Monthly Archives: June 2011

Science as Critical Thinking?

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Harold Kroto, Nobel Laureate, co-discoverer of C60 better known as buckminsterfullerene or buckyballs, was speaking to young researchers at the Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting. In his lecture he told them that science is more than a collection of facts. Sure, … Continue reading →

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Being Human 7 – Conversion and Community

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

The fourth chapter of Joel B. Green’s book Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible deals with conversion and salvation. The emphasis in this book is that being human is a totally embodied experience – … Continue reading →

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Evangelicals on Evolution, Women, and the Future

Posted on June 23, 2011 by

The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life surveyed 2,196 evangelical leaders from 166 countries and territories at the Lausanne Congress of World Evangelization last October. The results of this survey are now available at pewforum.org: Global Survey … Continue reading →

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The World’s Oceans – Should We Worry?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

Scot put up a post last Saturday You Might be an Evangelical Reject if you … that received a fair bit of attention and comment. Much of the comment centered on the sentiment, rare but not unheard of, that connects … Continue reading →

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The Search for the Historical Adam 3

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

One of the most significant questions faced by Christians when confronted by the evidence for an old earth and evolutionary process as the major mechanism of creation is the place Adam and Eve play in the biblical narrative. The CT … Continue reading →

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Being Human 6

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

The third chapter of Joel B. Green’s book Body, Soul, and Human Life: The Nature of Humanity in the Bible deals with the ideas of sin and freedom. In the last post we discussed a bit of the embodied nature … Continue reading →

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Conflict or Not?

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Matt J. Rossano posted a column recently at the Huffington Post: The (Lack Of) Conflict Between Science and Religion in College Students. This was later reposted at BioLogos. Dr. Rossano is a professor of psychology at Southeastern Louisiana University specializing … Continue reading →

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The Search for the Historical Adam 2

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

The June 2011 cover story in Christianity Today, The Search for the Historical Adam, is a summary of the state of the discussion about the understanding of Adam and Eve in our church. The subtitle lays it out – “Some … Continue reading →

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The Search for the Historical Adam

Posted on June 2, 2011 by

The June 2011 cover story in Christianity Today is a summary of the state of the discussion about the understanding of Adam and Eve in our church. The subtitle lays it out – “Some scholars believe genome science casts doubt … Continue reading →

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