The Existence of God: Nature’s Evidence [Ps. 19:1-2] PART 3 In stark contrast to Wald we find a most revealing statement from the famous British mathematician and astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle who originated the steady-state theory of the formation of the universe. In the 1981 book Evolution from Space which he co-authored with fellow mathematician…
The Existence of God: Nature’s Evidence Part 2
The Existence of God: Nature’s Evidence [Ps. 19:1-2] PART 2 According to Paley, the existence and design of a watch suggest the existence of a watchmaker. Likewise, the design exhibited in nature and matter, reveals adaptive complexity similar to that of machines, and therefore suggests the existence of a designer. As Paley would argue,…
The Existence of God: Nature’s Evidence Part 1
The Existence of God: Nature’s Evidence [Ps. 19:1-2] PART 1 “The heavens declare nothing really, the firmament showeth nothing really, day unto day uttereth nothing really and night unto night showeth nothing really. There is no speech or language from them, full stop, end of pre-scientific rubbish.” Such would be a possible rewording of Psalm…
Going on Mission (Mt. 10:16)
In this sermon I do not intend to engage so much in a detailed exposition of the text though we shall grapple with it somewhat. What I plan to do is engage in what I call a transposition of the text but we shall begin with the key of the text then in the 1st…
The Need for Critical Thinking
French Philosopher, Rene Descartes, in a bid to guarantee certainty in the content of his knowledge decided on a method of doubting everything. After operating thus for a while he said he discovered that while he was thinking and doubting he was sure that he was and was a thinking thing. This led to his…
Christians: Read Bertram, Heed Selassie, Obey Jesus
Arnold Bertram’s Gleaner column of Thursday, August 4, 2016 should be read by all Church leaders. His call for Christians to awake to the changed turf around us is very timely. If we are not aware of the times in which we live we could end up (FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING) fighting a nuclear war with catapults….