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Bob Utley, "Genesis" from the series How It All Began: Genesis 1-11

"the uniqueness of Genesis is readily apparent if they read the other ancient accounts for themselves. Ancient near eastern parallels provide some helpful cultural insights, but they do not explain the Genesis creation account away." —John A. Bloom and C. John Collins, "Creation Accounts and Ancient Near Eastern Religions" Christian Research Institute

Derek Thomas, "Creation Ex Nihilo" Ligonier Ministries © Tabletalk magazine.

"At first the scientific community was very reluctant to accept the idea of a birth of the universe... It took time, observational evidence, and careful verification of predictions made by the Big Bang model to convince the scientific community to accept the idea of a cosmic genesis...[T]he Big Bang is a very successful model...that imposed itself on a reluctant scientific community."" —"Cosmology, the Big Bang, and the Beginning" Truthbomb Apologetics

"Mathematics of Eternity Prove the Universe Had a Beginning" MIT Technology Review, April 24, 2012.

“Astronomers now find they have painted themselves into a corner because they have proven, by their own methods, that the world began abruptly in an act of creation to which you can trace the seeds of every star, every planet, every living thing in this cosmos and on the earth. And they have found that all this happened as a product of forces they cannot hope to discover. That there are what I or anyone would call supernatural forces at work is now, I think, a scientifically proven fact.” —Transcript of planetary physicist and NASA scientist Robert Jastrow's interview with Christianity Today.

William Lane Craig, "Beyond the Big Bang" BeThinking website

J. Warner Wallace, "A Personal God is the Best Explanation for the Beginning of the Universe" Cold Case Christianity

Fascinating lecture by astronomer and physicist Hugh Ross, Ph.D. "Cosmic Reasons To Believe in Jesus Christ" YouTube video.

"You are a piece of work — God’s work. When Paul says that you are God’s “workmanship,” don’t think of your clunky seventh grade shop class project. Think of The Odyssey, Beowulf, The Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost, or The Faerie Queen — great works of epic poetry."The Greek word Paul chose for this sentence is “poiema,” and what he had in mind is a work of masterful creativity. You can already tell that this is where we get our English word “poem.” Paul selected this word carefully. The only other time in Scripture he used it was in Romans 1:20: 'For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.' —John Bloom, "You Are God's Workmanship" Desiring God, May 11, 2015.

“God has written two poetic masterpieces, as it were, one in the physical creation, one in the lives of men and women redeemed and saved by His grace (Eph 2:8). Both give eloquent testimony to the eternal power and Godhead of the Creator-Redeemer.” Two great 'divine poems' – the created world and re-created, redeemed men and women in that world." —"Poiema Greek Word Study" Preseptaustin website

J. Hampton Keathley III, "The Supremacy of the Person of Christ (Col. 1:15-18)" from the series Paul's Letter to the Colossians: An Exegetical and Devotional Commentary

"As a skeptic, I was surprised to find that the earliest document evidence we have related to Jesus describes Him as a miracle worker who claimed to be God and rose from the dead. In the earliest documents, Jesus was worshiped as God, displayed the power of God, and spoke as though He were God. The writers of Scripture were quick to describe Jesus as more than a simple, wise teacher; they described Him as the Christ." —J. Warner Wallace, "The Early 'High Christology' of Jesus" Cold Case Christianity

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