What is the origin of the world and of life itself?

• Did a series of accidents and evolution bring about the world as we know it? Or is there a design and purpose behind it all?

• And if there is a design, is there an ultimate designer?

A number of years ago, John Clayton, a second-generation atheist and respected scientist and teacher, set out to disprove the Bible from a scientific point of view. Instead, his six-year study brought him to a profound faith in the God of the Bible.

Now, in this highly informative and easy to understand book, John Clayton and Nils Jansma—a geotechnical engineer and geologist—present convincing evidence that the Bible and the facts of science agree. As the public moves away from a belief in God as Creator of our heaven and earth, it becomes imperative that all believers be well informed on this vital subject. This book will become a resource you will use again and again.

With unfailing intellectual honesty, John Clayton pierces the clouds of tradition that obscure, what the Bible actually says, showing that what it says agrees with rigorous scientific facts. In The Source he shows that good Bible study and good science do not conflict. Based on his own studies, he changed from a militant atheist to a believer in the God who reveals Himself in the Bible.

	List of Illustrations	vii
	Introduction. The Need for Answers	1
1.	The Cosmos and the Creation	5
2.	The Design of Planet Earth	19
3.	Design in the Chemistry of Matter	31
4.	Design as Evidenced in Life	41
5.	The Nature of God	55
6.	The Language of the Earth	67
7.	The Language of the Bible	85
8.	Let the Earth Speak	99
9.	Ask the Animals	117
10.	What Is Man?	143
11.	Let Humans Speak	165
12.	God's Permission of Evil	183
13.	Why Choose the Bible as the Word of God?	193
14.	Conclusion	213
Appendix 1	Calculated Odds for Being Suitably Located in Our Galaxy	217
Appendix 2	More on Universal Constants	219
Appendix 3	String Theory	223
Appendix 4	How Many Stars Are There?	225
Appendix 5	The Variable Nature of Time	227
Appendix 6	Rock Classifications	229
Appendix 7	Discussion of Flood Geology	233
Appendix 8	Hebrew Words and Definitions in Genesis 1:l-31; 2:1-3	241
Appendix 9	Visible Effects of Surplus Oxygen	253
Appendix 10	Oxygen Production Stabilizes	255
	References	257
	Index	265