John 14:15
1 John 5:3
Romans 8
Matthew 7:12-14
Genesis 12:1-3
1 Peter 3:9
Philippians 2:1-4
1 Corinthians 13
2 Corinthians 4:17, 18
Byron Williston, Wilfrid Laurier University, Tobias Hoffmann (ed.), Weakness of Will from Plato to the Present, The Catholic University of America Press, 2008 https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/weakness-of-will-from-plato-to-the-present
Numbers 13:30-32; Numbers 14:6-9
Joshua 21:43-45
Joshua 1:1-9
Hill and Walton, “Joshua” A Survey of the Old Testament, 217
The Gate of the Year a selection from a Poem Called "God Knows" by Minnie Haskins.
And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:"Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown". And he replied: "Go out into the darkness and put your hand into the Hand of God.That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way". So I went forth, and finding the Hand of God, trod gladly into the night.And He led me towards the hills and the breaking of day in the lone East.
Isaiah 46:8-1
Proverbs 21:31
Romans 8:28
Psalms 103:1-5; 136:1; 144:15
James 1:2-4
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Grit - The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
"Overwhelmingly, the evidence showed that those who accomplished great things generally combined passion with perseverance."
Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
"Whenever we get swept under by life’s dramas, large and small, we are forgetting that no matter how bad the pain gets, no matter how harrowing the torture, all bad things end.”
[7] You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. Deuteronomy 6:7
[29] “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. Deuteronomy 29:29
Curiosity is the Wick in the Candle of Learning, online at: https://extension.psu.edu/programs/betterkidcare/parents-families/families-count/curiosity-is-the-wick-in-the-candle-of-learning
Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew B. Crawford https://www.amazon.com/Shop-Class-Soulcraft-Inquiry-Value/dp/0143117467
Free Guy - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6264654/
The Matrix - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/
Wreck it Ralph - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772341/
Berkeley and Idealism - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/berkeley/
Don Hoffman's Conscious Realism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_D._Hoffman
Pantheism, Panentheism, Theism - https://www.theosophical.org/files/events/MahatmaLetters/About_God.pdf
Creation - Genesis 1, 2
Glitch - Genesis 3
GameWorld/History - Isaiah 46:8-11
God enters the game - John 1
Makes a bunch of NPC's alive - John 3:5-8, Colossians 2:13-15
Gives us a knowledge of what's true and good and really going on - Ephesians 1:7-12
Matthew 7:24-27
Psalm 69:1-3, 14-16
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Psalm 124 (quoted without reference)
Psalm 29:10,11
For Augustine's reflections on the Summon Bonum see On the Moral Teaching of the Catholic Church, On the Nature of the Good, Book 19, The City of God
The phrase Beauty and Barbed Wire can be found in John Lennox, Where is God in a Coronavirus World?
Show Notes
John Lennox, 2084 - Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity https://www.amazon.com/2084-Artificial-Intelligence-Future-Humanity/dp/0310109566/
The Deep Learning Revolution by Terrance Sejnowsky - https://www.academia.edu/38223831/Sejnowski_Terrence_J_The_deep_learning_revolution_2018_pdf
AI Superpowers Kai Fu Lee, https://www.amazon.com/AI-Superpowers-China-Silicon-Valley/dp/132854639X
Interesting story and testimony of MIT AI Researcher Rosalind Picard https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/april/rosalind-picard-mit-professor-meets-author-knowledge.html
Episode 4 - Technology and a Human Future - The Gospel Underground Podcast https://www.gospelunderground.org/podcast/2017/9/29/episode-4-technology-and-our-human-future
Genesis 1;
Psalm 19
John 1:1, 14
Philippians 2
Reason to Believe - https://reasons.org/?s=aliens
Aliens, AI, and God: The Search for Superintelligence by Sean Oesch - https://reasons.org/explore/blogs/voices/aliens-ai-and-god-the-search-for-superintelligence
Stand to Reason - https://www.str.org/home
Cosmological Distances and the Nearest Star - https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/alpha-centauri-triple-star-system-about-4-light-years-from-earth/
Fermi's Paradox - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox
