A
Geologist’s
View of
Creation
For it is written:
”I will destroy the
wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of
the intelligent I will
frustrate.”
1 Corinthians 1:19 (NIV)
God blessed them and said
to them, “Be fruitful and
increase in number; fill the
earth and subdue it. Rule
over the fish of the sea and
the birds of the air and over
every living creature that
moves on the ground.”
Genesis 1:28 (NIV)
Science: A branch of
knowledge or study dealing
with a body of facts (data)
systematically collected and
showing the operation of
general laws or in broad
terms…science can be
defined as a logical
interpretation of data
collected from the material
world.
Geology: is the science
that studies the physical
history of the earth, the
rocks of which it is
composed and the
physical changes which
has undergone and is
undergoing.
Era
Period/Epoch
Age
Cenozoic
Pleistocene, Pliocene,
Miocene, Oligocene,
Eocene, Palaeocene now - 65 Million
Mesozoic
Cretaceous, Jurassic,
Triassic
65 - 248 Million
Palaeozoic
Permian,
Carboniferous,
Devonian, Silurian,
Ordovician, Cambrian 248 - 570 Million
Precambrian
Parent
Nuclide
Half-Life Daughter
(years)
Nuclide
Materials
Dated
Carbon-14
5730
Organic
Nitrogen-14
Uranium-235 704
Million
Lead-207 (and Zircon,
helium)
Uraninite
Potassium40
Argon-40 (and
calcium-40)
1251
Million
Muscovite,
volcanic rock
Uranium-238 4468
Million
Lead-206 (and Zircon,
helium)
Uraninite
Rubidium-87 48,800
Million
Strontium-87
metamorphic
rock
Theory of Evolution: The
continuous genetic
adaptation of organisms or
species to the environment
by the integration agencies
of selection, hybridization,
inbreeding and mutation.
1. Do you have to
science
give up ________
to believe in
God
_______?
But as I looked at
everything I had worked
so hard to accomplish, it
was all so meaningless. It
was like chasing the
wind. There was nothing
really worthwhile
anywhere.
Ecclesiastes 2:11 (NLT)
For the LORD is God,
and he created the
heavens and earth and
put everything in place.
He made the world to
be lived in, not to be a
place of empty chaos.
Isaiah 45:18 (NLT)
You alone are the LORD. You
made the skies and the
heavens and all the stars. You
made the earth and the seas
and everything in them. You
preserve and give life to
everything, and all the angels
of heaven worship you.
Nehemiah 9:6 (NLT)
2. Science leads us to
self-centered
be ___________.
Trust in the LORD with all
your heart; do not depend
on your own understanding.
Seek his will in all you do,
and he will direct your
paths. Don't be impressed
with your own wisdom.
Proverbs 3:5-7a (NLT)
3. Scientists and
Christians both
faith
need _______.
What is faith? It is the
confident assurance
that what we hope for
is going to happen. It is
the evidence of things
we cannot yet see.
Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)
By faith we understand
that the entire universe
was formed at God's
command, that what
we now see did not
come from anything
that can be seen.
Hebrews 11:3 (NLT)
Then Jesus told him,
“Because you have
seen me, you have
believed; blessed are
those who have not
seen and yet have
believed.”
John 20:29 (NIV)