Blogs of the (Two) Week(s): 6/12–6/25

Because I missed last week, this week’s blog update will encompass entries from the past 2 weeks.  I encourage you to check out the posts that are of interest to you, and consider subscribing to the blogs you’d like to follow.

Always Have a Reason

• Immortal, Invisible: Do Christians believe something crazy?
• The Unacknowledged Teachers: an argument for women pastors
• Book Review: “God Behaving Badly” by David Lamb
• Against Open Theism: Scrooge and God’s knowledge of the future
• Atheists and Unicorns: Emotional Appeal

Apologetics315

• Sunday Quote: Stephen T. Davis on Apologetics
• Interview: Marcia Montenegro (former astrologer)
• Terminology Tuesday: Correspondence Theory of Truth
• Welcome to Apologetics 315
• Slavery in the Bible: 8 Quick Resources
• Debates on Islam and Christianity
• Weekly Apologetics Bonus Links (06/10 – 06/17)
• Apologetics Video Clips for Small Groups
• Sunday Quote: F.F. Bruce on the Christ Myth
• Apologist Interview: David Robertson
• Terminology Tuesday: Jainism
• Can Atheists Live Without God? By Norman Geisler MP3
• Top 16 Apologetics Podcasts Updated
• 350+ Lectures on Science and Religion
• Weekly Apologetics Bonus Links (06/17 – 06/24)
• DVD Review: Metamorphosis

Apologetics Guy

• Science and Christianity: Not Oil and Water

Apologia

• Early Ministry
• A God Without a Mythology
• The State of Apologetics
• Advice to Christians
• Apologetics Guy
• Cold and Lonely Truth
• Sermon on the Mount Part One
• Atheist Motivational Poster
• Cloud of Witnesses

Faith and Self Defense

• Is Jesus God? (Part 7)
• Is Jesus God? (Part8)

Faith Equation

• Currently Reading: “Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions”

Faith Interface

• “The Language of Science and Faith” (Karl Giberson & Francis Collins)
• Come On Mr Dawkins – You Know You Want To!
• What (or Who) is the “Theory of Everything”?
• On Atheism

Faithful Thinkers

• Audio: The Inescapable Nature of Truth – Part 4
• Article: Interpreting Creation: Science-Faith Models
• Video: Choose To Be In Hell?
• Can Religion Be Tested for Truth?
• Audio: The Inescapable Nature of Truth – Part 5
• Article: Interpreting Creation: The Scientific Method
• Video: Free Choice and Hell
• Book Review: Creating God In The Image of Man

Freedom in Truth

• Moralism
• Tapping Into the True Resource

Here On Earth

• Mermaid

Hieropraxis

• Does Poetry Matter?
• Vacationing with a Purpose for the CS Lewis Foundation
• The Pain and Grace of Longing (Meditation delivered at the future CS Lewis College)
• The Holy Spirit, Guide and Comforter
• Introducing a New Contributor: Adam Belt
• Contemporary Art and Christian Faith: Echo
• The Gift of Love: the Eucharist in Poetry by Malcolm Guite and George Herbert (Podcast)
• Miscellany 8

Ichthus77

• Central Valley location of first CAA chapter
• San Francisco Atheists interested to see Dawkins debate Craig
• Christian Carnival CCCLXXXIV

In Defense of the Christian Faith

• Free Will and Suffering

In Defense: Unapologetic Apologetics

• But God Can Do Anything HE Wnts…
• Father’s Day sermon/Luke 15:11-24
• What is Reasonable Service?

