Podcasts

How did science begin? What sort of a worldview provides a basis for understanding nature? Learn why modern science was actually birthed and flourished under a Christian worldview.

In order to remain rock solid in this culture we need to make sure that we are standing on the Word of God. We do this every time we affirm the true history as recorded in Genesis, and by doing this we also confirm the Gospel which is rooted in that history.

Creationists are often accused of arguing from ignorance when they insist God is responsible for the apparent design in nature. The design argument makes a case that certain features of nature are best explained by an intelligent cause. But a common criticism is that this arbitrarily inserts God as a placeholder to fill a gap in our knowledge, a gap which science will eventually explain, leaving God without any role. However, this is a caricature of the way design proponents really argue. Creationists infer divine design for sound reasons, not based on a lack of knowledge. In fact, atheists are often the ones who blindly assume the gaps will be filled with naturalistic explanations, regardless of the evidence, as this episode points out.

The creation/evolution debate is often described as ‘science VS faith’. However, everyone lives by faith. This episode explores several types of faith and shows how belief in evolution fits the category of irrational faith.

The desire to postpone or escape death, through cryonics or any other means, is incompatible with true Christian faith. For all people of the past—with two exceptions Enochand Elijah—the present, and those yet to live in the future, death is an unavoidable reality; with the exception of those alive at the time of Jesus’ return.

The question of what happened to Adam when he ate the ‘forbidden fruit’ has been debated for centuries. Was Adam’s death physical or only spiritual? Was it instantaneous or delayed? God promised that Adam would die if he disobeyed, but the Bible also says Adam lived for hundreds of years afterward. Which is right? The answer requires an understanding of the underlying Hebrew wording and a comparison of how those phrases are used elsewhere. Yet, answering this perplexing question also has very important ramifications for New Testament theology. The promise was that physical death would follow disobedience. This is why Jesus had to physically die to pay for sins.

Whatever the latest media buzz, we can safely predict that the world will not see another Ice Age. This is founded in the confidence that the account of the global Flood in the book of Genesis is true, and that the Flood is what triggered the Ice Age.

According to the popular ‘gap theory’, the Genesis creation account can accommodate a history of millions of years in between the first two verses. But this attempt to squeeze millions of years into the Bible suffers from fatal flaws. The gap theory is inconsistent with its proponents’ own interpretation of Ezekiel 28. There are further problems with the gap theory as well, including its ad hoc suppositions, its placement of death before the Fall, its downplaying of Noah’s Flood, its violation of the Hebrew grammar in Genesis 1, and its opposition to Jesus’ view of Genesis. The Bible is clear—there is no gap!

Abortion has been one of the most important ethical issues in Western society for the last four decades. Many people, sadly including many Christians, think abortion is a difficult issue to understand and resolve. Watch the show to examine scripture to gain clarity in this controversial topic.

There are different kinds of faith. This episode explains why everyone lives by faith and summarizes and compares different kinds of faith. It looks at the role that faith plays in the origins debate, for both evolutionists and creationists.

Roe made the United States of America one of the least safe countries in the world for unborn babies. Unthinkably, the most dangerous place to be was in the mother’s womb, which God designed to be the safest place. Repealing Wade does not provide total protection for unborn babies against abortionists’ knives and vacuum cleaners, but it does allow states to protect them.

The Bible says God is revealed in His creation. Romans chapter 1 verse 20 demonstrates that everyone can know God exists because of what He made so that they are ‘without excuse’. Flying squid, tree climbing crocodiles, woodpeckers, fireflies and decoy spiders are all evidence of the Creator God of the Bible!

Many questions about Noah’s Ark and the Genesis flood are answered in this episode.

The Bible does not name the pharaohs with whom Moses interacted. Which Egyptian king was confronted by the biblical plagues and defeated at the Red Sea? Evidential clues suggest how biblical history and Egyptian history might best align. In this fascinating discussion, Gary Bates and Keaton Halley of Creation Ministries International talk about the evidence for the timing of the Exodus, and they put forward their proposed candidates for the pharaohs ruling in Egypt during the Israelite Oppression and the Exodus. The synchronisms are tantalising!

Trees are among the oldest living things on the planet. Some say longer than biblical Creation would allow. Dendrochronology is the science dealing with the study of the rings of trees in determining the dates and chronological order of past events. Learn why it is a help rather than a hindrance to the biblical chronology.

Do Christians worship one God, or three? How does God describe Himself in His Word?