The debate is heating up! Did a loving God create this earth or are we the random product of millions of years of natural selection? Is the Bible teaching of a literal six-day creation viable, given the scientific evidence pointing toward evolution? Or can both theories be successfully blended into one?

Take a look at the evidence, prayerfully search your heart, and then draw your own conclusions. The fact is that since no one was there “in the beginning,” both theories of origin require faith—a perfect requirement for the one who wants to know the truth about the beginning . . . and the ending.

Born in Tokyo, Japan, of missionary parents, Nelson converses in Japanese. He attended Far Eastern Academy in Singapore and graduated from Southern College, Collegedale, Tennessee, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1973. Dwight attended Andrews University where he received a master of divinity degree in 1976 and a doctor of ministry degree in 1986 from the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary.

Dwight is the author of the 1995 Sharing Book of the Year, The Claim. He has also written Built to Last, Outrageous Grace, Countdown to the Showdown, the Jesus Generation, A New Way to Pray, and The God-Forsaken God. For two years he produced and narrated a radio program ""Perception,"" and is currently the speaker for the telecast ""New Perceptions."" In 1994 the Pioneer Memorial Church hosted ABC Television's National Christmas Eve Service and he recently was the speaker for the major evangelistic television/satellite outreach NET '98.

Dwight is married to Karen, a registered nurse. They have a son and a daughter.