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Soaring Eagle Radio Episode 7 – J.Warner Wallace – The Evidence For Jesus Christ is Beyond Reasonable Doubt

01 Saturday Aug 2015

Posted by Mike Spaulding in Apologetics, Bible Study, Book Reviews, Christian Living and Practice, Christian Theistic Worldview, Church Life and Practice, Encouragement, Evangelism, Media, Soaring Eagle Radio Show, Theology

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apologetics, Bart Ehrman, Christopher Hitchens, Cold Case Christianity, evidence for Gospels, evidence for Jesus Christ, God's Crime Scene, J.Warner Wallace, Sam Harris

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Hasn’t science already proven that the idea of a creator God is wishful thinking? After over 2,000 years what evidence can possibly be marshaled to make the case that the gospel writer’s accounts are trustworthy? Doesn’t atheism provide the best explanation for what we understand about life today?

For the first 35 years of his life Jim Wallace was a devout atheist. He found the claims of Jesus Christ and those of the gospel writers to be somewhat spurious. How could something that happened 2,000 years ago have any verifiable proof? Christianity in Jim’s mind was very much like his cold cases, puzzling and mostly dead ends.

But then one day Jim’s perspective was challenged and he began to consider the claims of Jesus Christ and the gospel writers in a different light.

In this episode of SER Jim Wallace discusses his faith journey, his realization that the evidence for the claims of Jesus Christ contained in the gospels is well beyond a reasonable doubt, and his new book, “God’s Crime Scene.”

Listen to this episode by clicking here.

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What We Must Learn From Cecil

30 Thursday Jul 2015

Posted by Mike Spaulding in Apologetics, Atheism, Christian Theistic Worldview, Evolution, Government, Media, Politics, Signs of the Times, Social Issues

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abortion, California, Cecil the lion, elitist intellectuals, George Orwell, moral confusion, moral reasoning, Planned Parenthood, selling human baby parts, Thomas Sowell, vision of the anointed

Virtual virtuosity is a deadly disease that first blinds adherents and then kills them morally.

America is in the throes of a monumental moral struggle. The recent and ongoing release of videos showing the barbaric evil that Planned Parenthood conducts as a matter of everyday “business” has shaken America like nothing in recent memory. Commentators from many different perspectives have offered their take on the monstrous actions of murdering babies in the womb in such a way that organs can be preserved for sale to a robust “after-market” of so-called research and medical facilities.

If you are reading this and support this radicalized evil then you already know my perspective based on the manner in which I describe Planned Parenthood’s practices. I used to wonder how an organization that is named Planned Parenthood could be singularly focused on murdering human babies and then I realized that the trick is in the name – a complete misdirection to fool or assuage the sensibilities of individual’s seeking their services.

By naming their evil practices Planned Parenthood, those involved in the grisly business of murdering babies in a mother’s womb can intentional deceive those who are considering murdering their own babies. But the human mind is not easily fooled in spite of how gullible people are. That is why a vast majority of women who murder their babies suffer shame and guilt for many years afterward. People can trick themselves into believing anything for a while but the conscience accepts no such lies and will deliver its message of truth consistently.

The recent uproar, what I call “virtual virtuosity,” a term coined first by writer and author Thomas Sowell, over the killing of a lion someone named Cecil is rich with irony and saturated with hypocrisy. The very same people who accept the evil and murderous activities of Planned Parenthood against human babies somehow become righteously indignant over the killing of an animal. They truly are living in a Twilight Zone of tormented imagination.

The supporters of Planned Parenthood and indeed all supporters of murdering human babies for any and every reason including most abhorrent for convenience, who are indignant about the killing of Cecil the lion by an American dentist have demonstrated once again that hypocrisy, irrationalism, illogical, and self-aggrandizing moral superiority knows no limits. But something else has happened as well. They have entered into a self-imposed blindness that will inevitably lead to moral death.

