Phil Moore spoke on ‘The Beginning of Everything’ on Sunday, looking at issues surrounding creation and evolution and how Christians should respond and understand what the bible and science teaches.  Over the next few days I will try and add more links to this post with online resources for those who want to investigate further.  To get you started…

The Test of Faith website has loads of short video clips with prominent scientists expressing how they combine their faith with their science.  Also, the scientists give brief insights into their area of expertise, and the discoveries that point at the handiwork of God.  The website is run by the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion and comes from a theistic evolutionary perspective.

A second resource is a ‘Tough Questions’ seminar stream run at the Newday conference this year.  Adrian Holloway addresses the questions ‘Are you saying Darwin was wrong?’ and ‘Do you believe in evolution?’

For 3 weeks in January we are focusing on topical issues that come out of the first few chapters in the bible, Genesis 1-3.  Each meeting will have a talk on the topic and then plenty of time given over to questions sent in via text during the meeting.  Here is a brief summary of what’s coming up…

Jan 17   The Beginning of Everything

Guest Speaker Phil Moore on Darwin, Dawkins and the creation / evolution debate.  How should Christians understand the beginning of the world?

Jan 24   The Beginning of Ethics

Stu Gibbs on some of the implications of being made in the image of God.  How should this affect our thinking on issues such as abortion, euthanasia, human rights etc?

Jan 31   The Beginning of Sex

Stu Gibbs on the bible’s teaching on sexuality.  What does the bible teach about who we should have sex with and when we should have it?