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Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
How might things like "spooky action at a distance" or mysterious as "dark matter" point us to the glory of God? Whether you are a theist or a non-theist or a Christian who believes in a young or an old universe, we can all agree on at least one thing.
The universe is a fascinating place in which we find ourselves. That the universe is intelligible to us is even more remarkable.
But here at Good Heavens! we like to think the cosmos is more than just fascinating. We believe, as the Bible reveals, that the physical cosmos, at both the incredibly large and infinitesimally small scales, reveal to us something about God's invisible attributes. As both the psalms and Isaiah tell us, the whole of the heavens and earth are filled with the glory of God.
Often we are told that Christianity and science cannot possibly go together, however. But hopefully our special guests will continue to dispel that misconception.
As mentioned on part one, Dan had the remarkable opportunity this month (January) at the Defend 2025 apologetics conference at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary to have a fun and inspiring chat with not one, but two Christians who are professionally and popularly published doctors of the cosmos (at the same time!), one who studies the subatomic scale and one who studies galaxies, some of the largest entities in the cosmos.
Dr. Michael G. Strauss is a particle physicist at CERN and the University of Oklahoma and Dr. Luke Barnes is a researcher and lecturer of cosmology and astrophysics at Western Sydney University in Sydney, Australia. Both have published works at the professional and popular levels.
It was a wonder and a privilege to get them both at the table together to hear their insights about the structure of the universe at the large and small scales and how they see God in all of it.
Here on part two, we chat about spooky action at a distance, the mystery of dark matter, and we'll glean some insights as to how we as Christians can have conversations about our differences in relation to the age of the universe.
Good Heavens! this was a fun conversation. We hope you'll enjoy it as much as Dan did putting it together for you!
Soli Deo Gloria.
More about Luke
More about Michael
Luke's books
Michael's book
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.
Friday Jan 31, 2025
Friday Jan 31, 2025
As human beings we occupy a wondrously peculiar size in the cosmos. With our unique stature, we are able to see and comprehend scales of the universe at the inconceivably huge and the unimaginably small. We here at Good Heavens! believe God has arranged this peculiar state of affairs and wants us to know and delight in what He has made.
The heavens are telling of His glory and we want to be a part in getting His word and the works of His hands out there for everyone to contemplate, consider, and enjoy.
On this very special episode of Good Heavens! Dan had the remarkable opportunity this month (January) at the Defend 2025 apologetics conference at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary to have a fun and inspiring chat with not one, but two professionally and popularly published doctors of the cosmos (at the same time!), one who studies the subatomic scale and one who studies galaxies, some of the largest entities in the cosmos.
Dr. Michael G. Strauss is a particle physicist at CERN and the University of Oklahoma and Dr. Luke Barnes is a researcher and lecturer of cosmology and astrophysics at Western Sydney University in Sydney, Australia. Both have published works at the professional and popular levels.
It was a wonder and a privilege to get them both at the table together to hear their insights about the structure of the universe at the large and small scales and how they see God in all of it.
Here on part one, we chat about the standard models of cosmology and particle physics, the wonder of stars, and the unsolved mysteries facing doctors of the cosmos today. Whether you are a theist, non-theist, or take a young earth or old earth perspective as a Christian, we hope you'll find these episodes encouraging and informative. Above all, we hope it will inspire you to have thoughtful and respectful dialogue with others with whom you might disagree.
Good Heavens! this was a fun conversation. We hope you'll enjoy it as much as Dan did putting it together for you!
Soli Deo Gloria.
More about Luke
More about Michael
Luke's books
Michael's book
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.
Friday Dec 06, 2024
Friday Dec 06, 2024
Black holes continue to amaze and surprise us. Just when it seemed the scientific community was settling in on how black holes form, a string of recent discoveries has begun to call those assumptions into question.
How about a triple black hole system? Or how about a black hole that is "feeding" itself many times faster than astrophysicists thought possible.
Here on part two Wayne and Dan delve into the mysteries of these entities to the best of their knowledge and ability and they consider how these recent discoveries point us to the glory of God in Christ. Come and see!
