Time transcripts of Wessel_Dirksenaudio

[00:00:00:00]	[Interviewer] Hi. Can you say name please? Wessel Dirksen

[00:00:04:00]	[Interviewer] Alright, and what's your story going to be about? My 

[00:00:08:00]	story's going to be about three books, that I 

[00:00:12:06]	find that have been very important into my life. Umm, I've read many, many books

[00:00:16:06]	Umm, it's really hard to pick just a few but,

[00:00:20:06]	there's three that I have chose to focus on and the first one 

[00:00:24:06]	is the Bible, and it's by far the 

[00:00:28:06]	one that has had the most, affect on my life.

[00:00:32:07]	The, second one is called The Shape 

[00:00:36:07]	of Sola Scriptura, by Kieth Mathison,

[00:00:40:07]	and the last one is called Signature in the Cell, by Stephen 

[00:00:44:07]	Meyer. [Interviewer] Alright. Well whenever you're ready you can share your story

[00:00:48:07]	Okay, well the bible is where everything starts.

[00:00:52:07]	of all the books I've read, it is by far the one that has

[00:00:56:07]	had the most affect in me in terms of, intellectually, 

[00:01:00:07]	in terms of my personality, who I am

[00:01:04:07]	what I do and there is not even a close second when it comes to

[00:01:08:07]	that. Umm, I read the bible on

[00:01:12:07]	a daily basis, and in there, there's some many different

[00:01:16:07]	things that pertain to my life. Who is God? 

[00:01:20:07]	Who am I? Why are we here? You know and

[00:01:24:07]	there's so many answers to, the reason and the purpose

[00:01:28:07]	in my life, and how I relate to others.

[00:01:32:07]	Umm...That it is just if 

[00:01:36:07]	that's the only, book I ever had, I would be satisfied. (Chuckle) 

[00:01:40:07]	Umm, and uh...

[00:01:44:07]	Do want me to go to the other ones know? [Interviewer: well let me ask you this] yes

[00:01:48:07]	[Interviewer] So some people have like a life verse or maybe like a life

[00:01:52:07]	book in the bible. So is there like a specific thing that is

[00:01:56:07]	[Interviewer] been like, the foundation in that? For me

[00:02:00:07]	I don't have a life verse I have a chapter, [Interviewer: Okay] and it is Romans three

[00:02:04:07]	the whole chapter, and I'll tell you why.

[00:02:08:07]	Because in that one chapter, you have both

[00:02:12:07]	the problem... my problem, the world's problem

[00:02:16:07]	and the remedy, all in one short chapter. 

[00:02:20:07]	And uh, I just find that, chapter...

[00:02:24:07]	again there's many, many chapters that I really like but

[00:02:28:07]	that one chapter is my, my absolute favorite.

[00:02:32:07]	[Interviewer: Alright. I guess if you're ready you can move on to the others.] Okay.

[00:02:36:07]	Umm, so the other book... is

[00:02:40:07]	called The Shape of Sola Scriptura. It's 

[00:02:44:07]	a book, that has to do with the authority. Where as a Christian

[00:02:48:07]	is my authority and

[00:02:52:07]	of course, Sola Scriptura means, scripture alone

[00:02:56:07]	and this goes back to the debate during the protestant reformation 

[00:03:00:07]	is...where do we find God's revelation.

[00:03:04:07]	Do we find it in the Bible?

[00:03:08:07]	Or do we find it in the Bible plus tradition. And

[00:03:12:07]	there of course have been, that has been a source of tremendous

[00:03:16:07]	debate over the years and this book I found explained,

[00:03:20:07]	all the issues very clearly

[00:03:24:07]	and it helped me to take insight into 

[00:03:28:07]	ways in which, umm

[00:03:32:07]	we all kind of go astray (chuckle), regardless. 

[00:03:36:07]	You know regardless of what side your on, on the debate, we tend to go

[00:03:40:07]	in different directions, and the book would really help me

[00:03:44:07]	think about, the proper authority

[00:03:48:07]	within the church. Umm... and

[00:03:52:07]	So it's one of the most significant books I've read. 

[00:03:56:07]	[Interviewer] Alright.

[00:04:00:07]	[Interviewer] Umm... I think you can go ahead and move on to 

[00:04:04:07]	[Interviewer] the next one. Okay. Umm, then the third book is 

[00:04:08:07]	called Signature in the Cell, by Stephen Meyer.

[00:04:12:07]	Umm, I'm a scientist, I do research, and so the issue 

[00:04:16:07]	of the origin of life is obviously 

[00:04:20:07]	one that is a hotly debated in my 

[00:04:24:07]	field and umm, as a Christian 

[00:04:28:07]	uh, believing that God created everything that there is

[00:04:32:07]	uh, has bearing

[00:04:36:07]	on these debates, that scientists have. 

[00:04:40:15]	Signature and the Cell, to me really captures

[00:04:44:15]	what the main question, of the origin

[00:04:48:15]	of life is. And that is, how do we explain

[00:04:52:15]	the information that is found in DNA.

[00:04:56:15]	Umm, and it is an absolutely fascinating

[00:05:00:15]	book. The writer is one who would be proponent of intelligent

[00:05:04:15]	design, umm, but if 

[00:05:08:15]	you are not a proponent of intelligent design this book would be still valuable

[00:05:12:15]	because he gives the entire history, of the ways

[00:05:16:15]	people have tried to explain problems. You know, within

[00:05:20:15]	the origin of life field. And 

[00:05:24:15]	it is just, one where you just learn

[00:05:28:15]	one thing after the other, and it really helped me to crystallize my

[00:05:34:11]	thought on, issues of origin of life from a scientific perspective.

[00:05:38:11]	So it really helped me, to bring the scientific

[00:05:42:11]	aspect of my thinking, with the religious

[00:05:46:11]	aspect of my life, that I find in the bible, and to 

[00:05:50:11]	have those two come and, work hand in hand so to speak.

[00:05:54:11]	[Interviewer: Great. Well thank you Wessel for your narrative.] You're welcome.