The Origin and Nature of Life on Earth

Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. The planetary scope of biogenesis; 2. Life on Earth today; 3. The geochemical context for the biosphere; 4. The architecture of metabolism; 5. Higher-level structures; 6. Emergence of the biosphere; 7. The phase transition paradigm for emergence; 8. The nature of the living state; Epilogue. References; Index.

Dr. Eric Smith is founder of Momentum. He has been
married to Krystal for 14 years and they have a son,
Weathers. Eric holds a Masters of Divinity and Doctorate
of Ministry from Liberty University.
Eric brings 17 years of leadership experience, with 10
of those years spent as a senior pastor. His senior leadership
includes being the co-founder of Vertical Church, a church
plant in Mississippi that became one of the fastest growing
churches in the state and grew to include four campuses.
During that same time period, Eric co-founded the 242
Network, a church-planting network that assesses, trains
and coaches church planters.
After almost 7 of leadership as a church planter and
242 Network director, Eric took on the task of revitalizing
Vaughn Forest Church in Montgomery, Alabama, a church
that had been declining for almost 8 consecutive years.
Under Eric's leadership, the church saw the momentum
change and within a year and a half, Vaughn Forest Church
was named in Outreach Magazine's list of 100 Fastest
Growing Churches in America, being ranked the 55th
fastest growing church in America.