Mysterious Supermassive Black Hole mentioned on Part One
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-black-hole-inexplicable-mass-jwst.html
Triple black hole system
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/first-black-hole-in-a-triple-star-system-found
Super hungry black hole!
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/astronomers-find-early-fast-feeding-black-hole-using-nasa-telescopes/
Sarah Salviander's video on the history of science's understanding of black holes:
https://youtu.be/xi0CwpY5ICg?si=3wZUSmRaQ-9pGyLO
Press Conferences mentioned this series.
First photograph of a black hole:
https://www.youtube.com/live/XlrfBiuMzfE?si=RU3ZM2scyPAZE1wV
Gravitational waves discovery:
https://www.youtube.com/live/aEPIwEJmZyE?si=tZhq0Gs-WKZfRvOX
FREE! Four-page articles from Watchman Fellowship - These articles help you better understand the ideas and ideologies of our time that challenge our Christian faith. Each profile offers a history, critique, and solidly biblical response to the topics.
Scientism https://www.watchman.org/scientism/ProfileScientism.pdf
Naturalism https://www.watchman.org/Naturalism/ProfileNaturalism.pdf
Carl Sagan's Cosmos https://www.watchman.org/files/ProfileCosmos.pdf
UFOS/UAPS https://www.watchman.org/ProfileUFOs.pdf
Astrology https://www.watchman.org/files/profileastrology2018.pdf
If you like the profile articles, be sure to check out Watchman's comprehensive two-volume collection of all of our profile articles, nearly 700 pages. You can get a print or digital edition. Check out our preview video of the notebook at https://www.Watchman.org/Notebook.
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Black holes remain one of the most enigmatic and wondrous entities in the cosmos. We have only known about them for less than a century. And just when you think you've got a handle on what exactly they are, new discoveries begin to challenge these assumptions.
Just in the last decade, astrophysicists have not only photographed a black hole but have detected gravitational waves, the ripples in spacetime fabric created by the merger of two supermassive black holes. (See a video on this at https://www.youtube.com/live/aEPIwEJmZyE?si=tZhq0Gs-WKZfRvOX )
Here on part one, Wayne and Dan discuss the wonderful strangeness of black holes and a recent discovery of a black hole in a relatively young part of the universe. This black hole, based on current theories, shouldn't be there, as there were not enough stars or enough time for it to have accreted its mass. So how did it get there? Astronomers are trying to figure that out.
Come and see how the Good Heavens! duo thinks these dark stars point us once more back to the glory of God in Christ.
Mysterious Supermassive Black Hole mentioned here on Part One
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-black-hole-inexplicable-mass-jwst.html
Sarah Salviander's video on the history of science's understanding of black holes:
https://youtu.be/xi0CwpY5ICg?si=3wZUSmRaQ-9pGyLO
How are Quasars related to Black Holes?
https://www.space.com/17262-quasar-definition.html
First photograph of a black hole:
https://www.youtube.com/live/XlrfBiuMzfE?si=RU3ZM2scyPAZE1wV
FREE! Four-page articles from Watchman Fellowship - These articles help you better understand the ideas and ideologies of our time that challenge our Christian faith. Each profile offers a history, critique, and solidly biblical response to the topics.
Scientism https://www.watchman.org/scientism/ProfileScientism.pdf
Naturalism https://www.watchman.org/Naturalism/ProfileNaturalism.pdf
Carl Sagan's Cosmos https://www.watchman.org/files/ProfileCosmos.pdf
UFOS/UAPS https://www.watchman.org/ProfileUFOs.pdf
Astrology https://www.watchman.org/files/profileastrology2018.pdf
If you like the profile articles, be sure to check out Watchman's comprehensive two-volume collection of all of our profile articles, nearly 700 pages. You can get a print or digital edition. Check out our preview video of the notebook at https://www.Watchman.org/Notebook.
