What are your thoughts on Halloween?

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Matt Chandler - Selfishness and Dating

Matt Chandler on consumerism and dating.
Excerpt from "The Counterintuitive Life"

Sproul and MacArthur explain praying to Mary - Can you go to heaven if you pray to Mary

R.C. Sproul and John MacArthur take questions from the audience at Ligonier Ministry's 2012 West Coast Conference.

Does Allowing Same-Sex Marriage Produce Equality?

Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason discusses a problem regarding the fight for equality. For more information, visit str.org.

Did Jesus Think Jesus Was God?

J. Warner Wallace, author of Cold-Case Christianity, was interviewed by Bobby Conway (The One Minute Apologist) and discussed the Deity of Jesus. Did Jesus make claims about His nature as God? Did He intend for others to believe He was God? (For more information related to Bobby's great ministry, visit:http://oneminuteapologist.com/)

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Ravi fields questions on suicide, intolerance and secularism from students at UCLA

Ravi fields questions on suicide, intolerance and secularism from students at UCLA

Ravi answers questions about morality and homosexuality from students at UCLA

Ravi answers questions about morality and homosexuality from students at UCLA

Romans 7:22–8:2 // No Condemnation

In your Bible reading, an author will often compare two things. It’s important to stop and study everything you learn about how those two things are similar and different. In this lab, Pastor John looks at our slavery to sin and freedom in Christ. For study questions visit http://www.desiringgod.org/labs/no-co...

Look at the Book Preview

ohn Piper // Look at the Book // 2 Timothy 3:14-17 // This is not the launch of Look at the Book. It's a preview. It's a ten-minute demonstration of the kind of thing I will be doing at our National Conference this September, and then with several texts each week when we launch Look at the Book this fall... Read more at http://desiringGod.org/blog/posts/a-f...

Could God Be Evil?

William Lane Craig was invited by the undergraduate Christian Union at Imperial College, London to give a lunch-time lecture on "The Evidence for God". Dr. Craig presented seven arguments and then invited questions from the student audience. The lecture was web streamed at the time. This is a high definition film recording of the event which includes the previously unseen Q&A session. Imperial College, London, United Kingdom -- October 18, 2011

Stories of Christian Persecution | Iraq's Refugees

This video gives us a glimpse of the shattered lives of persecuted Iraqi Christians who have been displaced by the violence and terrorism in their homeland. Many Christians have had to move to other countries in order to feel safe and secure. May God continue to protect and preserve these persecuted and displaced Iraqi Christian refugees.

In 2014, Iraq was ranked as the fourth hardest place to be a Christian due to christian persecution by the World Watch List.

Look at the Birds - Scripture Jam

"Look at the Birds" is a typography video on a scripture reading based on a passage in Matthew 6. Composed and orated by Mike Mason.

Audio Credits: "Here" from the album, Branches, by Keith Kenniff

My Eternity - Poetic Typography

My Eternity” is a typographical video that is inspired by John 17:03.

Audio Credit: “Levity” by This is the Giant

Can a Mother Forget - Sermon Jam

Sermon excerpts are from Tim Keller's sermon "Can a Mother Forget?" 
Sermon Credits: Dr. Timothy Keller. Sermon from Sunday, February 7, 2010.

Audio Credits: "Waking Season" by Caspian from the album Waking Season

Are We Commanded To Be Joyful?

Bobby looks at whether or not God commands us to be joyful.

Does God Exist: The Paradox of the Stone

Its an old argument against God's existence; "Can God create a stone big enough that he can't lift it?" RZIM itinerants shoot down the question.

2 Peter 1:3-4 // Precious and Great Promises

In this new Look at the Book video, John Piper models a method for studying verses like 2 Peter 1:3–4. He explains that with any passage in the Bible, we should be breaking down the paragraph into lines and studying how those lines relate to one another, paying special attention to the easily overlooked connecting words between lines. Read more at http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts...

