Discussion Notes and Future Topics

I had a great time with everyone on Friday night last week. We covered a lot of ground with I.D. (Intelligent Design) and talking about how we can drive a wedge into the current beliefs about God for the sake of the gospel. The important thing to remember is that all of these topics become meaningless if we don't speak them in conjunction with the gospel. What is helpful about an idea like I.D. is that is points people, objectively, to the reality of a Creator God. Once we see that there is a Creator God, we can move to talking about God's standards, His desires for His creatures, and what He demands in order to secure their eternal salvation.

I enjoyed our time singing together. Some of those songs really capture well the ideas of creation and all of God's works praising His Name. I particularly enjoyed Wonderful Maker and God of Wonders.

Our discussion centered around a few key ideas of I.D. as well as some of the flaws of Darwinian Evolution. You can read more about Irreducible Complexity in the previous post. We came down the basic conclusion that everything is so complex, right down to our tiny cells, that the chances that this all occurred randomly are too great to even be possible. I think the exact number was 1 in a trillion, trillion, trillion chance (1-1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) that even one cell could have formed correctly, much less multiple cells, and that only happens after life has begun on its own on earth, which still has yet to be proven or duplicated.

Praise God for giving us such a picture of the intricacy with which He created all things.

Next time, we'll be discussing the Bible and how we can know if it is what it says it is, without error and inspired by God. I would recommend reading Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology or Bible Doctrine book under the section of Bibliology. Happy reading and studying and I'll see you at the next Bonfire on May 30 at the Mission's House.