盼望的缘由
有人问你们心中盼望的缘由，就要常作准备，以温柔敬畏的心回答各人。(彼得前书 3:15b)
For the Investors
Has the house financial market disappointed you? You may enjoy some excerpts from Harvard professor Harvey Cox's article "The Market as God". Then, come, let us know the true God, who does not fail us; join our Friday Bible study.
For the Intelligent
Let's assume that you are very intelligent, but you do not understand how can someone believe in God. Before you draw the conclusion that you are too smart for the Christian faith, may I invite you to read the following articles? You and I may not always agree with the authors, but I hope you would agree with me that they are respectable thinkers.
- Henry F. Schaefer III, Scientists and Their Gods
- Otto J. Helweg: Scientific Facts and Christian Faith: How Are They Compatible?
- Alvin Plantinga, When Faith and Reason Clash: Evolution and the Bible
- Alvin Plantinga, Theism, Atheism, and Rationality
- Armand Nicholi, When Worldviews Collide -- C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud: a comparison of their thoughts and viewpoints on life, pain and death
- Paul C. Vitz, The Psychology of Atheism
- 《创世记》与科学——起初（上）, 吴家望, 海外校园, 第八十一期, 2007-02
- 《创世记》与科学——起初（下）, 吴家望, 海外校园, 第八十二期, 2007-04
- 《创世记》与科学——创造, 吴家望, 海外校园, 第八十九期, 2008-06
In case that you have any questions or comments, I'm available to listen to and talk with you.
-- Charlie 813-631-0123
Modern Science Is a Baby of the Christian World View
It surprises many to discover that modern science is basically a product of a Christian world view. Three main assumptions of modern science are:
- the universe (world) is orderly;
- this orderly universe can be known; and
- there is a motive to discover the order.
Only a Christian world view seems to fit the three criteria. The created universe is logical as can be seen from numerous Biblical references such as Jeremiah 31:35, "...the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night..." This universe can be known because the Creator can be known as Paul in Romans 1:19-20 declares, "For what can be known about God is plain ...his eternal power and deity, has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made." Finally, the incentive exists in the direct command in Genesis where God says to "...fill the earth and subdue it..." Thus mankind is to be not only a steward but to master God's creation.
What surprises some is that many of the founders of modern science were not only Christians, but they were scientists in order to demonstrate that we lived in an orderly universe. They believed that such a demonstration would be powerful evidence that such a universe was created by an orderly God who could be known.
Excerpt from Otto J. Helweg: Scientific Facts and Christian Faith: How Are They Compatible? [Full article]