Josiah Concept Ministries

• Comment Round-up! (part 1)
• Comment Round-up! (part 2)
• Are Christians Superior to Atheists? (via Twitter)
• On Traditional Marriage: Where Charlie Went Wrong

Latent Christianity

• Quotes of Note

Logos Apologia

• What is Biblical Faith?
• What Happens When You Die?
• Who were the Nephilim? A Response to Herescope & Larry EdBruyn

MandM

• Slow Learners: Foolishness Bound Up in the Heart
• Lawful Authority and Just Wars
• Not the Real Slim Shady
• Stark Wars
• The Christian Delusion: Why Faith Fails – A Philosophia Christi Review of John Loftus’ Book

No Apologies Allowed

• The Human Heart
• Really Recommended Reading: Life of Pi
• Quirky Quotes for the Inquisitive: Tobias Smollet
• Painfully Precious Public Posters
• Is America ready for a Mormon president?
• Currently reading…
• The Confused Samaritan

Possible Worlds

• A Dialog with a Muslim
• Dialogue with a Muslim, Part 2
• Frank Turek Fired for his Religious Beliefs
• The Logic of the Atonement
• An Argument from Intuition
• Christian Myths
• Christian Myths 2
• The Numbering of John’s Miracles
• Christian Myths 3

Reasonable Answers

• POOF! “Hi, I am God.  Nice To Meet You”

Say Hello to my Little Friend

• Tom Wright: Wrong about Soul Sleep
• An open letter to my traditionalist friends
• Degrees of hell?
• Work in progress

Simple Apologetics

• Atheists, Doubt, Reason and the Search for Truth
• Quote on Doubt
• A Note on Terminology

Songs of a Semi-Free Man

• Conspiracy Theory
• Summer Rain

Tekton Ticker

• June 2011 E-Block
• WWJD with 4 Wheels?
• Jogging on the Prayer Wheel?
• Agape in Action
• THE APOLOGETIC FRONT
• Two JW elders confronted

The Failed Atheist

• Big props for Polly Toynbee, President of the British Humanist Association (BHA)
• Even the BBC recognises false teaching

The God Gamble

• Throwback Episode
• Hell? The Burning Question…
• The Apostolic Fathers in English

The Gospel According to Erik

• Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh
• Sick for the glory of God?
• If healing is in the atonement, why are not all healed?
• Thoughts on miracles

The Poached Egg Apologetics

• The Sunday Message: Celebrate God All Day!
• A Post-Modern World?
• Who’s afraid of the big bad critic?
• International Society for Women in Apologetics: Why ISWA?
• Daily Quote: Dallas Willard
• Butterfly Metamorphosis Challenges Neo-Darwinism
• Human/Ape Common Ancestry: Following the Evidence
• God: Are You There? A Cumulative Case for the Existence of God
• The State of Apologetics: Lee Strobel Interviews Apologetics 315s Brian Auten
• Daily Quote: Rachel Oja
• The Resurgent Atheism
• Law and Grace
• What Christians can learn from atheists about making truth claims
• Giving Up on Atheism
• Daily Quote: C.S. Lewis
• Why Defend the Faith?
• Frank Turek: The Cisco Kid
• Worldviews Shaping Culture: Can You Name America’s Top Three?
• God In The News: Dionysus claims Jesus is a copycat
• Stopping the Hate
• How Deep Are Your Roots? Some Advice for Christian Apologists
• Daily Quote: G.K. Chesterton
• Since the New Testament writers were biased, can we trust their testimony?
• Stand to Reason: Is God Vain?
• Christianity Is a Science-Starter, Not a Science-Stopper
• Life of the Mind, the Importance of Thinking
• Daily Quote: Galileo
• Why do I have to study math and how does this relate to a pursuit of truth?
• The Vital Breath
• After controversy, Baptists affirm belief in eternal hell
• Why on Universalism We May Be Pragmatically Justified in Exercising Unbelief in God
• Daily Quote: Bart Ehrman
• Dad (Official Father’s Day Song of 2011)
• Sinned in a Literal Adam, Raised in a Literal Christ
• What is Biblical Faith?
• Frank Turek and Cisco Systems Discrimination
• Why So Many Atheists on CNN Belief?
• Why Do People Completely Misunderstand the Word Faith?
• Daily Quote: Tim Keller
• The History of Compassion
• Experts: Persecution of Religious Minorities Threatens Global Security
• It’s The Collapse Of Physics As We Know it
• When you hit reality
• American Cultural Captivity
• What Does Biblical Really Mean?
• Daily Quote: Cicero
• Questions, Doubts, and Faith: A Closer Look
• NT Wright on Blogging and Social Media
• Francis Collins: Atheist Richard Dawkins Admits Universe’s Fine-Tuning Difficult to Explain
• The Backfire Effect
• Human consciousness is much more than mere brain activity
• Daily Quote: Ravi Zacharias
• Moralism
• Christian Faith Requires Accepting Evolution? Not So Fast Huffington Post
• New Moralities
• Couldn’t it all have been a conspiracy?
• Evidence for the Exodus
• Daily Quote: Alan Sandage
• Atheists and Unicorns: Emotional Appeal
• Gravity: The Theory of Intelligent Falling
• Free book!: Isaiah 53 Explained
• The Language of Science and Faith
• Common Sense Truth
• Why I Believe in Unicorns
• Daily Quote: Werner von Braun
• What Happens When You Die? Logos Apologia
• Ten Arguments for the Existence of God
• Which Revelation is True? How Reason Can Help Your Faith
• Daily Quote: Comment of the Week
• The One Minute Apologist #16 With Peter Kreeft on Desire

