Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-412).

Introduction: the grand counter-narrative -- In the beginning was the big bang -- Where science cannot go: the big bang and other singularities -- The fine-tuned planet -- The fine-tuned universe -- More planetary fine-tuning: water and sunlight -- How did life originate? or "You can't get here from there" -- Life is far more complex than we thought -- More on origins of life: now what? -- The evidence of archaeology -- The black obelisk that became a golden spike -- More Biblical archaeology: three misbehaving boys who changed history -- More archaeology: the New Testament manuscripts -- More New Testament archaeology -- Jerusalem in Jesus' day -- Two amazing New Testament discoveries -- The Nazareth home of Jesus -- Ur of the Chaldees discovered: the surprising resilience of the ancient past -- The discovery of Biblical Sodom -- The four horsemen -- Is atheism evil? -- Atheists who found God: Sartre, Flew, and Camus -- Problems with atheism: faith and science are BFFs -- The boundaries of science: more than meets the eye -- The impossible bleakness of materialism -- The founding myth of atheism: Galileo, Copernicus, and the church -- Christianity begat science -- Further problems with atheism -- Atheism unhinged -- Great scientists who were devout Christians -- Conclusions: The meaning of meaning.