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Introduction to Intelligent Design
(Second Edition)

by Timothy Gordon
Intermountain Inst. for Religion, Science, & Culture, © 2025
$9.99 (paperback) 116 pages, ISBN-13 979-8297151635

One interesting fact about ministries like Does God Exist? is how skeptics use abusive rhetoric to criticize our content. Their name-calling and degrading language have led many Bible class teachers, preachers, and elders to avoid discussing how we know the Bible is true. The phrase “Intelligent Design” is often at the top of the list of those guilty of baseless abuse, and responses to material promoting Intelligent Design clearly show that critics do not understand the concept.

We have provided numerous examples of design in the world around us through this periodical, the Dandy Designs book series, our Facebook page, and the free videos on our doesgodexist.tv website. Our content is tailored for laypeople and children, but there is a significant need for academic material geared toward college students and advanced high school students. This book addresses that need.

The author, Tim Gordon, is a retired Navy commander with 30 years of military service. He holds doctorates in Christian apologetics and Christian education and has worked as a manufacturing and clinical data analyst for about 25 years. This book is a curriculum designed for Sunday school and small groups, making it especially suitable for college-age audiences. It is divided into 12 weeks, but the wealth of content makes it nearly impossible to cover everything in that time.

Each chapter presents a series of points followed by discussion questions. For those of us who have taught before, it is clear that discussions will elicit many ideas among students. At the end of each week’s material, there is a crossword puzzle and a word search for students to do outside of class. The book concludes with three appendices: Appendix A: Ten questions to ask your science teacher about design; Appendix B: Recommended Resources; Appendix C: ID's Place in the Universe of Origins.

This book is a valuable resource not only for college classes but also for teachers and preachers in any congregation working with teenagers and college-educated adults. We highly recommend this book.