It's been too long since we've done a "Resource Roundup," so here are a few interesting posts that I've read recently that I think you might enjoy as well:

What Are the Odds?
This is a great post about the logic of playing the lottery, despite the fact that the math of his final conclusion is incorrect.

I found out that my philosophy proffessor, George Wrisley, Ph.D., has a philosophy blog. Being a blogger myself, I was pretty excited! He's written some very interesting essays, so I encourage you to check his site out.

I decided to respond in length to one of the posts that I've read so far (entitled "A Difficult Dilemma: Deny that Humanity is Fallen, or Deny Evolution?"), and I thought I'd republish my comment here for you all to read:

I recently wrote about the best way to deal with personal attacks and insults, and we also write about philosophy and reasoning here on Cranial Collision on a pretty regular basis.

So what happens when poor reasoning skills and a bad response collide in the real world?

To answer that question, click over to my mountain bike blog and read about a confrontation I had with a redneck on my second-ever road bike ride. 

If you have time, be sure to read the comments too, as there have been a lot of excellent replies. And if you have any thoughts you want to share, please feel free to chime in!

This past April was a hectic month in my (Greg's) personal life this month, what with finishing up my semester at college complete with final exams, and an amazing trip to California for the Sea Otter Classic. On top of all that, my wife and I are moving. Naturally, the amount of time I've been able to spend writing hasn't been quite what I'd like it to be. I would like to thank AJ so much for picking up the slack and posting the vast majority of the articles this month. Great work dude!

Spread out over the course of the month, AJ has written an amazing, in-depth series about how to share the Christian faith with others. So far, he has published 4 detailed posts as he walks through the topic. Be sure to check this series out!

Thank you again for reading Cranial Collision. We'll hopefully be back with another update email sooner rather then later!

-The Cranial Collision Crew

The Gospel.

It's just one word, but it sums up the whole story of humanity. Who have you shared the G.O.S.P.E.L. with this week? (EFCA)

"Life in 6 Words: The GOSPEL communicates the whole story of the Bible in 6 key truths that capture the essence of God and human interaction. In this powerful video, rap artist Propaganda unpacks a simple 6 letter acrostic that spells out the word “GOSPEL” and communicates Jesus’ life-giving message of salvation."(Dare2Share)

Presented by Dare2Share Ministries.
You can purchase/download at Dare2Share.org

Photo Credit

"Don't Waste Your Life" Music Video By Lecrae:

CSNTM.org
CSNTM.org is "The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts." One of their main goals is to create a database including a digital photograph of ever single New Testament manuscript in existence. It's an incredible endeavor! Be sure to click over and check out images of the actual documents that our present day Bibles are made from! (I used a portion of one of these images for the picture in Part 3 of the recent series.)

The Resurgence

"The Resurgence is a movement that resources multiple generations to live for Jesus so that they can effectively reach their cities with the gospel by staying culturally accessible and biblically faithful."

Welcome to our second resource roundup! This week I wanted to take some time to highlight three distinctive articles from John Piper's Ministry Blog, Desiring God. From a Christian perspective, these articles have provided me with added insight and I hope they will spark interest in you as well!

Desiring God is a collaboration of resources, most of which are authored and/or produced by Pastor John Piper of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis. If you would like to learn more about what Desiring God is all about, a short mission statement for their ministry can be found here.


Life Is Not Trivial

Despite the fact that this article was written more than 30 years ago, it still rings true to this day. In this post, Piper explores the idea of life being insignificant and meaningless, and concludes that such a thing would be impossible based on the way nature exists, from what he reads in scripture, and what he feels as a human being.

Welcome to our first Resource Roundup! Since there are so many Christians that God has already blessed with amazing gifts of preaching and teaching, we thought that it would be a good idea to put together a post every week with a handful of links to resources that we think are extremely useful and insightful.

Another reason we are putting together these posts is because, again, this mission is bigger than just us! We don't live in a vacuum--we have millions of brothers and sisters in Christ spread all around the world. Let's get to know them and interact with them a bit!

Now on to the post:


Don't Shoot Other Christians