Nov 5 : Science and Genesis

On Nov 5th, we’ll meet at our place again to listen to this lecture from the BeThinking website:

http://www.bethinking.org/science-christianity/advanced/scientific-perspectives-on-genesis-1-3.htm

In addition to having a lot of great content and thought-provoking ideas, Loen & I were interested in the diverse approaches of the three presenters. Simply listening to the three should inspire us all about how to present our thoughts and beliefs.

Note that this is about an hour and a half long, so we’ll want to start right away.

Please bring cookies.

Oct 08: Testimony of Hugh Ross

In complete contrast to the previous meeting, on Oct 8/08 we’ll listen to the audio file of Hugh Ross’ personal testimony.

Titled, A Scientist Who Looked and Was Found, I downloaded the file from http://www.veritas.org/media/talks/330.  No need to listen to it beforehand, we will play it the night of our get together. The contrast comes in this: Ken Ham emphasizes the rule of Biblical facts over human science, whereas Hugh Ross came to believe in Biblical truth through the witness of science. One is emphatically “young earth”, the other as certainly “old earth.”

There are two versions of the talk, both from 1995. The short, clearer one is 35 min, and the longer, buzzier one is still less than an hour. I’ll check both and decide which to use.

Jan 30 : God & Dawkins (audio)

I know that R. Dawkins’ name comes up over and over in our discussions. He’s made himself a bit of a target.

Jeff pointed me towards this talk by Dr. John Lennox entitled ‘God and Richard Dawkins,’ available as a downloadable or streaming audio file. The lecture is about an hour and a half.

http://www.bethinking.org/resource.php?ID=290

Please listen to this talk and note down any observations you might have before our meeting on Wed Jan 30. Arrival anytime after 7:00, meeting to begin by 7:30pm.

July 25: Jesus Tomb.. ! or ?

Like the DaVinci code previously, and other controversies past, this year the “discovery” of an ancient Palestinian tomb has been promoted heavily in the popular media. Among many such tombs, this one has been the subject of a documentary and book which claim that the bodies in it “could be” the family of Jesus of the Bible.

Our discussion includes a variety of readings. Please feel free to do your own research and let the group know if you find something worth reading before the meeting. Keep in mind that anything longer than a couple pages should probably be shared in advance.

There is a great, informative lecture on the topic here:

http://www.bible.org/page.php?page_id=5067 (click on the small audio icon near the top to listen)

Bible.org also has written articles on the subject by D.B.Wallace, ‘The Lost Tomb of Jesus’

CARM has an article also, by M.Slick, ‘Has the tomb of Jesus been found?’

This article is linked all over the web, “Archeological Identity Theft”

If you like listening to audio files, I also found this one by Gary Habermas:

http://www.bethinking.org/resource.php?ID=345

Loen has suggested that we-the-group could listen to the Habermas lecture on Wed for about a half hour. Might be a thought.

You don’t have to read everything, this one is a “pick your favourite” rather than a set reading.