Radio Network
2000 Archives
February - June (nos. 102 - 120)

TOPICS

QUESTIONS

• Ross as a provocative figure, irenic and peace-seeking (5:17)
• RTB as a ministry in the midst of controversy and criticism (6:32)
• Distinction between inerrancy and inspiration (8:55)
• Position of RTB re: inerrancy across all disciplines (9:12)
• Ross' accountability (9:30)
• Literalism vs concretism (10:39)
• Use of debate by Christians (12:35)
• Putting interpretations to the test (13:44)
• Starting point to challenge secularists (20:49)
• 3 literal interpretations of "yom" (21:45)
• Context of the word "yom" (23:44)
• Scriptural precedence for the usage (24:28)
• Ross' initial response to reading Genesis for the first time (25:32)
• Evidence from nature (26:55)
• Internal need for Scriptural consistency (27:25)
• Church's historical perspectives on Creation event (28:48)
• List of other scholars, and their evidence (30:29)
• Misinterpretations, and the proper interpretation of his statement (31:54)
• What an observer can get through the record of nature (33:26)
• No salvation in revelation alone, necessity of the Holy Spirit (41:12)
• How man's fallen state skews his views of science and theology (42:25)
• Proper use of God's revelations through His word and nature (43:30)
• What truths are available in the record of nature, and through other disciplines like archeology, astronomy (44:50)
• The complementary fashion of Scripture and nature (47:22)
• Historical perspective on revelation (48:23)
• Origin of conflicts (49:18)
• Man's fallibility (50:08)
• Correcting the question as stated; either/or fallacy (50:42)
• Mission of RTB (52:01)

• (to Samples) The Big Picture: Why do you think Dr. Ross stirs up controversy? (5:08)
• What do your critics mean when they say "the inerrancy of the Bible?" (8:39)
• Are they saying you're a threat to the inerrancy of the Bible? (8:42)
• Do you believe that the scriptures were given by divine inspiration? Do you believe there are any historical, factual or scientific errors in scripture? (9:17)
• Not only the "why" but also the "how" in scripture is inerrant? (10:08)
• Do you believe in a literal interpretation of the scriptures? (10:31)
• Why is the topic of Genesis such a focal point? (20:44)
• What evidence is there to believe that the author of Genesis intended for the readers to understand that "day" was a long period of time, not 24-hours? (21:25)
• Why do you think that a 24-hour period is not the natural reading of the text? (22:40)
• Is it not true that the context will completely change the meaning of a word? (24:22)
• Aren't there difficulties of interpreting these days as 24-hour periods? (25:28)
• What historically has the church said about this topic in the past? (28:38)
• What other respected, conservative Old Testament scholars hold to the same view as you do? (30:24)
• How do you respond to critics of your statement that nature has the Gospel written in it? (31:20)
• What did some people get from that statement? (31:48)
• Do you believe that somebody could come to specific Gospel content through observing nature? (32:57)
• Are you saying that nature, history and Scripture are complementary to each other? (40:07)
• Can you be saved just by observing nature? Do you have a place for the role of the Holy Spirit? (40:53)
• How does sin effect the world? (41:55)
• Isn't there a sense that in Scripture, Scripture has a way of correlating the unity of truth? (44:36)
• Do you believe that Scripture can be used to correct the misinterpretations of science? (46:52)
• Isn't it also true that in some theological traditions, special revelation is given more clout that general (natural) revelation? (47:46)
• Is it a matter of our interpretation of Scripture being in contradiction with the record of nature? (49:10)
• Would you admit that at times our interpretations of Scripture and science need to be corrected? (49:51)
• Hypothetically, if given the two records (Scripture and nature) and a contradiction, which would you choose, science or the Bible? (50:28)

TOPICS

QUESTIONS

• The possibilities of life on other planets. (10:26)
• Recent discoveries about the asteroid belt. (13:11)
• Kuiper Belt discoveries (21:24)
• Other stars near our solar system. (23:04)
• Recent discoveries which confirm the Genesis account. (29:00)
• Queen Charlotte Island and land bridges (33:05)
• Goats and their connection with the Genesis creation account (39:43)
• New Neanderthal evidence. (44:30)
• Long vs short creation days (50:30)
• Information about RTB's newsletter "Connections" (52:02)

• Are there any recent discoveries about Mars? (4:23)
• Did Mars share a similar history to Earth (7:08)
• What was the recent discovery concerning Mars and its poles? (7:51)
• Why do we care about recent discoveries concerning Mars? (8:46)
• What is the significance of stellar encounters? (25:06)
• What are land bridges? (28:41)
• How do land bridges tie-in with biblical chronology? (41:50)
• What are the methods used to date biblical genealogy? (45:07)
• Do you believe there were animals around before Adam and Eve? (47:15)
• Was there death of animals before Adam and Eve's sin? (48:24)

