Creation
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I believe in an Old Earth
While the biblical writers were not preoccupied with the age of the earth and so on, the questions of science have forced the Christian community into such a debate. In response we may do a number of things: 1. We may raise science above Scripture. 2. Simply dismiss science. 3. Or we may see that… Continue reading
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Book Review: Science, Creation and the Bible by Carlson and Longman III
Paperback: 144 pages Publisher: IVP Academic (October 4, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0830838899 IVP Amazon.com WTS Books With many thanks to Adrianna and wonderful folks at IVP for this review copy of Science, Creation and the Bible: Reconciling Rival Theories of Origin by Richard F. Carlson and Tremper Longman III. In their Introduction, Carlson and… Continue reading
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“Science, Creation, and the Bible: Reconciling Rival Theories of Origin”
So I began my reading of Science, Creation, and the Bible: Reconciling Rival Theories of Origin by Richard F. Carlson and Tremper Longman III. Chapters: Theological and Scientific Sources and Their Interpretation Characteristics of Theology and Science Relevant to the Conflict Biblical Interpretation–A Key Element in Resolving the Creation-Evolution Conflict Creation in the Old Testament… Continue reading
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Wednesday with Wright: Creation as a Project
N.T. Wright on Creation as a Project: “Creation, it seems, was not a tableau, a static scene. It was designed as a project, created in order to go somwhere. The creator has a future in mind for it; and Human—this strange creature, full of mystery and glory—is the means by which the creator is going… Continue reading
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Wednesdays with Wright: On the Visions of Revelation 4 and 5
I didn’t really see this one coming from N.T. Wright. But it’s sure worth a rethinking, at least for me: The vision of Revelation 5 is not a vision of the ultimate end, the telos, but of the heavenly dimension of present earthly reality. In that vision we already see the church at worship, bringing to… Continue reading