{"podcast":{"title":"Awake Us Now","slug":"awake-us-now-3481","podcast_index_feed_id":3481,"rss_url":"https://awakeusnow.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.awakeusnow.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/c/f/b/0cfb11e159b4b02d/logo.jpg","author":"Rev. Christopher Dodge","episode_count":1082,"summary":"Awake Us Now is a body of believers who: WORSHIP the Triune God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Praise Him with joy and thanksgiving for He is God and He is good; WALK by faith in the power of the Holy Spirit. This is the clear teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ and the clear declaration of the Scriptures. Such a daily walk is a far cry from mere religion or \"church as usual;\" WITNESS to Jesus Christ our Savior in daily life situations. Take seriously His call to make disciples. Be alert to the opportunities God provides to encourage and mentor others in the Christian life. Utilize the developing technologies to reach a new generation with the timeless Gospel of Christ.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:19:12.673859+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481"},"episode":{"title":"The Answer - Week 12: Does God Exist?","slug":"the-answer-week-12-does-god-exist","published_at":"2026-07-09T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481/the-answer-week-12-does-god-exist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481","url":"https://awakeusnow.libsyn.com/questions-week-12-does-god-exist","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/awakeusnow/Message_-_Questions_-_Week_12__Does_God_Exist_.mp3?dest-id=246214","summary":"Does God exist? The Bible has described this as a reality for thousands of years. Genesis 1:1 \"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.\" ⁃ There was a beginning ⁃ There is a God ⁃ God created everything This is looked at as a religious belief, but it is increasingly a scientific fact as the scientific world sees that the creation had a beginning. ⁃ Natural knowledge of God ⁃ Nature - Romans 1:20 \"For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.\" ⁃ Teleological argument - \"Design requires a designer.\" It is obvious there is incredible design which requires a designer. ⁃ DNA - \"DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.\" Bill Gates. \"The coding regions of DNA have exactly the same relevant properties as a computer code or language. We know books and computer codes are designed by intelligence, and the presence of this type of information in DNA also implies an intelligent source.\" Stephen C Meyer, PhD. \"What I think the DNA material has done is that it has shown, by the almost unbelievable complexity of the arrangements which are needed to produce life, that intelligence must have been involved in getting these extraordinarily diverse elements to work together.\" Professor Anthony Flew. There is a creator because DNA is so complex it requires a creator. ⁃ History - \"I'm a lapsed atheist… I go to church every Sunday, precisely because having been brought up as an atheist I came to realize my career as a historian that not only is atheism a disastrous basis for a society… but also because I don't think it can be a basis for individual ethical decision making\" Pr…","meta_description":"Does God exist? The Bible has described this as a reality for thousands of years. Genesis 1:1 \"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.\" ⁃…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1502,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/awake-us-now-3481/episodes/the-answer-week-12-does-god-exist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/awake-us-now-3481/the-answer-week-12-does-god-exist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}