SMARTFAITH

If God wants us to believe in him, why isn't he more obvious? There are FOUR very good reasons, outlined in this brief 5-minute podcast.

Episode 2 of FAITH in FIVE: So What if God Exists? Does it make any difference at all? Even if there is some kind of God out there, what relevance does this have to my life?

This is the first episode in the five-minute series, FAITH in FIVE, providing short answers to big questions. In this episode we examine the question, "What evidence is there for God's existence?" Is there any evidence at all?

Here is the third episode in my five-minute series, Faith in Five. It deals with the question, "Which religion is true?" and explains why Christianity deserves to be taken seriously out of all the world's religions. It also examines the main criteria that most people employ in assessing the various religions and reveals how that common criteria is the most irrelevant factor in the search for truth.

7 historical facts that support the resurrection of Jesus. These are historical facts that no serious historian denies, and the best explanation for them is that Jesus really did rise from the dead

Explains the need to move beyond mere belief and turn to Jesus in true faith and repentance.

Atheism requires that you believe in 10 impossible things. By denying God as the ultimate cause of the universe, the atheist is left grasping at 10 straws: a series of highly implausible explanations which, when considered together, amount to a cumulative impossibility. 

Pascal's Wager proposes that the question of God's possible existence has huge consequences and must be considered very seriously. It points out the potential eternal loss that faces those who reject God if it turns out that they are wrong and God does, indeed, exist.

Miraculous interventions in world affairs provide additional evidence for God's existence.

Existential evidence for God's existence deals with the subjective evidence of one's personal experience of God. This episode contains powerful testimonies of God's intervention in people's lives and also analyses the relevance and reliability of such testimony.

The resurrection of Jesus provides the most convincing evidence for the existence of God.  But did Jesus really rise from the dead? Or was his resurrection merely a myth perpetrated by fanatical followers? This episode examines the hard historical evidence.

The miracles of Jesus, if they are true, represent powerful evidence for the existence of God. But are they true? Or are they simply mythical embellishments? This episode provides significant corroborating historical evidence for the miracles of Jesus.

If there is a God who created the world, is there any historical evidence of his ongoing intervention in our world? This episode examines literary and archaeological evidence which substantiates the testimony of the Bible's historical account.

Is the “Something” we have begun to suspect is the ultimate cause of the universe actually a “Someone”? And is that “Someone” the Christian God? How can we possibly decide when there are so many religions which propose such a plethora of different Gods? This episode provides a brief, incisive comparison of the world’s religions and explains why Christianity stands out from them all.

Objective moral values clearly DO exist. They are not merely conjured up via group consensus or popular vote, but appear to be more basic and intrinsic. There seems to be a set of moral values that exist independent to our changing opinions and which are imprinted indelibly onto our souls. These point to the existence of a supernatural creator because a purely mechanistic universe cannot create values.

If there is no God, moral values have no absolute, objective basis. Without an external, objective set of standards, all we are left with are the shifting sands of personal or communal opinion.

The possible existence of intelligent extra-terrestrial life has intrigued humanity for centuries. But what does the scientific evidence tell us so far? And what relevance does this have for a discussion of God's possible existence?

The Earth’s relationship with the Sun and the Moon offers further evidence of a supernatural Creator. This episode examines some fascinating aspects of solar eclipses as well as other aspects of Earth's unique place in the cosmos.

Our planet has a confluence of life-permitting habitability factors that defy statistical probability. These point to the work of an all-powerful intelligent designer. The fact that no exoplanet of the thousands discovered so far is even remotely close to Earth-like reveals that our planet is extraordinary and unique.

Human consciousness and cognition cannot be explained by a purely materialistic universe. Atoms and chemicals don't think and can't give rise to self-awareness and the ability to engage in abstract thought. Consciousness demands an immaterial explanation.

The extremely fine-tuned universal constants that undergird the existence and operation of our universe are so precisely fine-tuned and inter-dependent that their precise values could not be a product of mere chance. The exquisitely precise values of all these life-permitting forces speak of a supremely intelligent designer.

Examines the gaping scientific holes in the concept of abiogenesis – the naive belief that biological life somehow formed from non-living matter via random chemical processes. Mounting scientific evidence points to the impossibility of life evolving spontaneously via natural processes. As the Professor of Biology (not a creationist) at the University of North Carolina recently posted on the university website: “The problem of abiogenesis is very severe indeed for the theory of evolution”.

The incredible world of molecular machines that operates within the living cell provides powerful evidence for the existence of an Intelligent Designer. This amazing realm of irreducibly complex interdependent moving parts cannot have evolved by incremental random chemical processes. With fascinating images and expert testimony, this episode explores the stunning evidence of God's creative hand within every living cell.

DNA is the complete set operating instructions at the heart of almost every cell. It is a genetic code that is more complex and sophisticated than any computer code mankind has ever written, and it could not have developed incrementally and gradually. DNA can only have come from a supreme pre-existing supreme intelligence.

Living cells were once thought to be simple blobs of protoplasm that could have evolved gradually from random chemical combinations in a primordial swamp. But modern microbiology has revealed the irreducible complexity of the living cell and demonstrated the impossibility of proteins and amino acids - the basic building blocks of cells - forming by chance processes. The structural and chemical complexity of the cell cannot be explained by supposed evolutionary processes.

An eternally existing universe is both logically and scientifically impossible. This episode examines the profound implications of Newton's Second Law of Thermodynamics as well as several philosophical arguments, all of which point to the inescapable conclusion that the universe had a finite beginning. Atheists can no longer hide behind the outdated Steady State model of the universe, but must now confront the question of ultimate causation.

The Big Bang model of the birth of the universe is increasing plagued by problems, with some scientists abandoning the theory entirely. Something else must have been at work, at least in conjunction with a supposed Big Bang, to create the complex structure and behaviour of the universe that we observe today.

Recent cosmological evidence points to the universe beginning to exist at a finite point in space-time. This, in turn, leads to the logical conclusion that the universe has a cause that lies outside of itself and beyond space-time. With stunning images and scientific quotes from experts in their fields, this first episode in the series provides a powerful argument for the existence of God.

The prevalence of suffering in our world prompts sceptics to conclude that God is either powerless, evil or non-existent. But is there another alternative? This podcast reveals how these three common explanations for suffering are unreasonable and unsupported by the balance of observable evidence. A fourth explanation for suffering is proposed: one that takes into account the full spectrum of available evidence and which is logically consistent. This episode approaches the complex topic of suffering from a dispassionate, logical perspective and offers an explanation that is rich in meaning and full of hope for mankind.

This is the most misunderstood psalm in the whole Bible, despite the act that it is the best known and most lived psalm in the Bible. This message will open your eyes to the surprising message of Psalm 23. You will never read this psalm again in the same way!

How can we reconcile a world that is so full of suffering with a God who is supposedly both good and all-powerful? This episode examines a variety of theodicies which attempt to reconcile this apparent conundrum and proposes an explanation that is intellectually robust and biblically sound.

A sermon on the second miraculous catch of fish in John 21 and Jesus' reinstatement of Peter.