The two major differences between this book and all other books on the topics of cosmic evolution, biological evolution, and consciousness evolution are as follows: 1) this book attributes all forms of evolution to the God of the Holy Bible, the one true and only real Creator-God; and 2) this book attributes all change resulting in astronomical and biological diversity to the Creator-God's Plan of Salvation for immortals who fell from the spiritually, or metaphysically, observable universe to become mortals in the physically observable universe.Throughout recorded history, there have been many wonderful thinkers who have authored truly remarkable ideas and sophisticated works on the various topics of evolution, but, unless those authors attribute all cosmic, biological, and consciousness changes to the Lord God Almighty in the sacrificial atonement of His only-begotten Son, Christ Jesus, they bring no real praise and honor to the Creator-God or to the Savior of the world. Without the shed blood of Christ Jesus metaphysically attached to our spoken and written ideas, thoughts, concepts, and constructs, they simply pass through the sieve of truth into a vacuum of nothingness. The author of Intelligent Evolution is blessed to have an opportunity through this written work to attribute all physical and spiritual glory - including all order, non-randomness, and diversity in both the physically observable universe and the spiritually observable universe - to the Lord God Almighty.This literary effort - as well as all other written works referenced in it - are not meant to replace or supersede the Holy Bible. First and foremost, the Holy Bible should be read, reread, and studied until students sufficiently comprehend its message for themselves. And, concerning the Old and New Testaments (i.e., Old and New Covenants) of the Holy Bible, the present author subscribes to St. Augustine's notion that the Old Testament is the New Testament concealed and the New Testament is the Old Testament revealed. Therefore, a thorough study of both Testaments is required to get to know the Mind, the Intent, and the Will of our Creator-God.
Author Biography:
Dr. Joseph Adam Pearson is a college and university educator with more than forty years of classroom and administrative experience. Dr. Pearson has been the International President and Chief Executive Officer of Christ Evangelical Bible Institute (CEBI) for over twenty years. At the time of the publication of this book (2016), he still oversees thriving branch campuses of CEBI in India, the Philippines, and Tanzania. Currently, Dr. Pearson spends the majority of his time developing, designing, and deploying curriculum for Christian education nationally and internationally. And he preaches, teaches, and leads international crusades as well as provides group pastoral training in global mission settings. During his professional life, Dr. Pearson has also served in the role of Senior Pastor of Healing Waters Ministries in Tempe, Arizona and as Dean of Instruction for Mesa Community College in Mesa, Arizona - where he was founding instructional dean for its Red Mountain Campus as well as Director of its Extended Campus. Dr. Pearson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, a Master of Science degree in Biology, and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with specializations in language, literacy, and linguistics. He has also taken doctoral level coursework in anatomy, biochemistry, cell biology, histology, and physiology. Dr. Pearson believes that after we are saved, and at the same time that we are being sanctified, our individual actions are part of an "application" for the jobs that we will each hold during Christ Jesus' Millennial reign on earth. Dr. Pearson's greatest goal is to be one of the many committed Christian educators who will be teaching during that period of time.
