Origins

Is there a middle ground between thousands and billions of years? Can the earth be hundreds of thousands of years old?

We humans may think our self-awareness marks us out as special but atheists insist it’s merely an illusion brought about by our brain chemistry. Why, then, do cognitive scientists, psychologists and philosophers fail to explain consciousness?

Taking apart the argument that says consciousness, rather than being a product of the supernatural soul, emerges from the complex physical structure of our brains

Does it give us a timetable? Does it give us the mechanics of how the parts came together?

A Christian advocate of millions of years of death and ‘natural evil’ before Adam is challenged to answer the dilemma this poses, namely that it implies that the Creator God is a moral monster.

A long forgotten English zoologist and surgeon wrote the first book that set out to disprove evolution.

Are we created or evolved? The evidence of design in nature, too-rapid decay of our genome, dinosaurs, stars, planets, fits with the Bibles account of Creation and the Flood, not evolution.

It is difficult sometimes to get the appropriate balance of ‘grace and truth’ when responding to opponents. Here are some principles that CMI uses.

As we look at the foundations of the ‘billions of years’ historical framework, are the foundations rock or sand?

Can God be loving and judge sin at the same time?

‘Billions of years’ is accepted without question but there is lots of evidence that the earth and universe are much, much younger.

If you want to be ready to defend your faith, it pays to be aware of some of these very common sceptical ploys.

Some people say that feeding the poor is more important than debating ‘side issues’ such as creation. Are they right?

Scientists say that a certain spot in the brain produces religious feeling; does that mean it’s all in our heads?

Jesus’ words break the circle.

How should Christians respond to the growing popularity of Buddhism and the associated idea of reincarnation?