Crossroads Bible Church
15815 SE 37th St, Bellevue
WA 98006
NW Ministry Conference 2020
The Author of Life: God or Nature?
Psalm 139:14, I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Description: There are two possibilities for the author of life – God or natural processes. The biblical case for first life is presented. Then we examine the case for natural processes and present four reasons why first life cannot form by means of natural processes: 1) Law of Biogenesis, 2) Failure of self-arrangement of molecules into a living organism, 3) Law of Probability, and 4) Information requires an intelligent agent. The fossil record, taxonomy, complexity, and design support the creation of different kinds of living organisms as recorded in the first chapter of Genesis.
Speaker: Dr. Heinz Lycklama earned a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics (1965) and a Ph. D. degree in experimental Nuclear Physics (1969) from McMaster University in Canada. Since then he has worked in the telecommunications and computer software industries at Bell Telephone Laboratories in NJ and at Interactive Systems Corporation in CA – as an individual contributor and in management positions. In 1992 Dr. Lycklama founded Open Systems Technology Associates (OSTA) to offer his technology management consulting services to various start-ups in the high technology industry. In 2013 Heinz founded the Apologetics Forum to help equip believers in the defense of The Faith.
Being challenged in his Christian faith by what he was taught in university in the 1960’s, Dr. Lycklama has always maintained an active interest in the Creation vs. Evolution controversy. He has developed a series of lectures on Creation vs. Evolution, Christian Apologetics, and Biblical Worldview over the years and presented the material in Sunday school classes, to college students, during church services, at Bible Schools, and other venues in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. With his knowledge of the Bible and science, Dr. Lycklama has continued to develop and present new material in these subject areas. Information on his messages and presentations can be found at www.heinzlycklama.com/messages.
Message Documents:
- Flyer
- Powerpoint Slides (AuthorOfLife.ppt/pdf)