The creator and the cosmos : how the latest scientific discoveries reveal God

The book helped me overcome my struggle with science and paved the way for a deeper and more reasonable faith that I still continue to investigate and communicate to others to help them through their intellectual struggles. Not only can I know emotionally and spiritually that Christianity is true, but I can know it intellectually and reasonably. Of course, I have been blogging for quite a few years regarding how to demonstrate the reasonableness and truth of the Christian worldview, and in doing so, I have been providing my readers with chapter-by-chapter summary-style reviews of many of the books that I read.

A couple years ago I decided to begin going back through some of the apologetics books that I read early on, and "<a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #336699;" href="https://amazon.com/Creator-Cosmos-Hugh-Ross/dp/1886653143/" target="_blank">The Creator and the Cosmos</a>" was in my stack. Not too long after I made that decision, though, I found out that Dr. Ross was working on a new edition that would add the most current discoveries to his original case (making it even stronger) and address even more challenges to his case that various scientists have proposed since the book's third edition was published. I decided to hold off on my review until that new edition had been released. Well, IT IS HERE!!!!! And I cannot be more excited for it! 

"<a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #336699;" href="https://amazon.com/Creator-Cosmos-Hugh-Ross/dp/1886653143/" target="_blank">The Creator and the Cosmos</a>" was an indispensable tool that Christ used to help me resolve struggles that I had between what I heard scientists were discovering about our universe (the big bang) and my Christian faith. Not only has God turn naturalistic and atheistic arguments on their heads, He has demonstrated through His creation that His Word is true, inerrant, and authoritative. I love how Dr. Ross presented the evidence for each one of these. His approach of providing evidence upon evidence upon evidence upon evidence for both the beginning of the universe (what begins to exist must have a beginner) and the design of the universe (what is designed must have a designer) is compelling, to say the least, and his tone with which he presents his case is confident yet humble.

As he concludes his discussion in each chapter, Dr. Ross always brings the reader back to the God of the Bible. He presents the latest discoveries of scientists and shows how they demonstrate God as the Creator. He does not shy away from seemingly powerful challenges and shows how those challenges, when investigated more deeply, either come apart or actually make the case for God even stronger. I love how he concludes the book with a call to both the believer and the unbeliever. To the believer, Dr. Ross encourages them to use the evidence from God's creation to provide to the unbeliever "a reason for the hope that they have...with gentleness and respect." He invites the unbeliever to follow that evidence where it leads and surrender their life to their Creator and Savior.

I have always loved watching scientific documentaries that describe how the cosmos works, but I always felt uncomfortable when origins began to be discussed. Since reading "<a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #336699;" href="https://smile.amazon.com/Creator-Cosmos-Hugh-Ross/dp/1886653143/" target="_blank">The Creator and the Cosmos</a>" for the first time, I have not watched those documentaries the same. Every time a feature of the universe is described, I now see multiplied evidence of the universe's beginning, of its intricate fine-tuning for humanity, and of its awesome beauty: all God's handiwork. This book has turned nearly every scientific documentary into a tool to strengthen my faith and demonstrate to the scientifically minded skeptic the evidence for God as our Creator. This book had a tremendous impact on my faith, my life, and my witness for Christ. Any Christian bookshelf is incomplete without a copy of "<a style="text-decoration-line: none; color: #336699;" href="https://amazon.com/Creator-Cosmos-Hugh-Ross/dp/1886653143/" target="_blank">The Creator and the Cosmos</a>."