{"id":14419,"date":"2018-06-08T02:12:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T09:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=14419"},"modified":"2018-06-08T02:12:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T09:12:50","slug":"weekly-links-682018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2018\/06\/08\/weekly-links-682018\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Links (6\/8\/2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;Lots of people call God Creator but live like evolutionists. It\u2019s as if life is about the survival of the fittest rather than about living like a dependent creature\u2014 trusting our Creator rather than ourselves\u2014 and according to our Maker\u2019s instructions.&#8221; (David Murray, Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>by Cesar Vigil-Ruiz<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Feliz Friday! Here are some links to brighten up your weekend!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A current bill in CA is being considered in the Senate, which is worrying a number of Christians. On a recent podcast, <em>Coffeehouse Questions<\/em>, host <a href=\"http:\/\/apologetics.com\/blog\/ryanp\/ab-2943-will-the-bible-be-banned-interview-with-neal-hardin\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Ryan Pauly interviews Neal Hardin<\/a> about this bill and some objections raised against it, including whether the Bible is expected to be banned with the passing of AB 2943. Make sure to tune in.<\/li>\n<li>Biophysicist Ken Dill, in a TEDx Talk, argues that the <a href=\"https:\/\/evolutionnews.org\/2018\/06\/biophysicist-ken-dill-protein-machines-are-real-machines-thats-not-a-metaphor\/\">proteins in your body are actually machines<\/a>. There doesn&#8217;t seem to be a greater implication for design by a former president of the National Academy of Sciences.\u00a0 Also, Stephen Meyer and SUNY biologist Scott Turner <a href=\"https:\/\/evolutionnews.org\/2018\/06\/listen-scott-turner-stephen-meyer-and-bernards-dangerous-idea\/\">discuss the concept of homeostasis<\/a>, and its ability to question Turner&#8217;s acceptance of evolutionary theory.<\/li>\n<li>Julie and Greg Lowe gives their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccef.org\/resources\/podcast\/julie-and-greg-lowes-adoption-story-part-1\">adoption story<\/a>, which I&#8217;m sure will be a blessing for us all to hear.<\/li>\n<li>Can you recognize sexual abuse in marriage? Biblical counselor Darby Strickland provides some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccef.org\/resources\/blog\/sexual-abuse-in-marriage\">signs of an abusive marriage<\/a>, and how you can begin to help them.<\/li>\n<li>Sean McDowell shares a video on <a href=\"http:\/\/seanmcdowell.org\/blog\/how-do-you-talk-with-someone-from-another-religion\">how to talk with someone from another religion<\/a>. Pastor Jordan Standridge gives an example by sharing his <a href=\"http:\/\/thecripplegate.com\/an-encounter-with-a-mother-god-cult-evangelist\/\">conversation with a member of the World Mission Society Church of God<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Colorado baker Jack Phillips won his case to refuse to bake a cake for a same-sex couple, which has been in the courts since 2012. Here is Phillips&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/31537\/watch-colorado-baker-reacts-supreme-court-win-says-amanda-prestigiacomo\">first interview<\/a> since the decision.<\/li>\n<li>Ryan McGraw, in his current series on preaching Christ at Reformation21, writes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reformation21.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/everyone-plays-a-part-in-preac.php\" class=\"broken_link\">every individual person&#8217;s part in the preaching of the Word<\/a>, and the implications of this biblical reality.<\/li>\n<li>John Piper wrote a letter to a mother who is caring for her 20 year-old disabled son. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/interviews\/a-word-to-strengthen-parents-of-disabled-children\" class=\"broken_link\">Here<\/a> is his letter.<\/li>\n<li>Former trauma and critical care surgeon Kathryn Butler makes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/believers-consider-advance-directives\/\">case for believers to consider advanced directives<\/a>, highlighting the recent brain injury suffered by Christian apologist Melinda Penner of Stand to Reason. This gives us much to pray for, with respect to end-of-life issues, and for Melinda. Please read and pray for her.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s all for this week! Please pray for the youth and collegians, as they meet tonight at church for Bible study. See you all on Sunday!<\/p>\n<p><em>Soli Deo Gloria<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Lots of people call God Creator but live like evolutionists. It\u2019s as if life is about the survival of the fittest rather than about living like a dependent creature\u2014 trusting our Creator rather than ourselves\u2014 and according to our Maker\u2019s instructions.&#8221; (David Murray, Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture) by Cesar Vigil-Ruiz [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":372,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-links"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14419"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14430,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14419\/revisions\/14430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}