Evidence Clearly Seen of God in Creation versus Evolution: Creation versus Evolution

Romans 1:20 declares that since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-His eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

This is the second volume in the Evidence Clearly Seen series of Christian apologetics textbooks. These books are written for churches, homeschools, family Bible studies, and individual believers who want to be equipped to give a reasoned defense of the faith (1 Peter 3:15). This book is not written to win arguments for their own sake. It is written so that you may be ready to give an answer to the hard questions that come from your own family, your children, your congregation, and a culture that has largely accepted undirected evolution as settled science.

What gives the book unusual pastoral strength is its method. The author does not deliver arguments in isolation. He places them inside the living story of Alex Rivera, his wife Sarah, their children, and the circle of friends and teachers who walk with them. Through fictional yet believable online discussions and home Bible studies, readers overhear real questions, honest doubts, and careful replies. The tragedy that strikes the Rivera family keeps the eternal stakes visible. Apologetics here is never merely intellectual; it is bound up with grief, family, faith, and the urgency of knowing Christ.

The central thesis of this book is simple and direct: Biblical creation is not the enemy of science. But the origin of life by undirected evolutionary processes (abiogenesis) is scientifically implausible. When the scientific method is applied rigorously to the actual requirements for the first living systems-chiral purity, molecular-scale precision, functional information, and the extreme instability of RNA and proteins-the data do not support long evolutionary timescales. In fact, the chemistry itself demands rapid assembly measured in days, not millions of years. Remarkably, this conclusion aligns with the plain reading of Genesis: the six days of creation were ordinary 24-hour days.

In these pages you will find:

• • A careful examination of the RNA World hypothesis and the severe problems of homochirality, sequence specificity, and rapid molecular degradation.
  • The application of the scientific method to make clear, falsifiable predictions about what undirected chemistry should be able to accomplish.
  • Engagement with the claims of the "Blind Watchmaker" and the 2005 Kitzmiller v. Dover ruling that design inferences are merely "subjective."
  • The continuing story of Alex Rivera as a narrative thread that keeps the eternal stakes in view.
  • Quizzes at the end of major sections so the material can be learned and retained.
  • A consistent call to walk in the Spirit, because the natural mind cannot receive the things of God (1 Corinthians 2:14; Romans 8).

Glenn once struggled with these questions himself. Like many pastors and teachers, He wondered whether the days of Genesis might be long ages and whether God could have used evolutionary processes. He even used the verse about a thousand years being as one day to defend that idea. Careful study of both Scripture and the scientific data showed he was wrong.