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Think Christianlyhttp://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/"...encouraging and equipping Christ-Follower's to think Christianly about all of life"ennoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-14T22:40:31-08:00352125thinkChristianlyhttp://feedburner.google.comUnderstanding Islam from a Christian Perspectivehttp://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/understanding-islam-from-christian.htmlTheologyIslamBibleGlobal IssuesApologeticsGodChristianitynoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-14T22:40:31-08:00What is Islam? What does Islam teach? How are the teachings of Islam similar to those of Christianity? How are they different? Here is a helpful article from Probe Ministries:<br /><p>"First, we want to take a look back at the history of Islam. Islam was founded in the early seventh century by Muhammed. When he was 40 years of age, in A.D. 610, Muhammed claimed to be receiving messages from God. These messages were later compiled and recorded in the Koran--Islam's holy book.</p> <p>About this same time, Muhammed began preaching against the greed, economic oppression, and idolatry that plagued the Arab peoples. He called on the many factions of the Arab peoples to unite under the worship of Allah, the chief god of the Arab pantheon of deities. Though his message was initially rejected, by the year 630 he had succeeded in gaining control of Mecca, the economic and religious center of the Arabian peninsula.</p> <p>Though Muhammed died two years later, the religious/political movement he founded rapidly spread throughout the Arab world, and far beyond. By A.D. 750, the Muslim empire spanned from Spain in the west to India in the east. In the centuries that followed, Islam penetrated deeper into Africa and Asia, extending as far as the Philippines. During its "golden era" Islam claimed some of the world's finest philosophers and mathematicians. It was during this time also that Islam and Christianity clashed as a result of the Crusades to reclaim the Holy Land from the Muslims...." <a href="http://www.probe.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=fdKEIMNsEoG&b=5187323&content_id=%7B60C589AF-8B8C-4D6A-9782-B6AFE929CD01%7D&notoc=1"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(more)</span></a></p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><a href="http://www.answering-islam.org/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Answering Islam</span></a></p><p style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.biblicaltraining.org/class/wm647">Biblical Training Lecture on Islam</a></p><p><a href="http://store.rzim.org/product/tabid/61/p-141-islam-and-christianity-the-points-of-tension.aspx"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ravi Zacharias on Islam</span></a><br /></p><p>Helpful Books:<br /></p><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=wwwthinkchr01-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0310247489" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=wwwthinkchr01-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0801064309" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=wwwthinkchr01-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=082542688X" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-3431195114375319006?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Truth and Comforthttp://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/truth-and-comfort.htmlBibleTruthtruthinessApologeticsChristianitynoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-13T14:42:13-08:00"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end: if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth—only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin with and, in the end, despair."--C.S. Lewis<br /><br />Truth is not comfortable at times; in fact it can make us downright uncomfortable. But in the end, it is the only thing on which to base a life.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-3130476214421505218?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0In Intellectual Neutralhttp://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/in-intellectual-neutral.htmlTheologyBibleTruthMindApologeticsThinking Christianlynoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-12T06:30:01-08:00Here is an excerpt from an article on loving God with all of your mind by William Lane Craig<br /><br />"A number of years ago, two books appeared that sent shock waves through the American educational community. The first of these, <em>Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know,</em> by E.D. Hirsch, documented the fact that large numbers of American college students do not have the basic background knowledge to understand the front page of a newspaper or to act responsibly as a citizen. For example, a quarter of the students in a recent survey thought Franklin D. Roosevelt was president during the Vietnam War. Two-thirds did not know when the Civil War occurred. One-third thought Columbus discovered the New World sometime after 1750. In a recent survey at California State University at Fullerton, over half the students could not identify Chaucer or Dante. Ninety percent did not know who Alexander Hamilton was, despite the fact that his picture is on every ten dollar bill.<br /><br />These statistics would be funny if they weren't so alarming. What has happened to our schools that they should be producing such dreadfully ignorant people? Alan Bloom, who was an eminent educator at the University of Chicago and the author of the second book I referred to above, argued in his <em>The Closing of the American Mind.