2. Cloning… Stem cell research… Age of the earth… Dinosaurs… In vitro fertilization… Evolution… Geology… Genetic Engineering…

3. Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 – 1543), …was the first astronomer to formulate a heliocentric cosmology that displaced the Earth from the center of the universe. Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), …has been called the "father of modern observational astronomy” and the "father of modern physics.” Sir Isaac Newton (1643 – 1727), …described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion, laying the groundwork for classical mechanics. Johannes Kepler (1571 – 1630), …a key figure in the 17th century astronomical revolution best known for his laws of planetary motion. Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626), … the philosopher and scientist should proceed through inductive reasoning from fact to axiom to law.

4. “Thinking God’s thoughts after him.” Johannes Kepler (1571 – 1630) Psalm 19, “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun, which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course. It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat… may the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.”

5. Supernatural Noumena: Realm of Faith/Belief, Ethics & Religion (unknowable) Faith Earth Heaven Spiritual Physical Reason Natural Early Age of Enlightenment (17 th & 18 th Centuries)… Immanuel Kant, 1724 – 1804, …one of the most influential thinkers of modern Europe and of the late Enlightenment. Late Age of Enlightenment and Modernity (19 th -20 th Centuries)… Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630, …was a German mathematician, astronomer… “Thinking God’s thoughts after him.” Phenomena: Realm of Truth, Experience & Science (knowable)

6. "Scopes (Monkey) Trial” 1925, the state of Tennessee vs. John Scopes

7. Romans 1:18-20, “The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.”

8. Hebrews 11:1-3, “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.”

9. Supernatural Noumena: Realm of Faith/Belief, Ethics & Religion (unknowable) Faith Earth Heaven Spiritual Physical Reason Natural Immanuel Kant, 1724 – 1804, …one of the most influential thinkers of modern Europe and of the late Enlightenment. Late Age of Enlightenment and Modernity (19 th -20 th Centuries)… Phenomena: Realm of Truth, Experience & Science (knowable) “There is no knowing that does not begin with a knowledge of God.” Calvin

10. A God who brings order out of chaos…

11. A God who is three persons in one God - “the one and the many”…

12. A God whose mark… whose fingerprints are on all of creation…

13. Colossians 1: 15-20, “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.”