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Saddleback Church Apologetics Conference 2009 Audio

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Saddleback Church recently hosted an Apologetics Conference with a number of great apologists. Now their audio and video are available for listening and viewing online. But if you prefer MP3s or a podcast feed, you can download there right here:

• How Can I Know God Exists? – Dinesh D’Souza – MP3
• How Did the Universe Begin – William Lane Craig – MP3
• If God Exists, Why is there Evil? – Norman Geisler – MP3
• Has Science Made Belief in God Obsolete? – J.P. Moreland – MP3
• What Do the Gospels Really Say About Jesus? – Darrell Bock – MP3
• How Can I Defend My Faith Without Sounding Defensive? – Greg Koukl – MP3

These are some great talks! Accessible and solid. (Many thanks to the Apologetics 315 blog of recompiling this list with links)

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Does Richard Dawkins Exist?

OK. I came across this video on YouTube and it is brilliantly done (even down to sounding like Dawkins)…if you are familiar with Richard Dawkins and his book the God Delusion. A very witty parody and subtle “turn about is fair play” of employment of Dawkins own arguments on whether Dawkins actually exists.

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Journey Into the Cell

What is going on inside the cell? Here is a fascinating narration of what is going in the cell and what incredible information must be present for this to occur. You gotta check this out!

For the book by Stephen Meyer explaining all this and why it points to intelligent design, see his bestselling book Signature in the Cell.

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The self-esteem myth

Will high self-esteem fix our kids? Marcia Segelstein comments on the evidence in the following opinion piece for World Magazine:

The theory that promoting self-esteem in children provides wide-ranging benefits has been debunked. Again.

A new book, NurtureShock, by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, takes a look at a variety of recent findings about child development. Among them is evidence that teaching self-esteem doesn’t do children any good whatsoever.

Americans seem eager to embrace fads…(more)

I resonated with the simple, yet profound observation she made: “I know that Christianity is more complicated than the simple but profound fact that God loves each of us perfectly. But I’ve often thought that if we could know that—deep down, every moment—it would be the cure for our insecurities and the negative thoughts and actions they breed.”

A book that powerfully brings this theme home is Love Beyond Reason by John Ortberg.