Can the Universe Create Itself?

Can the Universe Create Itself?

Have you heard someone say that the universe created itself? Perhaps someone of high profile? Stephen Hawking is among those who’s stated that the universe can create itself. Is this reasonable? Is it logical? Can the universe create itself? Unfortunately, the skilled scientist was a poor logician. The universe cannot create itself.

How Could God Create the Universe Before Time?

God Create Universe Before Time

Interesting conversations abound at dinner tables. One day, my older son told us that his science teacher told the class that ‘God could not have created the universe because before the universe began to exist, there was no time.’ He smirked because he knew (we’d had conversations about such topics), even at 14 years old,…

The Contingency Argument for God

Argument for God from Contingency

If you have kids or have been around them, you’ll find it familiar to hear them ask all sorts of questions. Sometimes they will ask a chain of questions each of which is based on the answer to the previous question. “Why do the trees sway?” This may be followed by “Why does the wind…

The Argument for God from Reason

the argument for God from reason

Every so often, I’ll hear or see a skeptic claim that religion is the result of non-thinking, a blind leap into the darkness of human ignorance. At the same time, he’ll claim that his view of atheism is the view of science and truth, of reason and rationality. I find such people to be generally…

Did You Know That Koran Validates the Bible and Invalidates Itself?

Koran validates the Bible

One would think that the Koran, like other holy books, would try to carve out its own set of claims and distance itself from claims of other holy books. The strange thing is that the Koran doesn’t do this as people may presume; according to the Koran, the Koran and the Bible are supposedly on…

The Simple Guide to Christian Apologetics

Christian apologetics

Christian apologetics – the pursuit of demonstrating the evidence and providing reasons for the truth of the Christian worldview – is commanded in Scripture. Those familiar with Christian apologetics will likely know at least some of how this is best done to be both Scripturally sound and persuasive. Continue Reading