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The Universe Next Door seeks to answer your questions on the meaning of life, worldview, and the existence of God.

The Universe Next Door Nick Shalna

    • Religion & Spirituality

The Universe Next Door seeks to answer your questions on the meaning of life, worldview, and the existence of God.

    What You Don't Know about the Transfiguration [Are You Sure You Know Pt. 4]

    What You Don't Know about the Transfiguration [Are You Sure You Know Pt. 4]

    what was the point of the transfiguration? What is the story intending to communicate and does it have anything to do with us? Why were Moses and Elijah present and why did Peter want to build tents? What does the location of the event communicate in regard to spiritual powers and authorities? Join us next week to find out why Jesus says "On this Rock, I will build my church".

    Send your questions to information@apologetics.org for our Q&A on the last Friday of May!

    Who Were the Nephilim?
    https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/13026899-who-were-the-nephilim-the-beginning-of-sexual-transgression

    How to Understand Jesus' Nature:
    https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/12010425-how-to-understand-jesus-nature-as-the-god-man

    Jesus' the Visible God:
    https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/11524197-is-jesus-the-visible-god-in-the-old-testament-colossians-1-15

    Reversing Hermon Book:
    https://www.amazon.com/Reversing-Hermon-Watchers-Forgotten-Mission/dp/0998142638/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Aiwp62HKD4OdICAGqEGTmwneU8FWFMf0kFGPgMo0Hb_1yLKRTNpTemzewWijS_Nc1m1pQYRyWG1psnCQfrv4OnR34d2Vbmpwlr9y_mQjKe9k7yXDGQhIiEvJgL9xnJynyvLoXosyfCV-WyIJL221UIH8xW_CxRAk7lUzoIT9c-g-Mt7YanpkFECtym2Ehd8csoF4dVl7LEsHPfpqqvceqnsQzL5KhNcxFS7bIpAeyVQ.p_RAZF7su5Wci1npwgDRDX0F043gn5gU3sG80z5FV2Y&qid=1715111236&sr=8-1
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    A Scientist and the Complexity of Life | Bill Dembski and Tom Woodward

    A Scientist and the Complexity of Life | Bill Dembski and Tom Woodward

    Nick Shalna is joined by Dr. Bill Demsbki (Intelligent Design Author) and Dr. Tom Woodward (Discovery Institute, Apologetics Inc) to discuss the concept of specified complexity and the update of Dr. Dembski's classic book: The Design Inference. How did the Intelligent Design movement start and how far has it come? Why are the accusations made against the movement 30 years ago no longer holding water today? Why are world-renowned thinkers now taking the premise of a Designer so seriously?

    Send your questions to information@apologetics.org now for our Q&A on Friday, May 31.

    Join us next week as we continue our series "Are you sure you know what that verse means?" with the Transfiguration!

    Related Episodes:

    Stephen Meyer on Darwin:
     https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/10647819-would-darwin-think-differently-about-evolution-today-stephen-meyer-pt-2-doubts-about-darwinism-series

    David Berlinski: Darwinism, the Power Struggle of Science, the Big Bang and Gender Studies?
    https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/10588375-david-berlinski-darwinism-the-power-struggle-of-science-the-big-bang-and-gender-studies-doubts-about-darwinism-series

    Michael Behe: Did Scientists Get Evolution Backwards?
    https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/10648234-biochemist-did-science-get-evolution-backwards-and-how-complex-is-life-michael-behe-doubts-about-darwinism-series

    Bill Demsbki's New Updated Book: The Design Inference
    https://www.amazon.com/Design-Inference-Eliminating-through-Probabilities/dp/1637120346/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BWnbxuDo5r53TGXDo3j42CUfzQzirs6-AJumD1EpXs13fGsNpGd5wOYVVrFGwc9LQqNjPccDYLZ7Pqj8TCv9LtKLwzhdBmdx3gMN2UWvQbdCv6l_Cye99QoHAe8E4ufz1vqvr4hMfOspSvkN9HiCLuyBoQIYKnz3_AtanbuHLIPufLXFDohJBMiLMPjLqUCamNY6_tQi70xd3t9Y2o38xazBrBz15PGS7eSw0063q4s.2VzwpG345gsbB2H8VRbBBqF1qpmobPLzLf3Qbq4Uwcs&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+design+inference&qid=1714494822&sr=8-1
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    Q&A: Babel Episode, Original Sin and Virgin Birth

    Q&A: Babel Episode, Original Sin and Virgin Birth

    Send in your questions for next month's Q&A to information@apologetics.org!

    Episodes referenced:

    Did Joshua make the Sun Stand Still?
    https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/14943176-did-joshua-make-the-sun-stand-still-are-you-sure-you-know-pt-3

    Babel Response Episode:
    https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/14774037-what-definitely-didn-t-happen-at-babel-response-to-kristi-burke-are-you-sure-you-know-pt-1

    Original Sin and Child Damnation Episode:
    https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/14452724-the-age-old-debate-of-child-damnation-needs-to-end
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    Did Joshua Make the Sun Stand Still? [Are You Sure You Know Pt. 3]

    Did Joshua Make the Sun Stand Still? [Are You Sure You Know Pt. 3]

    Did the sun stop moving in the sky in Joshua 10, or are we misunderstanding how ancients thought of the sun "standing still"? Does taking a less common view mean you have less faith? Why were Israel's surrounding neighbors so particular about the alignment of stars and planets before battle and how may that play a role in this popular story? Join us for part 3 of our current series: "Are you sure you know what that verse means?"

    Send your questions to information@apologetics.org now for our Q&A coming up this Friday night!

    Other Episodes in this series:

    You'll be 'as' the stars in heaven:
    https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/14857214-abraham-s-promise-as-the-stars-in-heaven-series-pt-2

    What Actually Happened at Babel?
    https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/14774037-what-definitely-didn-t-happen-at-babel-response-to-kristi-burke-series-pt-1

    Articles referenced:

    Walton - https://biologos.org/articles/biblical-credibility-and-joshua-10-what-does-the-text-really-claim

    Chavalas - https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/religion-holidays/2016/05/did-joshua-really-make-the-sun-stand-still/

    Good Summary - https://spoiledmilks.com/2018/12/13/sun-stand-still-joshua/
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    • 46 min
    A Letter on the 'Christ is King' Trap

    A Letter on the 'Christ is King' Trap

    Join us next Tuesday as we continue our series: "Are you sure you know what that verse means?"


    For the record, I have a beard and a truck.


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    Abraham's Promise: 'As' the Stars in Heaven? [Are you sure you know Pt. 2]

    Abraham's Promise: 'As' the Stars in Heaven? [Are you sure you know Pt. 2]

    In the second part of the "Are you sure you know whats that verse means?" series, Nick Shalna presents a prominent ancient Jewish view of God's promise to Abraham in Genesis 15. What does it mean to be made "as" the stars in heaven? Is this simply quantitative and a reference to numerical value, or is there something more? How should we understand being made "heirs of the cosmos"?

    Most recent episode on Babel:
    https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/14774037-what-definitely-didn-t-happen-at-babel-response-to-kristi-burke-series-pt-1

    How Were Stars Viewed in the Bible?
    https://theuniversenextdoor.buzzsprout.com/235413/14595788-were-stars-viewed-as-angels-in-the-bible

    This episode is based on a series which is based on a series of Michael Heiser by David Burnett:
    https://drmsh.com/category/biblical-theology-doctrine/theosis-1/
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