Find the faith / find the assumptions

  • Give examples of something you think you know about the natural world.
  • How did you come to that knowledge?
  • Why do you have confidence in that knowledge?

Does it require faith?

  • Supernaturalism
  • Naturalism
  • Christianity
  • Atheism
  • Agnosticism
  • Creationism
  • Evolutionism
  • Young earth
  • Ancient earth

Are science and religion mutually exclusive?

One scientist’s perspective on science and faith.

  • Sir Isaac Newton – Principia Mathematica

Relevance of scripture

What does God say about the opposition?

  • Psalms 14:1-6
  • Psalms 2:1-4
  • Psalms 10:4-6, 11-14
  • Isaiah 29:9-16
  • Isaiah 45:7-12

How ought we regard God?

  • With praise – Psalm 148
    • The natural world praises Him.
    • The people of the earth, great and small should praise Him.
  • With fear – Psalm 1:7
    • It is the beginning of knowledge.