</em> that behind the current educational malaise lies the universal conviction of students that all truth is relative and, therefore, that truth is not worth pursuing....<a href="http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6597"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(MORE)</span></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-8235500437336161062?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Is the Supernatural Real?http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/is-supernatural-real.htmlNaturalismExistence of GodApologeticsnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-14T22:13:48-08:00Is physics and chemistry all there is? Is it reasonable to think that the supernatural is real? J.P. Moreland makes a brief, but compelling case...<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-4203510146727382346?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Apologetics Study Bible for Students Videohttp://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/apologetics-study-bible-for-students.htmlBibleJonathan Morrow's WritingsApologeticsThinking Christianlynoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-09T06:55:00-08:00Are the students in your youth group prepared to defend their faith? Or even back up one step, can they even understand why they believe themselves? I want to tell you about a project I was able to be a part of that could make a big difference for your students. It is the apologetic study bible for students and here is a video that talks a little about it. Sean McDowell is the editor and did an outstanding job and I contributed five articles to it (Feb 2010). Knowing what we believe is a good start...but we must go beyond that to the why.<br /><br /><embed src="http://blip.tv/play/kz2Bo%2B8cAg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="300" width="480"></embed><br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=wwwthinkchr01-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=1586404954" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-4643539967535845365?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Why Community?http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-community.htmlBibleSpiritualitycommunityGodChristianitynoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-08T15:31:12-08:00"The most important reason to pursue deep community is not for the physical or emotional benefits it brings, great as those may be. Community is the place God made us for. Community is the place where God meets us."--John Ortberg<br /><br />Read John 17.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-272665401708766013?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Do you listen?http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/do-you-listen.htmlBibleSpiritual FormationTruthWisdomnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-07T14:17:34-08:00He who scorns instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command is rewarded.--Proverbs 13:13<br /><br />We all need good input along the way. How quickly we seek it and heed it has a lot to do with our success. God's word is our primary source of input but don't neglect bringing wise friends and mentors in as well.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-6736016226797977878?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Why Bother With Discipleship?http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-bother-with-discipleship.htmlHoly SpiritSpiritual DisciplinesSpiritual FormationSpiritualityChristianityDallas Willardnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-06T09:30:00-08:00I came across this challenging article and wanted to pass it along. Why spend time following Jesus if Christianity is <span style="font-style: italic;">all</span> about someday and not today? Dallas Willard offers some helpful thoughts...<br /><br />"If we are Christians simply by believing that Jesus died for our sins, then that is all it takes to have sins forgiven and go to heaven when we die. Why, then, do some people keep insisting that something more than this is desirable? Lordship, discipleship, spiritual formation, and the like?<br /><br />What more could one want than to be sure of their eternal destiny and enjoy life among others who profess the same faith as they do. Of course everyone wants to be a good person. But that does not require that you actually do what Jesus himself said and did. Haven't you heard? "Christians aren't perfect. Just forgiven."<br /><br />Now those who honestly find themselves concerned about such matters might..." <a href="http://www.metamorpha.com/tabid/75/xmmid/445/xmid/74/xmview/2/Default.aspx"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(More)</span></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-5574732455257300200?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Being like Jesus...http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/being-like-jesus.htmlSpiritual DisciplinesSpiritual FormationSpiritualityDallas WillardThinking ChristianlyDiscipleshipnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-05T21:50:00-08:00<span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;">Quite a thought...but that is the goal of the Christian life (i.e., becoming more like Jesus cf. Rom.8:29). Dallas Willard offers us some sage advice, </span><meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link style="font-family: times new roman;" rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/jcmorrow/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0clip_filelist.xml">  <style>  </style>  <span style="line-height: 115%;font-family:times new roman;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">“We cannot behave ‘on the spot’ as Jesus did and taught if in the rest of our time we live as everybody else does.” But that leads us to the needed, but uncomfortable question of how am I living?