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
The telescope technology of our time has revealed wonders in the cosmos our ancestors could only dream about. But have these discoveries in any way undermined the biblical account of creation? Our guest again this week, astrophysicist and author at Reasons to Believe, Dr. Jeff Zweerink tells us that we have nothing to fear, not even the multiverse! Many atheists and skeptics have tried to employ the multiverse as a means of explaining away God as the cause of the existence of our universe. Come and hear what Jeff has to say this week about how creation not only is not threatened by modern science, but how it ultimately can encourage and strengthen our faith when we learn more about it. By faith we know that the physical universe and everything it contains, both seen and unseen, are all ultimately declaring the glory of God.
Jeff's Bio
Astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink is a senior research scholar for Reasons to Believe (RTB), an organization dedicated to demonstrating the compatibility of science and the Christian faith. Jeff’s work focuses on helping people of all backgrounds bridge the perceived gap between science and the Christian faith.
Jeff has also made many media appearances, on television, radio, and in print. He earned a BS in physics and a PhD in astrophysics with a focus on gamma rays from Iowa State University. He taught and ran the planetarium at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, until postdoctoral research in gamma rays led him to the University of California, Riverside.
Prior to joining RTB, Jeff spent years working on the STACEE and VERITAS gamma-ray telescopes and was involved in research projects such as the Solar Two project and the Whipple Collaboration. He continues to work as a project scientist at UCLA on GAPS, a balloon experiment seeking to detect dark matter. Jeff is also a coauthor on more than 30 academic papers published in peer-reviewed journals, such as Astrophysical Journal, Astroparticle Physics, and Astrobiology.
Jeff's Bio:
https://reasons.org/team/jeff-zweerink
BLOG: https://reasons.org/explore/blogs/author/jeff-zweerink
BOOK: https://support.reasons.org/purchase/whos-afraid-of-the-multiverse
Free Resources from Watchman Fellowship
Scientism: https://www.watchman.org/scientism/ProfileScientism.pdf
Naturalism: https://www.watchman.org/Naturalism/ProfileNaturalism.pdf
The Story of the Cosmos: https://www.watchman.org/CosmosBook
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
The universe is a fantastically wondrous place. There are more things in heaven and earth than are often dreamt of in our philosophies, to paraphrase Hamlet a little bit. And for the many things we can observe in the physical universe, science sometimes struggles to come up with an explanation as to what is really going on. How much more mysterious are those things which we cannot see? How should Christians think about things that the science of the heavens tells us cannot be seen, such as the idea of the existence of many different universes? That's the question we tackle this week and next on the broadcast with astrophysicist from Reasons to Believe Dr. Jeff Zweerink. We talk about his 2008 book Who's Afraid of the Multiverse? Come and see!
LINKS FOR JEFF
BIO: https://reasons.org/team/jeff-zweerink.
BLOG: https://reasons.org/explore/blogs/author/jeff-zweerink
BOOK: https://support.reasons.org/purchase/whos-afraid-of-the-multiverse
Astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink is a senior research scholar for Reasons to Believe (RTB), an organization dedicated to demonstrating the compatibility of science and the Christian faith. Jeff’s work focuses on helping people of all backgrounds bridge the perceived gap between science and the Christian faith.
Jeff has also made many media appearances, on television, radio, and in print. He earned a BS in physics and a PhD in astrophysics with a focus on gamma rays from Iowa State University. He taught and ran the planetarium at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, until postdoctoral research in gamma rays led him to the University of California, Riverside. Prior to joining RTB, Jeff spent years working on the STACEE and VERITAS gamma-ray telescopes and was involved in research projects such as the Solar Two project and the Whipple Collaboration. He continues to work as a project scientist at UCLA on GAPS, a balloon experiment seeking to detect dark matter. Jeff is also a coauthor on more than 30 academic papers published in peer-reviewed journals, such as Astrophysical Journal, Astroparticle Physics, and Astrobiology.
