William J. Federer shares in his book, "Miraculous Milestones," the brilliant people of faith who were pioneers in science, medicine and innovation.
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- Well, I want to tell you
about a book I'm looking at right now.
It's called "Miraculous Milestones,"
and it has to do with the faith
of the great men of science.
And William Federer hasput this book together.
He's here with us right now.
There are people in our society,
they want to take God completelyout of history and science,
and yet the great men of sciencehave all acknowledged God.
So right now, welcome to our program
my good friend, Bill Federer.
And Bill, I want to ask you,who are some of these leaders?
You pointed out the people,
for example, Copernicus andKepler and people like that
who actually were thefoundation men of science
- Right.
This is amazing.
We have the cancelculture going on on campus
where students risk failing grades
if they acknowledge intelligent design
and professors risk termination
if they acknowledge thatthey believe in a Creator.
And so, here's IsaacNewton, Sir Isaac Newton,
considered one of the greatestscientists of history.
He discovered laws of gravity,
laws of optics, laws of motion.
He wrote more on theprophecies in the Bible,
the Book of Revelation,the Book of Daniel.
He even predicted what yearthat Jesus would return,
and it's coming up,
but people don't realizethat, here's a man of God.
Sir Isaac Newton said,"This most beautiful system
of sun, planets, andcomets could only proceed
from the counsel of an intelligent
and powerful being whomI call the Lord God."
- Well then, you pointed outsomething so interesting,
that when Moses broughtout the Ten Commandments,
that they didn't have an alphabet.
Was this something that Godgave that was easy to read?
- Right, this was fascinating.
Egypt had 3,000 hieroglyphsand it was only one percent
of Egypt could read.
It was the scribes' secret knowledge,
only the pharaohs and the scribes.
When Moses comes down the mountain,
he doesn't just have the Law.
He has the Law in a simple22-character alphabet,
so easy to learn, kids could learn it.
First letter's aleph, second letter beth.
And so Israel is the firstnation with a literate populace.
And that also helped withtheir self-government,
where, for 400 years,they didn't have a king.
- Well now, Bill, let meask you about printing.
I've always thought the Gutenberg Bible
was probably the most important invention
of the entire millennium.
Who was Gutenberg anddid he know the Lord?
- He definitely did and one of the,
Printing has an interesting history.
The Egyptians used papyrus reeds
and they were shippedthroughout the Mediterranean.
And when the Muslims conquered Egypt,
they held back the papyrus reeds.
There was a shortage of these in Europe
and it was the beginning of the Dark Ages.
But China invented paper from tree pulp
and they had rubbings wherethey would have a carving
in a stone with ink on it,
but they had 30,000 Chinese characters
and so it made printing impractical.
Korea invented a printing press
about a century and ahalf before Gutenberg,
but they were the hermit kingdom,
so they didn't spread their knowledge.
But it was in 1454
that Gutenberg inventedthe printing press,
and one of the very firstthings he printed was the Bible
and it became the world'sbest selling book.
- Well now how about chemistry?
I mean, well, let's take astronomy.
You've got Copernicus and Galileo.
What did they know and wheredid they get their knowledge?
- Right, so Copernicus is the one
who discovered theheliocentric solar system.
So the sun is the center, not the earth
and Copernicus was a Christian.
He said this, "Theuniverse, wrought for us
by a supremely good and orderly Creator,"
and then there's Galileo.
He was the first astronomerto use a telescope.
And Galileo said, "The laws of nature
are written by the hand of God
in the language of mathematics."
Tycho Brahe, he was in Denmark,
he is the one who catalogedthe stars and planets,
which was very a important,
He said, "Those who study thestars have God for a teacher."
And Tycho Brahe's assistantwas Johannes Kepler
and he discovered thelaws of planetary motion.
He was such a Christian,he said, "Oh, Almighty God,
I am thinking Thy thoughts after Thee."
And he noticed there were eight planets
and eight notes in music andso he wrote a book called
"The Harmonies of the Worlds."
But again, these are pioneersin science and astronomy
and they believed in a Creator.
- Bill, weren't some of these men
actually under the ban of the church
and weren't they subject to death
because of their beliefs?
- There was some instances of that,
but there were also ones
where they viewed God revealing Himself
through scriptures, but alsothrough the laws of nature,
that nature shows the gloryof God, His creative majesty,
and the scriptures showHis redemptive plan.
- What about the father of chemistry?
You've written about him in here too.
- Yeah, so that's Robert Boyle,
and just an amazing individual.
He came up with the termschemical analysis, litmus test.
And Robert Boyle was a board member
of the East India Companyand he financed missionaries
and translations of the Bibleand he put aside and endowed
what's called the BoyleLectures and that was there
in London where 50pounds would be set aside
for the salary of a divineor a teacher to teach
proving the Christian religionagainst notorious infidels
and for propagatingthe Christian religion.
So here's who's consideredthe father of chemistry,
wanting to propagatethe Christian religion
- Bill, this book is so fascinating.
We can't go into all of it,but where do you get this?
It's called "Miraculous Milestones".
It's a fabulous story.
Wherever books are sold,where do you get it?
- Well, Americanminute.com is our website,
Americanminute.com, andit's so vital for students.
This cancel culture, thenew LGBT, transgender,
this is being pushed veryaggressively on campuses.
And men and women andyoung boys and girls,
they need to have this toshow that the great leaders
and pioneers in sciencebelieved in a Creator.
- Well, I appreciate the work you've done.
This is fabulous.
Folks, you can get this book.
Bill, William Federer,"Miraculous Milestones
in Science, Medicine, and Innovation".
It's a fabulous book.
Thank you so much for being with us
and for the work you do,it's just incredible.
Your knowledge is encyclopedic.
(laughs)
- Well, I thank God for youand for Regent University
and Regent is a pioneer in educating.
- It is.
- So thank you.
- Well, you're an honoredmember of our Board of Trustees
at Regent University.- Americanminute.com
- Thank you.
Okay. Well, ladies and gentlemen,that's something for you.
It's just great.
It is.
- It sounds like somethingevery family should have.