do you not know? have you not heard? the lord is the everlasting god, the creator of the ends of the...

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 40:28


Isaiah 40:28

Psalm 19:1-4 For the director of music. A psalm of David.

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.

Psalm 19:1-4 For the director of music. A psalm of David.

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.


Isaiah 40:28


Isaiah 40:28

Romans 1:18-20

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

Romans 1:18-20

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

Evolutionary philosophy/theory seeks to silence nature’s revelation of God, either by

intent or by consequence.

The importance of God as direct Creator

He is therefore omnipotent.

He values his creation (John 3:16; et al)

He has a plan that involves each of us.

He determines morality.

We have purpose, definition and meaning.

We are accountable to him

The importance of God as direct Creator

Are we the product of mindless chance over time? Is there meaning or value?

Are we are accountable to anyone/thing?

(Who/what makes the rules?)

Is morality possible?

Man is neither good nor evil, as these terms have no meaning apart from a God.

The existentialist . . . thinks it very distressing that God does not exist, because all possibility of finding values in a heaven of ideas disappears along with him; since there can no longer be as apriori Good, since there is no infinite and perfect consciousness to think it. No where is it written that the Good exists, that we must be honest, that we must no lie; because the fact is that we are on a plane where there only men. Dostoievsky said, "If God didn't exist, everything would be possible." That is the very starting point of existentialism. Indeed, everything is permissible if God does not exist, and as a result, man is forlorn, because neither within him nor without does he find anything to cling to, he can't start making excuses for himself . . . if God does not exist, we find no values of commands to turn to legitimize our conduct . . .”

~ Jean Paul Sartre

The existentialist . . . thinks it very distressing that God does not exist, because all possibility of finding values in a heaven of ideas disappears along with him; since there can no longer be as apriori Good, since there is no infinite and perfect consciousness to think it. No where is it written that the Good exists, that we must be honest, that we must no lie; because the fact is that we are on a plane where there only men. Dostoievsky said, "If God didn't exist, everything would be possible." That is the very starting point of existentialism. Indeed, everything is permissible if God does not exist, and as a result, man is forlorn, because neither within him nor without does he find anything to cling to, he can't start making excuses for himself . . . if God does not exist, we find no values or commands to turn to legitimize our conduct . . .”

~ Jean Paul Sartre

The existentialist . . . thinks it very distressing that God does not exist, because all possibility of finding values in a heaven of ideas disappears along with him; since there can no longer be as apriori Good, since there is no infinite and perfect consciousness to think it. No where is it written that the Good exists, that we must be honest, that we must no lie; because the fact is that we are on a plane where there only men. Dostoievsky said, "If God didn't exist, everything would be possible." That is the very starting point of existentialism. Indeed, everything is permissible if God does not exist, and as a result, man is forlorn, because neither within him nor without does he find anything to cling to, he can't start making excuses for himself . . . if God does not exist, we find no values or commands to turn to legitimize our conduct . . .”

~ Jean Paul Sartre

Genesis 1:1 ~ the Big Bang (Instant creation)Genesis 1:2 – 2:2 ~ Explosion of lifeJob 38-41 ~ God takes full credit for and delights in

his creation.Isaiah 40:21-26 ~ Does God have an equal?Isaiah 42:5-7 ~ “As sure as I made all this . . .”

Is Scripture to be believed or not?

(Is it true?)

Matthew 13:18-19

Pray that this will not take place in winter, because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again.


(Is it true?)Romans 1:24-25

Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

Colossians 1:15-16

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him.

Revelation 4:11

You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”

Matthew 19:4-6

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

Luke 11:50-51

Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.

John 1:1-3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.


(Is it true?)

If God is not the Creator, then Scripture must be relegated to the category of mythology along side

that of the Greeks.

It becomes mere fiction.

Are humans accountable to anyone?


Apart from a God, there is no true accountability for our conduct, as there is no one to whom we are ultimately accountable.

Are humans accountable to anyone?


Matthew 12:36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

Hebrews 4:13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

I Peter 4:3-5 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do—living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry. They think it strange that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation, and they heap abuse on you. But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

Revelation 20:11-15 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. Earth and sky fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what he had done. Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. If anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Do we need salvation?

Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned.John 3:16-18 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

Cited evidence for Evolution (no theistic intervention)Fossils

HomologyVestigial OrgansEmbryologyGeneticsOther

Mars RocksUrey~MillerAscent of man?

Fossils

Fossils are formed when organisms die and are buried quickly in sedimentary layers

“The fossil record shows the gradual progression over

millions of years of species from lower to

higher life forms through the process of

natural selection.”

Fossils

How do we know that this process took millions of

years?

Fossils

The Geologic Column

PresupposesUniformitarianism(excludes Flood)

Assumption: layers of sediment built up over millions of years and gradually hardened into rock, with minerals slowly replacing original materials of dead organisms.

Fossils

The Geologic Column

PresupposesUniformitarianism(excludes Flood)

The dating of the column assumes a

constant rate of sedimentary deposition,

derived from Charles Lyell’s observations of lake beds in the

early 1800’s.

The Geologic Column

Fossils

RadiometricDating

Calibrated to the Column, then

used to verify it.

There is no way to know the original parent/daughter ratio.

The Geologic Column

Fossils

RadiometricDating

Calibrated to the Column, then

used to verify it.

Charcoal found in the same layer as Ziggy

is found to have a 12.5% B concentration.

If B has a half life of 1,000,000 years,

Ziggy is 3,000,000 years old.



The original concentration of B cannot be known, unless you were

there at deposition.



Did the charcoal originate in this layer, or was it washed in from

elsewhere?

The fossil record shows the gradual

progression of species from lower to

higher life forms through the process of

natural selection.

Prime Example: Eohippus

Fossils

TransitionalForms

The fossil record shows that a number of life forms have not changed throughout

the fossil record.

Fossils

batsmany insects

fish(Coelacanth)

400,000,000years with no

change

Fossils are formed when organisms are buried quickly in sedimentary layers

“Some changes on Earth are gradual. Mountains form and are worn down over many millions of years. Climate and the amount of ice can change over hundreds or thousands of years. Other changes are fast. A volcanic eruption, an earthquake, or a flood can cause huge changes over a period of minutes or days. Fast or slow, the Earth is always changing.”

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Fossils

Homology

HomologyHomology ~ similar structures reveal a common ancestry/descent.

Homology ~ similar structures reveal a common ancestry/descent.

Homology ~ similar structures reveal a common design/ designer.

design.

Vestigial Organs ~ body parts with no functionVestigial Organs ~ body parts with no function

Homology ~ similar structures reveal a common ancestry/descent.

may have had

~ changing the meaning of words without indicating that you are.


I may watch the Bears todayverses

I may go the moon some day

may have had


50% chanceverses

1 chance in 10,000,000,000

may have had


“Could have” = “Most probably did” = “This is what happened”

may have had


Evolution: bacteria developing drug resistanceEvolution: bacteria plus time generates all life forms.

Vestigial structures

These bones are muscle attachment

points and are needed for

reproduction.

These bones are muscle attachment

points and are needed for

reproduction.

Vestigial structures

Tail bone ~ coccyx Goose bumps Wings on flightless birds

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