The blindness that has entered into the moral reasoning of individuals described above renders them unable to understand the significance of human life. Perhaps they have been blinded by Darwinian evolutionary falsehoods that claim humanity is the culmination of nothing more than time and chance and therefore not worthy of any special recognition above anything else in the universe. Of course the inconsistency in their moral position is exposed when they appeal to some kind of morality to oppose such things as bullying and implore society to esteem one another. On what basis does the individual who believes humanity is not significant above any other life form on earth oppose bullying? If individuals cannot be morally outraged about Planned Parenthood’s cannibalizing of human babies how can they experience moral outrage over the death of a lion?

Following Darwinian logic and teaching suggests we should all be bullies. If evolution is true then lions, tigers, and bears are all subservient to human survival. Likewise where does this idea of esteeming people come from? What is to esteem in humans if we’re all just cosmic accidents? Why would beings that have transitioned from the goo to the zoo to you be esteemed? We’re all on an evolutionary joy ride with no control over where we’re going or how we get there so where does this idea of esteem come from? If everything is subjective then everything is permissible. Moral outrage becomes a joke and a self-gratifying exercise that no one else should pay any attention to.

What this convoluted moral reasoning leads to is intellectual and moral death. Minds become darkened and clouded, devoid of any ability to hear or consider alternative ideas that challenge their own enlightened perspective. When people arrive at this state of mental reasoning they begin to look for ways to silence all opposition to their ideas, and they employ the engines of government and media to enforce their vision of reality and morality.

We see this stark reality in the rabid defense advanced by the enlightened ones among us of Planned Parenthood. The state of California as well as other government entities has begun to move in lock-step unison, issuing edicts that the videos exposing Planned Parenthood for the killing machine that it is are henceforth barred from further distribution upon the threat of government sanctioned penalties. The American media has done their part in orchestrating the vision of the anointed ones as well by refusing in large measure to report anything about Planned Parenthood’s grisly practices while simultaneously falling all over each other to see what outlet can run the most stories about Cecil’s “tragic” ending.

George Orwell once remarked that some ideas are so patently foolish that only an intellectual (one devoid of moral reasoning) could believe them.

The moral bankruptcy of Planned Parenthood and its defenders proves once again that Orwell was indeed a prophet. Professing to be wise, Planned Parenthood and its defenders show themselves to be fools.

 

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Mike’s Mix For Your Weekend Reading – April 11-12

10 Friday Apr 2015

Posted by Mike Spaulding in Apologetics, Bible Study, Christian Living and Practice, Christian Theistic Worldview, Church Life and Practice, Encouragement, Government, Islam, Media, Politics, Prayer, Signs of the Times, Social Issues

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5 Reasons to Pray for Other Churches, Eric Bancroft, Essential texting acronyms, Jared Moore, LifeWay, Ligonier, One Sentence That Pastors and Church Staff Hate to Hear, Sean Davis, The Federalist, Thom Rainer, When They Won't Follow Your Leadership

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This weekend the weather forecast is for sunshine and temperatures in the 60’s – very nice for Ohio. I hope your weather is as nice. If so, take time to get outside and enjoy it. Don’t forget to feed your spirit and mind this weekend as well.

Some articles I recently read include:

Jared Moore encourages pastors and church leaders to stay the course through self-reflection in When They Won’t Follow Your Leadership

Thom Rainer hits the nail on the head with One Sentence That Pastors and Church Staff Hate to Hear

Praying for other pastors and churches has become such a foreign idea in so many churches that when we do pray for one another as we are commanded to do, people assume something is wrong in that other church. Eric Bancroft candidly leads us to a better understanding of our Kingdom responsibilities toward others in 5 Reasons to Pray for Other Churches

Parents – do you have any idea what the text message you found on your child’s phone means?  Here’s a list of texting abbreviations that will help you decipher the code. Essential texting acronyms every parent must know

Finally, over at The Federalist Sean Davis hits a home run with his piece entitled, Men Without Chests; How C.S. Lewis Predicted Charlie Hebdo Censorship.

Enjoy your weekend friends.

“But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” James 1:5 NASB

*As always, references in my blog do not constitute full and unqualified endorsement of everything you might find on another blog site. Be Bereans folks. Acts 17:11

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