Free Resources from Watchman Fellowship
Scientism: https://www.watchman.org/scientism/ProfileScientism.pdf
Carl Sagan's Cosmos: https://www.watchman.org/CosmosTV
Naturalism: https://www.watchman.org/Naturalism/ProfileNaturalism.pdf
DISCLAIMER
The views expressed by Jeff regarding the multiverse or the big bang or the age of the universe do not imply an endorsement one way or the other by Good Heavens! and Watchman Fellowship, Inc. and its board of directors. We seek to present the best scientific information available to the body of Christ on these topics from Christians who are knowledgeable in their field who hold different perspectives. We have featured guests in the past who hold to both a young-earth and an old-earth view.
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Instead of just one topic, Wayne and Dan thought it would be fun to cover some current events in the heavens and call it "News from Space" for lack of a better segment title. On this episode they chat about astronauts stuck in space, some strange exoplanets, what it really means to be an "earth-like" planet, and there's even a black hole that shoots out a Death-Star like jet of plasma that seems to ignite supernovae!
And of course, how Wayne and Dan think it all points to the glory of God in Christ.
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Monday Oct 07, 2024
Part two with former 4th-generation Latter-day Saint James K. Walker and astrophysicist and Cosmologist Dr. Luke Barnes, plus some bonus surprise guests.
Make sure you listen to Part One for fuller context of our conversation!
There is a reason the Gospel has often been referred to as "the Greatest Story ever told." Here on part two, we flesh out a little bit more into the ideas of many universes, materialism, Mormonism cosmology, and how they compare to the Christian story and our place within it.
Come and see!
Free four-page profiles from Watchman Fellowship!
Latter-Day Saints https://www.watchman.org/articles/mormonism/
Scientism https://www.watchman.org/scientism/ProfileScientism.pdf
Carl Sagan's Cosmos https://www.watchman.org/CosmosTV
Naturalism https://www.watchman.org/Naturalism/ProfileNaturalism.pdf
Dan's presentation on the Book of Abraham
https://youtu.be/GV5elJ_xSck?si=HtMfWVWBj5r675fx
Wayne and Dan's book The Story of the Cosmos https://www.watchman.org/CosmosBook
Luke A. Barnes is a Senior Lecturer in astronomy and cosmology. With PhD at the University of Cambridge, he has published papers in the field of galaxy formation and on the fine-tuning of the Universe for life. He is the author, with Geraint Lewis, of "A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos" and "The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook: (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang)", published by Cambridge University Press. Luke, along with Allen Hainline, has also written a contributing chapter to The Story of the Cosmos - How The Heavens Declare the Glory of God (Harvest House).
James Walker, the president of Watchman Fellowship, is a former fourth generation Mormon with over twenty years of ministry experience in the field of Christian counter-cult evangelism, apologetics, and discernment. He has been interviewed as an expert on new religious movements and cults on a variety of network television programs including Nightline, ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. He has spoken at hundreds of churches, colleges, universities, and seminaries throughout the United States and internationally.
Luke's Books
https://www.amazon.com/Fortunate-Universe-Finely-Tuned-Cosmos/dp/1107156610/
https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Revolutionarys-Handbook-Beat-Bang/dp/1108486703
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Monday Sep 30, 2024
Something a little out of the ordinary for our Good Heavens! family. How about theories in physics and cosmology combined with a discussion about Mormonism and storytelling? Yes! That's a lot to process, but we hope you'll find it mildly interesting and encouraging.
This broadcast will also be airing on our sister podcast Apologetics Profile later next month.
On this episode and next we'll be featuring our president of Watchman Fellowship, James K. Walker, a former 4th-generation Latter-day Saint in conversation with astrophysicist and cosmologist from Sydney, Australia, Dr. Luke Barnes, discussing many worlds, multiverses and Mormonism.
There are also some surprise bonus clips from previous episodes you'll not want to miss!
For millennia, man has been telling stories about himself, his origins and the nature of the cosmos. How do they all fit together? What's the right story of the cosmos and how can we know?
We think you'll find this episode and next quite fascinating as we dive into these and other topics!
Free four-page profiles from Watchman Fellowship!
