I’m glad you enjoyed it so much, rlmorel! I’ve read “The Case for Christ,” as well as two more books from Lee Strobel’s series (”The Case for the Real Jesus” and “The Case for a Creator”). Also can’t recommend “Cold Case Christianity” by J. Warner Wallace enough. Consider these apologetics must-reads.
Next Sunday night I’ll be teaching a similar class on the New Testament papyri. This is part of a 12-part series I’ve been doing on the archaeological evidence for the Bible stories. Some of them have been livestreamed on Facebook, but my wife has been recording it with a better camera so we can put them on YouTube.
If it’s okay with the mods here I’m going to start sharing them on FR (there’s three weeks left) since the response has been mostly positive. I didn’t want to be accused of click-baiting. I’ll link you to any past ones you want to see.
Please do ping me. I was very impressed. My brother and I get together every Thursday night, and I am going to suggest we watch your video.
LOL, if the mods give you trouble, I’ll dive in and stick up for you.
One of the things I love about Free Republic is the fact that there is a vast body of knowledge out there that can be tapped into.
I want info on Energy issues? We have Freepers who know the industry.
Health Care? We have all types who can contribute (including me)
Military matters? Check.
Religion? Yep.
And...Archeology? Well, yes...:)
This may be a stretch, but stick with me...:) I am a big proponent of a Free Market economy, where the knowledge of millions of people is accumulated and decisions about how much to produce, at what price, and where they should be sent are not made by 10 “smart” men in a room, but by those millions of people voting by holding their hard earned dollar bills up in the air to bid for goods and services.
The collective knowledge about millions of small details that no 10 socialist men in a room can possibly know, makes all those decisions instead, without input or conscious decision in many cases, but efficiently sends goods and services in the right amounts to where they are wanted and needed.
It is the “Invisible Hand” of a Free Market economy.
I like to think that Free Republic does something similar with respect to knowledge. When an issue comes up and a thread is started, we don’t have 3 talking heads on some news station opining on the causes and meaning of a situation then delivering it to unthinking consumers of the news in a neatly packed (for them) bundle.
We have people who can be regarded as knowledgeable and erudite on a given subject, who can be truthful, and are not bashful about giving their point of view. And there are others who jump in, add a small piece of the puzzle here and there, someone else contests a statement, and we hammer away at an issue until it is possible we see the issue far more clearly and accurately than any news organization.
We make mistakes, but that is what freedom of speech is about...the right to make mistakes and disagree.
So when I started watching your video, I didn’t have the time, but...it drew me right in. It exposed me to knowledge I am either too busy to stumble across on my own, or don’t have the time to find the right resources.
Your video did just that for me. So, yeah...ping me!