Sierra Vista Community Church Event by Reasons to Believe ( November 26, 2017 ) Join Hugh Ross as he preaches at Sierra Vista Community Church for their Sunday services. Service times: 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM *These events are free and open to the public. www.sierravistacc.com
Gravitational Lens Test for Cosmic Design Publication by Hugh Ross ( May 31, 2005 ) A team of American astronomers has developed yet another accurate confirmation of the two most highly fine-tuned cosmic design parameters. Combining the Cosmic Lens All-Sky Survey with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the team produced the first accurate determination, based on gravitational lensing, for the cosmic mass density (22-26 percent of the total cosmic density) and the cosmic dark energy density (74-78 percent of the total cosmic density). Their measured values agree very well with independent accurate measures achieved by the WMAP of the cosmic background radiation and by type Ia supernovae of the velocities of distant galaxies. The team demonstrated that astronomers’ confidence in the big bang creation model and in the extraordinary fine-tuning of the cosmic density parameters for the benefit of life is indeed very well justified. Astronomy
Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance Makes the Case for a Creator Blog by Fazale “Fuz” Rana ( November 27, 2019 ) What would it be like to live in a world without antibiotics? It isn’t that hard to imagine, because antibiotics weren’t readily available for medical use until after World War II. And since that time, widespread availability of antibiotics has revolutionized medicine. However, the ability to practice modern medicine is being threatened because of the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Currently, there exists a pressing need to understand the evolution of antibiotic-resistant strains and to develop new types of antibiotics. Surprisingly, this worthy pursuit has unwittingly stumbled upon evidence for a Creator’s role in the design of biochemical systems. Evolution
Christ’s Cross: Its Fourfold Distinctive Meaning Publication by Kenneth Samples ( February 1, 2011 ) At the very heart of historic Christianity stands a cross. The Gospel message is that God brought forth redemption from sin through the crucifixion of his Son (Colossians 1:19–20). The cross therefore exists as a distinctive feature of the Christian faith. But how is one to understand the profound meaning of Jesus’ death on the cross? The atonement of Christ has been understood to reflect several perspectives on the overall work of redemption.1 Theology
Straight Thinking | Mortimer J. Adler: A Twentieth Century Public Intellectual Multimedia by Reasons to Believe ( October 19, 2022 ) Developing One’s Mind to God’s Glory
Does the Appearance of Design in Nature Point to a Designer? Blog by Guest Writer ( June 8, 2023 ) Nature appears to be designed and its constituent parts appear to have a purpose. There is little disagreement among scientists on this point. Famous evolutionists from Charles Darwin to Richard Dawkins accept that nature appears to be designed.1 They even acknowledge that the biological components that make up the myriad organisms have a telos—a purpose. […] Design
Multi-Faceted Design of Air Pressure Publication by Hugh Ross ( May 5, 2005 ) Earth’s atmospheric pressure manifests optimal design on several different levels. Scientists have learned that lungs operate best at an atmospheric pressure of 15 pounds per square inch. They cease to operate well at atmospheric pressures below one third or above three times the optimal level. The best atmospheric pressure for lung operation also is identical to the optimal air pressure for generating a climate ideal for globally distributed advanced life. A lower air pressure would produce higher wind velocities and more laminar jet streams, resulting in many more devastating hurricanes and tornadoes and much more unevenly distributed rainfall. A higher air pressure would produce lower wind velocities and much lower rainfall. That same ideal air pressure happens to be the best air pressure for aircraft transport. The fact that Earth possesses such ideal atmospheric pressure on three essential levels is evidence of God’s supernatural design of Earth for the benefit of humanity. Geology & Earth
Monkey Business: Evolutionists’ Oversight Blog by Hugh Ross ( December 15, 2016 ) Where Charles Darwin and evolutionists today agree is that humans and modern apes are both naturally descended from a single primate species that long ago went extinct. Darwin and today’s evolutionists also agree that nonhuman primates are incapable of mimicking human speech sounds. Biology
Error Control Coding in Biology Implies Design, Part 3 (of 5) Publication by Guest Writer ( December 5, 2008 ) Parts 1 and 2 of this series observed that biological genetic systems function as information-processing systems, and a case was made for coding techniques that protect the genetic data. As a specific example, the genetic code appears designed to minimize the effects of errors in a way that is directly analogous to Gray codes. Gray codes are commonly used by engineers to protect data processed by many modern digital communications systems. Biochemistry
Galaxy’s Disk of Dark Matter Could Trigger Mass Extinctions on Earth Multimedia by Hugh Ross ( December 9, 2016 ) Mass extinction periodicity and the maintenance of the long-term life on Earth. Evolution