The Rational Christian

• The Deity of Christ – Part 3

The Valley Girl Apologist

• Allah is not Jehovah

The way the Ball bounces

• Bogus Science 2011 (It’s Not What You Think)
• Atheist Dawkins: “I Want My Fluffy Slippers”
• Alien Arsenic-Boy Is So Last Year
• The Christian Duty To Accept Evolution?

Think Christianly

• The Myth of Junk DNA
• The impact of Darwin is not limited to biology
• Is your life worth following?

Thinking Christian

• Truth or Confrontations
• Hatred Leading to a Firing
• How Does This Represent a “doctor(logic)”?
• Life Lessons in College: New Life
• He Healed the Sick, But What Did He Do For The Poor?
• What Do Diversity and Inclusion Mean at Cisco Systems?

Thinking God’s Thoughts

• Properly Basically Hot
• What Makes one Catholic…err catholic?

Thinking Matters

• Why Should we Read the Old Testament, and How? Iain Provan in Auckland
• New Evidence the Gospels were Based on Eyewitness Accounts
• Our Eternal Destiny: A Discussion about Universalism
• John Wesley’s 308th Birthday

Who Made God?

• Victor Stenger replies to “Who made God?”

Win Corduan’s Blog

• Summer Schedule: The Last Six Kings of Israel

Wintery Knight

• What is the meaning and significance of the holiday of Pentecost?
• Calvinism versus Foreknowledge: which view of God’s soverignty is true?
• Lee Strobel interviews Brian Auten (Apologetics 315) on the state of apologetics
• Do children do better when raised by married fathers?
• What Christians can learn from atheists about making truth claims
• Does God’s omniscience conflict with human free will?
• Prominent atheist philosopher gives mixed review of intelligent design
• New study finds that teens who lose their virginity are more likely to divorce
• Are universities teaching students how to think critically?
• Gay manager at Cisco Systems gets Dr. Frak Turek fired
• Is Christianity a science-stopper or a science-starter?
• Audio from J.P. Moreland’s “Love Your God With All Your Mind” lecture
• Brian Auten interviews Dr. Norman Geisler
• Video of evolutionist P.Z. Myers responding to a skeptical student
• Which political party should Christians vote for?
• If you favor abortions, then you favor sex-selection abortions
• Contrasting the moral motivations of Christians and humanists
• How should Michele Bachmann answer the evolution vs intelligent design question?
• Frank Turek asks: how would same-sex marriage affect society?

Sorry again about missing last week’s updates, but this should get us back on track.  Check back next week for more posts by the CAA Team of bloggers!

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