</span> <br /> <br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=wwwthinkchr01-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0060694424" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> <br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a> <br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a> <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-5333295463367472016?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Is there any scientific evidence for life after death?http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/is-there-any-scientific-evidence-for.htmlScienceEternal LifeHeavenFaithExistence of GodChristianitynoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-04T10:15:15-08:00Here is part of a Q & A <span style="font-weight: bold;">To the Source</span> did with Dinesh D'Souza about his new book, “Life After Death: The Evidence.” (It is a question all of us have to answer...)<br /><br />Troy Anderson: After defending Christianity from the onslaught of attacks by the New Atheists in your bestselling book - "What's So Great About Christianity" - you're now taking on the question everyone ultimately faces: What happens when we die? What prompted you to turn your attention to this fascinating topic?<br /><br />Dinesh D'Souza: Well, in a way, the topic of life after death is broader than Christianity because it's something that every religion asserts and it's something that everybody at some point wonders about: Is this life the only life, or is there something more? In this book, I set aside the faith-based argument and I say, "Okay, let's look at reality and lets see what modern knowledge and scholarship has to show." And the beauty of this approach is we find that modern scholarship and knowledge - far from undermining the idea of the afterlife - provides some important supportive corroboration for it.<br /><br />Anderson: Although you point out in your new book - "Life After Death: The Evidence" - that 80 percent of Americans affirm life after death and the percentage is closer to 100 percent in non-Western cultures, the New Atheists tell us there is no afterlife. Why do you believe they are wrong?<br /><br />D'Souza: First of all, the New Atheists are at the tip of a certain kind of social iceberg.<br /><br />They are the most aggressive advocates of a view that many intelligent people have in our culture. This is what I call the Enlightened People's Outlook. Historically, these people may be a minority, but they are very confident of their view because they believe that they are supported by the evidence of science. Their view is reductive materialism, which means there is really only one kind of stuff in the world and that's material stuff. If that is all that we are then there is no life after death. So the core of my book is to refute this materialist idea and to show there actually are positive arguments for the afterlife.<br /><br />Anderson: In the book, you offer three key arguments in support of the afterlife: one from neuroscience, one from philosophy and one from morality. Would you tell us why they offer a persuasive legal brief for what happens when we die?<br /><br />D'Souza: The first one is called, "Why It Matters?" Why is the issue of life after death important?<br /><br />Second, "Why It's Possible?" and here I show that physics and biology offer no obstacles to the religious understanding of life after death, and specifically the Christian understanding. Then, in the third section, I show "Why It's Probable." In other words, why this is not only possible, but it's actually makes sense. Nevertheless, I concede that it's a topic in which you can't have complete certainty. And therefore I bring in practical arguments for believing in life after death.<br /><br />Anderson: Let's start with the first argument. What does neuroscience tell us about the possibility of life after death? (<a href="http://www.tothesource.org/11_4_2009/11_4_2009.htm"><span style="font-weight: bold;">click here for the rest of the fascinating interview</span></a>)<br /><br />Jesus of Nazareth answers this question by saying, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" (John 11:25-26)<br /><br />Here is the book:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=wwwthinkchr01-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=1596980990" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-8121753558337860733?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0William Lane Craig at Watermark Community Church on the Moral Argument for God's Existencehttp://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/william-lane-craig-at-watermark.htmlTruthPhilosophyMoralityExistence of GodApologeticsGodnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-03T21:09:31-08:00Does God exist? Is there any good evidence for this claim? I think so. And one of the better arguments is the Moral argument. Dr. Craig gives a short explanation of it here.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vQOgPMbnsQE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vQOgPMbnsQE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">For more, see Craig's website, <a href="http://www.reasonablefaith.org/site/PageServer">Reasonable Faith</a> and also his book by the same title:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=wwwthinkchr01-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=1433501155" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /></div><br /><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-965915664118630031?