Latter-Day Saints https://www.watchman.org/articles/mormonism/
Scientism https://www.watchman.org/scientism/ProfileScientism.pdf
Carl Sagan's Cosmos https://www.watchman.org/CosmosTV
Naturalism https://www.watchman.org/Naturalism/ProfileNaturalism.pdf
Wayne and Dan's book The Story of the Cosmos https://www.watchman.org/CosmosBook
Luke A. Barnes is a Senior Lecturer in astronomy and cosmology. With PhD at the University of Cambridge, he has published papers in the field of galaxy formation and on the fine-tuning of the Universe for life. He is the author, with Geraint Lewis, of "A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos" and "The Cosmic Revolutionary's Handbook: (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang)", published by Cambridge University Press. Luke, along with Allen Hainline, has also written a contributing chapter to The Story of the Cosmos - How The Heavens Declare the Glory of God (Harvest House).
James Walker, the president of Watchman Fellowship, is a former fourth generation Mormon with over twenty years of ministry experience in the field of Christian counter-cult evangelism, apologetics, and discernment. He has been interviewed as an expert on new religious movements and cults on a variety of network television programs including Nightline, ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, and The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. He has spoken at hundreds of churches, colleges, universities, and seminaries throughout the United States and internationally.
Luke's Books:
https://www.amazon.com/Fortunate-Universe-Finely-Tuned-Cosmos/dp/1107156610/
https://www.amazon.com/Cosmic-Revolutionarys-Handbook-Beat-Bang/dp/1108486703
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.
Monday Aug 26, 2024
Monday Aug 26, 2024
As you certainly know by now, for the month of August, Wayne and I have taken a little break from the heavens for a very special focus on the Earth, specifically some spectacular geological evidence for the biblical flood.
Here on part three of our three-part series we are yet again grateful and honored to have as our very special guest one of the top creation geologists in the world Dr. Andrew Snelling of Answers in Genesis.
Whether you are a young or old-earth creationist, a skeptic, agnostic, atheist or whether you know next to nothing about geology, we think you'll find our three-part series fascinating and enlightening.
Our series with Dr. Snelling has been focused mainly on the many examples Dr. Snelling believes provide solid geological evidence for the flood as described in the Book of Genesis (chapters 6-9).
Here on part three we talk about the unusual folds of sedimentary layers in the Grand Canyon and about one of the greatest head-scratchers in all of geology, the great unconformity. Andrew will explain to us to what exactly this strikingly peculiar feature of the earth's rocks is not conforming!
We thank Dr. Snelling for his graciously giving us his time for this exciting and informative interview and we hope you our Good Heavens! family have enjoyed it.
Links and Resources:
Dr. Andrew Snelling holds a PhD in geology from the University of Sydney, Australia. Dr. Snelling is active in research, writing and also speaking on topics such as the flood, fossils, the Grand Canyon, and the radioactive dating of rocks. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and papers as well as the author of The Genesis Flood Revisited (2009, 2022 Master Books).
The Genesis Flood Revisited:
https://www.masterbooks.com/the-genesis-flood-revisited
Answers Research Journal:
https://answersresearchjournal.org/geology/monument-fold-grand-canyon/
Andrew's Bio:
https://answersingenesis.org/bios/andrew-snelling/
Previous Good Heavens! Episodes on Flood Stories from Native North American Tribes
https://goodheavens.podbean.com/e/flood-stories-part-1-from-native-people-of-north-south-america/
https://goodheavens.podbean.com/e/flood-stories-part-2-from-native-people-of-north-south-america/
Articles by Dr. Snelling:
https://answersingenesis.org/bios/andrew-snelling/articles/
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.
Monday Aug 19, 2024
Monday Aug 19, 2024
For the month of August, Wayne and I are taking a little break from the heavens for a very special focus on the Earth, specifically some spectacular geological evidence for the biblical flood.
Here on part two of our three-part series we are once again grateful and honored to have as our very special guest one of the top creation geologists in the world Dr. Andrew Snelling of Answers in Genesis.
Whether you are a young or old-earth creationist, a skeptic, agnostic, atheist or whether you know next to nothing about geology, we think you'll find our three-part series fascinating and enlightening.
Our series with Dr. Snelling will be focused mainly on the many examples Dr. Snelling believes provide solid geological evidence for the flood as described in the Book of Genesis (chapters 6-9).
