General Evidences:

Evolutionists Best Arguments Answered

National Geographic Shoots Itself in the Foot—Again!   Evolution’s Best Evidences Exposed As Weak To Pitiful: (by Bert Thompson, Ph.D. and Brad Harrub, Ph.D.)  THE LATEST SELF-INFLICTED SHOT IN THE FOOT—NOVEMBER 2004.  The front cover of the November 2004 issue of National Geographic screamed—in giant dark-maroon letters—“Was Darwin Wrong?” The answer, of course, as provided in 250-point bold type at the beginning of an article that began on page 2, was “NO: the evidence for evolution is overwhelming.” But long before the reader ever gets to the beginning of the article, there is a strong hint that another disaster similar to that of the Archaeoraptor fiasco is beginning to take shape. Sure enough, it is. ...

15 Answers to John Rennie and Scientific American's Nonsense (Full version) (by Bert Thompson, Ph.D. and Brad Harrub, Ph.D.)   As of July 2002, however, evolutionists took that battle to an entirely different level. ...  Scientific American, editor in chief John Rennie published ... “15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense.” With a variant of vitriol and dogmatism rarely seen in the scientific arena, Mr. Rennie leveled a sustained attack on both creationism and creationists ...  “Only the intellectually challenged would dare doubt the scientific validity of evolution; and only an idiot would dare defend belief in creation.” Enough is enough! No amount of pejorative terminology on the part of editors and journalists is going to make the scientific evidence supporting creation somehow “disappear.” And no amount of intellectual snobbery on the part of materialistic scientists is going to make the woefully weak case for evolution somehow “stronger.” A significant ...

The Big Bang Theory—A Scientific Critique [Part II - Whole] (by Bert Thompson, Ph.D., Brad Harrub, Ph.D., and Branyon May)  In 1978, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were honored with the Nobel Prize in physics ... cosmic microwave background radiation. Described by some evolutionists as the “remnant afterglow of the Big Bang,” it is viewed as a faint light shining back to the beginning of the Universe ... This radiation, found in the form of microwaves, has been seized upon by proponents of the Big Bang Theory as proof of an initial catastrophic beginning—the “bang”—of our Universe. However, the temperature estimates of “space” were first published in 1896, even prior to George Gamow’s birth in 1904 (see Guillaume, 1896). C.E. Guillaume’s estimation was 5-6 K, and rather than blaming that temperature on some type of “Big Bang” explosion, he credited the stars belonging to our own galaxy. ...

Creationists Fight Back! A Review of U.S. News & World Report (Full version)  (by Brad Harrub, Ph.D. and Bert Thompson, Ph.D.)  It used to be that the only things certain in life were taxes and death. According to journalist Thomas Hayden, we now can add organic evolution to that list. The latest effort to shore up the ever-faltering theory of evolution was the cover story of the July 29, 2002 issue of U.S. News & World Report....  Yes, the slick graphics and full-color photos presented in Hayden’s article are impressive. And yes, the diminutive amount of alleged scientific evidence tossed in for good measure no doubt will convince some unsuspecting readers that evolution is indeed a “fact.” But the actual evidence tells an entirely different story. Sadly, this type of grandstanding and propagandizing in the media occurs all too often. And many people accept it as the “final word” on the subject—without any real knowledge as to what the evidence truly reveals. Given that millions of people read and respect U.S. News & World Report, we felt a thorough review of “The New Reality of Evolution” was in order. Someone needs to tell—if we may borrow a well-known phrase from respected news commentator Paul Harvey—“the rest of the story.” Here is that story.

The Scientific Case For Creation  Free Book (eBook):  ... Books are being written by evolutionists that attack the creationist stance; books are being written by creationists that attack the evolutionist stance. National news media have become involved. Science associations have become involved. Teachers’ associations and political groups have become involved. Far from diminishing, the controversy seems to be increasing. And both sides acknowledge that it is not likely to “go away.” As one evolutionist put it ...

 

America's Biblical Heritage
Why America Once Led The World In Science, Economics, And All Areas Of Education

Liberals and compromisers must love telling lies. Or maybe they would like to tell the truth, but they cannot get the truth to fit their agenda. For 50 years, Americans have been lied to about America's Christian type heritage. These liars ignore the monuments, writings, congressional records, Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Founding Father's personal writings, Supreme Court decisions, names of cities, presidential declarations, etc. from America's founding years. Wallbuilders shows that numerous history texts make claims such as: our “national government was secular from top to bottom,” or that the Founders “reared a national government on a secular basis.” This is a total lie. But how are you to know?

