Many people believe there to be a conflict between Science and the Bible, or between Science and Faith. As both a scientist and a strong believer in the absolute truth  of the Bible, I have studied many of the issues and have come to the conclusion that there is absolutely no contradiction between faith and science, in fact, just the opposite. Science strengthens my faith, and faith opens my mind to accept many of the findings of science. I believe that the church’s failure to confront or study these so-called contradictions are a grave mistake, especially as it may cause many people to reject the life of faith and the Bible for no good reason. 

Whoevercauses one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come,but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

Matthew 18: 6-7.

GOD AND THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

The following posts are derived from a three part seminar entitled “God and the Theory of Everything, and below is an outline of what they cover. Enjoy reading. 

PART A: THE REVELATION OF GOD IN NATURE

  • “How can you be a Bible believing, born-again Believer in Jesus and a scientist?”
  • Is faith in God fundamentally opposed to science?
  • Faith is rational
  • The threefold revelation of God:
    • through the prophets, the history of mankind (especially Israel) and the written word (the Bible);
    •  through His incarnation as Jesus the Messiah,
    • and through nature.
  • God and the pursuit of knowledge through science
  • What is science and what is its ultimate goal?
  • What are the basic assumptions of science?
  • Scientific proof and the generation of theories.
  • What if science contradicts the Bible?
  • Galileo and the Church
  • The revelation of God in the natural world

PART B: IS YOUR GOD TOO SMALL?

  • The size and age of the universe 
  • God is infinite and eternal – what does that mean?
  • The time-space universe and the timeless dimensions
  • The Big Bang Theory
  • Entanglement and the Multiverse Theory
  • The Theory of Everything

PART C: AGE OF THE EARTH, LIFE AND EVOLUTION  

  • The age of the Earth
  • Adam and Eve, and the Flood
  • What is life?
  • Conditions for life – our fine-tuned universe- is there life elsewhere?
  • Evolutionary Theory
    • Reaction of church
    • Evolution and the Bible
    • Evidence for Evolution
    • Where Evolutionary Theory fails – improbability of chance – natural selection and mutations – the complexity of life – the gaps in the fossil record- mechanism for formation of new species, or new types of organisms.