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When Belief in Chance Surpasses Reason

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Reasons for Hope 315 in Design, Misconceptions | Leave a comment
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Share this with your friends: When Belief in Chance Surpasses Reason The odds of some things happening by chance alone (like the creation of the universe and life) are highly improbable, and yet we know improbable things do happen. So how improbable does an event have to be to rule out chance alone? At what point should our doubts about something happening by chance alone cause us to reject that explanation as unreasonable? If something is highly improbable to happen … →

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How We Know Jesus Really Rose Again

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Reasons for Hope 315 in Evidence for the Resurrection | Leave a comment
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Share this with your friends: How We Know Jesus Really Rose Again As we come upon another Easter celebration I wanted to once again share some of the strong historical evidence that Jesus did indeed actually rise from the dead. Christians who believe in the resurrection don’t do so just because that’s what we’ve been told and because it makes us feel better. That need not be the case anyway. There’s solid historical evidence that you can know and share … →

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100 Billion Times

Posted on February 18, 2018 by Reasons for Hope 315 in Design, Why Jesus Came | Leave a comment
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Share this with your friends: 100 Billion Times I had to share this song as it ties into so much of the evidence for God that I’ve shared here. Knowing God by faith involves both the mind and the heart and this song really grabs both for me. It’s a little long but I think it’s worth the listening/watching to the end. I hope it speaks to you as it does me. Share this with your friends:

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How Do I See Myself and the People Around Me?

Posted on November 17, 2017 by Reasons for Hope 315 in Design, More Than Matter | Leave a comment
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Share this with your friends: How Do I See Myself and the People Around Me? Whether we realize it or not, what we think about the origins of human life can have a dramatic effect on how we view ourselves and others. If I think I’m just an evolved animal, or going further back, just an accidental blob of chemicals that happened to come together in the right way, what reason do I have to think that there’s much value … →

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Eclipses – Amazing Coincidence or Evidence of Design?

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Reasons for Hope 315 in Design | Leave a comment
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Share this with your friends: Eclipses – Amazing Coincidence or Evidence of Design? On Monday, August 21st, 2017 the great majority of the United States will get to see a solar eclipse, with a total eclipse path going from Oregon to South Carolina. It will be an amazing and wonderful sight. I’m sure that we’re all going to be seeing lots of diagrams of how eclipses happen, like the one below. But while these are helpful, because they are not … →

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Do Near-Death Experiences Show We are More Than Physical?

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Reasons for Hope 315 in More Than Matter | Leave a comment
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Share this with your friends: Do Near-Death Experiences Show We are More Than Physical? I’ve always been skeptical of stories of near-death experiences. People have said all sorts of things and I’ve just never given the things they’ve said much weight. It’s not that I don’t believe that there’s life beyond death, I do. I guess my thinking has just been that anyone can tell stories of tunnels of light and angels, and while I believe that I will go … →

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We Don’t Celebrate Easter Because of the Bible

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Reasons for Hope 315 in Evidence for the Resurrection, Hope | Leave a comment
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Share this with your friends: We Don’t Celebrate Easter Because of the Bible Why do we celebrate Easter? Why do Christians believe that Jesus rose from the dead? A lot of people might think that it’s just because the Bible says so. That there’s really no other reason to believe it, but the Bible says so and Christians just believe what the Bible says. Therefore, if you don’t think that the Bible is the authoritative source of truth that should … →

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30 Years Ago Today I found Hope, Peace, Purpose and More

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Reasons for Hope 315 in Hope, Why Jesus Came | Leave a comment
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Share this with your friends: 30 Years Ago Today I found Hope, Peace, Purpose and More There aren’t too many things in life that so drastically affect your life that 30 years later you’re still talking about it and still can’t get over it. In 1987 I was sixteen years old. My life wasn’t going that badly but it wasn’t particularly good either.It was empty and without purpose and I really didn’t have much hope of it getting better. That … →

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Physical Matter and Nothing More? – My Mind and My Brain

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Reasons for Hope 315 in More Than Matter, Uncategorized | Leave a comment
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Share this with your friends: Physical Matter and Nothing More? – My Mind and My Brain Some would have us believe that you and I are physical matter and nothing more. They say that we don’t have a soul, that science has explained that all away. They say that I am just my body and that neuroscience has shown that my mind is just my brain. I, on the other hand, believe that there is both a physical world and … →

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Are Animals Physical Matter and Nothing More?

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Reasons for Hope 315 in More Than Matter | Leave a comment
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Share this with your friends: Are Animals Physical Matter and Nothing More? My daughter started college this year and today she is coming home for the first time since she left. I’m excited to see her, and while she’s excited to see us, she’s probably more excited to see our dog. I don’t take this personally, he’s a very sweet dog and, while we have visited her several times, she has only seen the dog once since she left. In my … →

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