Saturday, August 13, 2016
Greg L. Bahnsen's Doctoral Dissertation
Greg Bahnsen's doctoral dissertation is available for download. The title is, A Conditional Resolution of the Apparent Paradox of Self-Deception
It was presented to the faculty of the University of Southern California
Here's the link:
The Shroud of Turin
There are a lot of excellent websites and videos on the internet regarding the Shroud of Turin. I myself am not positively convinced that it is actually the burial shroud of Jesus. I'm open to that possibility. This blogpost will be dedicated to interesting links regarding the shroud that I may occasionally come across. Since the topic is not that important to me, I'll haphazardly be adding links of various degrees of quality, scholarship (or lack thereof) and recommendation.
The Turin Shroud The New Evidence
(https://youtu.be/hxBzzR1QDKQ)
The Case for Jesus: Science & the Shroud of Turin | Robert Spitzer
Proof that the Shroud of Turin is the Burial Cloth of Jesus Christ!
https://youtu.be/WRB16BARvz0
The Shroud of Turin, Authenticated AgainThe Case for Jesus: Science & the Shroud of Turin | Robert Spitzer
Proof that the Shroud of Turin is the Burial Cloth of Jesus Christ!
https://youtu.be/WRB16BARvz0
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/434153/shroud-turin-jesus-christ-blood-relic-sudarium-oviedo
New Scientific Technique Dates Shroud of Turin to Around the Time of Christ’s Death and Resurrection
https://www.ncregister.com/interview/new-scientific-technique-dates-shroud-of-turin-to-around-the-time-of-christ-s-death-and-resurrection
New study shows Man of the Shroud had “dislocated” arms
http://www.lastampa.it/2014/05/07/vaticaninsider/eng/world-news/new-study-shows-man-of-the-shroud-had-dislocated-arms-dsfGr2euXrvlxBASsEwi1M/pagina.html
Update On The 1982 Carbon Dating Of The Shroud Of Turin
http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2017/03/update-on-1982-carbon-dating-of-shroud.html
New Study: The Shroud of Turin and the Sudarium of Oviedo Covered the Same Person
http://aleteia.org/2016/04/11/new-study-the-shroud-of-turin-and-the-sudarium-of-oviedo-covered-the-same-person/
Turin Shroud is stained with the blood of a torture victim, new research shows.........
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4703018/Turin-Shroud-stained-blood-torture-victim.html
New technology suggests Shroud of Turin is 2,000 years old
https://aleteia.org/2022/04/22/new-technology-suggests-shroud-of-turin-is-2000-years-old/
Intelligently Designed Body
Evolution News and Views has a series of articles on the topic of Intelligent Design of the human body that I highly recommend. Here's the link to the page where the articles are listed for reading.
Saturday, June 11, 2016
Responses to Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian
Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian is one of the most well known lectures in defense of the rejection of Christianity.
Here are some Christian responses to the lecture. I'll be adding more as I find good responses.
Why I'm not Bertrand Russell by Steve Hays
Apologetics in Practice by Greg Bahnsen (parts 1 & 2)
A Review Of “Why I Am Not A Christian” By Frederick Meekins
Related Blogposts and Links:
Book Reviews of Recent Atheist Authors by Christian Apologists
"My Father, Bertrand Russell"
Why I Believe by Steve Hays
Part One A Positive ApologeticWhy I Believe in God by Cornelius Van Til (YouTube audio)
Part Two I'm Glad You Asked!
