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RTB is a premier bridge-building ministry that harmonizes science and Scripture. Founded by astrophysicist Dr. Hugh Ross, RTB champions Old Earth Creationism, arguing that the "book of nature" and the Bible are perfectly compatible. ​By utilizing rigorous scientific data—from the Big Bang to fine-tuning—they provide a reasoned defense of the Christian faith. Their mission is to equip believers and engage skeptics through intellectual integrity. We meet Third Mondays at 4:30 pm at Foley Public Library where we  review top Scientists of faith. Talks are anounced on the RTB FOLEY GROUP. You can reach us at our Group site or email me at vmancha@gmail.com 

Mikki Willis’s The Great Awakening (2023) positions itself squarely within the long lineage of American civic resistance and populist renewal. Rather than presenting a mere political grievance, the documentary taps into the foundational spirit of 1776, echoing early American skepticism of concentrated authority and centralized power. ​The film draws a direct ideological continuum from the First and Second Great Awakenings—historic eras that energized individual conscience, moral self-determination, and grassroots mobilization—to the modern era. By framing civil liberties, free expression, and local community resilience as essential bulwarks against institutional overreach, it casts ordinary citizens in the classic American archetype of the vigilant defender of liberty. ​Ultimately, the documentary delivers a message of civic empowerment. It urges viewers to move past fatalism, reclaim personal sovereignty, and revive the constitutional principles of decentralized governance...

C.S. Lewis famously described himself as "the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England" in 1929. Having embraced absolute atheism as a young man following the early death of his mother and the horrors of World War I, Lewis’s return to faith was primarily an intellectual struggle rather than an emotional one. A brilliant academic at Oxford, his rigid materialism crumbled under intense rational scrutiny and the influence of Christian friends like J.R.R. Tolkien. After years of resisting, Lewis finally admitted God existed, kneeling in prayer not with joy, but with the quiet surrender of someone defeated by logic.