Sampler
Thinking about taking a course through Reasons Institute, but you’re unsure if it's for you? These lectures offer excerpts from many Reasons Institute’s courses, allowing you to get a better idea about the level of instruction.
- Exploring Science & Scripture: Hugh Ross and Fuz Rana present Reasons To Believe's testable creation model. These lectures contain excerpts from the Creation and the Bible, Creation vs. Evolution and Astronomy and Design courses.
- Learning Skills 101: This is an excerpt from Kenneth Samples' popular Critical Thinking Skills course.
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Exploring Science & Scripture
Skeptics charge that creationism is not science because it is not testable, falsifiable or predictive. Hugh and Fuz will show how—through an integration of the latest scientific discoveries across all the scientific disciplines—they have built a biblical testable creation model.
Instructors: Dr. Hugh Ross and Dr. Fazale "Fuz" Rana
- Lecture 1: Faith-Science Models: Constructive Integration (Hugh Ross)
- Lecture 2: Biblical Creation Models (Fazale "Fuz" Rana)
- Lecture 3: Biblical Evidence for an Old Earth, part 1 (Hugh Ross)
- Lecture 4: Biblical Evidence for an Old Earth, part 2 (Fazale "Fuz" Rana)
- Lecture 5: Scientific Evidence for an Old Earth, part 1 (Hugh Ross)
- Lecture 6: Scientific Evidence for an Old Earth, part 2 (Hugh Ross)
- Lecture 7: Questions and Answers (Hugh Ross and Fazale "Fuz" Rana)
- Lecture 8: Genesis 1 (Fazale “Fuz” Rana)
- Lecture 9: Genesis 2–5 (Hugh Ross)
- Lecture 10: Genesis Flood (Hugh Ross)
- Lecture 11: Questions and Answers
- Lecture 12: Why the Universe is the Way it Is (Hugh Ross)
- Lecture 13: Design of the Universe (Hugh Ross)
- Lecture 14: Questions and Answers
- Lecture 15: Astrobiology (Hugh Ross)
- Lecture 16: Cell’s Design (Fazale "Fuz" Rana)
- Lecture 17: Fossil Record, part 1: Cambrian Explosion (Fazale “Fuz” Rana)
- Lecture 18: Fossil Record, part 2: Convergence (Fazale "Fuz" Rana)
- Lecture 19: Why the Fossil Record is the Way it Is (Hugh Ross)
- Lecture 20: Origin and Design of Soulish Life (Hugh Ross)
- Lecture 21: Origin of Humanity: Created in the Image of God (Fazale "Fuz" Rana)
Find out more about the Creation and the Bible, Creation vs. Evolution and Astronomy and Design courses available through Reasons Institute.
Learning Skills 101
Philosopher and apologist Kenneth Samples is doing a series of lectures on the topic of Learning Skills. This is a tremendous series. This is based upon Adler's How to Read a Book, but Samples adds lots of personal insights and challenges.
Instructor: Kenneth Samples
- Lecture 1: Introduction
- Lecture 2: The Academic 10 Commandments
- Lecture 3: The Renaissance Christian
- Lecture 4: Ideas
- Lecture 5: Introduction to Logic 1
- Lecture 6: Introduction to Logic 2
- Lecture 7: Three Types of Arguments
- Lecture 8: Logical Fallacies
Find out more about Kenneth Samples' Critical Thinking Skills course and other courses available through Reasons Institute.
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