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Appendix C – Physical & Chemical Natural History: Is the Universe Thousands or Billions of Years Old?

May 1996
Sermons in this series
Lesson 30 – Physical and Chemical Natural History: Is the Universe Thousands or Billions of Years Old?, Part 2: Astronomical “Clocks” and the Bible
Thu, May 30, 1996
by Charles Clough
Series: Appendix C – Physical & Chemical Natural History: Is the Universe Thousands or Billions of Years Old?
Duration: 1 hr 12 mins 25 secs
True biblical faith is locked into historical reality. Evolution is a modern statement of an ancient idea: continuity of being. Dating systems to measure the age of the earth: non-terrestrial clocks (which are more speculative and require a longer chain of conjecture). Not all constants show an earth of great age. For “theological” reasons, cosmologists assume a universe with no center and no boundaries. A theory explaining a universe with both continuities and discontinuities.
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Lesson 29 – Physical and Chemical Natural History: Is the Universe Thousands or Billions of Years Old? Terrestrial “Time” Clocks and the Bible
Thu, May 23, 1996
by Charles Clough
Series: Appendix C – Physical & Chemical Natural History: Is the Universe Thousands or Billions of Years Old?
Duration: 1 hr 7 mins 18 secs
Physics: dating systems and measuring ages. Salvation by works is related to evolution: transmuting a sinner into a saint. The Bible makes faith contingent on historical reality. The term “natural law” implies that nature never changes. Without a lawgiver, “natural law” is just conjecture. Various dating systems to measure the age of the earth: terrestrial clocks.
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