Love the Lord With Heart and Mind
(See especially Steve Hays' contribution)
Friday, April 8, 2016
Did We Get Jesus Right? Lecture by Simon Gathercole
Seminar - Jesus in the Canonical and Apocryphal Gospels
The Synoptic "I Have Come" Sayings of Jesus and Pre-Existence
See also my Blog Trinity Notes
and the blogpost titled: Pre-Existence of Jesus in the Synoptic Gospels
Friday, April 1, 2016
Flat Earth Refutations
I don't take seriously the idea of a flat Earth. Supposedly there are some interesting arguments in favor of the theory. However, I don't see the need for Christians to argue for a flat Earth. Nothing in the Bible requires it. Also, the arguments I have come across seem very far fetched. So, in my opinion, Christians who defend a flat earth are doing a disservice to Christianity. They are needlessly creating a stumbling block or obstacle for non-Christians which makes it even more difficult for non-Christians to embrace Christianity. The same goes for those who insist on absolute geocentrism. I find the arguments for geocentrism more plausible than for a flat Earth. However, I don't dogmatically hold to geocentrism for the same reason. Namely, there's no Biblical need to. Having said that I do have a blogpost on the topic here: Quotes in Favor of Geocentrism
The following are links to refutations of a Flat Earth. Some are Christian and others are non-Christian refutations:
Earth is a sphere. Few proofs for the Flat Earth Society
https://youtu.be/d3GD9gXzUBk
Dr. Jason Lisle DESTROYS Flat Earth NONSENSE! | ICR - Christian Creationism
https://youtu.be/KbYbCB5Zj_E
Blowing up the flat earth
http://bedejournal.blogspot.com/2017/08/blowing-up-flat-earth.html
Proving the Earth is not Flat - Part 1 - The Horizon
https://youtu.be/W9ksbh88OJs?list=PLAbO4DdyTGZpp-IOSB7qUbb_QYYg9ZA9B
Soundly Proving the Curvature of the Earth at Lake Pontchartrain
https://www.metabunk.org/soundly-proving-the-curvature-of-the-earth-at-lake-pontchartrain.t8939/
Dr. Jonathan Sarfati -Why the Bible is NOT a Flat Earth Book & Other Discoveries - Awakening Report
https://youtu.be/8iK5QILwahE
[[Sarfati is a well known Young Earth [Christian] Creationist. I lean toward an Old Earth Creationist position]]
Response to Globebusters - The Earth Still Isn't Flat
https://youtu.be/JDy95_eNPzM
10 Challenges For Flat Earthers
https://youtu.be/AQl8h7Aa75s
Destroying Flat Earth Without Using Science - Part 1: The Moon
https://youtu.be/_bHqBy92iGM
Destroying Flat Earth Without Using Science - Part 2: The Stars
https://youtu.be/su-fmoZUkF8
Destroying Flat Earth Without Using Science - Part 3: Airplanes
https://youtu.be/Dd-FAyHdpxI
The 10 Things That All Flat Earthers Say
https://youtu.be/KyD8VIK032o
Monday, January 4, 2016
Daniel 9:24 Fulfilled
(posted 1/5/2017)
Dispensational Premillennialism denies that Daniel 9:24 has been fulfilled. However, there are other Christian views of the Millennium that does affirm that (at least) Daniel 9:24 has been fulfilled.
Mp3 lecture by Kim Riddlebarger on Daniel's 70 Weeks (AMILLENNIALIST)
http://links.christreformed.org/realaudio/A20101008-Amillenialism.mp3
Mp3 lecture by Ken Gentry on Daniel's 70 Week Prophecy (POSTMILLENNIALIST)
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1270414171
Video lecture by Michael Brown on Daniel 9:24-27 (CLASSIC PREMILLENNIALIST)
https://youtu.be/hESNdHdYGbU?list=UUbINn3x-intLp88Zrf8acpg
More lectures by Ken Gentry. Many of which are on eschatology and Postmillennialism:
http://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?speakeronly=true&currsection=sermonsspeaker&keyword=Rev._Ken_Gentry
More lectures by Kim Riddlebarger. Many of which are on Amillennialism:
https://www.monergism.com/legacy/mt/mp3/amillennialism-101-mp3-series-kim-riddlebarger
http://christreformedinfo.squarespace.com/mp3s-and-real-audio-of-academy/
http://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?SpeakerOnly=true&currSection=sermonsspeaker&keyword=Kim_Riddlebarger
http://kimriddlebarger.squarespace.com/reformed-amillennialism/
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