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0At the End of Slavery and the International Justice Missionhttp://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/at-end-of-slavery-and-international.htmlGlobal IssuesCompassion and JusticeGospelchildrenLoveEthicsnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-03T05:45:00-08:00We can end modern day slavery. Do you believe that? Take 2 minutes and watch this video and then share it on facebook, twitter, blog, or email the link to family and friends. People's lives can be changed if we work together on this. Many thanks to the <a href="http://www.ijm.org/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">International Justice Mission</span></a> for standing in the gap and all the incredible work they do.<br /><br /><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yLcJg66pUWc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yLcJg66pUWc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="640"></embed></object><br /><div class="blog_body_wide"> <p><br /></p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">How You Can Get Involved</span><br /></p><p>Change happens when ordinary people do what they can to take action. We can end slavery — but the battle will take all of us. How will you help shatter this system of oppression?</p> <p>Take action today with one of these steps:</p> <ul><li><strong>Host an <em>At the End of Slavery</em> house party or screening event.</strong> The fight against slavery will take all of us — Bring friends, colleagues, members of your church or community together to <a href="http://www.attheendofslavery.com/host-screening/">view and discuss the film and join the fight against slavery</a>. </li><li><strong>Learn more about modern-day slavery.</strong> Educate yourself so you can raise your voice on behalf of victims of this oppression. Start by reviewing these <a href="http://www.attheendofslavery.com/more-action-steps/book-list.html">recommended books</a> to learn more and this <a href="http://www.attheendofslavery.com/more-action-steps/slavery-qa.html">Q & A about slavery</a>.</li><li><strong>Advocate with your elected members of Congress.</strong> Members of Congress need to know that their constituents care about securing protection from violent oppression for the global poor. You don't need to be an expert to make a difference! Visit IJM's Justice Campaigns for updates, action alerts and more information on how to get involved: <a href="http://www.ijm.org/justicecampaigns">IJM Justice Campaigns</a>.</li><li><strong>Fund rescue.</strong> Pay for the rescue the poor cannot afford with a financial gift to IJM's frontline work to fight slavery. <a href="http://www.ijm.org/give" target="_blank">Make a gift today</a>, support IJM monthly as a <a href="http://www.ijm.org/freedompartner" target="_blank">Freedom Partner</a>, or learn about <a href="http://www.ijm.org/getinvolved/benefits-hostatable" target="_blank">hosting a table</a> at an IJM Benefit Dinner in a city near you.</li><li><strong>Integrate the fight to end slavery with your faith.</strong> Become an <a href="http://www.ijm.org/getinvolved/prayerpartners" target="_blank">IJM Prayer Partner</a> and consider hosting a screening of <em>At the End of Slavery</em> <a href="http://www.attheendofslavery.com/host-screening/for-churches.html">at your church</a>.</li></ul> </div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-9192773136549231541?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Which Jesus?http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/which-jesus.htmlBiblehistorical jesusTruthApologeticsJesus ChristChristianitynoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-02T14:13:27-08:00 <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/jcmorrow/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml">  <style>  </style>  <span style=";font-family:";font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">“Students of Jesus today are faced with a multitude of options, ranging from the traditional Jesus who was Savior, Lord, and founder of the church, to a Jesus who was considerably different—a Jesus who was a sage, a religious genius or social revolutionary. These latter three portraits though clearly drawing their energies from live wires in the Gospels, leave us with a Jesus who is not big enough to explain his crucifixion, his following, or development of the Church. If we today are going to be honest about Jesus, we have to choose a Jesus who satisfies all the evidence historians have observed and who will also explain why it is that so many people have found him to be so wonderful that they attend churches every week to worship him.”—Scot McKnight <br /> <br />For more, see the excellent book, <span style="font-style: italic;">Jesus Under Fire</span> by Wilkins and Moreland <br /> <br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=wwwthinkchr01-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0310211395" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> <br /> <br /></span></span><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a> <br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a> <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-8165811012689354769?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Why the Bible?http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-bible.htmlBibleWorldviewTruthFaithReligionPhilosophyApologeticsnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-11-01T19:32:12-08:00Here is a great video by Ravi Zacharias.