A Bunch Of Reasons Christianity Is True: special guest Jonathan McLatchie

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Mike Winger

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🗓️ 16 May 2019

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Most people don't realize that there are lot of good reasons to think Christianity is true. This video is meant to introduce you to a bunch of them and to help you get thinking about something called "the cumulative case for Christianity". Check the rest of this description for links to further resources you can use to learn to better master these arguments. Jonathan McLatchie's links - YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr6nvYFyoCk5DsRgYRrhC_g and his web site http://Apologetics-Academy.org More on PROPHECY in my "Evidence for the Bible" playlist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjnwldgqN8c&list=PLZ3iRMLYFlHuhA0RPKZFHVcjIMN_-F596 The UNITY OF THE BIBLE is taught in depth in this series on "Jesus in the Old Testament" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWlpQauXiTU&list=PLZ3iRMLYFlHsHyvMtfgOgSPU6zEnCvxUO Learn about UNDESIGNED COINCIDENCES briefly in this YT video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ito1Xc6KxBM OR in detail in the wonderful book by Lydia McGrew https://amzn.to/2Q9iLRu (Amazon affiliate link) For a resource on the GENERAL RELIABILITY OF THE GOSPELS please see Peter Williams NEW book (I've read it and it is fantastic) https://amzn.to/2W6Y8KS (Amazon affiliate link) Also see a video lecture by him with less information than the book. https://youtu.be/wi2_VNz_pKw For the HISTORICITY OF THE BOOK OF ACTS check out this book. https://amzn.to/2Q3SfZs (Amazon affiliate link) it is quite pricey but thorough. Here is a short video by Dr. Craig Keener summarizing some of these points https://youtu.be/A_ZUGzPZwhk For NATURAL THEOLOGY (philosophical and science related arguments for God) see the following. -- William Lane Craig's books - "On Guard" is a more pop-level work https://amzn.to/30oeoX7 (affiliate) whereas "Reasonable Faith" is much more in challenging and equally rewarding. https://amzn.to/2VHcXEN (affiliate) Here are links to specific videos related to Natural Theology arguments. -- Kalam Cosmological. Short clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CulBuMCLg0 the same but in greater detail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ58aloF7Bc -- The Leibnizian Cosmological Argument https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2ULF5WixMM -- The Ontological Argument briefly explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBmAKCvWl74 and here given in great detail with objections answered. https://youtu.be/2t8xFlRM0vY -- Fine Tuning in Biology https://evolutionnews.org/2011/11/the_finely_tuned_genetic_code/?fbclid=IwAR3lkFxXROqPKYaan-5683LQuNpfrVj41A61qqq2R2BcfQMgFJmtff9686Y -- Fine Tuning of Our Universe. Short video explanation https://youtu.be/EE76nwimuT0 Long video defending this in detail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMn0RvVq4oY Argument from philosophy for the Trinity. Short clip here https://youtu.be/qtl2dvgGDxk In greater detail here https://amzn.to/2HkNp7o (affiliate) -- Argument from the Resurrection of Jesus. Lecture by Dr. William Lane Craig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NAOc6ctw1s I hope these resources are of great use to you and that they lead you or help you lead others to Jesus. He is the Way, the Truth and the Life and no one comes to the Father except through Him. He is the central truth we need to know so that we can be forgiven by God and receive relationship with God and eternal life. Its simple, and its true. If you want to help me (Mike Winger) continue producing free ministry content online then consider clicking here. https://biblethinker.org/index.php/donate

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0:00.0	I'm Pastor Mike Winger and this is Bible Thinker the program dedicated to thinking
0:05.9	biblically about everything.
0:10.4	Hey guys welcome today is a sort of randomly scheduled live stream. We're going to talk about a bunch of evidence for Christianity. I mean this this is stuff most people probably are not aware of.
0:20.0	Reasons that Christianity is true will give several different reasons and I think
0:24.7	that when you see these things as a whole when you look at these evidences for
0:29.2	Christianity and you compile them together it's really impressive and it's also really persuasive.
0:35.0	So consider this like an introduction to what we call the cumulative case for Christianity.
0:41.0	And I have a special guest with me today who's actually going to be presenting a lot of the content.
0:44.2	I'll just be doing the interview portion.
0:45.8	He's going to be bringing all the oftenness and his name is Jonathan McClatchy.
0:50.3	Jonathan McClatchy, here's his little bio real quick so you guys know who you're listening to.
0:53.8	He's a Christian writer, he's an international speaker and debater.
0:57.2	He's done, how many debates is it now that you've done?
0:59.2	I've done 26 debates now.
1:01.6	26 debates, I don't even want to think about all the time it takes to prepare for 26 debates.
1:06.3	He holds a bachelor's degree with honors in forensic biology, a master's degree in evolutionary
1:10.5	biology, and a second master's in medical and molecular bioscience.
1:14.8	And he'll be talking about some of those related things today.
1:17.2	Currently, Jonathan is completing his PhD in cell biology.
1:20.4	It's almost over now.
1:21.8	And Jonathan is a contributor to various apologetics
1:24.7	websites, including crossexamine.org,
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