Be Like Your Heavenly Father: Encourage Your Child

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Pastor Bobby Conway, founder of the YouTube channel, One Minute Apologist recently delivered a sermon titled, “Come Meet Jesus.” He brings up a wonderful point that maybe we don’t think about too often as we read Mark 1:10-11. Here’s the verses:

10–As Jesus was coming up out of the water, He saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.11 And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.

We usually see this tremendous moment in time as the beginning of Jesus’ ministry with God the Father blessing and commissioning Jesus. Bobby notices a tidbit here that he takes a moment to bring to our attention. He takes note of the love God has for His son and sees God’s heart to tell Jesus how pleased He is with Him.

Bobby suggests fathers should take a cue from God. “What a great Father. All fathers, make sure you validate your children. Give them some encouragement. This Father knew how to validate His Son.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1CJA8eF1gM –(Minute 20:27 through 20:51.)

Thoughts on the existence of God.

We may not have a doubt that God exists , but can you give evidence to someone who asks you why you think there is a God? Many unbelievers will not give you the time of day if you say, “Because the Bible told me so.” So, can you present any facts that will help the skeptic give you a hearing? I think the sources below will give you some solid talking points and reliable evidences that our God truly does exit.

  Source: On Mike Winger’s YouTube channel, he is joined by Braxton Hunter from Trinity Radio as they discuss evidence for God. They will talk about the Kalam Cosmological argument for God’s existence and address objections to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrgSbFhHCmU

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Source: Oneminuteapologist –The link below is is a short clip where Bobby Conway and Cameron Bertuzzi discuss—“What is the Best Argument for God’s Existence?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNwy7pZ_8uM

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William Lane Craig | Apologetics | Reasonable Faith    Source: In an article from William Lane Craig, he gives five reasons to think that God exists:

  1. God makes sense of the origin of the universe.
  2. God makes sense of the fine-tuning of the universe for intelligent life.
  3. God makes sense of objective moral values in the world.
  4. God makes sense of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
  5. God can be immediately known and experienced.

He also states three reasons why God’s existence makes a difference:

  1. Life is ultimately meaningless without God.
  2. Without God we live without hope.
  3. If God, exists, you can know His love personally.

https://www.reasonablefaith.org/writings/popular-writings/existence-nature-of-god/does-god-exist