Many who read Heaven and Nature Sing will perhaps wonder how we can believe as we do, that the universe was created by an all-knowing, all-powerful God. And not only created, but this God continues to be involved in it and has a final purpose for it.
Didn’t modern science disprove that 150 years ago with Darwin’s Origin of Species and subsequent discoveries?
If you’re honestly searching for the answer to that, we have some suggested resources for you to dig into. As we learn of more, we’ll add them:
Books
There are so many great books by high-level Christian scientists that are written in everyday language so the rest of us can understand them.
Here are just a few to get you started:
- Undeniable: How Biology Confirms our Intuition that Life is Designed by Douglas Axe (he holds a PhD and is a professor at Biola University).
- Return of the God Hypothesis by Stephen C. Meyer (PhD and former geophysicist, now director of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture).
- Signature in the Cell by Stephen C. Meyer
- Darwin’s Doubt by Stephen C. Meyer
- Genetic Entropy and the Mystery of the Genome by Dr. JC Sanford (PhD and former Cornell University professor).
- God’s Crime Scene: A Cold-Case Detective Examines the Evidence for a Divinely Created Universe by J. Warner Wallace (not a scientist, but a cold-case homicide detective and former atheist).
- The Story of Reality by Gregory Koukl. This book isn’t specifically about origins, but a straightforward and very readable book on Christian apologetics.
Films
- Against the Tide: Finding God in an Age of Science—with Oxford professor Dr. John Lennox and actor/producer Kevin Sorbo.
Organizations
These are organizations we know of that have a vast amount of resources about intelligent design/creation that’s accessible to the average person.
(Note: Some of these hold to “old earth” creationism and some to “new earth” creationism—so they don’t agree on everything. They all know more than most of us, though!)
- Discovery Institute—They tackle several huge topic areas, with Intelligent Design being one of them. “We are the institutional hub for scientists, educators, and inquiring minds who think that nature supplies compelling evidence of intelligent design.” Dr. Stephen Meyer and many other contributors.
- Reasons to Believe—“We make every effort to help people discover that sound reason and scientific research consistently affirm the truth of the Bible and of the Good News it reveals.” Dr. Hugh Ross and team.
- Answers in Genesis—“Answers in Genesis is an apologetics ministry dedicated to enabling Christians to defend their faith and to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ effectively. We focus particularly on providing answers to questions surrounding the book of Genesis…” Founder Ken Ham, also a prolific author and the founder of Creation Museum and Ark Encounter.