Tag: science

556 Recruiting Ancients for the Creation Debate (Andrew Brown)

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Christians have approached the first chapter of Genesis differently over the centuries. There are those who hold to young earth creationism, day-age theory, gap theory, and progressive creationism, just to name a few. Oftentimes defenders of a particular view will provide biblical, scientific, and historical evidence for their position. Our focus today is on the Read more about 556 Recruiting Ancients for the Creation Debate (Andrew Brown)[…]

499 Early Church History 17: The Kingdom of God in Early Christianity

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This is part 17 of the Early Church History class. Throughout the first five hundred years of Christian history, a significant shift occurred in what we believed about our ultimate destiny. The New Testament and the early church fathers repeatedly expressed belief in God’s kingdom coming to earth. Over time, however, this idea gave way Read more about 499 Early Church History 17: The Kingdom of God in Early Christianity[…]

Can the Bible Get Science Wrong?

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This is a follow-up discussion to Will Barlow’s Scripture and Science class, episode 16. If you haven’t watched or listened to that yet, you can go here to find on the Restitutio podcast feed as episode 479 here. Sean Finnegan asks Will Barlow about the possibility of the Bible getting scientific descriptions wrong. How can Read more about Can the Bible Get Science Wrong?[…]

479 Scripture & Science 16: Science in the Bible (Will Barlow)

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What do we do when the science in the bible seems wrong by today’s standards, but typical for their world? For example, those who believe in a flat earth often point to scripture as evidence for their belief. Indeed the bible arguably does contain some texts that imply a flat earth. But, if the Hebrew Read more about 479 Scripture & Science 16: Science in the Bible (Will Barlow)[…]

How Did Life Come into Being? (Eric Metaxas, James Tour)

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Where does life come from? Eric Metaxas opens with some comedic remarks (keep in mind he has a classic NY sense of humor) and then engages Dr. James Tour in conversation about his work in nanotechnology before delving into the issue of abiogenesis. Tour has taken it upon himself to expose the exaggerated “progress” that Read more about How Did Life Come into Being? (Eric Metaxas, James Tour)[…]

Why is our universe SO finely tuned to support life?

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This is a follow-up discussion to Will Barlow’s Scripture and Science class, parts 6-8. If you haven’t watched or listened to that yet, you can go here or find it on the Restitutio podcast feed as episode 464 on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sean Finnegan asks Will Barlow about light, relativity, quantum theory, the big Read more about Why is our universe SO finely tuned to support life?[…]

463 Scripture & Science 5: Reading Genesis One, Part 3 (Will Barlow)

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Today we are going to cover gap theories and John Walton’s temple idea. Will Barlow explains how gap theories work, including the classic idea that there’s a gap of billions of years between Genesis 1.1 and 1.2 as well as the modified version. After explaining the pros and cons for these views, he briefly explains Read more about 463 Scripture & Science 5: Reading Genesis One, Part 3 (Will Barlow)[…]

391 Why Christianity 4: Believing in God Is Not Stupid (Jerry Wierwille)

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Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts This is part 4 of the Why Christianity class. Is Christianity irrational?  Is believing in God intellectually vacuous?  Jerry Wierwille will address the criticism of skeptics that Christian belief is arrogant, unjustified, and irrational.  Next, he’ll describe the popular secular belief in scientism before exposing its Read more about 391 Why Christianity 4: Believing in God Is Not Stupid (Jerry Wierwille)[…]

390 Why Christianity 3: God Is Real (Sean Finnegan)

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Listen to this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts This is part 3 of the Why Christianity class. How do you know God is real?  What sorts of evidence would you marshal to make a case for God’s existence?  It won’t do to tell skeptics you believe in God because you’ve always believed in him, Read more about 390 Why Christianity 3: God Is Real (Sean Finnegan)[…]

373 Postmodernism 4: Cross-Cultural Conversations

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Today in our fourth and final part of our series on postmodernism Pastor Jacob Ballard explains four key guidelines for cross-cultural ministry. Always change the language, but never change the message Exchange meta-narrative for personal narrative or community narrative Exchange certainty for humility, clues, hints, and mysteries Exchange absolutist morality for personal accountability and communal Read more about 373 Postmodernism 4: Cross-Cultural Conversations[…]

371 Postmodernism 2: Modernism vs. Postmodernism (Jacob Ballard)

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In our last episode, Pastor Jacob Ballard explained what worldviews are. Today he covers the two major worldviews: modernism and postmodernism. Although many today still approach life from a modernist mindset, postmodernism is here in increasing force. What are we as bible-believing Christians to do about this? The first step is to become aware of Read more about 371 Postmodernism 2: Modernism vs. Postmodernism (Jacob Ballard)[…]

Off Script 40: Roy Moore, Gay Wedding Cakes, and White Evangelicals

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While scrolling through Facebook, I came across Charles Mathewes’ Washington Post article, “White Christianity is in big trouble. And it’s its own biggest threat.”  At first reading, I was infuriated at what I felt were unfair criticisms, but after I thought about it, I realized what an opportunity this article presented.  It collects together no Read more about Off Script 40: Roy Moore, Gay Wedding Cakes, and White Evangelicals[…]

Podcast 64: Science vs. the Bible (Apologetics 14)

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Apologetics 14: Science (Objection 2) Although our culture commonly pits science and faith against each other, as if they’ve been at war for centuries, the truth is that faith gave birth to science.  In this lecture, you’ll learn about some of the main science objections that skeptics bring against Christianity and how to respond to Read more about Podcast 64: Science vs. the Bible (Apologetics 14)[…]

Fine Tuning Argument for God

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Check out this video from William Craig’s ministry, Reasonable Faith, explaining why God exists using the fine tuning of physical constants. Here is the three step argument: The universe evidences order and design A design implies a designer A designer of the universe exists This argument works for any living creatures (hummingbirds, bacteria, etc.), complex Read more about Fine Tuning Argument for God[…]

Off Script 5: Scientism

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Is scientific knowledge superior to all other forms of knowledge?  How should Christians balance faith and reason?  Join Rose Rider, Daniel Fitzsimmons, and Sean Finnegan as they discuss science and religion in an effort to describe and deconstruct the naive notion that science has all the answers. Read a detailed article on Scientism here.

Scientism

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This is part 5 of a series of posts called, “Identifying and Subverting Cultural Narratives.” Scientism is the idea that the kind of knowledge gained from the scientific method is superior to all other means of acquiring knowledge if there are any other legitimate means. Scientism exalts empirical data and analysis over intuition, logic, emotion, Read more about Scientism[…]