<br /><br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pHRP0I2SrVs&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pHRP0I2SrVs&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-7435123037292637811?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Craig vs Atkins on the Limits of Sciencehttp://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/10/craig-vs-atkins-on-limits-of-science.htmlSciencedebateFaithPhilosophyExistence of GodApologeticsnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-10-30T16:37:36-07:00Gotta love the old school look of this video, and the fact that the voice is not in sync makes the "intellectual smack down" that Craig gives Atkins on the limits of science that much more fun to watch. Of course Craig is gracious, but his argument that science can't tell us everything about reality is pretty forceful. Enjoy.<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gkBD20edOco&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gkBD20edOco&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />(HT/ Between Two Worlds)<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-623040394304601407?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>1Handling Social Media With Your Kidshttp://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/10/handling-social-media-with-your-kids.htmlParentsPop CultureCultural ObservationsYouth Pastorssocial mediachildrenThinking Christianlynoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-10-29T11:19:51-07:00I came across this article and it has some helpful suggestions. I am not an alarmist and am not arguing we return to the carrier pigeon--though there are days when it would probably be faster and more effective--but we do need to be wise. And children and teenagers lack one very essential ingredient for living well--experience. And the only way to get it is by living longer and/or trusting that your parents have acquired some wisdom along the way. These aren't the 10 commandments or anything, but if you are currently allowing unlimited /unmonitored access to your children in the area of social media, then you should reevaluate if this is truly wise course of action.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">So here is some of the article by Jim Burns, PH.D</span>...<br /><br />"Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past few years, you're aware of the rise in popularity of social media with teens. From texting on cell phones to websites such as Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube, today's kids are engaging in social media at an ever-increasing rate.<br /><br />I probably don't have to say this, but the reality is: Social media is not a fad, and has become part of the fabric of American youth culture. It's estimated that during this year (2009), 15.5 million teen Internet users (75%) will use social networking websites. Facebook alone is said to have 300 million active users worldwide. and is the third most-visited website on the Internet, behind Google and Yahoo! In the course of a month, some 24% of all Internet users visit Facebook. And, two other social media sites, YouTube and MySpace hold the fourth and fifth spots as most visited websites in the U.S. Still, parents have to make choices about whether they will allow their adolescent kids to use these websites. And, if they allow their kids access to these sites, parents must provide both boundaries and oversight to their usage.<br /><br />Talking to your kids about social media should be a top priority. Here are some of my thoughts on handling social media in your home." <a href="http://www.crosswalk.com/11610382/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(More...)</span></a><br /><br />For the adults on facebook, here is a recent post about the possibility of facebook addiction and wisdom by Mark Roberts. <a href="http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/09/mark-d-roberts-on-facebook-and.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Click here</span></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-2279914077168468282?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0What is a Worldview?http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-is-worldview.htmlWorldviewTruthReligionPhilosophyChristianityThinking Christianlynoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-10-28T19:29:53-07:00Ronald Nash helpfully defines a worldview as “a conceptual scheme by which we consciously or unconsciously place or fit everything we believe and by which we interpret and judge reality.” Everyone has one--whether we have thought about very much or not is a different question.<br /><br />So What is your worldview? How would you begin to answer these questions? What are you basing these answers on?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Why are you here?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">What is real?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">How do you know things and what can be known?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">What is good? Who is really well off?</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Is there anything beyond the grave or is this life all there is?</span><br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=wwwthinkchr01-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0830838503" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-2453661380449335824?