Category: Reviews

The book’s title gives the impression the book is a longish rant, but The Vast Wastelands of Unbelief actually offers a collection of concisely stated insights into a number of selected issues arising from the ongoing “new atheist” critiques of Christianity and of belief in God generally. Vast Wastelands does not merely insult or dismiss the atheists’ points but lively challenges them on their merits.

The book provides the atheists’ positions quoted and cited to sources, so the counter arguments are focused and cogent. What you might have only heard about atheist positions is now set forth in text so you can speak or write about it with confidence. 

Reviewed by David J. Oberpriller

david.oberpriller@cox.net

Adolph Hitler and his top Nazi leaders were products of German education, science, and the prevailing social worldview of the late 19^th and early 20^th century. Their participation in what was one of the most infamous episodes of human suffering and death in the history of the human race could probably have been predicted. This should not be taken as an attempt to excuse them of the crimes and suffering that became known as the Holocaust – not just against the Jews – but also against the races and ethnic groups that were considered inferior to the Nazi-favored Aryan race. 

Reviewed by David Oberpriller

This book is not an “easy read.” Although it is not overly technical and contains no mathematics,
it is very dense with ideas and scientific concepts. The organization of the book is well-executed
and the language and explanations are very understandable. This makes it suitable for readers
with a basic understanding of science. However, there are a number of issues with it.

New Creation and Time by Mark Van Bebber and Paul S. Taylor
Rebuts Dr. Hugh Ross’s Book of the Same Name.

Book Review by Jim Coleman Sr.

There are 47 claims made by Dr. Ross in his similarly-titled book that are rebutted in this new revision of Creation and Time by Mark Van Bebber and Paul S. Taylor. These authors do not impugn Dr. Ross’ faith, but instead note he is considered to be a genuine Christian, although he advocates the secular concept of an earth that is billions of years old.

By Doug Sharp and Dr. Jerry Bergman

Master Books, 2008, 288 Pages
Reviewed by Larry S. Kisner, B.S., M.S., D.D. (Hon)

Persuaded by the evidence is an inspiring collection of life-changing accounts of real scientists discovering the fact that science does not support evolution as defined by orthodox evolutionists (molecules to man by purely natural forces). Seeking the truth is what science is really about. Contrary to the popularly espoused view that evolution is science and creationism or ID is religion, evolution is not empirically verified science but rather is the hypothetical conjecture that life arose by purposeless, random naturalistic processes. Real science is objective, physical, and inductive, with measured evidence to support the theory. Belief in evolution, taken to its ultimate logical conclusion, is there can be no free will and no ultimate purpose in life. When you die, as Cornell Professor William Provine says, you are absolutely dead forever. We are born, we die, and that’s it.