Bøker av Nick Hawkes

Dr. Nick Hawkes is a theologian, writer, and radio communicator. With five degrees (including two doctorates) in science and theology, he is well qualified to give reasons for faith.The chapter headings really say it all. With his sharp mind and easy style of communicating, Dr Nick Hawkes writes about:The cosmos, meaning, and meCreation, evolution, and meJesus, evidence, and meHistory, morality, and me Philosophy, truth, and meQuantum physics, atheism, and meSuffering, death, and meOther faiths, Christianity, and meChurch, its moral failure, and meSex, the Bible, and meLife after death, and meNick's last apologetic work "Who Ordered the Universe?" was endorsed by Dr. Denis Alexander (Emeritus Director, Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge University), and Professor David Wilkinson (astrophysicist and theologian, Durham University, UK). So this book will also be worth reading.The book is insightful, intriguing, and easy to read. Those who enjoy the writings of John Lennox will love it.

A boy, not yet quite a man, lies dying in marshy ground beside a river. Julian, a monk, finds him. He is given permission by the authorities to care for the boy, someone wild and untamable. Julian had not always been a monk. In an earlier life he was a research scientist. Julian's world implodes when an ex-colleague from the University is brutally murdered. The shadowy world of the Chinese Communist Party, bent on stealing cutting edge intellectual property, looms over him. Jade, a Chinese research physicist is inveigled to help the Chinese cause. However, she has not reckoned on the surprises she discovers when meeting Julian.Scientific secrets, affecting the world's balance of power, need to be found and kept safe. The martyr's stone, hidden in a lead-light window, holds the key.Danger draws Julian, Jade and the boy together as they are forced to hide in the valleys of the Fleurieu Peninsula...in South Australia, and in the secret places of old Port Adelaide.The final drama is played out deep underground, where surprises await... and true motives are revealed.

This is a tale involving history, Freemasonry, and a lust for power. A young man needs to shed his past life of shame and discover qualities about himself he never knew he had.

A young Australian hiding from his past in a London prison ... An Englishman grieving for the brother found hanging under a bridge ... And the Egyptian code that holds the key to the murder ... Peter has an uncanny ability to attract trouble. He's tried hard to become invisible while serving time in a London prison. But on his release Peter becomes entangled in the life of British Museum professor, Edward, whose brother was found hanged under Blackfriar's Bridge. Investigations into the death lead them into the shadowy world of Freemasonry with its passion for collecting ancient Egyptian artefacts. Its significance known only to an elite few. But death stalks their every move as they travel to Paris, New York and the ancient temples of Egypt to try and solve the mystery. In order to survive, Peter must discover qualities about himself he never knew he had ... and work with the authoritarian figures he had once so feared.

Chelsea is part of an international team of archaeologists who are making the most of a tenuous cease-fire in the Syrian civil war to excavate and conserve the historic remains of the ancient kingdom of Ebla. The dramatic discovery of a new library of clay tablets inscribed with cuneiform writing brings to the surface international tensions between Syria and Israel. Will the revelations in the ancient tablets be hijacked by vested interests?Chelsea finds herself caught in the middle of an international tug-of-war. Tensions increase when a small boy finds some tablets inscribed with two types of cuneiform writing that will enable archaeologists to translate the rest of the tablets. The boy and the tablets become the target of international intrigue. Chelsea must enlist the help of Tony, a shadowy character with military training. But Tony is seeking a new life, one that will allow him to deal with his own demons. She must also call on the help of her colleague in the British Museum, Beanie, an IT genius.Chelsea must keep those she loves alive in an international squabble over who can lay claim to being the rightful owners of the tablets-and manage the greatest archaeological discovery of the century.

A plane crash in central Australia leaves Chris seriously injured. He is rescued by an Aboriginal man who leaves him with a Celtic cross. Chris travels to the Hebridean Islands to unravel its mystery. A blind woman and an orphan boy become his reluctant allies. Will they right ancient wrongs and find new hope, love and life together?

A wounded young man, hiding in his world of boats, comes face to face with his heritage when visiting Hong Kong, a place where money is king, corruption is rife, and the secret societies of the triads are flourishing. He meets Emma, an academic, who is on her own perilous mission--one that takes them both into the dark world of the triads.

Benjamin's aboriginal heritage makes him different. He must rely on those differences to make sense of a mystery shipwreck on the south coast of Australia -- and help a woman find hope.

A young girl comes to live in the slums of New Delhi. It is a place of danger where street gangs rule. Whether she survives will depend on her being able to understand the significance of the pendant given to her by a blind beggar-the peacock stone.

Dr Nick Hawkes gathers evidence from science, history, and mathematics to seek out the signature of God. By surveying the various fields of study, he gathers a mass of evidence, concluding that faith in God is reasonable and that the evidence invites it. Addressing the big questions of origins and meaning, Hawkes considers the cosmos and the arguments for a Creator behind creation. He looks at biology, and the ideas of Darwin and Dr Richard Dawkins. He examines the significance of suffering and the phenomenon of mathematics - the code by which we understand how things work. He sifts through history and how it has been 'molded'. He considers the nature of truth, and whether it is ever knowable, and if so how; and he takes a long, hard look at ideas about the afterlife. What we believe is important. It becomes our identity, something we stake our very lives upon. Who Ordered The Universe? is essential reading for those battling with identity and their place in the world. It is the ideal gift for a non-Christian friend.