Jessica Long was one of the features vignettes during the Olympics. It’s a remarkable story about an adopted child reuniting with her Russian family after many years. Jessica was born in Russia, but she was adopted by an American family. She grew up to become one of the most successful paralympic athletes of all time. One year, she had the opportunity to meet her birth mom. My takeaway is that life can be difficult at times — but God is able to take difficult circumstances and produce something positive — if we do things His way. Note: the first 30 seconds are in Russian, but the remainder of the 25 minute video is all in English:
Renowned Scientist Dr. James Tour Critiques Evolution
With over 120 patents, Dr. James Tour was named among “The 50 Most Influential Scientists in the World Today” by TheBestSchools.org in 2014… named “Scientist of the Year” by R&D Magazine, 2013… won the NASA Space Act Award in 2008… and ranked one of the Top 10 chemists in the world over the past decade, by a Thomson Reuters citation. His recent projects are pretty astounding as you will see in this 58-minute fascinating (but confrontational) video:
Biochemist Dr. Michael Behe’s Scientific Challenge to Evolutionary Theory
Biochemist Dr. Michael Behe has proposed a scientific challenge to prevailing evolutionary theory with his work on irreducible complexity, especially pertaining to molecular machines. If you only watch one recommendation, this 60-minute video provides some historical context for intelligent design, as well as current developments in this evolving scientific field:
Dr. Stephen Meyer provides scientific rationale for intelligent design
Most people in the USA are familiar with the theory of evolution, but I’m not sure how many have heard scientific rationale for intelligent design.
This 5 minute excerpt provides a brief overview from Dr. Stephen Meyer applying the same scientific methodology as Charles Darwin:
This 5 minute video explores whether intelligent design theory should be considered scientific? Once again, Meyer invokes Charles Darwin in his explanation:
For a more in-depth look at intelligent design, here is a 80 minute video of Dr. Stephen Meyer:
Jewish Scriptures Prophesied Coming of a Messiah Hundreds of Years Beforehand
Several people claimed to be a Messiah figure that was prophesied in Jewish scriptures, but only Jesus actually fulfilled all the ancient prophecies. Of course, it makes one wonder if those prophecies were general or specific… and was it difficult for Jesus to fulfill them? Did He do it all by himself, or did He need help? This 55 minute documentary covers both the prophecies and how they were fulfilled:
Science Compels World’s Most Notorious Atheist of the 20th Century to Believe in a Creator
Anthony Flew is considered by many to be the world’t most notorious atheist of the 20th century. He convinced many people that God does not exist when he wrote the book “The Presumption of Atheism.” He engaged in numerous philosophical debates throughout his career. However, later in life new scientific discoveries convinced him that God does exist. As you will see in this 18 minute interview, he may not have embraced Christianity, but he became a famous advocate for intelligent design: