Category: Creation and World History

Our Eternal Future

Posted on: 23 April 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Philosophy] 

Our Eternal Future

This post is a follow-on from the previous two days' posts, and forms part of the conclusion of Richard's Masters Degree research into modern mircales. Having come to the conclusion that God is real, and that the Bible is an accurate revelation of Him, we have to look at the whole matter of eternity and the choice that each individual has to make between eternal life and eternal judgement. In today's article, Richard has compiled a list of the various references to eternity, made by Jesus within the record of the four Gospels. The sheer quantity and weight of these sayings can only go to show what an important issue this subject is.

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A Very Significant Safeguarding Issue

Posted on: 22 April 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Philosophy] 

A Very Significant Safeguarding Issue

In the modern world, we are familiar with the concept of safeguarding. This may come in the form of safeguarding policies for those working with children, youth or vulnerable adults, but has also been seen in the likes of the measures imposed to protect the population from the COVID-19 pandemic. If safeguarding is seen as important in the physical realm, then how much more should we be taking it seriously in the spiritual realm?

This video and article come by way of a conclusion to Richard's Masters Degree research into modern miracles (see yesterday's post). If modern mircales confirm the reality of the God of Christianity and the Bible as an accurate revelation of Him, then we have to take very seriously what is said. In particular we need to take heed of the choice given to each individual to accept eternal like or face eternal judgement. This is safeguarding in the truest sense of the word.

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Modern Miracles Dissertation (final draft)

Posted on: 21 April 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Philosophy] 

Modern Miracles Dissertation (final draft)

In this video, Richard introduces the final draft of his Masters Degree dissertation on modern miracles. Whilst the article itself may be heavy reading for many, the video is easy to listen to and well worth watching. In short:

1. There is overwhelming evidence that miracles do occur in the world today, many of which are backed by medical records. If this is the case, then it can be reasonably concluded that the world is not a closed system where everything has a physical cause, but can be subject to outside influences.
2. There is also evidence that the majority of modern miracles occur in the context of Christianity, and as such, there is a strong defence of the case for the God of Christianity, and hence the authority of the Bible.
3. Given the authority of the Bible, we need to take seriously what it says, particularly in relation to eternity and salvation.




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Trust and Obey

Posted on: 03 April 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Education] 

Trust and Obey

This video and article are based on a talk given by Richard to Year 11 leavers in 2021 about the challenge of becoming adults. Inspiration is taken from the old hymn Trust and Obey.

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The Recessive Stage of the Flood

Posted on: 02 April 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History] 

The Recessive Stage of the Flood

In this article, Richard introduces an article by Michael Oard about the formation of continental shelves during the latter phase of the Flood. These are the areas of the ocean bed that slope down from the continental coasts prior to going down into the deeper parts of the oceans, and evidence shows that they are formed from sedimentary rocks. They are best explained in terms of the movements that would have occurred during the second half of the Flood. As the mountains were raised and the ocean beds sunk to enable the flood waters to recede from the land, the massive movement of water would have caused large amounts of sediment to be washed from land towards the ocean bases. This concept is far better than any attempt to explain the formation of continental shelves in terms of gradual processes in a long age world history.

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Our Response to the Last Days

Posted on: 01 April 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Theology / Bible Study] 

Our response to the Last Days

In this video and article, Richard introduces a list of ten points to help us consider how we should approach the challenge of living in the last days.

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The Bacterial Flagellum

Posted on: 31 March 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Biology] 

Irreducible complexity - Bacterial Flagellum

This video and article, make reference to the work of Prof. Michael Behe, who back in the 1990s, introduced the concept of "irreducible complexity" in biological systems. This concept relates to the idea that working systems are so complex, that they have to be fully in place in order for any part of them to be of any use. One of the key examples used is that of the bacerial flagellum, which is the device used to propel and provide mobility to a bacterial cell. Given that many biological systems are irreducibly complex, the only reasonable conclusion is that they must be the work of an intelligent designer rather than via a process of evolution and random mutations.

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Science and Miracles

Posted on: 24 March 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Philosophy] [Education] 

Science and Miracles

In this video and article, Richard talks about the implication of scientific method in relation to the supernatural. It is totally reasonable that observable things should be interpreted in terms of science and natural causes wherever possible. This does not however rule out the fact that other things such as creation, the Flood and modern miracles cannot reasonably be explained by science and must be attributed to the divine work of God.

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Origin of Coal

Posted on: 22 March 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Geology] 

Origin of Coal

In this video, Richard introduces an article about the formation of the upper (Cenozoic) layers of coal that are found extensively across the globe, and how this fits in well with the model of a global flood. Coal will have been created as a result of trees being uprooted by the movement of the flood waters, and forming into floating log mats which will then have been deposited into the earth as the oceans receded in the latter stages of the flood. This, like many other observed geological formations, is far better explained in terms of a recent worldwide flood than a long age earth history.

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Creation, Fall & Redemption Questions

Posted on: 21 March 2025 by Richard Worsley
Posted in: [Creation and World History]  [Education] 

Creation, Fall & Redemption Questions

This post is linked to the same article as the earlier post God as Lord of History and Geography, but the video takes a different approach. Richard here asks questions as to how we might look at God's purposes in history, in relation to both His original plans in creation and the working out of His redemptive plan for mankind.

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