Dr Owen Anderson

From the General Revelation Institute's Spring 2022 Intensive at Arizona Christian University.  How does the Bible describe the atheist?  It is broader than just the philosophical materialist.  The atheist denies that God is involved in human history.  God does not see and does not act. 

Why is there war?  Amos gives us an answer that takes our eyes off ourselves and puts them on God.

"Be Holy for I am the Lord your God."

Franklin humorously wanted to attain moral perfection.  To do this he listed virtues, ordered his day, and self-examined his progress.  He also wrote a prayer and a creed.  Did he get it right?

How can we prevent violent factions from destroying the Union of popular government?  Can the differences between religious factions be resolved through the use of reason?  

Does everyone know God?  What is unbelief?  What about Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Cicero?  How do we suppress the truth?  Are there two kinds of belief or just one?  What is a weak will and how does it relate to unbelief?

How does Mark begin his presentation of the person and work of Christ?  

Why does God permit evil?

This article says that our problem is linear time.  To solve the "pernicious contradictions" in physics we need to look to the ancients and rethink time.  The solution is something called "spacekime."  What are these pernicious contradictions?  Here I list several that "spacelime" will not help the materialist resolve.

What can Genesis 1:1 tell us about basic philosophical questions?  What has existed from eternity?  What is our highest good?

Did an advanced team of aliens create the universe?  Or do we live in a simulation?  Here Dr. Anderson discusses the method for coming to knowledge about origins.

Who is this rider and how does he conquer? 

Dr. Anderson considers a "new" view of the universe to answer: has the universe existed from eternity?

Would finding aliens change anything?  Here Dr. Anderson considers 10 things that would stay the same and also gives a list of first contact questions.

Is The Book of Enoch accurate about what happened with the Sons of God and the daughters of men?  What is the true prophecy of Enoch?  And what sign accompanied it?

The prophet Habakkuk teaches us that the just shall live by faith.  He also instructs us on the providence of God in judging and reproving.  He points us to the source of our joy.

Bart Ehrman gives his theory about how Christians invented the idea that Jesus was a god and where the virgin birth fits in.

William Lane Craig and Bart Ehrman debate the resurrection.  Is the evidentialist right to argue from the empty tomb to the resurrection to the existence of God?

By faith we understand

The world does not know God

In these passage some read that we can become divine. Or that we can know God but not be transformed. Is that true?

Have you ever wondered “where is God?” The Psalmist struggles through that question here and helps us refocus.

In Ezekiel 33 and 34 we find God using the image of the Good Shepherd and looking for His lost sheep.

Christ the final sacrifice

We can find hope in the disciplining hand of God