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Topic: Evolution (Theistic)

Episode Topic Audio

2024-04-10
Evolution: What are your thoughts on evolution (of a species)? Rec: Topical lecture series "Creation and Evolution."



2024-04-03
Evolution vs Creation: How would I explain the difference between evolution and creation to a non-Christian?



2024-03-20
Evolution (Old or New Earth): Do you think that God created a mature (aged) earth, as he did with creating a mature Adam and Eve?
Comment on Evolution: Caller shares thoughts on lack of evidence of evolution in the wild.


2024-03-20
The Flood & Evolution: What do you think about the flood? Was it global? Were all the animals, in all their variations there? How would atheistic evolution differ from theistic evolution?



2023-08-21
Old Earth vs New Earth: Caller comments on why the old earth theory seems impossible because of the dinosaur population and the timing of the introduction of death.



2023-01-27
Calvinism vs Non-Calvinism: Can you give me your take on the difference between the non-Calvinist evangelical teachers (Billy Graham, Greg Laurie) and the Calvinist preachers (John MacArthur) and the freedom for all to come to Christ?
Theist Evolution: Am I being too critical if I am concerned about our new Calvinist pastor who believes in "Theist Evolution?" Can you be a Christian if you believe that?


2023-01-06
Science, History & Creation: Regarding Science & History relative to creation, it is possible that God created past and present at the same time? [Genesis 1].



2022-08-17
The Bible & Evolution: Can a Bible believer also believe in evolution? [Genesis 1].



2022-07-05
Evidence for the Young Earth: Could you help me understand the evidence for the young earth? [Genesis 1, Genesis 5, Genesis 11].



2022-01-18
Faith in Evolution: Don't you think that it takes more faith to believe in evolution than God, especially without any real evidence?



2019-12-10
Theistic Evolution: What do you think of Adam & Eve as possibly archetypes rather than real individuals relative to theistic evolution?



2019-11-04
Creation-Various Views: What are your thoughts on the different views of creation, including, progressive creationism, and theistic evolution? [Genesis 1-2].



2018-12-18
Human Bones in Africa: A friend of the caller visited the cradle of human kind, evolution, & so on, & wants to know Steve's thoughts.



2018-11-14
Creation of the Earth: Could not God have created an earth that was already aged (being in full maturity already)? Weren't Adam & Eve created as adults?



2018-11-14
Young or Old Earth: I took an IQ test, & it had a question about the age of the earth & it gave me the choices of 6,000 years or 4.5 Billion years, & I picked the young age answer, & they said it was wrong, & as a result it gave me a lower IQ score for believing the Bible. So is it possible that it could be older than 6,000 years, since a form of the earth might've been here for a very long time before God actually started creating? [Genesis 1 & 2, Exodus 20:11]



2018-10-31
6 Literal Days: Are the 6 days of creation literal? Christians not able to challenge the scientific community by believing this



2018-09-19
Old Earth Creationism: What would old earth creationists say about animals not dying before the Fall?



2018-08-20
Age of the Earth: What is the age of the earth, young or old? How does science determine the date of things & interpret the data?



2018-07-30
Evolution: What can you say about Evolution & Science relative to Christian traditions and beliefs? Did God use Evolution for creation?



2017-07-03
Creation Week: Was the Creation done in 6 literal days or was it just symbolic & can be much longer than that? Should we worry or can we know before the end of time if it is?



2017-06-07
Book on Evolution: Douglas Acts' book, "Undeniable", "undeniabledesign.com", I highly recommend.



2017-06-07
More Suggestions of Good Evolution Books for Young Children: The grandfather asking for good books for his grandson, i have a godo one, a book by a dr walter brown, "In the Beginning - Compelling Evidence for Creation".



2017-06-01
Good book to Rebut Evolution for a 12 year old: This caller also is recommending a book that a caller requested for his 12 yr old grandson about science (followup)



2017-05-31
More Suggestions to Combat Evolution for a 12 year old: Also for the guy who wanted good books on science, but being in harmony w/ the Bible: Website, Reason.org



2017-05-31
Good Books on Evolution for a 12 year Old: (followup) Caller is responding to caller who wanted good on Evolution for a child: 1) The Bible & Science Made Easy by Mark Water 2) The Right Questions, Truth, Meaning & Public Debate by Phillip Johnson 3) Deliver Us From Evil: Restoring the Soul in a Disintegrating Culture by Ravi Zacharias 4) Evidence for Creation,Intelligent Answer for Open Minds by Tom DeRosa



2017-05-31
Grandson becoming Atheist: My grandson has decided that he is going to be an atheist & be a "man of science" because of the influence of a teacher, do you know where I can find some good books to refute evolution?