A great resource on America’s Godly Heritage is Dave Miller's (Ph.D., Apologetics Press) seminars. Dr. Miller has the best video on the subject. You can get the two DVD set that contains 5 lessons on the Silencing of God in America. He also does a great job at calling the Lord’s Church back to what they need to be doing. But as you may know, many Christians would like Dave to sit down and discuss his past affiliation and teachings on elder reconfirmation (and other doctrines). So until Dave is willing to "give an answer" (1 Pet 3:15) many conservative brothers do not want to use his materials (without at least warning others about Dave’s possible errors).

Here is a link to many articles on America's Godly Heritage, by Apologetics Press. Dr. Miller also has some excellent lessons on Islam & Muhammad (Articles, DVDs).

The Silencing of God (Underpinnings of American civilization are collapsing)

The United States of America is undergoing swift transition as the forces of “political correctness” wage a vociferous culture war. Activist judges, secularist educators, morally bankrupt entertainers, and liberal politicians have teamed up to sell a sanitized version of America’s past. Their objective? To expunge every manifestation of God, Christ, and the Bible from American life. What has been the result of their intolerant, relentless assault on the traditional American values that lifted the U.S. to its unprecedented prominence among the nations of human history? The moral and spiritual underpinnings of American civilization are collapsing. But America's intimate connection to Christianity from the very beginning was embedded deeply in our public life. Though for 50 years these sinister forces have steadily chipped away at America’s now crumbling foundations, many indications of our nation’s Christian heritage remain. The historical evidence is voluminous and decisive: the Founders of the American Republic intended the political institutions that they established to be based upon and rooted in the moral principles of the Christian religion. How can a nation that has scaled such heights and viewed such vistas stray so far from its original moorings? The Silencing of God Seminar issues a stirring plea to the nation to return from the moral and spiritual depths to which she has plummeted, and to reaffirm the biblical values that are being systematically stripped from public life. Recommendations are suggested on what Christians can do to save our nation from moral destruction. This 2 DVD set has five sessions @ 55 minutes each -- over 4 1/2 hours of eye-opening material.

 

God Is Not The Author Of Confusion - New Baptism Site
Will God bless a nation's scientific efforts, if HIS people do not stand up against religious error?
100s Of Videos, Audios, and Articles On The Subject Of Baptism
Answers That Can Cause Unity, 1 Pet 3:15 & 1 Cor 1:10

There is a new website with over 17 pages of just links (to articles, videos, and audios) on just one subject, BAPTISM. It includes recordings of live TV call-in shows, 4 night debates, PDF articles, high and low speed audio recordings, etc. It uses only the Bible to answer your questions on baptism. Many have been falsely taught that we are not to judge. Yet, Jesus said in John 7:24 "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment." Proverbs 25:9 says "Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself..." (KJV). Jude 3 "... ye should earnestly contend for the faith ...".  Acts 17:2 "... Paul ... reasoned with them out of the scriptures." Acts 24:25 "And as he (Paul) reasoned of righteousness ... Felix trembled, ..." See www.WhyBaptism.org

What is the purpose of Baptism? Does the purpose matter? Why did the men in Acts 19 have to be re-baptized?

World's most famous thief - What about the Thief on the cross? Was he baptized? Is he our example today?

Does the method of baptism matter to God? When should a person be baptized (as a infant, or as an adult)?

How many preachers allow live call-ins? Why don't they? Read 1 Pet 3:15 & 1 Cor 1:10

1st Video: Baptists say baptism is not important, yet they condemn the Methodist, Catholics, etc. because they use the wrong form of baptism. Isn't this inconsistent? One caller actually admitted that he had never realized that baptism was a work of God. Listen to the call.

2nd Video: Being Blunt. Notice how many times Johnny has to ask the lady for a scripture for her viewpoint. Have you been baptized correctly? This lady thought she was, but after hearing this broadcast, and calling in, she realized that in fact she had not.

3rd Video: Baptist smarter than Peter. This man called to tell us that he wanted to be on record as saying that he would not tell anyone what Peter said in Acts 2:38, or what Saul of Tarsus was told in Act 22:16.

4th Video: Listen as a preacher tries to find the Baptist Church in the N.T.

5th Video: Feet washing versus baptism. Some command feet washing, yet deny baptism. Sometimes you just have to be blunt with people before they get the point.

Many more videos, audios, debates, PDF files, etc.

 

 

Here Are Some Other Evidences For God:

Causes of Unbelief [Part I]  Most rational, reasonable people would agree that actions have consequences. If a man commits a crime, is pursued and apprehended by law enforcement officers, tried by a jury of his peers, and sentenced to life in the penitentiary or death in the electric chair, who is responsible? When an individual decides to act, is it not true that ultimately the consequences of those actions fall squarely on his or her shoulders? Indeed, actions do have consequences.

