Evidence for God- Houston TX Chapter

Are miracles a holdover from a pre-Science age?
Dr. Michael G Strauss, a Christian and a particle physicist from the University of Oklahoma looks at this question.

Strauss: A Christian Physicist Examines Miracles Dr. Michael G. Strauss, a particle physicist from the University of...

The June meeting of our Evidences group had a very interesting talk by Angela Tharp.

Here is a synopsis:

Even though some claim that the trans movement is in retreat, the ideas that drove it are still very much with us. In this postmodern world, Christians must be prepared to engage thoughtfully and compassionately with those who support gender fluidity and its premises. What is the history of these ideas? What are the implications of them-- for adults? For children? What does the Bible say? Is there any scientific evidence that supports any of the premises behind gender fluidity, or a gender identity that differs from one's body?

If you have problems or work with people who have questions, this will be very helpful.
Here is a link:

Gender Identity from Scripture and Science Angela Tharp presents a review of current views of gender and how t...

Is the universe designed for life?
This is becoming more and more clear!

Science shows that the same remarkable finely tuning of constants that makes it possible for there to be galaxies and stars also is critical to making the ” biofriendly viscosity and diffusion setting the motion in essential life processes in and across cells” that makes life possible.
https://jesusinhistoryandscience.com/?p=4778

Evidences for God- Houston Chapter meeting
Saturday, March 14. 9 AM – 11am
Zoom link available on request

Does the evidence from the natural creation point to a young Earth or an Old Earth?

Steve Mitchell will present a talk showing the Failure of the “Top 10 Evidences for a YE from Science”, though time may not permit covering all.
• Is there not enough sediment on the ocean floor?
• Do bent (folded) rocks show that geology acted quickly?
• Does the discovery of soft tissue fragments in dinosaur bones mean that they died in Noah’s flood?
• Does the decaying of the Earth’s magnetic field mean that the Earth cannot be billions of years old?
• Does carbon-14 reported in fossils and diamonds mean they are just a few thousand years old?
And more

The Sciences were developed by Christians. That includes geology. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16v7en69Uc/

Is the Present the Key to the Past? A Response to Ken Ham’s Rewriting of Geological History Ken Ham’s recent Facebook post distorts geological history, claiming it stems from atheism. In reality, pivotal geologists like Steno and Cuvier were devout Christians dedicated to God’s crea…

This should be an exciting discussion:

Humans: Designed or Descended? Are humans simply another branch on the primate tree . . . or something truly exceptional? Join RTB scholar Dr. Fazale “Fuz” Rana and biological anthropology...

Don't Miss This!
Our speaker will be our own Roy Brown. Roy’s topic will be: “The Importance of Egypt in the Bible”.
Abstract: The most important country in the Bible after Israel and Judah is Egypt. Perhaps more than any other land mentioned in the Bible, Egypt has left a massive record of events, culture, and beliefs in many paintings, reliefs, inscriptions, and other evidence accumulated over a period of several thousand years. This presentation will use this massive record from Egypt to demonstrate visually how it can be used to better understand, illuminate, and demonstrate the reliability of several Bible passages.
Otis Graf also will be sharing insight into his faith journey. Otis is a member of the RTB scholar community. As an aerospace engineer, he worked with NASA helping with lunar landings and the Space Shuttle program before joining IBM. He is retired and we look forward to hearing his perspective on science and faith.

Moses found by Archaeology???

Evidence for Moses and the Exodus from the actual time that he lived is so limited that many scholars do not believe that he lived, let alone was like the Bible stories. Perhaps this changes, based on a new claim that an ancient inscription actually names Moses. Israeli epigrapher, Michael Bar-Ron claims to have identified just that. It will be quite a while before we will be able to point to this with confidence. A lot of scholarly work will be needed to evaluate this claim. Nevertheless, it is really interesting that this could be true. It also demonstrates that just one verified archaeological discovery could quickly overturn all of the skeptic’s objections to the Biblical accounts. Arguments from silence are always of limited value. We should recognize that it will always require faith to believe that the miracles in the Bible occurred, but new discoveries mean that we can have increased confidence in their historic setting.

Oldest written reference to Moses may be revealed in ancient Egyptian desert inscriptions, researcher says American-Israeli epigraphist interprets ancient inscriptions at Serabit el-Khadim that could be the oldest written mention of Moses, predating the Bible by centuries.

Check this out. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250730030404.htm
Many of us think that the Big Bang was the creation event described in Genesis 1:1... a direct miracle. They say, "The new model does not rely on hypothetical fields or particles such as inflation. It suggests that natural quantum fluctuations in space-time, gravitational waves, were sufficient to seed the small density differences that eventually gave rise to galaxies, stars, and planets. These ripples evolve non-linearly, interacting and generating complexity over time, allowing for verifiable predictions with real data." It will be interesting to see how this develops. It still suggests the universe has a beginning and begs the question where would gravitational waves and quantum fluctuations come from and how fine tuned would they need to be to cause a universe that would allow for life?

How many earth-like planets are there? We know of one. Saying how many more depends on how many criteria it has to meet. If we are looking for a rocky planet at an appropriate distance from a star, then it also helps to know how large it is. If it is too large, then it is increasingly likely to be some form of water world… no land. They would be unlikely to have any of the environments that early forms of life might have found hospitable.

NASA and other astronomers believe that they have candidates, but how many? This article suggests that it is likely that they have overestimated the number that they have found. That means that the odds that any of these would actually meet any of the other criteria that would be clearly required for life to exist just went down.

Could any planet come to meet all of the criteria for advanced life by accident? That would require a lot of faith.

www.sci.news