A review of award-winning coffee table book that beautifully reveals the principles of science that operate our world. Purposeful Design, Understanding the Creation offers compelling evidence that a loving Creator was purposeful in His design of our world.
The book beautifully reveals the
principles of science that operate our world and masterfully explains the
elements of design that make life possible. What I truly enjoyed was how the
author compellingly presents evidence that a loving Creator God was purposeful
in these designs.
Jay Schabacker is very specific that it is
just not intelligent design, but purposeful design, that has made life possible
on earth. That has made possible our own existence here. And that everything
around us, in the Universe, has come together to make life happen. In his
opinion, and mine, it would not have been possible, without a purposeful
design.
I first read the book by myself
and I was compelled on how the author used science together with photography to
bring forth the beauty of the Creation. Everything in the book is very
accurate, even minuscious but at the same time it is filled with the wonder and
admiration for the skill and love that our Purposeful Creator had, both for the
world, and for human beings.
The pictures beautifully blend
together with the words from Bible and science while the author explains the
facts behind the work of God. In my opinion the book is a wonderful thing to
have in any home, both to look at and to study.
The second time I read the book
together with my ten year old son. We went through the Creation once again. He
knows the story and it was very interesting for us both to read the scientific
facts of why it was necessary to have the atmosphere, or why it is so important
that such a huge part of earth surface is oceans.
The book is a powerful tool to
teach children, not just teenagers. My son might not have been able to grasp
all the scientific facts but that is why Purposeful Design, Understanding the
Creation is so important to have. It gives a family a way to share the story of
Genesis from another point of view, with Biblical facts. And it enables the
parents to teach how Bible holds itself against, and together, with science.
That believing in God and in the Bible, is not against the science, but science,
in fact, is also part of the purposeful design.
I recommend the book for all
Christian parents wanting to give a biblical and scientific option to their
children. But especially to parents who are homeschooling and looking for
material to impart their teaching.
The author Jay Schabacker is a
former aerospace engineer and businessman. He was an engineer on the Apollo
Moon Program and the founder of a financial investment firm. His goal in
writing the book was to offer an enduring and positive alternative to the
negativity inherent in modern life. He has a two-fold purpose in doing this,
for one side to reveal the principles of science that operate our world and for
the other side offer compelling evidence that a loving God deliberately created
these designs.
Schabacker comments, "I
wrote this book because I want everyone to have an immensely positive view of
themselves, of this world that we are in, and of others, mostly through
understanding our own astounding and loving creation".
He adds, "It concerned me
that newspapers continually remind us of the negative. On the contrary, this
book is my attempt to impart a healthy belief system and lifestyle to both
teens and adults that will better serve them for the rest of their lives".
Purposeful Design - Understanding
the Creation was winner of the 2013 Illumination Book Award, Bronze, in the
category of Education (Home School, Bible School, etc.).
Purposeful Design - Understanding the Creation in Amazon.
You can also buy the book straight from the author's page.
You can also buy the book straight from the author's page.
Disclosure:
I was provided with a e-copy of this book for review purposes. All
opinions expressed in this post are my own.
