Akin for the Truth
185 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsThis podcast is dedicated to topics of archaeological, historical, scientific and logical discussions in theology. The primary point of conflict between proponents of intelligent design vs evolutionism, for example, is the question of origins.
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Episode 44: Scientists, Believers in God (1 of 4)
January 17, 2017 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.63 MBNewton, Kepler and Maxwell are familiar names, as men who made great leaps in the world of science. They all have something in common: they believed in God.
Episode 43: Some Sources (5 of 5)
January 14, 2017 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.81 MBThis is the last of the enlisting of the positions about origins held in common by most modern creationists. We conclude that knowledge of God's word has no effect unless it is demonstrated in our personal lives.
Episode 42: Some Sources (4 of 5)
January 11, 2017 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.58 MBAdded to the discussions we've covered so far must be the essential realization that, when taken to their logical ends, the doctrines of Darwinian evolution and special creationism are mutually exclusive.
Episode 41: Some Sources (3 of 5)
January 08, 2017 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.58 MBOur next postulate is that the vast ages are refuted by scientific observation. Missing links between species are still missing in their millions. Aggressive, worldwide search since 1859 for these "intermediate species" haven't brought a single missing link.
Episode 40: Some Sources (2 of 5)
January 05, 2017 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.58 MBNext we'll briefly make 2 more observations. Firstly, that there are multiplied thousands of beneficial unique factors about our solar system. Secondly, there is a historical longing in humankind for paradise.
Episode 39: Some Sources (1 of 5)
January 02, 2017 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.86 MBThere are certainly basics with which all creationists agree. Let's look at the first two: natural selection, and beneficial mutation.
Episode 38: Berra's Book (3 of 3)
December 30, 2016 20:00 - 2 minutes - 2.93 MBMarvelous variety can occur within a given class of creatures - not because of new information, but the scrambling and recombination of information already existing in the DNA coding. Thus variation cannot be used to prove the tenets of evolutionary theory.
Episode 37: Berra's Book (2 of 3)
December 27, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.39 MBAfter voicing his concerns about the growing popularity of creationism among biology teachers, Mr. Berra proceeds to cite, as proof of evolution, examples that are either variations within species &natural selection, or unsubstantiated scenarios.
Episode 36: Berra's Book (1 of 3)
December 24, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.31 MBTim Berra is "alarmed" by the number of teachers who are favorable toward creation science in the classroom - but this shows the willingness that exists to challenge unsubstantiated evolutionary claims by means of critical thinking.
Episode 35: The Real Rub (3 of 3)
December 21, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 4.04 MBEvolutionists use the false argument that if we accept God as the Creator of nature, we will see no need to search for scientific explanations. History does not support this argument, since the greatest scientists that ever lived, believed strongly in a Creator.
Episode 34: The Real Rub (2 of 3)
December 18, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 4.09 MBThe real rub is not what we see in nature, but how it got here. The debate is about origins.
Episode 33: The Real Rub (1 of 3)
December 15, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 4.09 MBEvolutionists and Creationists have no disputes regarding the complex coding of the DNA, but the latter see far too much purpose in the biology of life to discount a Creator.
Episode 32: World Views (3 of 3)
December 12, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 4.22 MBIn continuing to contrast the hopefulness of the believer of Scripture with the hopeless and dark doctrines of the materialist, we look at another of the intentional attributes necessary for life: the atmosphere.
Episode 31: World Views (2 of 3)
December 09, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.84 MBNow we look at the worldview of the Christian, who sees each piece of the cosmos as divinely designed by a loving Creator.
Episode 30: World Views (1 of 3)
December 06, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 4.19 MBWe first look at the worldview of believes the order of the universe has created itself: a meaningless universe, life without purpose.
Episode 29: Linguistics and the Word (4 of 4)
December 03, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.61 MBTo end our discourse about the history of language, we look at Dr. Henry Morris' two theories to explain the history of language.
Episode 28: Linguistics and the Word (3 of 4)
November 30, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.59 MBPrimitive languages are generally more complex than their derivatives, whereas modern languages are increasingly generalized and less precise. This is the opposite of what would happen if language were the product of a positive development process.
Episode 27: Linguistics and the Word (2 of 4)
November 27, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.56 MBTo accept evolutionist theories about language development, we must accept that people of ancient cultures were unable to write anything for hundreds of thousands to millions of years! Let's look into the history of written of pictographic and cuneiform writing.
