Q&A: Part 1 - Hasn’t Science Buried God?

This Sunday, Rob Lea brings us the talk in the latest of our EBC services. We encourage you to reflect on the bible text and join us in the prayer that follows below.
 
The talk will be available via live stream at 11.00am on Sunday 7th August, on our YouTube channel.
 
Once you have listened, here are some questions to consider:

Reading:

Psalm chapter 19 verses 1 to 4 (NIV)

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. They have no speech; they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.



Prayer and Reflection:

Lord God, we confess that we often avoid tough questions or objections from non-Christians about our faith and the world we live in. Please help us to be better prepared and ready to give an answer to those who ask why we believe what we believe.
Lord God, we thank you that in the beginning, when you designed and created the universe out of nothing, you made it with such pinpoint accuracy that we could live and thrive on planet Earth.

Forgive us for not being better custodians of your wonderful creation; please help us individually to be more diligent caretakers.
We thank you for Christian scientists like Isaac Newton and John Lennox who were inspired by you to investigate and explain how you did it. Please help us to learn from them and others, and to communicate the science behind your creation in a simple and informative way.

Heavenly Father, when we look into the night sky, we echo the words of the psalmist, ‘the heavens declare the glory of God’. We praise you and say, ‘O Lord my God, how great thou art!’  Amen



Questions to consider:
1) Do you think that you are always prepared to answer questions about your faith? Since the answer for most of us is, ‘probably not’, what steps can you take to be more prepared?