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Only One Issue and Making the Case for Lifehttp://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/10/only-one-issue-and-making-case-for-life.htmlSanctity of LifeSciencePhilosophyAbortionEthicspro-all-of-lifenoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-10-26T21:56:50-07:00If you want to make a clear and compelling philosophical and scientific case for the pro-life position, then look no further than the website <a href="http://caseforlife.com/index.asp"><span style="font-weight: bold;">case fore life</span></a>. Here is a brief sampling of what you can expect from Scott Klusendorf...<br /><br />"The abortion controversy is not a debate between those who are pro-choice and those who are anti-choice. It's not about privacy or trusting women. To the contrary, the debate turns on one key question.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">What is the Unborn?</span><br />Pro-life advocates contend that elective abortion unjustly takes the life of a defenseless human being. This simplifies the abortion controversy by focusing on just one question: Is the unborn a member of the human family? If so, killing him or her to benefit others is a serious moral wrong. It treats the distinct human being, with his or her own intrinsic worth, as nothing more than a disposable instrument. Conversely, if the unborn are not human, elective abortion requires no more justification than having a tooth pulled. As Gregory Koukl points out, "If the unborn are not human, no justification for elective abortion in necessary. But if the unborn are human, no justification for elective abortion is adequate." (Koukl, Precious Unborn Human Persons, p. 7)<br /><br />This is not to say that abortion is easy for most women. To the contrary, a decision to have one may be psychologically complex and perhaps even agonizing for some. But the topic today is not psychology, but morality: Can we know what's right even if our emotions are conflicted?<br /><br />Everyone agrees that abortion kills something that's alive. After all, dead things don't grow! But whether it's right to take the life of any living being depends entirely on the question: What kind of being is it?" <a href="http://caseforlife.com/index.asp"><span style="font-weight: bold;">(for more click here)</span></a><br /><br />This is the best book on the topic.<br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=wwwthinkchr01-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=1433503204" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-7431692539038789195?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0A Prayer that Works...http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/10/prayer-that-works.htmlTheologyBiblePrayerhopeThinking Christianlynoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-10-25T12:55:27-07:00 <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008">  <style>  </style>  When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.—Ephesians 3:14-21 (NLT)<o:p> <br /> <br /></o:p>These words have given and continue to give me hope in the power of God. <br /> <br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a> <br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a> <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div> <br /> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-3282366027484201701?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Sometimes we can get so busy that we don't stop and think...http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/10/sometimes-we-can-get-so-busy-that-we.htmlEternal LifehopeGospelJesus Christnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-10-23T16:58:11-07:00Take a few minutes to stop and think and watch this video:<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FfPepiBxK_M&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FfPepiBxK_M&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-8218541553010136192?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Fossil hailed as Man's ancestor is 'not even close relative'http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/10/fossil-hailed-as-mans-ancestor-is-not.htmlPop CultureNaturalismScienceDarwinian EvolutionFossil Recordnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-10-23T06:00:01-07:00Remember Ida? The Missing Link? All the hype? (the book, the show, the press, the flash) Well, it turns out that conclusions were far too hasty.<br /><br />In the article <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/biology_evolution/article6884359.ece"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fossil hailed as Man's ancestor is 'not even close relative'</span></a> there are some interesting statements:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">Erik Seiffert, of Stony Brook University in New York state, who led the study, said: “Our analysis provides no support for the claim that Darwinius is a link in the origin of higher primates, and instead indicates that, if anything, Darwinius is more relevant for our understanding of the origin of lemurs and lorises — which are our most distant primate relatives.”</span></blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;">Dr Seiffert said: “The PR hype surrounding the Darwinius description was very confusing. The uninformed observer watching the associated documentary certainly must have come away with a very different view — specifically that Darwinius truly was a critically important link in the origin of higher primates, if not the origin of apes or even humans.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">“Documentaries are extremely important for public understanding of science, so scientists and the media need to work together to make sure that they have their facts straight, and that they are portraying a balanced view of the evidence. I think that the most responsible approach would be to create documentaries well after publication of scientific results.”