The Movie Contact - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118884/characters/nm0000190
Joshua 1:9
1 Kings 2:1-4
Psalm 23; Psalm 34:18; Psalm 46
Zephaniah 3:17
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
2 Corinthians 4:7-12
A Praying Life by Paul Miller
Where is God when it Hurts by Philip Yancey
The universe and the Earth are created by God. Creation implies ownership. (Psalm 24:1,2)
We are called to care and cultivate the world as God created and placed humanity in dominion over creation. (Genesis 1, 2)
The creation is a gift and kindness from God to us. The earth provides for our needs for food, air, water, and shelter. (Genesis 9:3; Acts 14:15-17)
We should work and employ creation for human flourishing, multiplication, and honoring God. (Genesis 1, 3, Genesis 9:7)
Norman Geisler, Christian Ethics, Options and Issues
Wendell Berry, The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry
Christopher Camuto, Hunting from Home: A Year Afield in the Blue Ridge Mountains
TM Moore, Consider the Lillies, A Plea for Creational Theology
Jame Schaefer, Ecological Ethics https://www.saet.ac.uk/Christianity/EcologicalEthics
Genesis 1; Genesis 9; Deuteronomy 24; Psalm 8;
Matthew 5:21-26; Luke 6:27-31; Ephesians 2; Revelation 7; James 2; Galatians 3:23-29
Demon Unrest by Erik Larson
Six Frigaites by Ian Toll
Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley
How Africa Shaped the Christian Mind by Thomas Oden
The Clapham Sect and William Wilberforce - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Sect
The Reverend Richard Allen https://www.powerofchange.org/blog/2011/2/18/the-rev-richard-allen.html
Matthew 22:17-22
Romans 13:1-4
1 Peter 2:13-17
Titus 3:1-5
Ryan Burge, Graphs About Religion
Good and Bad Ways to Think about Religion and Politics by Robert Benne
Nehemiah 4
Romans 15:6, 7
Titus 3
1 Peter 3:15;
Colossians 4:2-6;
The Rivendell Institute https://www.rivendellinstitute.org/about/
Jesse Furey, What is Culture? Haus Journal. Online at https://www.bonhoefferhaus.com/hausjournal/whatisculture
The Daily Liturgy https://dailyliturgy.com
Three Body Problem https://www.netflix.com/title/81024821
IMDB - Dune Part 2 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15239678/
The Gospel Coalition - Dune Part 2 - https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/dune-two-spectacle-skeptical/
Human Race – Born of Woman, Genesis 3:15
Ethnic Group – Abraham, Genesis 12:3
Tribe – Judah, Genesis 49:10
Dynasty – David, 2 Samuel 7:12
Manner of Birth – Virgin, Isaiah 7:14
Birthplace – Bethlehem, Micah 5:2
When he would die – Approx AD 33, Daniel 9:24
Way he would die – Isaiah 53
Psalm 19:7–11
[7] The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; [8] the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; [9] the fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether. [10] More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.[11] Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward. (ESV)
2 Timothy 3:14–17
[14] But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it [15] and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. [16] All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, [17] that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. (ESV)
Psalm 119:105 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
In Defense of the Bible: A Comprehensive Apologetic for the Authority of Scripture edited by Steven Cowan https://www.amazon.com/Defense-Bible-Comprehensive-Apologetic-Authority/dp/1433676788
Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books by Michael J. Kruger https://www.amazon.com/Canon-Revisited-Establishing-Authority-Testament/dp/1433505002
Why Believe? A Reasoned Approach to Christianity by Neil Shenvi https://www.amazon.com/Why-Believe-Reasoned-Approach-Christianity-ebook/dp/B09GYV79JT/
The Journey from Texts to Translations by Paul Wegner https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Texts-Translations-Origin-Development/dp/0801027993
Exodus 24:1-4
Jeremiah 30:1,2
2 Timothy 3:16, 17
2 Peter 1:19-21
Exodus 20:16, Psalm 15:2
Ephesians 4:25, Revelation 22:15
Scaling the Secular City by JP Moreland,
Jesus and the Eyewitnesses : The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony by Richard Bauckham
The Deep Learning Revolution by Terrence J. Sejnowski
Daniel 2:47; Genesis 1-3; Acts 17; Psalm 19; Romans 1-2; Matthew 5:45
Not Every from Every - The Bible does not teach that every person from every nation will be rescued from sin, death, and hell.
