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Does AI Disagree With Our Beliefs?
AJ Sanchez
Does AI Disagree With Our Beliefs?
AJ Sanchez

There is a common debate tactic that many of us have encountered at some point in our lives: "Nobody agrees with you". Although it can be cliché and overused, it is effective. If it is true that very few people share our belief or draw the same conclusion, most of us will at least begin to second-guess ourselves.

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AJ Sanchez
Reactance
Mike James
Reactance
Mike James

There are many ideas and techniques used to promote the gospel message. Podcasts, videos, TikTok, pamphlets, booklets, sermons, and more. One-on-one evangelism can be very fruitful, too. In a book I am presently reading dealing with change, I have come upon a concept that is important for us to understand in relation to evangelizing one-on-one.

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Mike James
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Jeff Reed
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Jeff Reed

On April 19, 1995, a seemingly crazy thing happened in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. A very confident man robbed two different banks without using a disguise. He was so sure of his invisibility that he looked directly at the security cameras. His picture circulated on local television, and he was quickly arrested. McArthur Wheeler believed that using lemon juice would keep his face unseen to security cameras. He reasoned that since lemon juice is used to write invisible ink messages on paper, it would also hide his face. He was thoroughly shocked that he was caught and was observed saying, “But I wore the juice!” McArthur was very wrong in that belief. Local news reported that he even tested his theory earlier with a Polaroid camera. It appears that he was not skilled in the use of it either.

“Wise people are careful and avoid trouble; fools are too confident and careless” (Proverb 14:16, ERV). The story of this strange incident of foolish confidence led researchers David Dunning and Justin Kruger to study this phenomenon.

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Jeff Reed
Witnesses of These Things
Jeff Reed
Witnesses of These Things
Jeff Reed

One of the strongest reasons I believe the Gospel accounts are reliable is something we often take for granted: they read like real eyewitness testimony.

After His resurrection, Jesus told His disciples: “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things” (Luke 24:46–48).

Peter would later write: “For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty” (2 Peter 1:16).

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Jeff Reed

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