament verses, although it was not fully formulated and endorsed until two or three centuries later. But how can this concept be reconciled with the … Continue reading
How the New Testament Sees Christ in the Old Testament: Talk by Mel Winstead [2020 NCCA Confc. 7]
From the start, Christians have interpreted various passages in the Old Testament scriptures as referring to Jesus of Nazareth as the Messiah. The overall topic of interpreting the Old Testament from a Christian viewpoint was addressed by two talks at … Continue reading
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Jesus in Old Testament Prophecy — Class Handout
Preface for blog: As part of a series summarizing some talks from a 2020 Christian apologetics conference, I plan to post an article describing talks dealing with treatments of the Old Testament. In order to off-load some material from that … Continue reading
Making Essene Bread: Uncooked, Sundried Sprouted Wheat
INTRODUCTION: INITIAL SETBACKS WITH SPROUTS A couple of weeks ago I tried sprouting a medley of sprouting seeds. This was partly a project to do with my grandson. Instead of just sticking to alfalfa, I was seduced by enthusiastic discussions … Continue reading
Confirmatory Coincidences Among the Gospels – Timothy McGrew [2020 NCCA Confc, 6]
The Ring of Truth: Undesigned Coincidences in the Gospels [Oct. 14, 2020] was presented by Professor Timothy McGrew of Western Michigan University at the 2020 annual National Conference on Christian Apologetics (NCCA). Prof. McGrew discusses a number of cases where something … Continue reading
Condo Building Collapse in Miami: Causes and Consequences
Everyone has heard of the terrible tragedy in Surfside, a suburb of Miami, where a large portion of a twelve-story beachfront condominium building suddenly collapsed. As of July 5, 32 people were confirmed dead, with over 100 still missing and … Continue reading