2017-03-24
Dinosaurs: Dinosaurs that are millions of years old?



2017-02-17
Age of the Earth: What is the age of the earth, a young earth or an old earth?



2017-02-14
Anti-Christ Darwin: Could Darwin be considered an anti-Christ?
Mary Apparitions: Is it possible these Marian Apparitions are true? [1 John 4:1]


2017-01-10
Squandering your Life: What if you've squandered most of your life from serving God? [Luke 15:11-32]



2016-11-01
Evolution: What are Steve's beliefs on Evolution?



2016-10-11
Old Earth Biologist: Started realizing as I was out doing by job in biology that it wasn't what I had been taught, & converted to Christianity.



2016-10-11
Age of the Earth: Is the earth old or new?



2016-09-22
Age of the Earth: What direction does Steve lean about the age of the earth, & do we have to be dogmatic about it?



2016-07-11
Young Earth Creationism: Why does Steve lean towards more of a young earth creation over an old earth? What evidence? Because even Ken Ham says that you have to be able to interpret the data correctly.



2016-06-27
Jesus asking Peter 3 Times if he Loved Him: Why was Jesus making such a big deal of asking Peter 3 times if he loved Him?
Day-Age Theory: Is the day-age theory biblical?


2016-06-01
Time, Earth & Creation: Shouldn't we just know that God created everything by His word instead of trying to determine the age of the earth & looking for dinosaurs & loosing the sight of Jesus?



2016-05-31
Young Earth Creationism: Caller talks about test regarding creation & evolution.



2016-05-25
Young Earth Creationist Problems: How do people who believe in young earth creationism deal with the age of the stars, dinosaurs, carbon dating?



2016-05-23
Gap Theory: Caller is asking about the Gap theory. [Genesis 1:1-2], Genesis 2, Isaiah 45:18]



2016-03-17
Creation & Dinosaurs: How does the timing of the Bible Creation & dinosaurs come in line with each other?



2015-12-14
Age of the Earth & Dinosaurs: How can we harmonize the view of the young earth position & the fact that dinosaurs lived?



2015-12-07
Age of the Earth: What is the Age of the Earth? Is it young Earth (6,000 yrs old) or an old earth (millions years old)?



2015-12-01
Creationism & the Eye's complexity: Caller wanted to comment about the complications of the eye.
"The power of sin is the law": What does the phrase, "the power of sin is the law" mean? [1 Corinthians 15:56]


2015-08-25
Evolution: Can you be a true Christian & still be a true Evolutionist?



2015-08-07
Fossil Record: There's Fossil Record that animals ate each other & had deformities before the Fall, so how can there Death & Disease before the Fall?



2015-07-21
Evolution: IF the government has no bone to pick in the issue, why is Evolution crammed down students throat every single semester from grade school through college? One semester should be enough!



2015-07-02
Alcohol & Drugs: Can a person who is addicted to drugs or alcohols, & even do petty theft to support their habit, can they still be considered Christians?
Richard Dawkins: Can Steve explain some of what is wrong w/ Richard Dawkins reasoning?


2015-06-30
Age of the Universe in Relation to Light: Did God create the Universe & the Earth in its full maturity?



2015-05-11
Age of the Earth, Prehistoric Age: The Age of the Stars & other things don't seem to match up w/ the Creation Account, so how do we deal w/ that? [Genesis 1 & 2, Romans 1:19-20]



2015-05-07
Different Races Created: Caller thinks the caller about Adam & different created beings is on to something, she agreeing w/ him & not Steve.
Creation being Millions of Years: She thinks there was a destruction of the "earth" before God created it again during the creation. She gives a litany of Bible references but they turn out to not be the ones she intended.
Disembodied Souls Before Creation: Caller also thinks there were disembodied souls before Creation.

2015-04-07
Creationism & Scientific Textbooks: Caller wants to discuss the call he heard about being able to take Genesis literally.



2015-04-07
Genesis Being Taken Literally: What do we make of all naturalistic, scientific opinion, the radio metric, isotopes of long range dating if Genesis is to be taken literally?