Not all from Some - Nor does God favor any group of people in that all from only some nations will be saved.
Some from Every - The Scriptures are clear that there will be some from every people, tribe, and language in the Kingdom of heaven (Revelation 7:9-12). In a unique way, Jesus' message was as open as can be imagined, yet only some respond. His open call is clear:
All who are weary and heavy burdened...come to Jesus (Matthew 11:25-30)
All who are thirsty...drink (Revelation 22:17)
All who are in darkness...he is light (Matthew 4:12-17; 2 Corinthians 4:1-6)
All who are hungry...come eat and be satisfied (John 6:35-40)
He claimed to forgive sin, only what God could do (Mark 2:1-12)
He claimed to be the divine "Son of Man" (Daniel 7:13, 14; Mark 13:24-27)
He claimed to exist before Abraham was born as the "I AM" - the unique name of God in the Old Testament (John 8:48-59)
He claimed that he was "one" with the Father (John 10)
He claimed that if you saw him, you saw the Father (John 14)
He was called "King of Kings and Lord of Lords" superseding the grandeur and authority of all earthly kings and rulers (Philippians 2:9-11; 1 Timothy 6:11-16; Revelation 9:11-16)
Huston Smith and Huston Smith, The World's Religions : Our Great Wisdom Traditions (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991, 378.
Jean Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, trans. Henry Beveridge (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, 1997), I, xi, 8.
John Hick, Dennis L. Okholm, and Timothy R. Phillips, More Than One Way? : Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan Pub. House, 1995), 47-51.
The Blind Men and the Elephant is a very old Indian folk tale. John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) wrote a poem based on the story which you can read at John Godfrey Saxe, WordInfo, accessed 1/30/2018, 2018. http://www.wordinfo.info/Blind-Men-and-Elephant-crop.html
James W. Sire, Naming the Elephant : Worldview as a Concept, Second edition. ed. (Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2015)
Robert M. Bowman and J. Ed Komoszewski, Putting Jesus in His Place : The Case for the Deity of Christ (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 2007)
Matthew 27:62–66
Mark 15:42-47
Acts 17:31
1 Corinthians 15:51-58
Jesus’ Resurrection and Christian Origins. Originallypublished in Gregorianum, 2002, 83/4, 615–635. Reproduced by permission of the author https://ntwrightpage.com/2016/07/12/jesus-resurrection-and-christian-origins/
Edwin Yamauchi, Easter: Myth, Hallucination, or History? Available online www.leaderu.com/everystudent/easter/articles/yama.html
Gary Habermas’ website has many helpful articles on all things Resurrectional as well—http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/articles.htm
John Stott, Basic Christianity
William Lane Craig in Copan and Tacelli, Jesus’ Resurrection , Fact or Figment—A Debate Between William Lane Craig and Gerd Lüdemann (Downers Grover, Intervarsity Press, 2000)
Gary Habermas and Mike Licona, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004).
NT Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God, (Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 2003)
1 Corinthians 15:1-3, 17
Mark 15, 16; Luke 24; Matthew 28; John 20-21; Acts 1
William Lane Craig in Copan and Tacelli, Jesus’ Resurrection , Fact or Figment—A Debate Between William Lane Craig and Gerd Lüdemann (Downers Grover, Intervarsity Press, 2000)
Gary Habermas and Mike Licona, The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004)
NT Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God, (Minneapolis, Fortress Press, 2003) 686.
Genesis 1:1
Hebrews 11:3
Romans 1-3
Darwin Devolves by Michael Behe
Mere Christianity by CS Lewis
No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre
The God Hypothesis by Stephen C. Meyer
Reasonable Faith, Christian Truth and Apologetics by William Lane Craig
Reasonable Faith Animated Videos https://www.reasonablefaith.org/animated-videos
The Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