2 Timothy 3:14–17 | Breathed Out By God - John Piper

The Fine Tuning of the Universe

Be sure to view the Kalam Cosmological Argument animation video: http://youtu.be/6CulBuMCLg0

Reasonable Faith features the work of philosopher and theologian Dr. William Lane Craig and aims to provide in the public arena an intelligent, articulate, and uncompromising yet gracious Christian perspective on the most important issues concerning the truth of the Christian faith today, such as:

-the existence of God
-the meaning of life
-the objectivity of truth
-the foundation of moral values
-the creation of the universe
-intelligent design
-the reliability of the Gospels
-the uniqueness of Jesus
-the historicity of Jesus' resurrection
-the challenge of religious pluralism

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From galaxies and stars, down to atoms and subatomic particles, the very structure of our universe is determined by these numbers:

* Speed of Light: c=299,792,458 m s-1

* Gravitational Constant: G=6.673 x 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2

* Planck's Constant: 1.05457148 x 10-34 m2 kg s-2

* Planck Mass-Energy: 1.2209 x 1022 MeV

* Mass of Electron, Proton, Neutron: 0.511; 938.3; 939.6 MeV

* Mass of Up, Down, Strange Quark: 2.4; 4.8; 104 MeV (Approx.)

* Ratio of Electron to Proton Mass: (1836.15)-1

* Gravitational Coupling Constant: 5.9 x 10-39

* Cosmological Constant: (2.3 x 10-3 eV)

* Hubble Constant: 71 km/s/Mpc (today)

* Higgs Vacuum Expectation Value: 246.2 GeV

These are the fundamental constants and quantities of the universe. Scientists have come to the shocking realization that each of these numbers have been carefully dialed to an astonishingly precise value - a value that falls within an exceedingly narrow, life-permitting range. If any one of these numbers were altered by even a hair's breadth, no physical, interactive life of any kind could exist anywhere. There'd be no stars, no life, no planets, no chemistry.

Consider gravity, for example. The force of gravity is determined by the gravitational constant. If this constant varied by just one in 1060 parts, none of us would exist. To understand how exceedingly narrow this life-permitting range is, imagine a dial divided into 1060 increments. To get a handle on how many tiny points on the dial this is, compare it to the number of cells in your body (1014) or the number of seconds that have ticked by since time began (1020). If the gravitational constant had been out of tune by just one of these infinitesimally small increments, the universe would either have expanded and thinned out so rapidly that no stars could form and life couldn't exist, or it would have collapsed back on itself with the same result: no stars, no planets, no life.

Or consider the expansion rate of the universe. This is driven by the cosmological constant. A change in its value by a mere 1 part in 10120 parts would cause the universe to expand too rapidly or too slowly. In either case, the universe would, again, be life-prohibiting.

Or, another example of fine-tuning: If the mass and energy of the early universe were not evenly distributed to an incomprehensible precision of 1 part in 1010123, the universe would be hostile to life of any kind.

The fact is our universe permits physical, interactive life only because these, and many other numbers, have been independently and exquisitely balanced on a razor's edge.

"WHEREVER PHYSICISTS LOOK, THEY SEE EXAMPLES OF FINE-TUNING." - Sir Martin Rees

"THE REMARKABLE FACT IS THAT THE VALUES OF THESE NUMBERS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN VERY FINELY ADJUSTED TO MAKE POSSIBLE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE." - Stephen Hawking

"IF ANYONE CLAIMS NOT TO BE SURPRISED BY THE SPECIAL FEATURES THE UNIVERSE HAS, HE IS HIDING HIS HEAD IN THE SAND. THESE SPECIAL FEATURES ARE SURPRISING AND UNLIKELY." - David Deutch

What is the best explanation for this astounding phenomenon? There are three live options. The fine-tuning of the universe is due to either physical necessity, chance, or design. Which of these options is the most plausible?

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