Jason Lisle > Quotes

“Many Christians are tempted to believe in billions of years because they have confidence in what the secular scientists teach. But then again, Christians readily accept the resurrection of Christ, the virgin birth, Jesus turning water into wine, and so on—all of which are rejected by secular scientists. Some might respond, “But those are miraculous events—the miracles of Christ go beyond natural law. Normal scientific procedure would not apply.” But isn’t creation a miraculous event? God spoke the universe into existence—something He does not do today. Creation goes beyond the normal everyday operation of the universe. If we arbitrarily dismiss the possibility of supernatural action by God in Genesis, then to be logically consistent, we would have to reject the other miracles in Scripture as well, including the resurrection of Christ—and the resurrection is indeed a “salvation issue” (1 Corinthians 15:14, 17).”
― Jason Lisle, Why Genesis Matters

“The Bible must be the Word of God because it says it is and if you reject this claim you are reduced to foolishness.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“The Bible must be true because if it were not, we could not actually know anything at all.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“Not only did Jesus respond with a Bible-first approach, but the very Scripture He quoted indicates a Bible-first approach — that we should live by the Word of God.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“Therefore, we cannot count on unbelievers to consistently interpret the evidence correctly, but they occasionally will due to their inconsistency.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“We often believe things for psychological reasons, rather than logical reasons. Many people refuse to accept a very good argument simply because they do not want to believe its conclusion”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“Many people do not want to accept the fact that all evidence must be interpreted in light of prior beliefs — a faith commitment of some kind. Many believe that evidence should be approached in a neutral and unbiased fashion — without any previous beliefs.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“Yet in order for morality to be meaningful, biblical creation must be true.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“the Bible cannot be proved by an evidence-first approach since the Bible must be presupposed in order to have a rational foundation for interpreting evidence.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“Unbelievers are often arbitrary and inconsistent in their reasoning. And their worldview cannot account for the preconditions of intelligibility, leading to the bizarre conclusion that they couldn’t really know anything at all if their worldview were true.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“existence of God, and so on.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“Secular astronomers propose that occasionally, objects in the Oort cloud are dislodged from their distant orbit and thrown into the inner solar system to become brand-new comets.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“why do we still have comets?”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“students are often pressured to believe in evolution on the basis that if they don’t they will not be accepted to a good college,”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“DNA and thus never result in a new kind of organism.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“Non-Christian circles turn out to be self-refuting, rather than self-attesting, and they cannot account for the preconditions of intelligibility.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“By attempting to be moral, therefore, the evolutionist is being irrational,”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“People can only obey the Scriptures and respond to the gospel to the extent that they correctly understand the Scriptures.”
― Jason Lisle, Understanding Genesis: How to Analyze, Interpret, and Defend Scripture

“I expect that people unfamiliar with books on defending the Christian faith may find portions of this book somewhat challenging.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“We have found that the debate can be resolved by using the ultimate proof: by showing that the biblical creation worldview alone provides the preconditions of intelligibility in a way that is consistent and non-arbitrary.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“And it is clear that creationists and evolutionists have different worldviews, and as a result, they interpret the same evidence differently.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“1. If it is snowing, then it must be cold outside. (if p then q) 2. It is cold outside. (q) 3. Therefore, it must be snowing. (therefore p)”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“Therefore, laws of logic cannot relate to Allah and cannot be a reflection of the way he thinks. So Islam also fails to provide a basis for the preconditions of intelligibility.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“This book therefore is designed to serve as an apologetic resource to help Christians defend the Word against compromised positions, particularly when it comes to the foundational Book of Genesis.”
― Jason Lisle, Understanding Genesis: How to Analyze, Interpret, and Defend Scripture

“But carbon-14 is a serious challenge to the evolutionary system with its billions of years.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“Operational science is the reliable, trustworthy tool that is responsible for technology.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation

“1. If the big bang were true, we’d expect to see a cosmic microwave background. 2. We do see a cosmic microwave background. 3. Therefore, the big bang is true.”
― Jason Lisle, The Ultimate Proof of Creation