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Christianity Rapidly Grows in Iran
Source: CBN News via YouTube.com For more than three weeks, hundreds of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets to protest against the Iranian regime. Some hope this could lead to a change of leadership in the Islamic Republic of Iran. It’s also spurring more people to turn to […]
Let Christianity be Weird!
Friends, Happy Easter! Christ is risen—Alleluia, Alleluia! Recently, I had a public conversation with the popular historian Tom Holland. Someone from the crowd asked him, “What’s the call of our time?” and he said, “Let Christianity be weird.” When I was coming of age, there was a tendency to reduce […]
England Must Return to the Catholic Faith Or It Will Fall
Source: Catholic Drive Time via YouTube.com. Guest Seg. – Dr. Gavin Ashenden – the fall of Christianity in the UK … a British Catholic layman, author and commentator, and Associate Editor of the Catholic Herald. Formerly a priest of the Church of England, and subsequently a continuing Anglican bishop. He […]
Going Beyond the Culture Wars
Source: Fr. Gavan Jennings via mercatornet.comUsed with permission. How Western culture has been moulded by faith. In this terrific book, Dubliner Fr Paul O’Callaghan, a lecturer in the school of theology in the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, presents a succinct and insightful analysis of a daunting […]
Randy Isaac’s Critique Demonstrates the Power of Philosophical Bias [Part 1].
Source: Dr. Brian Miller via evolutionnews.org. Reprinted with permission. Editor’s note: See also, “Is Information in DNA “Abstract”? Physicist Randy Isaac Responds.” Physicist Randy Isaac recently wrote a critique of our book The Mystery of Life’s Origin: The Continuing Controversy, arguing that it fails to persuasively demonstrate that life could not have originated […]
Randy Isaac’s Critique Demonstrates his Faith-Based Approach to Science [Part 2].
Source: Dr. Brian Miller via evolutionnews.org. Reprinted with permission. In my previous article, I described how Randy Isaac’s critique of The Mystery of Life’s Origin: The Continuing Controversy failed to honestly engage with Jonathan Wells’s analysis of how recent textbooks misrepresent the relevance of the Miller-Urey experiment, or with James Tour’s exposé on the state of […]
Answering Anti-Christian Objections
Source: Anthony Esolen via crisismagazine.com. Reprinted with permission. Recently, a radio talk show host for the Australian Broadcasting Company invited a Catholic professor whose field is the New Testament to speak about the stories surrounding the birth of Jesus. The host, himself not a believer, was delighted with the show and […]
Darwinism and “No Lives Matter”
Source: David Klinghoffer via evolutionnews.org. Reprinted with permission. I’ve wondered if the marauding vandals will come eventually for the Darwin statues. I hope NOT, but let’s face it — between Francis Scott Key or Ulysses Grant, on one hand, and Charles Darwin on the other, whose work has done more […]
Lessons On How To Sell Beautiful Art To a Secular Market
Source: David Clayton via thewayofbeauty.orgReprinted with permission. I received an interesting email from my friend, artist James Gillick the other day. Jim, as some regular readers will know, is a Catholic artist who has managed to make a good living by selling his work to the secular market. This is […]
New book makes a convincing Christian case for not going to college
Source: The Van Maren Show via Acast Quote: “On this week’s episode of The Van Maren Show, Jonathon speaks with Timothy Gordon, Catholic podcaster and author, about a new book he co-wrote titled Don’t Go to College: A Case for Revolution. It is set to be released in August”. Header image: via […]
Why I am a Christian
Source: Apologetics Roadshow via YouTube Dr. David Wood (a former atheist) explains how he became a Christian in a jail cell. For Dr. Guillaume Bignon’s testimony (“From French Atheist to Christian Theologian: The Testimony of Guillaume Bignon”), click here: • From French Atheist to Christian Theo… PATREON: / acts17apologetics SUBSCRIBESTAR: https://www.subscribestar.com/david-wood PAYPAL: https://www.paypal.me/Acts17Apologetics STORE: https://acts-17-merch.creator-spring.com Header […]