Episode 26: Linguistics and the Word (1 of 4)
November 24, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.6 MBThe ability to communicate with our own kind in abstract, symbolic speech is unique to man, and the evolutionist has never been able to bridge the tremendous gulf between this ability and the grunts and barks of animals.
Episode 25: What Is Life?
November 21, 2016 20:00 - 6 minutes - 2.84 MBOur DNA is full of directed, purposed information – a code that could not have come from the random chaos of evolution.
Episode 24: Code (3 of 3)
November 18, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 4.05 MBOur DNA code is more complex than a space shuttle, but it’s the information translation system connected to that code that is truly baffling.
Episode 23: Code (2 of 3)
November 15, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 4.3 MBThe universe, including time itself, is governed by laws demonstrating a clear, coded message from a well-intentioned Encoder.
Episode 22: Code (1 of 3)
November 12, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 4.09 MBThere is a common moral code throughout all ages and cultures, and the idea of an "encoder" does not escape the notice of all all fields of science and philosophy.
Episode 21: Irreducible Complexity, Revisited (3 of 3)
November 09, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.44 MBLet’s look at the giraffe and the integrated functions and systems that would have to mutate all at once in order to keep the animal alive.
Episode 20: Irreducible Complexity, Revisited (2 of 3)
November 06, 2016 20:00 - 3 minutes - 3.11 MBFruit flies are often used to study genetic mutations, but even with 400 mutations, a new species has never resulted.
Episode 19: Irreducible Complexity, Revisited (1 of 3)
November 03, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.59 MBAs we took a closer look at irreducible complexity, we go over the 2 mechanisms that are believed to make evolution possible: natural selection and genetic mutations.
Episode 18: Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg? (4 of 4)
October 31, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 4.02 MBIn our final episode regarding the chicken egg, we study the many variances in egg designs within different animal species.
Episode 17: Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg? (3 of 4)
October 28, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.9 MBWhy would blind and uncaring evolutionary mutations place the air sack at the large end of the egg? How did blood vessels mutate to coincidentally find nourishment that could be assimilated by the embryos system?
Episode 16: Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg? (2 of 4)
October 25, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.94 MBWe learn more about the chick growing inside the egg, specifically the chick's egg tooth, which allows the chick to begin breathing and then to peck his way through... and then soon disappears!
Episode 15: Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg? (1 of 4)
October 22, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.92 MBThe 2-inch package of the chicken egg is an ingenious design. Grab an egg from your fridge as we learn about the incredible process of the chick's growth.
Episode 14: Behe's Book
October 19, 2016 19:00 - 4 minutes - 1.92 MBIf a single system composed of several interacting, basic parts were to stop functioning at the removal of any of the parts... then we have irreducible complexity.
Episode 13: Monarch Butterfly (3 of 3)
October 16, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.5 MBWhat need or mechanism could cause such a single-tracked, multi-staged, purposed process as demonstrated in the life and travels of the monarch butterfly?
Episode 12: Monarch Butterfly (2 of 3)
October 13, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 4.22 MBWe continue looking at the transformation of the Monarch butterfly from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly.
Episode 11: Monarch Butterfly (1 of 3)
October 10, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 4.32 MBWhen looking at creatures whose design, habits and/or migrations point to a careful and wise Creator, we should not leave out the Monarch Butterfly.
Episode 10: The Amazing Whale (3 of 3)
October 07, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.5 MBLet’s take a look at the anatomy of the whale in reference to the idea that whales descended from land animals
Episode 9: The Amazing Whale (2 of 3)
October 04, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.99 MBWhales have lung tissues that can tolerate levels of compression that would rip ours apart, perfect for their high pressure habitat.
Episode 8: The Amazing Whale (1 of 3)
October 01, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.28 MBUnderwater creatures must have special mechanisms for dealing with the extreme pressures of living so far beneath the surface of the ocean.
Episode 7: Unique Creatures, Complex and Wondrous (3 of 3)
September 28, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.91 MBAnother example of irreducible complexity is the woodpecker, who’s hammering (a force of over 1000 Gs) involves several essential components.
Episode 6: Unique Creatures, Complex and Wondrous (2 of 3)
September 25, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.67 MBThe complex apparatus of the Bombardier Beetle is a perfect example of irreducible complexity.
