Isn't Like Our Father...

1. Isn't Like Our Father... To be a Mighty and Magnificent Creator. Chris Ashcraft Northwest Creation Networkwww.nwcreation.net

2. Creation God spoke the universe into existence. • Genesis 1:3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. • Psalm 33:6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.

4. Intelligent Design When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance. This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent Being. Who said this? Sir Isaac Newton

5. The Earth is Special • The Earth is the perfect distance from the sun • Our moon is just the right size and distance from Earth. • Our moon’s gravity stabilizes the Earth’s rotation. • Our position in our galaxy is just so. • Our sun is its precise mass and composition. • Our atmosphere is clear allowing investigation of the cosmos. All of these factors (and many more), are not only necessary for Earth’s habitability; they also have been surprisingly crucial for scientists to measure and make discoveries about the universe.

6. The Creation Declares Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.

10. Orion Nebula

19. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. (Genesis 1:16)

20. He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. (Psalm 147:4)

22. Science and Naturalism A 1998 report in the journal Nature finds that: "among the top natural scientists, disbelief is greater than ever; almost total". The biologists in the National Academy of Science possess the lowest rate of belief of all the science disciplines, with only 5.5% believing in God. • Nature Vol. 394:6691 (1998)

23. First of all you must understand this, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own passions and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things have continued as they were from the beginning." They deliberately ignore this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago, and an earth formed out of water and by means of water, through which the world that then existed was deluged with water and perished. 2 Peter 3:3-6

24. War of the Worldviews • Atheism vs. Theism • Naturalism vs. Supernaturalism • Evolution vs. Creation

25. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. 1 Peter 3:15

26. Two Models Biblical • God created the universe • Universe is young • God created life – human beings Evolution • Big Bang origin of the universe • Universe 12 – 15 billion years old • Life formed via natural processes

27. Was Adam a Real Man?

28. Was Jesus a Real Man?

30. The Creation Week • The plain reading of the text • Sentence structure • Words used to indicate time • Day with a number • Evening and morning • Statement by Jesus - Mark 10:6(ref) • Genealogies - Gen 5, 1 Chron 1, Luke 3 • Sabbath - Exodus 20:11(ref) , 31:17(ref) • Sequence of creation events • Plants and sunlight

31. The week is from the Bible

32. Luke 10:27 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your... mind

33. Creationist Organizations • Creation Research Society – creationresearch.org • Institute for Creation Research – icr.org • Answers in Genesis – aig.org • Creation Ministries International - creationontheweb.com • Northwest Creation Network – nwcreation.net • Discovery Institute – discovery.org

34. Creation Scientists Danny Faulkner Ph.D. Astronomy John Byl Ph.D. Astronomy Tom Greene Ph.D. Astronomy Dave Harrison Ph.D. Astrophysics James Dire Ph.D. Astrophysics Jason Lisle Ph.D. Astrophysics John Rankin Ph.D. Mathematical Physics Keith Wanser Ph.D. Condensed Matter Physics Russell Humphreys Ph.D. Physics Barbara Helmkamp Ph.D. Physics Don DeYoung Ph.D. Physics Robert Gentry Ph.D. Physics Eugene Chaffin Ph.D. Nuclear Physics Ron Samec Ph.D. Physics John Cimbala Ph.D. Aeronautics Andrew McIntosh Ph.D. Combustion Theory Hee-Choon No Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering Jay Wile Ph.D. Nuclear Chemistry

35. Creation Research The RATE Group – exploring radioisotope dating

36. creationwiki.org

37. Conference.nwcreation.net

38. Parable of the Talents Matthew 25:14-30 "Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more. So also, the one with the two talents gained two more. But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.  "After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

39. Parable of the Talents The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.' "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!‘ "The man with the two talents also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.' "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'

40. Parable of the Talents "Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.' "His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. " 'Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

41. Isn't Like Our Father... To be a Mighty and Magnificent Creator. • The creation is the word of God. • Love your God with all your mind. • Build upon the talents God has given you. • Always be prepared to given an answer.