TOPICS

QUESTIONS

• Non-Directed Panspermia (4:45)
• Directed Panspermia (4:57)
• Growing recognition that a natural explanation for life on Earth is not possible (5:05)
• Recognition that there is no non-directed origin of life on Earth (5:15)
• Hugh Ross's Reactions to Movie (Mission to Mars) (6:38)
• Problems with travel to Mars (8:35)
• Kenneth Samples's reactions to the movie (21:05)
• The movie is a thinker; it creates a sense of awe (24:15:00)
• Dr Ross is in favor of going to Mars but not with human beings (24:50:00)
• Going to Mars will help us learn more about planet Earth (25:09:00)
• Scientists are now appealing to outer space because they can not explain origins by naturalistic means (25:30:00)
• Coming up with a natural explanation is difficult, hence look to skies (26:40:00)
• Experiments can be performed to test a naturalistic vs supernaturalistic explanation for life (27:50:00)
• One day scientific evidence will be so strong that naturalism will die (28:30:00)
• Humans will try to find another explanation to avoid the moral implications, hence will turn to space (28:40:00)
• Excitement about Mars is that it was warm and wet, but only up until about 38 billion years ago (31:31:00)
• It would be far cheaper to build your own planet than to colonize Mars (34:15:00)
• Movie asks "Where does my purpose and significance come from?" (41:10:00)
• Church has not focused enough on the truth of Creation (46:10:00)
• Experiences with aliens is always a harmful experience (50:50:00)
• Enough technology to send someone to Mars, but will have to spend a lot of money (52:40:00)
• The cheap way is to get them there in 3 years, to use gravity; there is a fuel that can be used to get there faster, but it is expensive (53:15:00)

• Does Mars hold the secret to the origins on Earth? (3:36)
• Is the accelerated excitement that NASA and the general public have unrealistic? (11:25)
• What questions did the movie raise for you? (directed to Dr. Fazale (Fuz) Rana) (13:38)
• What are the chances of finding life on Mars? (30:10:00)
• Is it possible for life to originate on Mars? (31:15:00)
• Is it possible to colonize Mars? (33:45:00)
• Why is Panspermia becoming legitimate, when it was laughable in the past? (43:15:00)
• Caller: What is scientific take of the age of the Earth? (47:08:00)
• If there are civilizations that are so advanced, why would they keep coming here to bother us? (51:30:00)
• Caller: Is it possible to build a spaceship that will get us to mars quicker? (51:40:00)
• Definition of Panspermia (3:50)

TOPICS

QUESTIONS

• Panspermia seen as a legitimate theory in the scientific community (03:10)
• The Star Dust probe (04:30)
• NASA's hope of discovery using the Star Dust probe (05:40)
• The difference between directed and non-directed panspermia (05:54)
• Ramifications of directed panspermia (06:45)
• Science cannot account for the origin of life through natural processes (07:54)
• Mars' role in non-directed panspermia, using bacteria (10:02)
• Interstellar panspermia (11:02)
• Panspermia postpones the origin of life question, does not answer it (12:19)
• Recent discoveries concerning origin science and their impact on standard theories (21:58)
• The chemical complexity of early life forms (24:46)
• New scientific area of Genomics (25:32)
• Improbability of simple life forming by chance (28:35)
• Three additional new discoveries supporting the improbability of simple life forming by chance (29:55)
• Problems of Mars as a point of origin (43:31)
• The acclaimed Mars meteorites (44:25)
• The suitability of Earth as the origin for life (45:28)
• Problems with interstellar panspermian events (45:48)
• Christian viewpoint of and response to panspermian theories (49:01)

• Were the seeds of life planted from outer space? (02:33)
• For what purpose was the Star Dust probe launched? (04:50)
• How does seeding from another planet supposedly happen? (09:53)
• Could panspermia occur between galaxies? (11:32)
• Aren't theories like panspermia cyclical? (11:51)
• How does panspermia affect the theory of evolution? (14:06)
• How long has panspermian theory been around? (21:24)
• What recent developments in science have helped panspermia to gain credence? (21:37)
• There was a sudden appearance of complex chemicals? (24:23)
• What about complex life on this planet? (24:33)
• Does panspermia have problems as a theory? (41:44)
• What is the strongest evidence offered in support of pansperian theory? (46:45)
• Do you find that the scientific community is trying very hard to find support for panspermian theory? (48:00)
• What commonalities are there between the theories of panspermia, evolution, and creation models? (48:40)
• Is panspermia a theory for Christians to combat? (51:51)
• Why not consider supernatural reasons, if you are willing to accept directed panspermia, considering the weight of evidence? (52:27)

TOPICS

QUESTIONS

• Exciting new evidence (04:15)
• Background of RTB (04:55)
• Creation and the Age of the Universe (06:42)
• Einstein Selection as Time Magazine's Man of the Year (08:16)
• General and Special Relativity (10:10)
• The difference between a theory and a hypothesis (with examples) (19:43)
• Big Bang and other information confirming the God of the bible created universe. (22:00)
• Steven Hawking's opinion of time and relativity (22:50)
• Biblical viewpoint of God being transcendent and omnipotent (27:11)
• The dovetailing of God into scientific explanations (34:02)
• Christian skepticism is a good thing. (36:37)
• A Christian perspective on the Big Bang (38:40)
• Gluon-quark soup evidence confirming God of the Bible creation event (44:51)
• Scientific method applied to Genesis 1 (49:01)

• Are you excited about all the new evidence that is coming out? (04:21)
• What does Einstein's Theory of Relativity really mean? (09:40)
• How did they make experimental observations of General Relativity? (13:32)
• What was the concept of the Universe before Einstein came along? (14:05)
• What do you mean by a transcendent event? (26:13)
• What is a pantheist? (26:38)
• What are new discoveries about the Universe telling us about God? (29:50)
• Doesn't science assume that the beginning of the Universe is a natural cause? (30:57)
• Isn't using God as an answer for the Universe a cop-out? (31:50)
• What is your explanation of Genesis 1:2? (47:03)
• Why do you take the old Universe view of creation? (52:35)
• Why do Christians argue about the young earth vs old earth all the time? (56:29)