Here on part two we talk about plutons, batholiths, and polonium radio halos and how Dr. Snelling believes they provide solid evidence for the biblical flood.
Was there a Global Flood? Blog article by Wayne
https://creationanswers.net/answersblog/2019/04/15/was-there-a-global-flood/
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.
Monday Aug 12, 2024
Monday Aug 12, 2024
For the month of August, Wayne and I are taking a little break from the heavens for a very special focus on the Earth, specifically some spectacular geological evidence for the biblical flood. And in this three-part series we are honored to have as our very special guest one of the top creation geologists in the world Dr. Andrew Snelling of Answers in Genesis. Whether you are a young or old-earth creationist, a skeptic, agnostic, atheist or whether you know next to nothing about geology, we think you'll find our three-part series fascinating and enlightening.
Our talk with Dr. Snelling will be focused mainly on the many examples Dr. Snelling believes provide solid geological evidence for the flood as described in the Book of Genesis (chapters 6-9).
Here on part one, we talk about how Dr. Snelling became interested in geology, oceanic fossil finds in Kansas and the remarkably enormous Tapeats sandstone sedimentary layer that covers a large swath of North America and other parts of the globe.
Links and Resources:
Dr. Andrew Snelling holds a PhD in geology from the University of Sydney, Australia. Dr. Snelling is active in research, writing and also speaking on topics such as the flood, fossils, the Grand Canyon, and the radioactive dating of rocks. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and papers as well as the author of The Genesis Flood Revisited (2009, 2022 Master Books).
The Genesis Flood Revisited:
https://www.masterbooks.com/the-genesis-flood-revisited
Answers Research Journal:
https://answersresearchjournal.org/geology/monument-fold-grand-canyon/
Andrew's Bio:
https://answersingenesis.org/bios/andrew-snelling/
Previous Good Heavens! Episodes on Flood Stories from Native North American Tribes
https://goodheavens.podbean.com/e/flood-stories-part-1-from-native-people-of-north-south-america/
https://goodheavens.podbean.com/e/flood-stories-part-2-from-native-people-of-north-south-america/
Articles by Dr. Snelling:
https://answersingenesis.org/bios/andrew-snelling/articles/
Was there a Global Flood? Blog article by Wayne
https://creationanswers.net/answersblog/2019/04/15/was-there-a-global-flood/
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
We continue our discussion about the Hubble Constant and delve into a few other cosmic anomalies, including the assumption Albert Einstein made regarding the speed of light.
And, somehow, we also ended up talking about Noah's flood and the Whopper Sand. You'll have to listen to the end to find out how that happened!
Come and see how we think it all points to the glory and majesty of God.
Dan's very short video on the whooper sand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r9COYBra94
The following links are not meant to imply the ideas contained therein reflect those of Good Heavens! or Watchman Fellowship, Inc. All of these, with the exception of Danny Faulkner, are presented from a completely secular perspective of the universe
Veritasium Video on the one-way speed of light problem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTn6Ewhb27k
More in-depth on the Hubble Constant -
Interview with Christian astronomer Dr. Danny Faulkner on the Hubble Constant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqUkhyxCbPE
Cosmological constant (not the same as the Hubble constant, but related).
https://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/uni_accel.html
Hubble constant - two different ways to measure (from 2020).
Three ways to measure Hubble constant.
https://news.uchicago.edu/explainer/hubble-constant-explained
Brian Keating short video about using magnetism to measure the Hubble constant
https://youtu.be/kBdtvURyJ8Q?si=-wlE-9D1emA-NP1-
Dr. Becky most recent video on the crisis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKmPJmaeP8A
Adam Riese from the Space Telescope Science Institute who won the Nobel Prize in the late 90s for discovering the universe expansion was (allegedly) accelerating. His SH0ES team measured the Hubble constant at 74 km/s/mpsc, far above Wendy Freedman’s 69.8 and the CMBR at 67.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmDszPExepc
Scientific American article on the HC from October 2023.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-possible-crisis-in-the-cosmos-could-lead-to-a-new-understanding-of-the-universe/
Wendy Freedman’s initial project of measuring HC using the HST to measure Cepheids.
https://www.stsci.edu/stsci/meetings/shst2/freedmanw.html
Historical background on the HC from STScI. (2020)
https://www.stsci.edu/contents/newsletters/2020-volume-37-issue-02/hubble-and-the-constant-the-next-and-the-next-generation
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Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Probably the only thing that is constant about the Hubble Constant is that it keeps changing! What is it? Why is it such a hot topic in cosmology today and why are some even calling it a "crisis"?
