Podcasts

From a straightforward view of the evidence from these and other real-world examples, surely it’s obvious: natural selection can eliminate, but never create. And we see that mutations are no help to the microbes-to-man evolutionary storyline either.

Does the Bible’s chronology contradict what we know about history? One popular video claims that according to the Bible’s chronology, the pyramids would have had to be built before Noah’s Flood, is this true?

Major scientific problems with the Big Bang are explained along with its incompatibility with Scripture!

Conflicting radioactive dating results are reported all the time and, on their own, there is no way of knowing what they mean. So geologists research how other geologists have interpreted the other rocks in the area in order to find out what sort of dates they would expect. Then they invent a story to explain the numbers as part of the geological history of the area.

We see Enoch mentioned three times in the New Testament. He is included in the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3 [https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Luke%203]. The author of Hebrews says, “By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him.”

Many modern theologians reject the idea that Noah’s Flood surrounded the globe, and they confine the event to a small area in Mesopotamia. Scientist Dr Robert Carter and apologist Keaton Halley discuss what the Bible actually says about the scale of the Flood, the historical shift in the church’s interpretation, and the role that the sciences of geology and genetics play in the debate.

Many Christians feel that Genesis is a side issue and that modern Christians should just focus on New Testament teachings. What would we know about origins if we only studied the New Testament?

A total eclipse is a spectacular sight that draws people from hundreds (or even thousands) of miles away, for a phenomenon that lasts only a few minutes. David wrote, “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork” (Psalm 19:1 [https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ps%2019.1]).

Perhaps you have seen a report in the media about a rock outcrop 800 million years old and wondered how that fits with the history of the Bible. We confront the same puzzle when we read about a fossil dinosaur that lived in Jurassic times. Once you have an idea of where a feature fits into biblical history you will be able to start thinking about the processes involved in forming that feature.

Genesis is NOT poetry. Rather, it is written as historical narrative, and affirmed by Jesus and the NT writers as true history, not myth.

Pro-choice advocates like to frame the debate as simply a matter of ‘choice’. Men aren’t even supposed to have an opinion. But if evolution is true, can there even be freedom of choice if our thoughts are simply the result of chemical reactions? Freedom to choose comes from God, who allowed us this freedom so we could choose to love Him and do His will, not choose our own selfish desires.

Millions of people from all around the world have reported seeing what they think are aliens from outer space. How should Christians respond to these reports? The Bible provides direction for understanding aliens and UFOs.

Within a theistic evolutionary framework, and many other ‘old earth’ views too, all members of Homo sapiens who were alive prior to the point when God made them like himself were soulless. Actually, there is irrefutable evidence that human ancestors of the genus Homo—allegedly soulless ones, according to advocates of theistic evolution—were spiritually aware beings, that they had a concept of an after-life.

Teaching our sons and daughters a biblical worldview is one of the most important things we can do as Christian parents. Even from a young age, our children are absorbing information about origins through storybooks, cartoons, and documentaries. It is important for parents to be proactive in presenting our children with a biblical answer in all aspects of learning. One of the primary audiences of the Scripture, “always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks for a reason for the hope that is in you” (1Peter 3:15), would be our children no matter how young or old.

The question has been raised: have we learned our lesson? We are in a spiritual battle against powerful adversaries and the enemies of the Gospel are not going to stop. But we have the Creator of the universe on our side.

How old does the Bible say the earth is? Can we trust biblical chronology, and how close to an exact ‘age’ can we get? Is the Greek translation of the Old Testament a better record of the Bible’s history? These questions can be answered, but we have to think through the issues.