2015-03-09
Young Earth Creationism: They have a new teacher in a Christian school that is a Theistic Evolutionist, & caller has been leering about old earth & just wondering why Steve doesn't believe it. "Days" has meaning different meanings, he's learned.



2015-02-23
Alcohol & Drugs: Caller comments on previous call about drugs & alcohol.
Annihilationism: Comments about the first call regarding hell, but not universalism, but annihilationism.
Evolution for Creation: Can you combine both Creation & Evolution, God using Evolution for Creation?

2014-03-10
Old Earth New Earth: Do you think it's possible that Moses just wrote Genesis 1 as a teaching device or that it's poetry, that it's not really to be taken literal, such as literal days:



2014-03-06
Evolution: Caller believes the evolution debate is really not that big of a deal, & does Steve think God used evolution as a means of creation? [Genesis 1]
Using Correct Terminology: The Bible needs to be a little more precise in the words it uses to indicate if God literally created in 7 days or it was a long process.
God Creating man from Dust: Man might've existed in a physical form but not a spiritual form.

2014-02-24
Christian Evolution: Is Christian Evolution biblical, a possible Christian scenario, us ascending from Apes, & Genesis 1 is just an allegory?



2013-12-26
An "Honest" Atheist: Is there such a thing as an "honest" atheist who is sincere? Is it ever justified to be an atheist? [2 Peter 3:5]



2013-12-03
Dinosaurs in Creation: When did the dinosaurs come into the creation timeline? [Genesis 1, Genesis 2]
Unbiased Scientific Evidence: We need to have an unbiased interpretation of science, not a preconceived idea.


2013-12-02
Gap Theory & Theistic Evolution: Can you tell me about the "Gap Theory" and "Theistic Evolution"? [Genesis 1:1-2]



2013-10-01
Young Earth & Light before Sun: I have a theory about the Young Earth & light being before the Sun, & that is that God was so fast, has the speed of light, it's very possible that light could be available even before the sun, thus it still being a young earth. [Genesis 1:2]



2013-08-23
After their Kind: Caller comments on the call about the discussion of "after their kind" Steve had with the first caller.
Shared a Testimony: Caller shared his testimony.


2013-08-23
After Their Kind: What is the difinition of "after they kind"? [Genesis 1:21] (Steve had a very long discussion with an atheist/evolutionist who he was going to have a debate with in a few days from the date of the show.)



2013-08-21
Uniformitarianism: Uniformitarianists or Evolutionaists think that the passage in Scripture in 2 Peter denies creationism or the World wide Flood. What does Steve say? [vo2 peter 3:3-7]
Westboro Baptist Church: What does Steve think about the radical Westboro Baptist Church?


2013-08-01
Incest in the Bible a Stumbling Block: Caller has a friend who is an unbeliever & wonders how Christianity deals with the fact that incest had to happen in order for the human race to begin.



2013-07-11
Young or Old Earth: Is the age of the earth young or old?



2013-06-26
Evolution being taught in my Church: Why would someone start teaching the theory of evolution in my church?



2013-06-17
Christian Believing in Evolution: Can a Christian believe in Evolution?



2013-06-11
Noah & the Flood: Was Noah's Flood a world-wide flood or a localized one?
Young or Old Earth?: Does Steve believe in an Old Earth or a New Earth?


2013-06-06
Theory of Evolution Saves Lives-Symbiotic Relationships: Caller thinks Evolution saves lives & tries to give a thesis on why.



2013-05-30
Atheist Caller: Science vs Supernatural: Atheist caller discusses why science and Christianity is at odds, and the need to continue to pursue questions of creation, etc.



2013-01-28
Pre-historic Animals: In what part of the timeline would you place the prehistoric animals? Prior to man? During Adam's creation?
Drawings of Animals & People in Caves: What about all the drawing of animals & people in caves?


2013-01-17
Creation verses Evolution: One reason the Bible might not teach that creation was done by evolution is teach there were no such words as "millions" & "billions".
Seventh Day Adventism: What can you tell me about the Seventh Day Adventists? Are they mainstream theology or what? Are they a cult?


2013-01-16
Facing the Judgment: Why a Judgment for Christians?
Creationism, Literal days or Billions of Years: How do we reconcile what the Bible seems to say about the Creation of the earth, 6 literal days & what science says, millions & millions of years?

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