Come along with Wayne and Dan as they dive into the quest for the elusive magic number. What does it mean for cosmology and what might it all have to do with the way God made the universe?
The following links are not meant to imply the ideas contained therein reflect those of Good Heavens! or Watchman Fellowship, Inc. All of these, with the exception of Danny Faulkner, are presented from a completely secular perspective of the universe
More in-depth on the Hubble Constant -
Interview with Christian astronomer Dr. Danny Faulkner on the Hubble Constant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqUkhyxCbPE
Cosmological constant (not the same as the Hubble constant, but related).
https://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/uni_accel.html
Hubble constant - two different ways to measure.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-dispute-over-a-single-number-became-a-cosmological-crisis/
Three ways to measure Hubble constant. https://news.uchicago.edu/explainer/hubble-constant-explained
Brian Keating short video about using magnetism to measure the Hubble constant
https://youtu.be/kBdtvURyJ8Q?si=-wlE-9D1emA-NP1-
Dr. Becky most recent video on the crisis. https://youtu.be/yKmPJmaeP8A?si=Wf6ajm4qGuC5CZX6
Adam Riese from the Space Telescope Science Institute who won the Nobel Prize in the late 90s for discovering the universe expansion was (allegedly) accelerating. His SH0ES team measured the Hubble constant at 74 km/s/mpsc, far above Wendy Freedman’s 69.8 and the CMBR at 67. https://youtu.be/JmDszPExepc?si=03HqPi3RU5uRkSSl
Technical power point slides from Dr. Jo Dunkley on the PLANK CMBR data on the Hubble constant.
https://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/primocosmo13/dunkley/pdf/Dunkley_PrimoCosmo13_KITP.pdf
Scientific American article on the HC from October 2023.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-possible-crisis-in-the-cosmos-could-lead-to-a-new-understanding-of-the-universe/
Wendy Freedman’s initial project of measuring HC using the HST to measure Cepheids.
https://www.stsci.edu/stsci/meetings/shst2/freedmanw.html
Historical background on the HC from STScI. (2020)
https://www.stsci.edu/contents/newsletters/2020-volume-37-issue-02/hubble-and-the-constant-the-next-and-the-next-generation
Good Heavens! Is a production of Watchman Fellowship, Inc. For more information on our ministry and our sister podcast Apologetics Profile, visit Watchman.org today!
Contact Wayne and Dan! Psalm1968@gmail.com
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.
Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
What explanations have astronomers come up with to explain the recent mysterious discovery of JuMBOs in the Orion Nebula? Why so many? How did they form? Why so many in pairs? Why did the form in the Orion Nebula? Here on part two we discuss some possible "naturalistic" hypotheses but conclude that no matter what technical explanation astronomers might offer, we believe these wonderful little orbs are just a small part of how the heavens declare the glory of God and show forth His marvelous handiwork.
Come and see!
Wayne's article on the subject. https://creationanswers.net/answersblog/2024/05/13/jumbos-in-orion/
Dan's article on the subject. https://thestoryofthecosmos.substack.com/p/a-jumbo-discovery-in-the-orion-nebula
Podbean enables our podcast to be on Apple Podcasts and other major podcast platforms. To support Good Heavens! on Podbean as a patron, you can use the Podbean app, or go to https://patron.podbean.com/goodheavens. This goes to Wayne Spencer. If you would like to give to the ministry of Watchman Fellowship or to Daniel Ray, you can donate at https://www.watchman.org/daniel. Donations to Watchman are tax deductible.