Why does the universe continue to exist instead of vanishing into nothingness? It might seem like "it just has to" keep existing, but there's certainly no scientific principle that says it must do so... we just take that fact for granted.

According to the Bible, the heavens, with all their hosts, the and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them are preserved by God so that they continue to exist in a orderly way. Not only does this make scientific study possible, but it is the foundation for understanding that all things fall within God's control and work together to achieve God's purposes.

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After all these weeks of looking at the science, the culture, and surrounding literature, we finally look at several options for how to understand the opening chapters of Genesis. I give a pitch for what I think makes the most sense given the relevant evidence.

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At the heart of the Lord's Prayer there is a call to forgiveness. If you learn how to truly forgive, it can transform your relationships. This is not an easy thing to learn, but Jesus teaches that it is absolutely essential for everyone who follows him.

I was honored to preach this sermon at the Kwajalein chapel on Nov. 10th, 2024.

Why do the opening chapters of Genesis sound so strange to us? And are there other ancient cultures that produced similar creation narratives around the same time as Moses was composing Genesis?

Well, it turns out the answer to that question is both "yes" and "no." Many of the cultures surrounding ancient Israel did in fact generate creation stories which bear some striking similarities to Genesis 1-2, but the differences between Genesis and those other narratives are even more striking! This juxtaposition of a similar sounding story with a strikingly dissimilar view of God and nature seems to suggest that the opening chapters of Genesis were written specifically to attack many of the myths the ancient Israelites may have heard from other cultures: so that the Israelites would know there is one true God, and that "you shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below."

Is there any good evidence to support evolutionary theory? This week we look at the good, the bad, and the ugly of the key evidence and the scientific culture surrounding evolutionary theory. This includes digging into blind cave fish, fossil digs near the north pole, ancient whales with pelvis bones, DNA, animal eyes, the movement of bacteria.

It's another wild week on the podcast, so grab a coffee and dive in!

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Why is the scientific community so convinced that the origin of the tremendous variety of species we see is evolution by natural selection? And have Christians always been opposed to this idea?

This week, we look at the evidence concerning the age of the Earth and the specific ideas presented by Charles Darwin in On the Origin of Species.

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You know what topics really bring people together? Politics and religion! So let's talk about them for a bit.

I am once again joined by my lovely wife for a conversation about some of the basics of our political beliefs and what we think Scripture has to say about how Christians relate to the government.

Was your great-great-great....-great-great-grandpa a cyanobacteria? Some Christians argue that was the case while still believing that Genesis 1 provides and accurate account of God creating the universe. How can that be?!

This week, we look at the concept of theistic evolution. We begin by considering the possibility that God truly did create everything that exists in six, twenty-four hour days and some of the philosophical concerns that come along with that. Then we consider some of the scriptural issues with affirming that God created by a process of evolution.

Regardless of where we land on the specifics of creation, we always affirm our trust in God and his word regardless of whether or not we understand everything about what it says.