</span></blockquote>Moral of the story. Next time you see a discovery that will change the world headline about Evolution or Jesus...just give it time. It seems marketing and solid information are becoming harder to distinguish these days--and the publicity is just too tempting.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-817115946700121746?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0How To Be a Good Parent - Resources From A Christian Perspectivehttp://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-be-good-parent-resources-from.htmlParentsBibleWisdomchildrennoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-10-22T06:04:00-07:00Anybody got parenting all figured out? I don't. But I am getting some good input these days. The good thing is that there is wisdom available. There are principles, questions, and relationships that can help us along the way.<br /><br />I have put together a <a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=136"><span style="font-weight: bold;">parenting resource page</span></a> over at www.thinkchristianly.org under the card catalog section (there are links to videos, websites, DVD's and Books). Check it out and pass it along. No one is perfect--including the authors and teachers I recommend; but they can be helpful to your journey as a parent.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-6349299106082922672?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Is Naturalism Rational?http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-naturalism-rational.htmlNaturalismDarwinian EvolutionPhilosophyApologeticsnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-10-21T05:45:01-07:00“It is only through trusting our own minds that we have come to know Nature herself. If Nature, when fully known, seems to teach us (that is, if the sciences teach us) that our own minds are chance arrangements of atoms, then the sciences themselves would be chance arrangements of atoms and we should have no reason for believing them.”—C.S. Lewis<br /><br />See Alvin Plantinga's formulation of this in <a href="http://www.calvin.edu/academic/philosophy/virtual_library/articles/plantinga_alvin/naturalism_defeated.pdf">"Naturalism Defeated"</a><br /><br />See a full length book treatment of this argument by Victor Reppert:<br /><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=wwwthinkchr01-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0830827323" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-5509341696038050317?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0Does the New Testament Give Us Reliable History?http://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/10/does-new-testament-give-us-reliable.htmlNew TestamentBiblehistorical jesusPhilosophyHistorynoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-10-19T22:05:17-07:00 <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008">  <style>  </style> <meta name="Title" content=""> <meta name="Keywords" content=""> <meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 2008"> <link rel="File-List" href="file://localhost/Users/jcmorrow/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml">  <style>  </style>   <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">New Testament scholar R.T. France observes, “At the level of their literary and historical character we have good reasons to treat the Gospels seriously as a source of information on the life and teaching of Jesus, and thus on the historical origins of Christianity….Beyond that point, the decision as to how far a scholar is willing to accept the record they offer is likely to be influenced more by his openness to a supernaturalist world-view than by strictly historical considerations.” <br /> <br />The real question is whether someone is going to reject miracles <i>a priori</i> or whether they will be open to actually examining the evidence on a case by case basis.</span></p>  <br /><span style=";font-family:Cambria;font-size:12pt;" ><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&nou=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=wwwthinkchr01-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0830815287" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></span> <br /> <br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a> <br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a> <br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div> <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-420365254627651441?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0The Value of Wisdomhttp://thinkchristianly.blogspot.com/2009/10/value-of-wisdom.htmlBibleSpiritual FormationWisdomnoreply@blogger.com (Jonathan Morrow)2009-10-17T21:47:10-07:00"By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures."--Proverbs 24:3-4<br /><br />Pursuing wisdom is always worth the effort.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/">ThinkChristianly.org</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/thnkChristianly">Think Christianly on Twitter</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0825433541?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwthinkchr01-20&link_code=am3&camp=211189&creative=373493">Welcome to College</a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://thinkchristianly.org/Default.aspx?tabid=127">thinkChristianly Podcast</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/559527590370290894-3281431820258563212?l=thinkchristianly.blogspot.com'/></div>0http://test.thinkchristianly.org/Portals/0/assets/images/tcLogo.gifwww.thinkchristianly.org