But so do beliefs and ideas. Is that not one reason why the spoken word is so powerful. The ability to elucidate an idea via a speech, lecture, or other oral presentation can produce astonishing consequences. Think, for example, of the late president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, ...

Causes of Unbelief [Part II]  Pride: When the Lord asked in John 5:44, “How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that cometh from the only God ye seek not?,” He summed up one of the main reasons why many are unprepared to believe in God. Man is so busy seeking and reveling in his own glory that he has neither the time nor the desire to offer glory to His Maker. An unhealthy lust for power wrapped in a cloak of pride breeds unbelief. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (he of “God is dead” fame) expressed ...

The Case for the Existence of God [Part I]  One of the most basic, and most fundamental, issues that can be considered by the human mind is the question, “Does God exist?” In the field of logic, there are principles—or ... The only way to answer this question, of course, is to seek out and examine the evidence. It certainly is reasonable to suggest that if there is a God, He would make available to us evidence adequate to the task of proving His existence. But does such evidence exist? And if it does, what is the nature of that evidence?

The Case for the Existence of God [Part II]  One of the laws of thought employed in the field of logic is the law of rationality, which states that one should accept as true only those conclusions for which there is adequate evidence. ...

The Case for the Existence of God [Part III]   (by Wayne Jackson, M.A.)  An examination into the existence of morality and ethics provides yet another link in the chain of logical thought that establishes the case for the existence of God. ...  anthropological, or moral, argument for God’s existence. ... If there is no purpose in the Universe, as Simpson and others have asserted, then actually there is no purpose to morality or ethics. But the concept of a purposeless morality, or a purposeless ethic, does not make sense, and so men have sought to read some meaning, as far-fetched as it may be, into the natural human inclination to recognize the need for morality. Let us give brief attention to several of the theories that propose to explain the function of human ethics. ...
 

 

Evil Pain & Suffering
Many people reject God because they have been taught wrong on the subject of evil pain and suffering.

Philosophers love to attack God with the question about evil pain and suffering.
The argument goes something like this:

• If God is all-powerful, He could do something to prevent or end suffering.

• If God is all-loving, He would want to prevent or end suffering.

• There is a tremendous amount of suffering in the world.

• Therefore, God either is not all-loving or not all-powerful, or God does not exist.

Articles that answer this argument:

1. Causes of Unbelief [Part III] - Evil, Pain, and Suffering  
   ... (Conclusion) In the New Testament book of Mark, there is an intriguing comment about the Lord. The text states simply: “And he could there do no mighty work,... and he marveled because of their unbelief ” (6:5-6). What is the meaning of this statement?
   Certainly, it cannot mean that Jesus was incapable of performing miracles on this particular occasion. As a member of the Godhead, He was all-powerful (cf. Genesis 17:1, 1 Timothy 6:16), and could not be restrained (cf. Job 42:2). Thus, He could do anything not contradictory to His nature (Habakkuk 1:13; Hebrews 6:18; James 1:13) Performing a miracle certainly was not contradictory to that nature. In fact, on numerous ...

2. The Value of Human Suffering (Wayne Jackson)
   In spite of our reluctance to admit it, pain and suffering has some value. ...

3. The Problem of Suffering
   Where is this God when we need Him? Why doesn’t He do something? These questions may lead to doubt, and then to disbelief. Atheists see only vindication in events like the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. They hear a mother  ...

4. The Problem of Suffering: Further Arguments

5. The Problem of Evil and Human Suffering

6. Divine Benevolence, Human Suffering, and Intrinsic Value

7. The Problem of Evil, Pain, and Suffering  (David Lipe, Ph.D.)
   Probably no charge has been made with greater frequency or with more intensity against the Christian faith than that the existence of evil cannot be harmonized with the existence of the infinite God of the Bible. This is the contention offered by many, among whom is H.J. McCloskey who wrote: “Evil is a problem for the theist in that a contradiction is involved in the fact of evil on the one hand, and the belief in the omnipotence and perfection of God on the other. God cannot be both all-powerful and perfectly good if evil is real” (1964, p. 61).
   McCloskey has suggested that there are a number of solutions available to the theist who is willing to modify his theism. First, “he can assert either (1) that God is not powerful enough ... (2) ... (3) ...

8. Human Suffering

9. Evil Pain & Suffering: Why Does God Allow This?

10. One of Suffering's Greatest Benefits

11. The Christian and Medical Ethics

12. Are the Dead Conscious?
    There is an ongoing controversy in the religious community as to whether or not human beings, after death, exist in a state of consciousness.

13. Life and Death Ethical Issues
    In this world of technological achievement, the human family is confronted with numerous life-and-death decisions that are taxing indeed. Frequently we struggle with such issues. The Scriptures—divinely given and perpetually relevant—can guide us in these heart-rending decisions if we will seek their counsel.