Episode 5: Unique Creatures - Complex & Wondrous (1 of 3)
September 22, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.86 MBThe Bombardier Beetle utilizes chemicals typically metabolized by its species in remarkable, irreducible ways.
Episode 4: Beaver, a Toothsome Testimony of Pre-thought (4 of 4)
September 19, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.9 MBMany "which came first?" and "how did the animal survive while developing it?" questions arise when looking at the beaver.
Episode 3: Beaver, a Toothsome Testimony of Pre-thought (3 of 4)
September 16, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.92 MBAs we continue studying the remarkable design of the beaver, let's take a closer look at their dams and how they build them.
Episode 2: Beaver, a Toothsome Testimony of Pre-thought (2 of 4)
September 13, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 4.02 MBJust like an engineer is trained to alter habitat beneficially, beavers alter their habitats. If the beaver's habitat doesn't have enough water, they'll build a dam, canals, and more.
Episode 1: Beaver, a Toothsome Testimony of Pre-thought (1 of 4)
September 10, 2016 19:00 - 3 minutes - 3.27 MBLet's take a look at the beaver - and all of its many unique features that enable the creature to work underwater.
Episode 169: Exodus - New Information, (26 of 26)
October 07, 2013 07:00 - 4 minutes - 2.06 MBFor more information and sources you could check out http://akinforthetruth.net. For myself, I have not found criticisms of the central themes of this research very compelling. For example, perhaps one of the more notable argument sets I have found is that produced by the group authoring the article series “Debunking Christianity”. At their website they enlist SEVEN Criticisms of Wyatt’s Claim that he discovered and photographed a 3,500 year old “Egyptian Chariot Wheel” . On another w...
Episode 168: Exodus - New Information, (25 of 26)
October 05, 2013 07:00 - 4 minutes - 2.28 MBFor more information and sources you could check out http://akinforthetruth.net. Previous theories portraying the path of the Exodus and location of Mt. Horeb, or Sinai, have not been supported by any research of Jewish tradition or archaeological discovery, and so have reflected poorly on the viability, in the opinion of the scientific community, on the accuracy of the Biblical account of the Exodus. However, fresh research has been accomplished, shedding new light, beginning with th...
Episode 167: Exodus - New Information, (24 of 26)
October 03, 2013 07:00 - 5 minutes - 2.48 MBFor more information and sources you could check out http://akinforthetruth.net. In our effort to trace the Exodus, we can produce an outline of what we have learned so far as follows: 1) As stated in Galatians 4:25, and confirmed by ancient historians and modern archaeology, Mt. Sinai, or Mt. Horab, is in Arabia, near the ancient, recently discovered city of Midian, not near the southern Sinai Peninsula of Christian lore; 2) the Biblically asserted times and location of Joseph and t...
Episode 166: Exodus - New Information, (23 of 26)
October 01, 2013 07:00 - 4 minutes - 2.21 MBFor more information and sources you could check out http://akinforthetruth.net. Last time we cited findings from remote operating vehicle video undersea camera at the Gulf of Aqaba, off the Nuweiba Peninsula. Looking southward underwater from this crossing ridge, a deep canyon, plunging deeper than the Grand Canyon, can be seen extending southward for over 50 miles. By the way, we could look at the reasonability of a presumed crossing of millions of people trying to cross this underwate...
Episode 165: Exodus - New Information, (22 of 26)
September 29, 2013 07:00 - 3 minutes - 1.78 MBFor more information and sources you could check out http://akinforthetruth.net. Last time we looked at powerful inferences of discovered chariot-wheel and axle – shaped coral discovered, photographed and videoed, on the sea floor at the gulf of Aqaba, as it extends from the Nuweiba Peninsula. We noted that these formations exclude any recent site-seeding, or planting of evidence, because, though one could have dropped chariot wheels and axles into this area, no one can simulate coral ...
Episode 163: Exodus - New Information, (20 of 26)
September 25, 2013 07:00 - 2 minutes - 1000 KBFor more information and sources you could check out http://akinforthetruth.net. As mentioned last discussion, when searching the Aqaba Gulf basin for any indications of the Exodus events recorded in the Bible, researchers knew exactly what they were searching for. Now the sea floor off the Nuweiba shoreline has coral, scattered about, making undersea research complicated. As a living organism that tends to adhere to solid objects, not sand or silt, coral, as it grows, will often d...