Author: Adrian
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Creation and Evolution, Part 5 – The Ark & the Flood. Responding to the atheist challenges.
Introduction The Ark and Flood are a key area of challenge by atheists and secular science. It is another area that many Christians have “given up the fight” and accepted it as myth. There is absolutely no reason to “give up” on this as not only is the Ark feasible, but the flood is supported…
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Creation and Evolution, Part 4 – The Laws of Thermodynamics Challenge Evolution
Key Issue with and Challenge to Evolution In essence, this issue is that there are no known mutations which give new information to living things. They all either lose information or re-arrange existing information – this is also the case for genetic information. Evolution requires that new information be added without external intervention. The first…
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Creation and Evolution, Part 3 – Premise and Process of Evolution
Introduction In this post, we will look at what the premise of Evolutionary Theory is, and we will also explore how evolution is said to operate. That is, what is the process by which Evolution is said to function and to change and create life over time? Premise of Evolution Evolution is based on the…
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Creation and Evolution, Part 2 – Science and Evidence for a Young Earth
Introduction We will explore some key challenges to evolution in greater detail, in future posts. In this brief post, I will provide a summary of some challenges to the belief that the earth is billions of years old. Whilst the Bible does not provide a specific age to the earth it does imply that it…
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Creation and Evolution, Part 1 – Genesis
Genesis is the foundation of Christian beliefs In modern society, there is a lot of pressure to treat Genesis as a “fairytale” – just a story – that is meant to teach through metaphor, rhetoric and stories that are illustrations only. Once we allow the teachings of Genesis to become this, then we have lost…
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The Book of Matthew, Chapter 1
Matthew 1.1-17. The Record of Jesus’ Ancestors. This provides an important start for a Jewish readership. For the Jews, a person’s family line proved his/her standing as one of God’s people. Matthew showed that Jesus was a descendant of Abraham. In these first 17 verses we are introduced to 46 people, whose lifetimes span 2000…
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New Testament, The Book of Matthew – Introduction and Historical Context
Historical Context Matthew is the first book of the New Testament. As you turn the page from Malachi in the Old Testament to Matthew in the New Testament, over 400 years have passed. Much has happened with the turn of that page… The empires from the east that had previously ruled over Israel, have fallen.…
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Chronological Bible Reading Plan – Old Testament, Week 2
The second week of Bible Study continues to look at Genesis, and looks at God’s covenant with Abraham. God’s People God calls upon Abram to be the father of the Jewish people and establishes a covenant (agreement) with him. This week of lessons follow with the lives of Isaac and Jacob. Day 1 Reading: Genesis…
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Does Good and Evil (Good and Bad) require there to be a God?
Is there such a thing as Good and Bad, or Good and Evil or are we “all just dancing to our DNA”? You may have people say to you that there is no such thing as good and evil. They will probably argue that there can be no objective statement of these things – in…
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Chronological Bible Reading Plan – Old Testament, Week 1
This first week of Bible Study looks at the very beginning, and at some of the foundations of the Christian Faith. The Subjects covered include: Creation, The Fall, The Flood and Babel. Creation The God of Everything Creates the universe, the Earth and Life. Day 1 Reading: Genesis 1 – 2. This will bring you…