Seeking Proof Finding Grace

This week we pause for a moment and ask the question, when does the evidence become so great that we take a step back and decide whether or not we need to change directions?  Along the way we look at Roger Penrose's discovery of the original phase-space volume that required fine tuning to the level of one part in 10,000,000,000^123.  That's ten billion to the 123 power.  Should something...

This week we move on from the Cosmological Argument to the Teleological Argument, or the Fine Tuning Argument.  In the first part of this episode we take a look at how this argument originated with Fred Hoyle’s discovery of where the carbon came from in the universe.  By the way, God loves you!    Strobel, L. (2004). The Case for a Creator. Zondervan Craig, W. L. (2008). Reasonable Faith. Wheaton,...

On this week’s episode we look at what the Anthropic Principle does and does not tell us.  Can it really explain how we got here, or just that we are here?  Don’t ever forget how much God loves you!   “The anthropic answer, in its most general form, is that we could only be discussing the question in the kind of universe that was capable producing us.  Our existence therefore determines that the f...

After wrapping up our discussion on how the universe came into existence, this week we take a step back and pause before the next leg of our journey; to examine the universe around us.

This week we wrap up the first step of our journey by answering the question, what is the most likely cause for the existence of the universe.  Spoiler Alert!  As we start to see God’s fingerprint come more into view, I hope you will remember how much God loves you! “For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream.  He has scaled the mountains o...

This week we look at the available evidence to determine if the universe can be past eternal.  Five factors will drive our analysis: 1. Is an actual infinite possible? 2. Einstein's General Theory of Relativity leading us back to the singularity 3. The discovery of the background radiation from the Big Bang 4. 2nd Law of Thermodynamics 5. Borde, Guth, Vilenkin Theorem Will this lead us back t...

This week we make a brief stop on our journey to look at the question of infinites.  What do we know about infinity and can actual infinites exist in the real world outside of mathematics?  BTW, God's love for you is the only actual infinite in the universe.

This week we look to see if Stephen Hawking’s philosophical ideas rise to the same level as his scientific work.  Do the philosophical conclusions of a scientist speak on behalf of science?  Can Stephen Hawking come up with a way to rule God out of bounds and produce everything from nothing?  Um…no.  By the way, God loves you!      “Naturalism, in contrast, is not agnostic.  Rather, it is the clai...

This week is a special message for all the dads out there as we celebrate Father’s Day and look at our Heavenly Father’s relationship with us.  God loves you!   Eph 1 - 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy an...

On this week’s episode we look at the question whether everything could have just popped into existence from nothing.  Is this really possible or is there some bending of the rules going on?  How far will we go to avoid God’s great love?    “The intended subtext, of course, is that one will be scientific only to the extent that one is nonreligious.  To be “religious,” in the narrow sense intended...

This week we look at the first option of how the universe came into existence by examining the Kalam Cosmological Argument and the evidence that we have on the table.  Is it possible that God's great love for us led Him to create everything we see around us? Isaiah 42:5 NKJV [5] Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread forth the earth and that which c...

As we look back at the beginning of the universe we need to address the question, "What is the singularity?"  Wouldn't it be amazing if at the beginning of the universe we found a God who loved us so very much He created everything we see around us just for the chance to have a relationship with us?  This is where that journey begins! https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metap...

On this week’s episode, we talk about how Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity helped to launch us back to a beginning point of the universe in 1915 when many thought the universe had existed for all eternity.  Even when we rewind the universe back to the beginning we find God’s great love for us. “philosophically, the notion of a beginning to the present order of Nature is repugnant.” ...

This week we look at the question of the question of the age of the Universe and the Earth?  Does the Bible really say the Earth and the Universe are only 6,000 years old?  What is the important issue to really focus on here (other than how much God loves you)?    John 10:9 NKJV [9] I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.    Revelation 12:3...

On this week’s episode we look at the question of, “what is the god of the gaps problem?”, and how that problems cuts both ways in our journey.  God, the one with the capital “G”, loves you!   “What justifies the elimination of chance is not just the occurrence of a highly improbable event, but the occurrence of a very improbable event that also conforms to an independently given or discernible pa...

This Sunday we celebrate God's great love for us and the resurrection of His only begotten Son.  God loves you, and I am inviting you to church!

On this week’s podcast we begin the journey to determine if we were created, or if we are the product of matter, time and luck.  We also introduce everyone to the Creator God (big G) and the god of science (little g).  The truth will be found in the journey.  Don’t ever forget how much God loves you!   “It has been said that I speak of natural selection as an active power or Deity; but who objects...

This week we wrap up our foundation series in our journey to find God as we look at the prayer to enter into relationship with God and what the details are around that prayer.  God loves you! Romans 3, "23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…”  (The Holy Bible, New King James Version, 1982)   Romans 6, "23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal l...

On this week’s episode we address the question of why there has to be a component of faith in our journey.  Why can’t God just show up?  The answer is compelling.  As God shows His love for us, He has come up with the best formula you can imagine!   If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be bad.  And free will is what has made evil possible.  Why, then, did God give them free will?  Beca...

This week we wrap up our look at proof of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead looking at the last 2 of our 5 historical facts of the events that occurred around the event in question (the resurrection).  When we look at all 5 events together, we have to ask ourselves, “What is the most likely explanation of the cause of these events?” As we prepare to examine whether we were created or if we evolved...

On this week’s episode we begin looking at proof of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead.  When you examine the 5 historical facts of the events that occurred around the event in question (the resurrection), we have to ask ourselves, “What is the most likely explanation of the cause of these events?”  As we prepare to examine whether we were created or if we evolved, this will be an excellent exercis...

On this week's podcast we begin looking at the question of whether we were created or if we evolved by addressing the religion of David Hume and the event of the Resurrection.  How do you analyze an event that is unlikely to have occurred, but has happened none the less?  The Resurrection is the turning point in history where God's love for us opened up the door into eternity. “When the...

This week we finish looking at God’s reconciliation of us back to Himself with the atoning death of Jesus Christ and address head on some of the concerns expressed by Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins about the atonement. Until you understand what happened at the cross, you cannot truly understand how much God loves you!   Here is a link to the Hitchen’s – D’Souza debate: https://www.youtub...

This week we take a look at what the Atonement accomplishes beyond the payment of the sin-debt of all of mankind.  Until you understand what happened at the cross, you cannot truly understand how much God loves you! Phil 2, “5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputatio...

On this week's episode we look at God's 4 part plan to help achieve His purpose to bring us into eternal relationship with Him.  How does God help us get through all the messy consequences of our free will as we navigate this journey?  Find out with us on this week's episode, and don't forget, God loves you! “But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and...